Fairy
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With access to Swords Dance and Substitute, Tapu Bulu can put great pressure on defensive Pokemon and cores, easily breaking past types like Normal, Ground, Poison, and Water. Swords Dance-boosted Zen Headbutt notably allows Tapu Bulu to take out many key Poison-type threats to Fairy teams such as Mega Venusaur.
[SET]
name: Swords Dance (Fairy)
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Horn Leech
move 3: Zen Headbutt
move 4: Substitute
item: Life Orb
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Swords Dance turns Tapu Bulu into a very threatening wallbreaker, allowing it to collect some important OHKO such as on Toxapex after Stealth Rock chip with Horn Leech. Horn Leech is Tapu Bulu's strongest attack and its STAB move, giving it a form of pseudo-recovery and allowing it to take on Water- and Ground-type Pokemon such as Swampert and Hippowdon. Zen Headbutt allows Tapu Bulu to nail Poison-type threats such as Mega Venusaur for super effective damage. Substitute allows Tapu Bulu to dodge status attacks such as Mega Sableye's Will-O-Wisp.
Set Details
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Maximum Speed and maximum Attack investment alongside an Adamant nature allows Tapu Bulu to hit as hard and fast as possible. Life Orb boosts Tapu Bulu's Attack allowing it to pick up important OHKOs such as against Chansey with +2 Horn Leech. Grassy Surge sets Grassy Terrain, boosting the power of its Horn Leech while also weakening the power of Earthquake for teammates such as Mega Diancie and Klefki.
Usage Tips
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Since this Tapu Bulu is meant to be used as a wallbreaker, it should be preserved for specifically that purpose. Take advantage of walls such as Mega Sableye, as Tapu Bulu can easily set up a Substitute on them, which allows it to avoid status and gives it a free turn to set up Swords Dance. This will allow Tapu Bulu to immensely pressure said walls and do serious damage to them. Use Tapu Bulu to switch into predicted Ground-type attacks, as its natural resistance and Grassy Surge allow it to switch into Earthquake fairly easily for its teammates such as Mega Diancie, Klefki, and Tapu Koko. Tapu Bulu naturally pressures any type weak to Grass attacks such as Ground or Water, which Tapu Bulu can easily set up and sweep against. Since both teams rely on defensive walls such as Hippowdon on Ground and Toxapex on Water it can easily set up a Substitute against them and set up a Swords Dance, or just nail them for lots of damage with Horn Leech. In matchups like Water and Poison, where Toxic Spikes are present, Tapu Bulu should try to get in before they are set as it becomes very easily weakened and picked off with the extra chip damage. Since Choice Scarf Tapu Bulu is a fairly common set, it can bluff Choice Scarf against faster Pokemon such as Mega Gallade, set up a Substitute, and proceed to use the Substitute to easily set up Swords Dance. Lastly, just like every other setup sweeper, Tapu Bulu absolutely hates every status condition and should avoid them at all costs because they hinder its ability to sweep.
Team Options
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Tapu Koko can break past Flying-type Pokemon for Tapu Bulu such as Celesteela, prevent walls such as Chansey from using their status moves with Taunt, and constantly bring Tapu Bulu in with its pivoting moves. Klefki can set up screens for Tapu Bulu, allowing it to set up Swords Dance with ease, as well as provide Spikes support to chip foes, allowing Tapu Bulu to pick up OHKOs more easily. Klefki's Foul Play can also check threatening physical setup sweepers such as Mega Scizor that resist both of Tapu Bulu's attacks. Klefki also provides a solid Poison-type immunity for Tapu Bulu, being able to switch into such threats as Nihilego for it. Mega Diancie can break past Dragon-type Pokemon such as Kyurem-B and Kommo-o for Tapu Bulu as well as pressure Poison-type Pokemon with Diamond Storm and Psychic, which can 2HKO every Pokemon of the type. Mega Diancie can also pressure Flying teams with Diamond Storm and Moonblast, as only Celesteela can switch into both attacks. It can also set up Stealth Rock allowing Tapu Bulu to clean more easily and pick off threats such as Mega Venusaur with boosted Zen Headbutt after Stealth Rock chip. Mega Diancie is also capable of keeping hazards such as Toxic Spikes off the field for Tapu Bulu thanks to Magic Bounce. Azumarill is another physical setup sweeper on Fairy teams and can take on Fire-type Pokemon for Tapu Bulu such as Blacephalon while also providing Knock Off support to cripple walls such as Porygon2 and Toxapex. Mimikyu is the last of the viable physical setup sweepers that Fairy teams have access to and is extremely useful in the Psychic-type matchup, being able to easily break any Pokemon that can give Tapu Bulu trouble, such as Jirachi, while also being able to take on Dragon-types such as Kyurem-B and Mega Latias for it. Clefable can compress the role of a Stealth Rock setter and a Steel-type check, as with Fire Blast and a Babiri Berry it can act as an effective check to Pokemon such as Mega Scizor, which easily comes in and takes advantage of Tapu Bulu.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Fairy
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Nothing new to add. looked on dex only keep the sd+fightinium set and the jolly nature bullet, imo everything else should be removed! for gp: this is just an uploading note!
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Fairy analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Moosical, 215618], [Decemm, 362454], [Havens, 391540]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Electrolyte, 148071], [<username2>, <username2>]][/hide][/QUOTE]
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Fairy analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Moosical, 215618], [Decemm, 362454], [Havens, 391540]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Electrolyte, 148071], [The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]
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