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tapu-koko
#785

Tapu Koko

Land Spirit Pokémon

ElectricFairy

This guardian deity of Melemele is brimming with curiosity. It summons thunderclouds and stores their lightning inside its body.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 115
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 75
Speed 130
Total 570

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Land Spirit Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 20.5 kg
Base Exp 257
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

tapu-koko Front Front
tapu-koko Back Back
tapu-koko Front Shiny Front Shiny
tapu-koko Back Shiny Back Shiny
tapu-koko Official Art Official Art
tapu-koko Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Physical Attacker
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Tapu Koko has a small niche thanks to it support it setting Electric Terrain, which supports Regieleki's powerful Electric-type moves, especially Rising Voltage, and blocks sleep moves like Spore. Tapu Koko further supports Regieleki by OHKOing Rillaboom with Choice Band-boosted Brave Bird, opening up the way for Regieleki to use Rising Voltage unhindered by Grassy Terrain. Tapu Koko is only found on certain hail teams alongside teammates such as Alolan Ninetales, Kyurem-B, and Genesect that can check and threaten Grass- and Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus, and Rillaboom with Blizzard. However, Tapu Koko heavily struggles with the prevalence of Ground- and Grass-types in DOU such as Landorus, Zygarde, and especially Rillaboom, which overrides Electric Terrain with Grassy Terrain. Furthermore, it can only be used with decent effectiveness on one niche archetype that requires another niche Pokemon in Regieleki, leaving Tapu Koko as a suboptimal pick in DOU.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
30.1%
U-turn
29.0%

Most Used Items

Magnet
31.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc