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Tapu Bulu, a Grass and Fairy type Pokémon, official artwork

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Tapu Bulu: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Tapu Bulu is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (130) and Defense (115), with a base stat total of 570.

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What is Tapu Bulu weak to?

How much damage Tapu Bulu takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toPoison
2×Weak toFireFlyingIceSteel
0.5×ResistsDarkElectricFightingGrassGroundWater
0×Immune toDragon

Tapu Bulu takes super-effective damage from Poison, Fire, Flying, Ice, Steel (Poison hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dark, Electric, Fighting, Grass, Ground, Water and is immune to Dragon.

Best moveset for Tapu Bulu

Tapu Bulu has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • MegahornBug120
  • Solar BeamGrass120

Best nature for Tapu Bulu

Adamant. Tapu Bulu is a physical attacker (130 Attack vs 85 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Grassy SurgeOn switch-in, this Pokemon summons Grassy Terrain.
  • TelepathyThis Pokemon does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.
Full learnset (81 moves; tap to expand)

Tapu Bulu is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Skull BashNormal130100%Physical
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
MegahornBug12085%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
SuperpowerFighting120100%Physical
Wood HammerGrass120100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Darkest LariatDark85100%Physical
Dazzling GleamFairy80100%Special
Mega PunchNormal8085%Physical
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Horn LeechGrass75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Smart StrikeSteel70-Physical
Horn AttackNormal65100%Physical
Brutal SwingDark60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
RevengeFighting60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
PaybackDark50100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Dual ChopDragon4090%Physical
Echoed VoiceNormal40100%Special
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
LeafageGrass40100%Physical
Mega DrainGrass40100%Special
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
Stored PowerPsychic20100%Special
FlingDark?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Nature's MadnessFairy?90%Special
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
Bulk UpFighting--Status
Calm MindPsychic--Status
ConfideNormal--Status
DisableNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Grassy TerrainGrass--Status
Guard SwapPsychic--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Leech SeedGrass-90%Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Mean LookNormal--Status
Nature PowerNormal--Status
Power SwapPsychic--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
RototillerGround--Status
SafeguardNormal--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
SynthesisGrass--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
TelekinesisPsychic--Status
TormentDark-100%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
WhirlwindNormal--Status
WithdrawWater--Status
Work UpNormal--Status
Worry SeedGrass-100%Status