Competitive Information for Tauros [Sword/Shield]
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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.
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Tauros is a sensational Normal-typed Pokemon. Tauros are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Tauros's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
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 pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It was 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.
♦ 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).
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 popular Physical Sweeper. It tries 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.
♦ 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 mighty amount of damage.
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 awesome Physical Sweeper. It was 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.
♦ 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.
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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 stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is 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.
♦ 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 substantial 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.
Damage Modifiers:
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: Body Slam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flamethrower
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Beam
- 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
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