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tauros
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Tauros

Wild Bull Pokémon

Normal

When it targets an enemy, it charges furiously while whipping its body with its long tails.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

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

The Bull

Strategy Overview

With its combination of power, Speed, and movepool, Tauros shines as a wallbreaker, revenge killer, and lead. Just like in OU, Tauros's powerful Normal-type STAB moves and complementary coverage coupled with its high critical hit rate make it difficult to switch into and almost impossible to fully stonewall. While its bulk is passable, it lacks resistances and instant recovery, so it offers very little defensive value to a team. Also, the bulkier metagame of Ubers blunts Tauros's edge; the mandatory Mew and Mewtwo can withstand its hits and either retaliate hard or cripple it with paralysis, forcing it out. Tauros is therefore less valued, though this frees it to be used much more aggressively, as it isn't critical to preserve Tauros for late-game.

Most Used Moves

Body Slam
99.9%
Blizzard
53.5%
Stomp
19.0%

Most Used Items

Nothing
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc