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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Tauros

Base Stats for Tauros

Normal

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Tauros

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Tauros? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.

Common single-battle team mates for Tauros in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

FroslassTogekissAmoongussDuraludonUrshifu-Rapid-StrikeScizorPoliwrathPalossandSlowbroBarraskewda

Tauros is a decent Normal-typed Pokemon. Tauros are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Tauros's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Tauros
Item: Assault Vest / Life Orb
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- High Horsepower / Earthquake
- Body Slam / Giga Impact
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide

Physical Sweeper Tauros (Popular/Trending)

Tauros is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Tauros's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Anger Point, if Tauros (not its substitute) takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages.

♦ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Giga Impact is a physical STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Tauros cannot move next turn).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).

Species: Tauros
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Close Combat
- Outrage
- Earthquake / High Horsepower

Physical Sweeper Tauros (Sheer Force)

Tauros is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Tauros from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Tauros's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Tauros. With Sheer Force, Tauros's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.

♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Tauros's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Tauros afterwards).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a great amount of damage.

Species: Tauros
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 8 Hp / 252 Atk / 248 Spe
Moveset:
- Wild Charge
- Zen Headbutt
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake

Tauros Physical Sweeper (Angry Bull)

Tauros is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Tauros's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Anger Point, if Tauros (not its substitute) takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages. This tauros is designed for doubles and is based around it's Anger point ability. Pair it with a Pokemon who can trigger a crit hit on Tauros without doing too much damage to it.

♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Tauros? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.

Common double-battle team mates for Tauros in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

MandibuzzDragapultUrshifuChanseyTentacruelScizorZoroarkTalonflameHattereneSylveon

Species: Tauros
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide
- Close Combat

Doubles Physical Sweeper Tauros (Sheer Force)

Tauros is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Tauros from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Tauros's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Tauros. With Sheer Force, Tauros's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.

♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Tauros's defense and special defense by 1 stage).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Tauros learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Tauros can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.

Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Tauros

Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Endure + Endeavor
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Ability: Sheer Force + Item: Life Orb
Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Blizzard
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Blast
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flamethrower
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Beam
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Headbutt
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand

Optimize Tauros's EVs for Sword/Shield

Competitive Information for Tauros [Sword/Shield]