[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
move 2: Body Press
move 3: Raging Bull
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Flying
ability: Intimidate
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
[SET COMMENTS]
Paldean Tauros-F’s unique defensive typing with Intimidate allows it to act as a capable defensive pivot against prominent physical attackers like Kingambit and Meowscarada. Will-O-Wisp cripples physical attackers like Great Tusk, Dragonite, and Roaring Moon on the switch-in to prevent an otherwise losing matchup. Body Press is a powerful attack on Tauros-F, as it has the power to OHKO Greninja, Kingambit and Meowscarada. It also has a chance to OHKO Roaring Moon while dealing notable damage to Garganacl and Ting-Lu. Raging Bull hits foes like Breloom and Gholdengo while removing Light Screen and Reflect against offensive teams. Protect lets Paldean Tauros-F stall for Will-O-Wisp damage and grants it Leftovers recovery while scouting moves from Choice-locked foes like Dragapult and Walking Wake. Leftovers is its only source of recovery, helping it more consistently switch into resisted attacks. Heavy-Duty Boots helps Paldean Tauros-F more easily switch into U-turn from pivots like Meowscarada and Roaring Moon while synergizing well with Tera Flying to remove the Stealth Rock weakness. Heavy-Duty Boots can be more easily opted out of for Leftovers on teams with sufficient entry hazard control. Intimidate allows it to more easily take neutral hits from its checks, such as Roaring Moon’s Dragon Claw and Meowscarada’s Play Rough. Tera Flying is the preferred Tera type for granting Paldean Tauros-F resistance to Fighting and an immunity to Ground while keeping its resistances to Bug and Grass intact, allowing it to check foes like Garchomp and Great Tusk. If opting to run Leftovers, Tera Flying also grants the benefit of an immunity to all entry hazards, apart from Stealth Rock, which becomes a more inconvenient weakness. A physically defensive EV spread maximizes Paldean Tauros-F’s potential to check prominent Dark-types like Roaring Moon while alleviating passivity with a more powerful Body Press.
Paldean-F works well on many balance and bulky offense teams because of its solid defenses and lack of passivity. Due to its ability to check Dark-types like Roaring Moon and Kingambit, Tauros-F makes a great partner to Ghost-types like Dragapult and Gholdengo. In return, Dragapult can put pressure on Paldean Tauros-F’s checks, such as Dondozo and Garchomp, and Gholdengo checks status-spreading foes like Rotom-W and Toxapex. Water-types like Slowking and Greninja also appreciate Paldean Tauros-F checking Meowscarada and Breloom while countering offensive Water types like Quaquaval that can threaten Paldean Tauros-F. They can also help check Cinderace and Baxcalibur more reliably. If running Leftovers, hazard removal from allies like Corviknight and Great Tusk is appreciated. Corviknight is an especially good partner for its ability to hard counter offensive Ground-types like Great Tusk. Additionally, Great Tusk can pressure foes like Toxapex and Clodsire. Hazard setters like Ting-Lu and Great Tusk can aid the offensive pressure Paldean Tauros-F can exert by making it more difficult to switch into a typical check like Toxapex or Dragapult. Great Tusk does this job well by removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes like Slowking, while Ting-Lu can check foes like Dragapult, Iron Moth, and bulky Volcarona.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[BreloomBuddy, 619748]]
- Quality checked by: [[BT89, 487308], [[Estarossa, 619748]]
- Grammar checked by: [[autumn, 384270]]
name: Defensive
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
move 2: Body Press
move 3: Raging Bull
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Flying
ability: Intimidate
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
[SET COMMENTS]
Paldean Tauros-F’s unique defensive typing with Intimidate allows it to act as a capable defensive pivot against prominent physical attackers like Kingambit and Meowscarada. Will-O-Wisp cripples physical attackers like Great Tusk, Dragonite, and Roaring Moon on the switch-in to prevent an otherwise losing matchup. Body Press is a powerful attack on Tauros-F, as it has the power to OHKO Greninja, Kingambit and Meowscarada. It also has a chance to OHKO Roaring Moon while dealing notable damage to Garganacl and Ting-Lu. Raging Bull hits foes like Breloom and Gholdengo while removing Light Screen and Reflect against offensive teams. Protect lets Paldean Tauros-F stall for Will-O-Wisp damage and grants it Leftovers recovery while scouting moves from Choice-locked foes like Dragapult and Walking Wake. Leftovers is its only source of recovery, helping it more consistently switch into resisted attacks. Heavy-Duty Boots helps Paldean Tauros-F more easily switch into U-turn from pivots like Meowscarada and Roaring Moon while synergizing well with Tera Flying to remove the Stealth Rock weakness. Heavy-Duty Boots can be more easily opted out of for Leftovers on teams with sufficient entry hazard control. Intimidate allows it to more easily take neutral hits from its checks, such as Roaring Moon’s Dragon Claw and Meowscarada’s Play Rough. Tera Flying is the preferred Tera type for granting Paldean Tauros-F resistance to Fighting and an immunity to Ground while keeping its resistances to Bug and Grass intact, allowing it to check foes like Garchomp and Great Tusk. If opting to run Leftovers, Tera Flying also grants the benefit of an immunity to all entry hazards, apart from Stealth Rock, which becomes a more inconvenient weakness. A physically defensive EV spread maximizes Paldean Tauros-F’s potential to check prominent Dark-types like Roaring Moon while alleviating passivity with a more powerful Body Press.
Paldean-F works well on many balance and bulky offense teams because of its solid defenses and lack of passivity. Due to its ability to check Dark-types like Roaring Moon and Kingambit, Tauros-F makes a great partner to Ghost-types like Dragapult and Gholdengo. In return, Dragapult can put pressure on Paldean Tauros-F’s checks, such as Dondozo and Garchomp, and Gholdengo checks status-spreading foes like Rotom-W and Toxapex. Water-types like Slowking and Greninja also appreciate Paldean Tauros-F checking Meowscarada and Breloom while countering offensive Water types like Quaquaval that can threaten Paldean Tauros-F. They can also help check Cinderace and Baxcalibur more reliably. If running Leftovers, hazard removal from allies like Corviknight and Great Tusk is appreciated. Corviknight is an especially good partner for its ability to hard counter offensive Ground-types like Great Tusk. Additionally, Great Tusk can pressure foes like Toxapex and Clodsire. Hazard setters like Ting-Lu and Great Tusk can aid the offensive pressure Paldean Tauros-F can exert by making it more difficult to switch into a typical check like Toxapex or Dragapult. Great Tusk does this job well by removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes like Slowking, while Ting-Lu can check foes like Dragapult, Iron Moth, and bulky Volcarona.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[BreloomBuddy, 619748]]
- Quality checked by: [[BT89, 487308], [[Estarossa, 619748]]
- Grammar checked by: [[autumn, 384270]]
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