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[OVERVIEW]
Tapu Bulu is an immensley strong physical attacker thanks to its ability Grassy Surge, which summons Grassy Terrain. This gives 1.5x power to Grass moves, making its 120 BP STAB attack wood hammer hit insanely hard. It also gives +1/16 of HP each turn to grounded Pokemon, while also halving the damage taken from Earthquake. Unfortunately Bulu possesses a middling speed tier and normally requires speed control to be able to fully preform. It also has poor coverage, including a lack of a good physical Fairy STAB move and, as a result, gets walled by a lot of grasses, fires, dragons and steels. This is somewhat remedied with its raw power still doing a hefty amount to resists. Bulu additionally posseses decent bulk in 70/115/95, which makes it physically bulky yet somewhat specially frail. On top of this its Grass/Fairy typing is somewhat mediocre, netting weaknesses to common Ice, Fire, Flying and steel moves on top of a 4x weakness to poison. On the flip side this typing also grants it resistances to Dark, Dragon, Ground and Water, the latter making it a solid rain check. Overall an average Pokemon that, while difficult to switch into its STAB Terrain boosted Wood hammers, is held back by its middling speed tier and coverage.
[SET]
name: Physical Attacker
move 1: Wood Hammer
move 2: Superpower
move 3: Taunt/Stone Edge
move 4: Protect
item: Life Orb/Grassium Z
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Wood hammer is it's strongest STAB, boosted by its own Grassy Terrain, and does a huge amount to everything that doesn't resist it, while also taking huge recoil including Life Orb damage making it easy to wear yourself down. Superpower helps it hit things that 4x resist its STAB such as Ferrothorn and Heatran, while avoiding recoil to super effective threats such as Kangaskan. Taunt aids it in preventing Trick Room and set up Pokemon. Stone Edge is an alternative to hit Charizard, Mence, Zapdos and other rock weak Pokemon for super effective damage. Horn Leech is another alternative that gives Bulu a strong STAB that heals it instead of letting it take a lot of recoil. Protect is essential on most Pokemon in doubles to help gain and maintain field momentum,
Set Details
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Life Orb increases Tapu Bulu's damage output while in turn wearing it down with chip damage. Grassium Z gives Tapu Bulu a 190Bp Grassy Terrain boosted STAB which will deal insane damage even to its resists, while also avoiding recoil. The Ev spread lets you outspeed 252 neutral base 70's with the rest is in Attack and HP. Minspeed Brave is another option for Trick room teams to minimize your speed.
Usage Tips
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Tapu Bulu's main selling point is its ability to hit insanely hard with Grass STAB and to make sure you and your partner take very little from Earthquakes with the help of Grass Surge. It works as a good switch in due to its natural bulk and good resists, where it can also switch in on Lando and other Earthquake users to let a Ground weak partner take less damage. Force it into positions where it can freely fire off powerful Wood Hammers that deal a hefty chunk to even its resists. Lead it versus slower teams to help take advantage of it going first and tear apart their team with STAB Wood Hammers. Grassium Z is best activated on an opponent that would normally survive its Wood Hammer and instead OHKO it while also taking no recoil.
Team Options
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Fire Types, such as Heatran, Volcanion and Rotom-heat that care of steels are great partners for Bulu, as they also appreciate it's ability to tank Ground and Water moves. Ground types, such as Landorus-Therian, can help take on Fires and Steels, but however do not appreciate the weakened Earthquake where a special set with Earth Power might be more appropriate. Waters, such as Milotic and Gastrodon, can easily switch in on most Fires and threaten them in return with Water STAB. Speed control. such as Tailwind (Zapdos, Suicune, Latios), Icy Wind(Jirachi, Milotic) and Trick Room (Porygon2, Cresselia, Oranguru) can ensure that Tapu Bulu is moving first and able it to use strong attacks freely.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Assault vest is a good alternative as it can be used to improve your underwhelming special bulk. However this involves you sacrificing protect, which prevents it from being able to defend itself. Choice Band hits much harder and makes Tapu Bulu even harder to switch into. However this also sacrifices its ability to use protect. Nature's Madness is a possible alternative for the thrid slot as it enables Tapu Bulu to deal half of the Target's HP to bulkier opponents that resist its coverage, such as Celesteela. Meadow Plate can be used as an alternative to still make sure its STAB attacks hit as strong as possible while avoiding the recoil. Sitrus Berry can be used for a short burst of health to improve its longevity. Occa Berry can be used to lure Fire types like Charizard and 0HKO them with stone edge.
Checks and Counters
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**Fire Types**: Fires such as Heatran and Charizard-Y can switch in on it's STAB attack and threaten it with Fire Stab. Heatran can also use this turn to set up a Substitute.
**Steel Types**: Steel Types such as Aegislash, Jirachi and Celesteela can also switch in on it's STAB attack and threaten it with STAB Steel moves.
**Flying Types**: Flying Types, such as Salamence and Zapdos, can switch in on it's STAB attack and in Mence's case hit it with Aerilate boosted Flying STAB or in Zapdos's case hit it with possible coverage such as Hidden Power Ice or Heat Wave.
**Poison Types**: Posion Types, such as Mega Gengar and Alolan Muk, can switch in on its STAB attacks and hit it with a 4x super effective STAB move.
Tapu Bulu is an immensley strong physical attacker thanks to its ability Grassy Surge, which summons Grassy Terrain. This gives 1.5x power to Grass moves, making its 120 BP STAB attack wood hammer hit insanely hard. It also gives +1/16 of HP each turn to grounded Pokemon, while also halving the damage taken from Earthquake. Unfortunately Bulu possesses a middling speed tier and normally requires speed control to be able to fully preform. It also has poor coverage, including a lack of a good physical Fairy STAB move and, as a result, gets walled by a lot of grasses, fires, dragons and steels. This is somewhat remedied with its raw power still doing a hefty amount to resists. Bulu additionally posseses decent bulk in 70/115/95, which makes it physically bulky yet somewhat specially frail. On top of this its Grass/Fairy typing is somewhat mediocre, netting weaknesses to common Ice, Fire, Flying and steel moves on top of a 4x weakness to poison. On the flip side this typing also grants it resistances to Dark, Dragon, Ground and Water, the latter making it a solid rain check. Overall an average Pokemon that, while difficult to switch into its STAB Terrain boosted Wood hammers, is held back by its middling speed tier and coverage.
[SET]
name: Physical Attacker
move 1: Wood Hammer
move 2: Superpower
move 3: Taunt/Stone Edge
move 4: Protect
item: Life Orb/Grassium Z
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Wood hammer is it's strongest STAB, boosted by its own Grassy Terrain, and does a huge amount to everything that doesn't resist it, while also taking huge recoil including Life Orb damage making it easy to wear yourself down. Superpower helps it hit things that 4x resist its STAB such as Ferrothorn and Heatran, while avoiding recoil to super effective threats such as Kangaskan. Taunt aids it in preventing Trick Room and set up Pokemon. Stone Edge is an alternative to hit Charizard, Mence, Zapdos and other rock weak Pokemon for super effective damage. Horn Leech is another alternative that gives Bulu a strong STAB that heals it instead of letting it take a lot of recoil. Protect is essential on most Pokemon in doubles to help gain and maintain field momentum,
Set Details
========
Life Orb increases Tapu Bulu's damage output while in turn wearing it down with chip damage. Grassium Z gives Tapu Bulu a 190Bp Grassy Terrain boosted STAB which will deal insane damage even to its resists, while also avoiding recoil. The Ev spread lets you outspeed 252 neutral base 70's with the rest is in Attack and HP. Minspeed Brave is another option for Trick room teams to minimize your speed.
Usage Tips
========
Tapu Bulu's main selling point is its ability to hit insanely hard with Grass STAB and to make sure you and your partner take very little from Earthquakes with the help of Grass Surge. It works as a good switch in due to its natural bulk and good resists, where it can also switch in on Lando and other Earthquake users to let a Ground weak partner take less damage. Force it into positions where it can freely fire off powerful Wood Hammers that deal a hefty chunk to even its resists. Lead it versus slower teams to help take advantage of it going first and tear apart their team with STAB Wood Hammers. Grassium Z is best activated on an opponent that would normally survive its Wood Hammer and instead OHKO it while also taking no recoil.
Team Options
========
Fire Types, such as Heatran, Volcanion and Rotom-heat that care of steels are great partners for Bulu, as they also appreciate it's ability to tank Ground and Water moves. Ground types, such as Landorus-Therian, can help take on Fires and Steels, but however do not appreciate the weakened Earthquake where a special set with Earth Power might be more appropriate. Waters, such as Milotic and Gastrodon, can easily switch in on most Fires and threaten them in return with Water STAB. Speed control. such as Tailwind (Zapdos, Suicune, Latios), Icy Wind(Jirachi, Milotic) and Trick Room (Porygon2, Cresselia, Oranguru) can ensure that Tapu Bulu is moving first and able it to use strong attacks freely.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Assault vest is a good alternative as it can be used to improve your underwhelming special bulk. However this involves you sacrificing protect, which prevents it from being able to defend itself. Choice Band hits much harder and makes Tapu Bulu even harder to switch into. However this also sacrifices its ability to use protect. Nature's Madness is a possible alternative for the thrid slot as it enables Tapu Bulu to deal half of the Target's HP to bulkier opponents that resist its coverage, such as Celesteela. Meadow Plate can be used as an alternative to still make sure its STAB attacks hit as strong as possible while avoiding the recoil. Sitrus Berry can be used for a short burst of health to improve its longevity. Occa Berry can be used to lure Fire types like Charizard and 0HKO them with stone edge.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Fire Types**: Fires such as Heatran and Charizard-Y can switch in on it's STAB attack and threaten it with Fire Stab. Heatran can also use this turn to set up a Substitute.
**Steel Types**: Steel Types such as Aegislash, Jirachi and Celesteela can also switch in on it's STAB attack and threaten it with STAB Steel moves.
**Flying Types**: Flying Types, such as Salamence and Zapdos, can switch in on it's STAB attack and in Mence's case hit it with Aerilate boosted Flying STAB or in Zapdos's case hit it with possible coverage such as Hidden Power Ice or Heat Wave.
**Poison Types**: Posion Types, such as Mega Gengar and Alolan Muk, can switch in on its STAB attacks and hit it with a 4x super effective STAB move.
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