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tauros
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Tauros

Wild Bull Pokémon

Normal

Once it takes aim at its foe, it makes a headlong charge. It is famous for its violent nature.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 100
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 40
Sp. Def 70
Speed 110
Total 490

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Wild Bull Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 88.4 kg
Base Exp 172
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

tauros Front Front
tauros Back Back
tauros Front Shiny Front Shiny
tauros Back Shiny Back Shiny
tauros Official Art Official Art
tauros Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 10.3%
Life Orb
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sheer Force
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Substitute + Endeavor
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sheer Force
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 8
Atk 248
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Tauros is a straightforward, dangerous physical attacker in NU, capable of threatening a wide variety of teams. The reason for this should be fairly obvious—it's one of the fastest Pokemon in the tier, packs plenty of power, and has a good amount of coverage in its decent movepool. This is combined with an excellent ability in Sheer Force, which pushes its attacking prowess even further, and it has ways to work around Pokemon that other Normal-types would typically struggle with. Tauros's main flaw is that it usually struggles with prominent physical walls. It also has competition with Kangaskhan, who has Scrappy and several priority moves to work with.

Most Used Moves

Earthquake
100.0%
Pursuit
92.8%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc