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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Paldean Tauros (Water Form) in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Paldean Tauros (Fighting/Water Form), as well as its strengths and weakness.
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Paldea #223.2 | Type | |
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Paldean Tauros (Fighting/Water Form) | ||
Abilities | ||
Intimidate Anger Point Cud Chew (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Intimidate | The user lower's the opponent's Attack by one stage whenever it enters the battlefield. | |
Anger Point | The user gets their Attack stat increased by 6 stages after receiving a critical hit. | |
Cud Chew (Hidden) |
When a Pokemon eats a Berry, it will eat the Berry again at the end of the next turn. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 75 | 317 |
Atk | 110 | 146 |
Def | 105 | 107 |
SpAtk | 30 | 779 |
SpDef | 70 | 376 |
Speed | 100 | 120 |
Total | 490 | 311 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 182 | 182 | 150 | 150 | 135 |
Atk | 178 | 162 | 130 | 117 | 103 |
Def | 172 | 157 | 125 | 112 | 99 |
SpAtk | 90 | 82 | 50 | 45 | 31 |
SpDef | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
Spd | 167 | 152 | 120 | 108 | 94 |
Best Natures | ||
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Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
Adamant (+Atk, -Sp. Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Physically Offensive | ★★★★★ |
Nature | Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | 252 Atk / 4 Sp. Def / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 150 HP / 162 Atk / 125 Def / 91 Sp. Def / 167 Spe |
Ability | Intimidate |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Mirror Herb or Safety Goggles |
Moveset | ・
Close Combat
・ Wave Crash ・ Aqua Jet ・ Protect |
Paldean Tauros (Water Form) made a strong showing in the 2023 San Diego Regionals, being in the winning team as well as in various top teams in the tournament. Its strength comes from its ability to match up favorably against Gholdengo, Hydreigon, Kingambit and Dondozo.
Close Combat and Wave Crash are its main STAB moves, with Aqua Jet giving Paldean Tauros a Priority option that's useful for Pokemon hanging on with 1 HP from Focus Sash.
Players may identify Paldean Tauros as a win-condition and might want to target it down. In this case, Protect is a good move to keep Paldean Tauros healthy.
Mirror Herb is a very powerful Held Item for Paldean Tauros, as it allows it to get +2 Attack if it Intimidates into a Defiant Pokemon like Annihilape or Kingambit. Alternatively, Safety Goggles is also a good choice to help it if your team has trouble against Amoonguss.
Paldean Tauros makes great use of Steel Tera, as it turns its weaknesses to Grass, Flying, Psychic and Fairy into resistances.
Raging Bull | Raging Bull as an option to deal damage without any drawbacks. Additionally, Raging Bull has the ability to break Light Screen, Reflect, and Aurora Veil. |
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Stomping Tantrum | Stomping Tantrum is useful for dealing super-effective damage to Ground-weak Pokemon like Gholdengo |
Damage Dealt by Paldean Tauros (Water Form) |
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Item: Life Orb | Close Combat 192 ~ 228 (117.7 ~ 139.8%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Life Orb | Raging Bull 72 ~ 85 (44.1 ~ 52.1%) 16.4% Chance to 2-Hit KO |
Item: Safety Goggles | Close Combat 316 ~ 376 (165.4 ~ 196.8%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Life Orb | Close Combat 200 ~ 236 (119.7 ~ 141.3%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Life Orb | Wave Crash 200 ~ 236 (119.7 ~ 141.3%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Damage Received by Paldean Tauros (Water Form) |
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252 Sp. Atk[/align]Item: Choice Specs | Make it Rain 84 ~ 99 (56 ~ 66%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
Ability:
Unaware
Item:
Leftovers
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+2 Wave Crash 90 ~ 107 (60 ~ 71.3%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
Paldean Tauros is best positioned late into a game, when its counters have been taken out. With its counters out of the way, Paldean Tauros is very difficult to take out, especially with its whopping 7 resistances.
Gholdengo players may become greedy early into a match and terastallize their Gholdengo into Steel out of fear of getting KOd. Paldean Tauros can come in, outspeed, and KO with Close Combat after they've lost their Ghost typing.
Kingambit may also find itself in a difficult spot if it has to go up against Paldean Tauros, as it will be in danger of taking a super-effective Close Combat.
Pokemon who can quickly KO Fairy-types are great teammates for Paldean Tauros. It may still struggle defensively on the Special side, so a strong front end may clear the way for an endgame where Paldean Tauros can come in and dominate.
Physical Attacker | Special Attacker |
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Meowscarada | Gholdengo |
Physical Attacker | Physical Attacker |
Paldean Tauros (Fighting/Water Form) | Baxcalibur |
Both Meowscarada and Gholdengo threaten opposing Gholdengo into Terastallizing, otherwise it may easily get KOd by a super-effective Knock Off or Shadow Ball. As shown by 2023 San Diego Regional Champion, Jiseok Lee, having Paldean Tauros in the back is effective for securing wins.
Cycling Paldean Tauros in and out of the active position also works as counterplay to opposing Dondozo and Tatsugiri as repeated use of Intimidate will reduce Dondozo's Attack buffs back to neutral or worse. This is effective unless Tatsugiri is in its Curly Form, in which case Dondozo can boost its Attack with Order Up.
Baxcalibur is a good Tera option and partner for Paldean Tauros as it can handily KO Grass and Flying-types.
Paldean Tauros does not have the best Special Defense and is susceptible to super-effective Special Moves.
Pokemon | Description |
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Sylveon | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Can KO Paldean Tauros with unboosted Hyper Voice. ・Can resist Paldean Tauros' Fighting STAB. ▶️Sylveon Best Movesets |
Wash Rotom | Ranking: ★★★★
・Can KO Paldean Tauros with Thunderbolt. ・Can easily tank Paldean Tauros' STAB moves. ▶️Wash Rotom Best Movesets |
Meowscarada | Ranking: ★★★★
・Can KO Paldean Tauros with super-effective Flower Trick. ▶️Meowscarada Best Movesets |
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