Draft Tauros Paldea Blaze

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formerly orangelego21
[overview]
**Draft Order**: Round 7 onward

**Price Range**: 5-6 points

**Overview**: Paldean Tauros-F works as a decent defensive answer to some physically offensive foes. It sets itself apart from other cheap Fighting-type options with a solid secondary typing, burn immunity, defensive options in Will-O-Wisp and Intimidate, and serviceable Defense and Attack with a unique STAB option in Raging Bull to remove dual screens. Unfortunately, its stronger STAB options in Flare Blitz and Close Combat come with drawbacks such as recoil and lowered defensive stats, contradicting its defensive traits and utility. Body Press and Raging Bull can make up for this somewhat, but they often lack enough power to be threatening consistently. Without pivoting, reliable recovery, and good stats outside of Attack and Defense, Paldean Tauros-F struggles to provide much value in most games.


[strategy comments]
Common Roles
========
**Bulky Wall**: Paldean Tauros-F can utilize Intimidate and its natural typing to take hits and punish with an attack or Will-O-Wisp. However, it struggles long-term due to Flare Blitz recoil, chip damage from entry hazards and contact effects, and its lack of reliable healing options.

**Wallbreaker**: Paldean Tauros-F can equip a damage-boosting item and use its STAB moves and coverage to wallbreak for its teammates, but its average base Speed allows it to easily get revenge killed or taken advantage of.

**Late-game Cleaner**: Paldean Tauros-F can clean up weakened teams using its setup option in Bulk Up and Speed-boosting options in Trailblaze and Flame Charge. Alternatively, it can use Choice Scarf for instant Speed.

Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Raging Bull, Flare Blitz, Body Press, Close Combat

**Setup Moves**: Bulk Up, Trailblaze, Flame Charge

**Utility Moves**: Will-O-Wisp

**Coverage**: Earthquake, Lash Out, Iron Head, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Wild Charge, Zen Headbutt

Niche Moves
========
**Endure**: Endure alongside Rocky Helmet can accrue additional chip damage on physical attackers, even when Paldean Tauros-F is in range of a KO.

**Endeavor**: Paldean Tauros-F can utilize its Speed to leave targets in KO range for a teammate if it cannot muscle past them naturally.

**Rock Tomb/ Bulldoze**: Paldean Tauros-F can use Rock Tomb or Bulldoze to lower the opposing Pokemon's Speed and outpace and KO a faster threat.

**Rest / Sleep Talk**: Rest can be used alongside a Chesto Berry or Sleep Talk to grant immediate recovery in a pinch. This can allow Paldean Tauros-F to be a more reliable long-term check to specific offensive wallbreakers.



Common Items
========
**Rocky Helmet**: Paldean Tauros-F can punish prominent physical attackers and U-turn users with Rocky Helmet.

**Damage-boosting Items**: Paldean Tauros-F can use relevant damage-boosting items such as Choice Band, Life Orb, Expert Belt, and Charcoal to assist in its wallbreaking potential.

**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Heavy-Duty Boots allows Paldean Tauros-F to be immune to entry hazard chip damage over time, increasing its longevity.

**Choice Scarf**: Paldean Tauros-F can hold a Choice Scarf to act as a revenge killer and outpace threats that would otherwise outspeed it naturally.


Niche Items
========
**Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus Berry can boost Paldean Tauros-F's longevity and be used alongside Cud Chew to increase its recovery at the cost of giving up Intimidate.

**Assault Vest**: An Assault Vest can shore up Paldean Tauros-F's meager Special Defense to take some hits from prominent special attackers.

**Leftovers**: Leftovers grants Paldean Tauros-F recovery over time, assuming it is on the field for long enough to get enough value over other items.

**Chesto Berry**: A Chesto Berry can allow Paldean Tauros-F to immediately wake up after using Rest.

Tera
========
Paldean Tauros-F doesn't need to be a Tera Captain to be successful in its roles, as its serviceable base typing is often enough to get the job done. However, if Paldean Tauros-F is a Tera Captain, it can utilize both Tera Fire and Fighting to boost its STAB moves and increase its wallbreaking potential. Paldean Tauros-F can also use other types such as Tera Water, Fairy, Grass, and Dragon to provide more defensive utility and grant access to new or improved coverage options with Tera Blast.

Draft Strategy
========
Paldean Tauros-F should be drafted as a check to physical Grass-, Steel-, Fire-, and Dark-type Pokemon such as Meowscarada, Gouging Fire, and Roaring Moon, though it is often outclassed by cheaper picks that can provide more utility and role compression to a team.

**Pivots**: Pokemon such as Tornadus-T and Galarian Slowking can take a hit and allow Paldean Tauros-F safe entry.

**Entry Hazard Control**: Paldean Tauros-F appreciates Pokemon that can reliably set entry hazards, such as Deoxys-S and Great Tusk, as well as hazard removers such as Iron Treads and Great Tusk to keep it healthy.



Checks and Counters
========
**Bulky Resistant Foes**: Pokemon that can stomach a hit from Paldean Tauros-F, especially those who do not fear Will-O-Wisp, such as Pecharunt and Latias, can deal with it and fire back with status or a strong attack.

**Chip Damage**: Pokemon such as Garchomp and Zapdos can chip at Paldean Tauros-F when holding a Rocky Helmet, stacking up alongside potential Flare Blitz recoil and entry hazard damage.

**Faster Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Greninja, Keldeo, and Iron Bundle can all outpace Paldean Tauros-F and KO with a super effective attack.

**Special Attackers**: Paldean Tauros-F`s poor Special Defense leaves it susceptible to strong special attackers, such as Zapdos, Kyurem, and Iron Valiant.

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[overview]
**Draft Order**: Round 7 onward

**Price Range**: 5-6 points

**Overview**: Paldean Tauros-F sets itself apart from other cheap Fighting-type options with a great secondary typing, burn immunity, defensive options in Will-O-Wisp and Intimidate, and serviceable Defense and Attack with a unique STAB option in Raging Bull to remove Screens. Unfortunately, Paldean Tauros-F can be inconsistent in practice. Its stronger STAB options in Flare Blitz and Close Combat come with drawbacks such as recoil and lowered defensive stats, contradicting its defensive traits and utility. Body Press and Raging Bull can make up for this somewhat, but often lack enough power to be threatening consistently. Without pivoting, reliable recovery, and mediocre stats outside of Attack and Defense, Paldean Tauros-F struggles to stay around long-term without significant support from its team.

[strategy comments]
Common Roles
========
**Bulky Wall**: Paldean Tauros-F can utilize Intimidate and its natural typing to take hits and punish with an attack or Will-O-Wisp.
talk again about struggling long term without good healing options/recoil

**Wallbreaker**: Paldean Tauros-F can equip a damage-boosting item and use its STAB and coverage to break for its teammates.

**Late-Game Cleaner**: Paldean Tauros-F can clean through weakened teams using its set-up option in Bulk Up and speed-boosting options.
should specify what its speed boosting options are (moves for BU sets + scarf)

Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Raging Bull, Flare Blitz, Body Press, Close Combat

**Setup Moves**: Bulk Up, Trailblaze, Flame Charge

**Utility Moves**: Will-O-Wisp

**Coverage**: Earthquake, Lash Out, Iron Head, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Wild Charge, Zen Headbutt

Niche Moves
========
**Flame Charge**: Flame Charge can be used as a weaker STAB option that allows Paldean Tauros-F to increase its Speed and sweeping potential.
fine in setup

**Endure**: Endure alongside Rocky Helmet can accrue additional chip damage on physical attackers, even when in range of a KO.

**Endeavor**: Paldean Tauros-F can utilize its Speed to bring targets low enough if it cannot muscle past them naturally.

**Rock Tomb / Bulldoze**: Paldean Tauros-F can use Rock Tomb to lower the opposing pokemon’s Speed and allow it to outpace and KO a faster threat.
sidegrade
**Rest / Sleep Talk**: Rest can be used alongside a Chesto Berry to grant immediate recovery in a pinch.
not too hard to fit talk on it

Common Items
========
**Damage-boosting items**: Paldean Tauros-F can use relevant damage-boosting items, from Choice Band, Life Orb, Expert Belt, or Charcoal to assist in its breaking potential.

**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Heavy-Duty Boots allow Paldean Tauros-F to be immune to hazard chip over time, increasing its longevity.

**Rocky Helmet**: Paldean Tauros-F can punish prominent physical attackers and U-turn through Rocky Helmet.

**Choice Scarf**: Paldean Tauros-F can hold a Choice Scarf to act as a revenge-killer and outpace threats that would otherwise outpace it naturally.

Niche Items
========
**Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus Berry can further Paldean Tauros-F`s longevity and can be used alongside Cud Chew to increase the recovery at the cost of giving up Intimidate.

**Weakness Policy**: Paldean Tauros-F can bait a weak super-effective attack and raise its Attack to staggering levels of damage output, often alongside Trailblaze or Flame Charge to turn it into a terrifying sweeper.

**Assault Vest**: An Assault Vest can shore up Paldean Tauros F`s meager Special Defense to take some hits from prominent special attackers.

**Leftovers**: Leftovers grant Paldean Tauros-F recovery over time, assuming it is on the field for long enough to get enough value over other items.

Tera
========
Paldean Tauros-F doesn’t need to be a Tera Captain to be successful in its roles, as its serviceable base typing is often enough to get the job done. However, if Paldean Tauros-F is a Tera Captain, it can utilize both Fire and Fighting-type to boost STAB and increase its breaking potential. Paldean Tauros-F can also use other typing such as Water, Fairy, Grass, or Dragon to provide more defensive utility and grant access to new or improved coverage options with Tera Blast.

Draft Strategy
========
Paldean Tauros-F should be drafted as a check to physical Grass, Steel, Fire, and Dark type pokemon, such as Meowscarada, Roaring Moon, and Gouging Fire.

**Pivots**: Pokemon such as Tornadus-Therian or Galarian Slowking can take a hit and allow Paldean Tauros-F safe entry.

**Hazard Control**: Paldean Tauros-F appreciates pokemon that can reliably set hazards, such as Deoxys-Speed and Great Tusk, as well as pokemon that can remove hazards, such as Iron Treads and Great Tusk, to keep Paldean Tauros-F healthy.

Checks and Counters
========
**Bulky Resists**: Pokemon that can stomach a hit from Paldean Tauros-F, especially those who do not fear Will-O-Wisp, such as Pecharunt and Latias, can take a hit and fire back with status or a strong attack.

**Contact-Punishing Effects**: Pokemon such as Garchomp or Zapdos can chip Paldean Tauros-F when holding a Rocky Helmet and their abilities, Rough Skin and Static

**Faster Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Greninja, Keldeo, and Iron Bundle can all outpace Paldean Tauros-F and KO with a supereffective attack.

**Special Attackers**: Paldean Tauros-F`s poor Special Defense leaves it susceptible to strong Special Attackers, such as Zapdos, Kyurem, and Iron Valiant.

[credits]
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[overview]
**Draft Order**: Round 7 onward

**Price Range**: 5-6 points

**Overview**: Paldean Tauros-F sets itself apart from other cheap Fighting-type options with a great secondary typing, burn immunity, defensive options in Will-O-Wisp and Intimidate, and serviceable Defense and Attack with a unique STAB option in Raging Bull to remove Screens. Unfortunately, Paldean Tauros-F can be inconsistent in practice. Its stronger STAB options in Flare Blitz and Close Combat come with drawbacks such as recoil and lowered defensive stats, contradicting its defensive traits and utility. Body Press and Raging Bull can make up for this somewhat, but often lack enough power to be threatening consistently. Without pivoting, reliable recovery, and mediocre stats outside of Attack and Defense, Paldean Tauros-F struggles to stay around long-term without significant support from its team.

[strategy comments]
Common Roles
========
**Bulky Wall**: Paldean Tauros-F can utilize Intimidate and its natural typing to take hits and punish with an attack or Will-O-Wisp.
talk again about struggling long term without good healing options/recoil

**Wallbreaker**: Paldean Tauros-F can equip a damage-boosting item and use its STAB and coverage to break for its teammates.

**Late-Game Cleaner**: Paldean Tauros-F can clean through weakened teams using its set-up option in Bulk Up and speed-boosting options.
should specify what its speed boosting options are (moves for BU sets + scarf)

Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Raging Bull, Flare Blitz, Body Press, Close Combat

**Setup Moves**: Bulk Up, Trailblaze, Flame Charge

**Utility Moves**: Will-O-Wisp

**Coverage**: Earthquake, Lash Out, Iron Head, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Wild Charge, Zen Headbutt

Niche Moves
========
**Flame Charge**: Flame Charge can be used as a weaker STAB option that allows Paldean Tauros-F to increase its Speed and sweeping potential.
fine in setup

**Endure**: Endure alongside Rocky Helmet can accrue additional chip damage on physical attackers, even when in range of a KO.

**Endeavor**: Paldean Tauros-F can utilize its Speed to bring targets low enough if it cannot muscle past them naturally.

**Rock Tomb / Bulldoze**: Paldean Tauros-F can use Rock Tomb to lower the opposing pokemon’s Speed and allow it to outpace and KO a faster threat.
sidegrade
**Rest / Sleep Talk**: Rest can be used alongside a Chesto Berry to grant immediate recovery in a pinch.
not too hard to fit talk on it

Common Items
========
**Damage-boosting items**: Paldean Tauros-F can use relevant damage-boosting items, from Choice Band, Life Orb, Expert Belt, or Charcoal to assist in its breaking potential.

**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Heavy-Duty Boots allow Paldean Tauros-F to be immune to hazard chip over time, increasing its longevity.

**Rocky Helmet**: Paldean Tauros-F can punish prominent physical attackers and U-turn through Rocky Helmet.

**Choice Scarf**: Paldean Tauros-F can hold a Choice Scarf to act as a revenge-killer and outpace threats that would otherwise outpace it naturally.

Niche Items
========
**Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus Berry can further Paldean Tauros-F`s longevity and can be used alongside Cud Chew to increase the recovery at the cost of giving up Intimidate.

**Weakness Policy**: Paldean Tauros-F can bait a weak super-effective attack and raise its Attack to staggering levels of damage output, often alongside Trailblaze or Flame Charge to turn it into a terrifying sweeper.

**Assault Vest**: An Assault Vest can shore up Paldean Tauros F`s meager Special Defense to take some hits from prominent special attackers.

**Leftovers**: Leftovers grant Paldean Tauros-F recovery over time, assuming it is on the field for long enough to get enough value over other items.

Tera
========
Paldean Tauros-F doesn’t need to be a Tera Captain to be successful in its roles, as its serviceable base typing is often enough to get the job done. However, if Paldean Tauros-F is a Tera Captain, it can utilize both Fire and Fighting-type to boost STAB and increase its breaking potential. Paldean Tauros-F can also use other typing such as Water, Fairy, Grass, or Dragon to provide more defensive utility and grant access to new or improved coverage options with Tera Blast.

Draft Strategy
========
Paldean Tauros-F should be drafted as a check to physical Grass, Steel, Fire, and Dark type pokemon, such as Meowscarada, Roaring Moon, and Gouging Fire.

**Pivots**: Pokemon such as Tornadus-Therian or Galarian Slowking can take a hit and allow Paldean Tauros-F safe entry.

**Hazard Control**: Paldean Tauros-F appreciates pokemon that can reliably set hazards, such as Deoxys-Speed and Great Tusk, as well as pokemon that can remove hazards, such as Iron Treads and Great Tusk, to keep Paldean Tauros-F healthy.

Checks and Counters
========
**Bulky Resists**: Pokemon that can stomach a hit from Paldean Tauros-F, especially those who do not fear Will-O-Wisp, such as Pecharunt and Latias, can take a hit and fire back with status or a strong attack.

**Contact-Punishing Effects**: Pokemon such as Garchomp or Zapdos can chip Paldean Tauros-F when holding a Rocky Helmet and their abilities, Rough Skin and Static

**Faster Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Greninja, Keldeo, and Iron Bundle can all outpace Paldean Tauros-F and KO with a supereffective attack.

**Special Attackers**: Paldean Tauros-F`s poor Special Defense leaves it susceptible to strong Special Attackers, such as Zapdos, Kyurem, and Iron Valiant.

[credits]
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[overview]
**Draft Order**: Round 7 onward

**Price Range**: 5-6 points

**Overview**: Paldean Tauros-F works as a decent defensive answer to some physically offensive foes and sets itself apart from other cheap Fighting-type options with a great solid secondary typing, burn immunity, defensive options in Will-O-Wisp and Intimidate, and serviceable Defense and Attack with a unique STAB option in Raging Bull to remove Screens. Unfortunately, Paldean Tauros-F can be inconsistent in practice. Its stronger STAB options in Flare Blitz and Close Combat come with drawbacks such as recoil and lowered defensive stats, contradicting its defensive traits and utility. Body Press and Raging Bull can make up for this somewhat, but often lack enough power to be threatening consistently. Without pivoting, reliable recovery, and mediocre stats outside of Attack and Defense, Paldean Tauros-F struggles to stay around long-term without significant support from its team provide much value in most games.


[strategy comments]
Common Roles
========
**Bulky Wall**: Paldean Tauros-F can utilize Intimidate and its natural typing to take hits and punish with an attack or Will-O-Wisp. However, it must be wary of struggles long-term due to Flare Blitz recoil, chip damage from entry hazards and contact effects, and lack of reliable healing options.

**Wallbreaker**: Paldean Tauros-F can equip a damage-boosting item and use its STAB and coverage to break for its teammates, but its average base 100 Speed allows it to easily get revenge killed or taken advantage of.

**Late-Game Cleaner**: Paldean Tauros-F can clean through weakened teams using its set-up option in Bulk Up and speed-boosting options in Trailblaze, Flame Charge, or holding a Choice Scarf.

Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Raging Bull, Flare Blitz, Body Press, Close Combat

**Setup Moves**: Bulk Up, Trailblaze, Flame Charge

**Utility Moves**: Will-O-Wisp

**Coverage**: Earthquake, Lash Out, Iron Head, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Wild Charge, Zen Headbutt

Niche Moves
========
**Endure**: Endure alongside Rocky Helmet can accrue additional chip damage on physical attackers, even when in range of a KO.

**Endeavor**: Paldean Tauros-F can utilize its Speed to bring targets low enough if it cannot muscle past them naturally.

**Rock Tomb/ Bulldoze**: Paldean Tauros-F can use Rock Tomb or Bulldoze to lower the opposing pokemon’s Speed and allow it to outpace and KO a faster threat.

**Rest / Sleep Talk**: Rest can be used alongside a Chesto Berry or Sleep Talk to grant immediate recovery in a pinch. This can allow it to be a more reliable long-term check to specific offensive wallbreakers.



Common Items
========
**Damage-boosting items**: Paldean Tauros-F can use relevant damage-boosting items, from Choice Band, Life Orb, Expert Belt, or Charcoal to assist in its breaking potential.

**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Heavy-Duty Boots allow Paldean Tauros-F to be immune to hazard chip over time, increasing its longevity.

**Rocky Helmet**: Paldean Tauros-F can punish prominent physical attackers and U-turn through Rocky Helmet. move to top

**Choice Scarf**: Paldean Tauros-F can hold a Choice Scarf to act as a revenge-killer and outpace threats that would otherwise outpace it naturally.



Niche Items
========
**Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus Berry can further Paldean Tauros-F`s longevity and can be used alongside Cud Chew to increase the recovery at the cost of giving up Intimidate.

**Weakness Policy**: Paldean Tauros-F can bait a weak super-effective attack and raise its Attack to staggering levels of damage output, often alongside Trailblaze or Flame Charge to turn it into a terrifying sweeper. im sorry but this seems way too gimmicky / unreliable with how average its stats are

**Assault Vest**: An Assault Vest can shore up Paldean Tauros F`s meager Special Defense to take some hits from prominent special attackers.

**Leftovers**: Leftovers grant Paldean Tauros-F recovery over time, assuming it is on the field for long enough to get enough value over other items.

add chesto berry since its mentioned above

Tera
========
Paldean Tauros-F doesn’t need to be a Tera Captain to be successful in its roles, as its serviceable base typing is often enough to get the job done. However, if Paldean Tauros-F is a Tera Captain, it can utilize both Fire and Fighting-type to boost STAB and increase its breaking potential. Paldean Tauros-F can also use other typing such as Water, Fairy, Grass, or Dragon to provide more defensive utility and grant access to new or improved coverage options with Tera Blast.

Draft Strategy
========
Paldean Tauros-F should be drafted as a check to physical Grass, Steel, Fire, and Dark type pokemon, such as Meowscarada, Roaring Moon, and Gouging Fire, though it is often outclassed by cheaper foes that can provide more utility and role compression to a team.

**Pivots**: Pokemon such as Tornadus-T or Galarian Slowking can take a hit and allow Paldean Tauros-F safe entry.

**Hazard Control**: Paldean Tauros-F appreciates pokemon that can reliably set hazards, such as Deoxys-Speed and Great Tusk, as well as pokemon that can remove hazards, such as Iron Treads and Great Tusk, to keep Paldean Tauros-F healthy.



Checks and Counters
========
**Bulky Resists**: Pokemon that can stomach a hit from Paldean Tauros-F, especially those who do not fear Will-O-Wisp, such as Pecharunt and Latias, can take a hit and fire back with status or a strong attack.

**Contact-Punishing Effects**: Pokemon such as Garchomp or Zapdos can chip Paldean Tauros-F when holding a Rocky Helmet and their abilities, Rough Skin and Static change this to "chip damage" and mention flare blitz recoil & hazard damage as well

**Faster Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Greninja, Keldeo, and Iron Bundle can all outpace Paldean Tauros-F and KO with a supereffective attack.

**Special Attackers**: Paldean Tauros-F`s poor Special Defense leaves it susceptible to strong Special Attackers, such as Zapdos, Kyurem, and Iron Valiant.

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[overview]
**Draft Order**: Round 7 onward

**Price Range**: 5-6 points

**Overview**: Paldean Tauros-F works as a decent defensive answer to some physically offensive foes. (AP, splitting up this sentence because it's long + complex) and It sets itself apart from other cheap Fighting-type options with a solid secondary typing, burn immunity, defensive options in Will-O-Wisp and Intimidate, and serviceable Defense and Attack with a unique STAB option in Raging Bull to remove Screens dual screens. Unfortunately, its stronger STAB options in Flare Blitz and Close Combat come with drawbacks such as recoil and lowered defensive stats, contradicting its defensive traits and utility. Body Press and Raging Bull can make up for this somewhat, but they often lack enough power to be threatening consistently. Without pivoting, reliable recovery, and mediocre good stats outside of Attack and Defense, Paldean Tauros-F struggles to provide much value in most games.


[strategy comments]
Common Roles
========
**Bulky Wall**: Paldean Tauros-F can utilize Intimidate and its natural typing to take hits and punish with an attack or Will-O-Wisp. However, it struggles long-term due to Flare Blitz recoil, chip damage from entry hazards and contact effects, and its lack of reliable healing options.

**Wallbreaker**: Paldean Tauros-F can equip a damage-boosting item and use its STAB moves and coverage to wallbreak for its teammates, but its average base 100 (dex info) Speed allows it to easily get revenge killed or taken advantage of.

**Late-Game Late-game Cleaner**: Paldean Tauros-F can clean through up weakened teams using its setup (RH) option in Bulk Up and speed-boosting Speed-boosting options in Trailblaze (RC) and Flame Charge, or holding a Choice Scarf. Alternatively, it can use Choice Scarf for instant Speed. (separating the tied ideas bc bulk up and scarf don't go together)

Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Raging Bull, Flare Blitz, Body Press, Close Combat

**Setup Moves**: Bulk Up, Trailblaze, Flame Charge

**Utility Moves**: Will-O-Wisp

**Coverage**: Earthquake, Lash Out, Iron Head, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Wild Charge, Zen Headbutt

Niche Moves
========
**Endure**: Endure alongside Rocky Helmet can accrue additional chip damage on physical attackers, even when Paldean Tauros-F is in range of a KO.

**Endeavor**: Paldean Tauros-F can utilize its Speed to bring targets low enough leave targets in KO range for a teammate if it cannot muscle past them naturally.

**Rock Tomb/ Bulldoze**: Paldean Tauros-F can use Rock Tomb or Bulldoze to lower the opposing pokemon’s Pokemon's Speed and allow it to outpace and KO a faster threat.

**Rest / Sleep Talk**: Rest can be used alongside a Chesto Berry or Sleep Talk to grant immediate recovery in a pinch. This can allow it Paldean Tauros-F to be a more reliable long-term check to specific offensive wallbreakers.



Common Items
========
**Rocky Helmet**: Paldean Tauros-F can punish prominent physical attackers and U-turn through users with Rocky Helmet.

**Damage-boosting items Items**: Paldean Tauros-F can use relevant damage-boosting items (RC) from such as Choice Band, Life Orb, Expert Belt, or and Charcoal to assist in its wallbreaking potential.

**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Heavy-Duty Boots allow allows (items are always singular, even if naturally plural like boots/specs) Paldean Tauros-F to be immune to entry hazard chip damage over time, increasing its longevity.

**Choice Scarf**: Paldean Tauros-F can hold a Choice Scarf to act as a revenge (RH) killer and outpace threats that would otherwise outpace outspeed (repetition) it naturally.



Niche Items
========
**Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus Berry can further boost Paldean Tauros-F's longevity and can be used alongside Cud Chew to increase the its recovery at the cost of giving up Intimidate.

(remove extra line)
**Assault Vest**: An Assault Vest can shore up Paldean Tauros-F's meager Special Defense to take some hits from prominent special attackers.

**Leftovers**: Leftovers grant grants Paldean Tauros-F recovery over time, assuming it is on the field for long enough to get enough value over other items.

**Chesto Berry**: A Chesto Berry can allow Paldean Tauros-F to immediately wake up after using Rest.

Tera
========
Paldean Tauros-F doesn't need to be a Tera Captain to be successful in its roles, as its serviceable base typing is often enough to get the job done. However, if Paldean Tauros-F is a Tera Captain, it can utilize both Fire and Fighting-type Tera Fire and Fighting to boost its STAB moves and increase its wallbreaking potential. Paldean Tauros-F can also use other typing such as Water, Fairy, Grass, or Dragon Tera types such as Tera Water, Fairy, Grass, and Dragon to provide more defensive utility and grant access to new or improved coverage options with Tera Blast.

Draft Strategy
========
Paldean Tauros-F should be drafted as a check to physical Grass, Steel, Fire, and Dark type pokemon, Grass-, Steel-, Fire-, and Dark-type Pokemon such as Meowscarada, Gouging Fire, and Roaring Moon, and Gouging Fire, (list ordering) though it is often outclassed by cheaper foes (do you mean picks?) that can provide more utility and role compression to a team.

**Pivots**: Pokemon such as Tornadus-T or and Galarian Slowking can take a hit and allow Paldean Tauros-F safe entry.

**Entry Hazard Control**: Paldean Tauros-F appreciates pokemon Pokemon that can reliably set entry hazards, such as Deoxys-Speed and Great Tusk, as well as pokemon that can remove hazards hazard removers (RC) such as Iron Treads and Great Tusk (RC) to keep Paldean Tauros-F it healthy.



Checks and Counters
========
**Bulky Resists Resistant Foes**: Pokemon that can stomach a hit from Paldean Tauros-F, especially those who do not fear Will-O-Wisp, such as Pecharunt and Latias, can take a hit deal with it (repetition) and fire back with status or a strong attack.

**Chip Damage**: Pokemon such as Garchomp or and Zapdos can chip at Paldean Tauros-F when holding a Rocky Helmet, stacking up (AC) alongside potential Flare Blitz recoil and entry hazard damage.

**Faster Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Greninja, Keldeo, and Iron Bundle can all outpace Paldean Tauros-F and KO with a supereffective super effective attack.

**Special Attackers**: Paldean Tauros-F`s poor Special Defense leaves it susceptible to strong Special Attackers special attackers, such as Zapdos, Kyurem, and Iron Valiant.

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