National Dex Tapu Bulu [DONE]

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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Horn Leech
move 2: Superpower
move 3: Synthesis
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Careful
evs: 220 HP / 92 Def / 140 SpD / 56 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Tapu Bulu's great defensive typing, good bulk, and stellar ability to summon Grassy Terrain let it check many Pokemon: Water-types such as Ash-Greninja and Tapu Fini, Ground-types such as Gliscor and non-Flyinium-Z Landorus-T, Electric-types like Tapu Koko and Zeraora, and Dragon-types such as Mega Latias, Garchomp, and Hydreigon. Swords Dance and a respectable Attack stat make it an offensive threat as well. However, Tapu Bulu faces competition from more specialized offensive or defensive Grass-types such as Rillaboom, Kartana, Ferrothorn, Tangrowth, and Amoonguss. It also struggles to switch into defensive Water-types like Toxapex, Slowbro, and Slowking, as it fears a Scald burn. With Grassy Terrain, Horn Leech hits neutral Pokemon such as Tapu Lele, Garchomp, and Gliscor hard, as well as providing recovery. Superpower lets Tapu Bulu hit Grass-resistant Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Heatran, and Corviknight, and it's chosen over Close Combat due to not reducing Tapu Bulu's Special Defense, letting it check Ash-Greninja and Tapu Koko effectively. Synthesis gives Tapu Bulu reliable recovery, which allows it to check Pokemon such as Greninja and Tapu Koko. Protect can be used over Synthesis to scout moves from Tapu Lele and Magnezone, as well as weakening Z-Moves from the likes of Supersonic Skystrike Landorus-T and Continental Crush Garchomp. It's also notably better than Synthesis on sand teams. The given EV spread allows Tapu Bulu to maximize its recovery from Leftovers and Grassy Terrain, survive a boosted Fire Fang from Mega Garchomp, and outspeed Mega Mawile, with the rest left to Special Defense to handle Ash-Greninja and Tapu Koko better.

Tapu Bulu fits on bulky offense teams that appreciate its defensive and offensive capabilities. Ground-weak partners such as Toxapex and Galarian Slowking greatly enjoy Tapu Bulu's Grassy Terrain weakening Earthquake. Water-weak Pokemon such as Heatran and Landorus-T are also good partners, as Tapu Bulu's typing lets it consistently check threatening Water-type Pokemon such as Ash-Greninja. Volcarona and Heatran are especially great, as they take advantage of the bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth and Amoonguss that Tapu Bulu lures in. The passive recovery from Grassy Terrain gives Pokemon lacking reliable recovery such as Tyranitar and Melmetal vastly increased longevity. However, Tyranitar's summoned sand makes Synthesis less effective. Grass-types such as Kartana and Serperior benefit greatly from Grassy Terrain strengthening their main STAB options, making them much harder to check defensively and overwhelming checks they share with Tapu Bulu such as Corviknight, Volcarona, and Zapdos. Water-types such as Toxapex and Slowking can switch into Fire-types like Mega Charizard Y and Heatran that force Tapu Bulu out; meanwhile, Tapu Bulu is able to switch into Electric-types such as Zeraora and Tapu Koko. As Tapu Bulu is very weak to Flying-types like Corviknight, Zapdos, Skarmory, and Supersonic Skystrike Landorus-T, good checks to these like Heatran, Magnezone, and Corviknight are good partners. Heatran is again exemplary, further having its Earthquake weakness reduced, gaining much needed passive recovery from Grassy Terrain, and checking the Flying- and Fire-types that Tapu Bulu struggles to deal with.

[SET]
name: Offensive Z-Move
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Horn Leech
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge
item: Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 220 HP / 96 Atk / 48 SpD / 144 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Tapu Bulu is a wallbreaker utilizing its great coverage options to break through Pokemon such as Corviknight, Amoonguss, and Mega Latias, which often stop other offensive Grass-types like Rillaboom and Kartana. Furthermore, its good bulk in tandem with recovery from Grassy Terrain and Horn Leech lets it stay healthy throughout games. However, it struggles to check threats such as Ash-Greninja and Tapu Koko in the long term due to its lack of reliable recovery and non-exemplary bulk, as well as facing competition from Rillaboom and Kartana. Stone Edge lets Tapu Bulu nail Grass-resistant Pokemon such as Zapdos, Mega Charizard Y, and Volcarona. Close Combat dissuades Pokemon like Heatran, Melmetal, Ferrothorn, and Hydreigon from pivoting into Horn Leech. Rockium Z and Continental Crush let it OHKO Mega Latias and Amoonguss at +2 while significantly damaging Corviknight and Skarmory. Fightinium Z lets Tapu Bulu OHKO Corviknight and Skarmory when boosted after Stealth Rock, as well as OHKOing Heatran and Ferrothorn unboosted, but it is generally not preferred because Continental Crush severely damages Corviknight and Skarmory anyway, and Heatran and Ferrothorn do not want to switch in due to Close Combat. The given EV spread maximizes Tapu Bulu’s recovery from Grassy Terrain, avoids the 2HKO from Ash-Greninja’s Hydro Pump, and outspeeds Magnezone and Tyranitar.

Tapu Bulu fits on bulky offense and offensive teams that appreciate its offensive capabilities and decent defensive merits. Mega Latios and Calm Mind Tapu Fini appreciate Tapu Bulu's ability to lure in the likes of Corviknight and Amoonguss. Pokemon such as Melmetal, Kartana, Serperior, and Ash-Greninja enjoy Tapu Bulu pressuring bulky Grass- and Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Amoonguss, and Corviknight. Kartana and Serperior especially are exceptional partners, as each benefits from Tapu Bulu breaking through their checks like Corviknight, Mega Latias, and Amoonguss, and Grassy Terrain makes their main STAB moves harder to switch into. Pokemon such as Heatran and Galarian Slowking appreciate Grassy Terrain lessening their Earthquake weakness. Due to Tapu Bulu's lack of reliable recovery, secondary checks to Pokemon such as Tapu Koko and Ash-Greninja are needed, like Gastrodon and Tapu Fini, as it can easily get overwhelmed. Due to its Fire weakness, it is easily forced out by the likes of Mega Charizard Y and offensive Heatran, so checks to these such as Toxapex and Gliscor are great teammates.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A Toxic or Leech Seed set in conjunction with Protect lets Tapu Bulu threaten Tangrowth and Zapdos, in addition to wearing down common switch-ins like Corviknight; however, this set struggles from a huge lack of power due to dropping Swords Dance, and it is extremely inconsistent. Wood Hammer can be used on the offensive set for more general power, but it heavily cuts into. Tapu Bulu's longevity. The offensive set can also use items such as Life Orb and Meadow Plate to increase its general power, but it struggles to break through the likes of Corviknight and Amoonguss consistently without its Z-Move. Substitute can be used to avoid status effects and safely set up in front of Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Sableye, but it means sacrificing a coverage option.

Checks and Counters
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**Bulky Grass-types**: Tapu Bulu struggles to break through bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth and Amoonguss, and they both can consistently force it out, as well as recovering back any damage dealt via Regenerator, although Amoonguss fears a boosted Continental Crush.

**Flying-types**: Corviknight, Zapdos, and Skarmory can all check Tapu Bulu consistently and force it out, with Corviknight threatening a Brave Bird, Zapdos outspeeding and threatening with Hurricane, and faster Skarmory sets being able to boost their Defense and wall Tapu Bulu.

**Status Effects**: Poison deeply cuts into Tapu Bulu's longevity, forcing defensive sets to constantly use Synthesis, and burn severely lowers its damage output, leaving it struggling to break through Pokemon like Gliscor and Toxapex.

**Fire-types**: Pokemon like Mega Charizard Y, Volcarona, and Heatran can pivot into Tapu Bulu's STAB moves and force it out, although they must be wary of switching in, as the first two are OHKOed by Stone Edge, and the latter struggles to take Close Combat’s.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Aegislash, Mega Scizor, and Mega Mawile can pivot into Tapu Bulu and force it out, but the latter two struggle to take a boosted All-Out Pummeling.


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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Horn Leech
move 2: Superpower
move 3: Synthesis / Protect shouldn't be slashed, mentioned later on
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Careful
evs: 220 HP / 92 Def / 140 SpD / 56 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Tapu Bulu’s great defensive typing, good bulk as well as its stellar ability in Grassy Surge allows it to check the ever threatening Ash Greninja, as well as ,Water-types such as Ash-Greninja and Tapu Fini, as well as Ground-types such as Gliscor and Landorus-T, and Electric-types like Tapu Koko and Zeraora. Due to having access to Swords Dance and a respectable Attack stat, it can also be a strong wincon late game its able to be an offensive threat aswell. the last part felt kinda iffy to read with the combination of its longevity and terrain boosted Grass-type STAB. fluff However, Tapu Bulu faces direct competition from other Grass-types such as Rillaboom and Kartana, due to it having much less offensive prowness compared to the two, and defensive Grass-types such as Ferrothorn, Tangrowth, and Amoonguss, as it has less bulk and doesnt offer as much utility also mention how its not as good as these because of its inability to switch into the likes of Toxapex, Slowbro, and Slowking as it fears a scald burn. Horn Leech is Tapu Bulu’s main preferred STAB move, as due to Grassy Terrain, it hits non-resistant Pokemon hard, hitting hard on even neutral targets, as well as providing additional recovery. Superpower lets Tapu Bulu hit Grass-type resistant Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Heatran and Corviknight, and is chosen over Close Combat due to not reducing Tapu Bulu’s Special Defense. mention why this is good Synthesis gives Tapu Bulu consistent reliable recovery, which allows it to check and lets it continuously switch into Pokemon such as Greninja and Tapu Koko. Protect can be used over Synthesis to let Tapu Bulu scout moves from Tapu Lele and Magnezone, as well as reduce damage of Z Moves from the likes of Supersonic Skystrike Landorus-T and Continental Crush Garchomp. The given EV spread allows Tapu Bulu to maximise its recovery from Leftovers and Grassy Terrain, live a boosted Fire Fang from Mega Garchomp, as well as outspeeding Mega Mawile, with the rest left to maximise its special bulk to handle Ash Greninja and Tapu Koko better.

Ground-type weak Pokemon such as Toxapex, Heatran and Slowking-Galar are all great partners, as Tapu Bulu’s Grassy Terrain helps to compound that weakness for them. grassy terrain doesn't weaken ground-type moves in general btw its just eq Water-type weak Pokemon weak to Water-types such as Heatran and defensive Landorus-T are also good partners due to Tapu Bulu’s typing letting it consistently check threatening Water-type Pokemon such as Ash Greninja. Mega Mawile Volcarona and Heatran are especially great partners as they takes advantage of the bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth and Amoonguss that Tapu Bulu lures in. Heatran also forms perfect has stellar defensive synergy with Tapu Bulu. expand on this The passive recovery provided by Tapu Bulu’s Grassy Terrain give Pokemon such as Mega Tyranitar and Melmetal much needed additional passive recovery, vastly increasing their longevity. Pokemon such as Kartana and Serperior also benefit greatly from the Grassy Terrain as their main STAB options gain a large power increase, making them much harder to check defensively. Mention how they stack weaknesses to stuff like Weav, Volc, Zapdos etc Water-types Pokemon such as Toxapex and Slowking also work well with it, as they can handle the switch into Fire-types like Mega Charizard Y and Heatran that force Tapu Bulu out, meanwhile, Tapu Bulu is able to switch into Electric-types such as Zeraora and Tapu Koko. Due to Tapu Bulu’s weakness to against Flying-types moves, as the likes of Zapdos and Skarmory switch into its Grass- and Fighting-type coverage with ease, and attacks such as Hurricane from Zapdos if mentioning zap twice feels to repetitive for you you could swap this mention with corvs brave bird and Supersonic Skystrike from Landorus-T greatly threaten Tapu Bulu, thus, checks to these Pokemon such as Tyranitar, Magnezone and Corviknight are good partners.

[SET]
name: Offensive Z-Move
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Horn Leech
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge
item: Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 220 HP / 96 Atk / 48 SpD / 144 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Tapu Bulu is a terrifying breaker, leans more towards using its stellar base Attack stat, as well as utilising its ability as well as mentioned later on its great coverage options to break through Pokemon such as Corviknight, Amoonguss and Mega Latias that would often stop other offensive Grass-types Pokemon. examples? Furthermore, its good bulk and increased longetivity in tandem with Grassy Terrain's passive recovery allow it to stay healthy throughout games means its relatively, comfortably taking hits and breaking through teams. However, Offensive Tapu Bulu struggles to check threats such as Ash Greninja and Tapu Koko defensively in the long term, as it has to resort to just Grassy Terrain recovery, as well as not having as much bulk, means oftentimes teams are required to have an additional check to these Pokemon in order to feel secure , due to its lack of reliable recovery and subpar bulk. Swords Dance allows Tapu Bulu to boost its Attack stat in order to wallbreak consistently threaten opposing walls. Horn Leech is Tapu Bulu’s main STAB move, due to its recovery allowing Tapu Bulu to last longer in a match and its life leeching properties allows Tapu Bulu to last much longer in the game. Stone Edge lets Tapu Bulu nail Grass-type resistant Pokemon such as Zapdos, Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona, and in conjunction with Rockium Z allows Tapu Bulu to fire off a strong Continental Crush, that when boosted lets Tapu Bulu perform feats such as OHKOing Mega Latias and Amoonguss. Close Combat lets Tapu Bulu hit Steel-type Pokemon such as Heatran, Melmetal and Ferrothorn, as well as Hydreigon. Close Combat together with Fightinium Z lets Tapu Bulu use a hard hitting All-Out Pummelling, that which is strong enough to KO Corviknight after Stealth Rock damage when boosted, as well as OHKO Heatran and Ferrothorn unboosted. mention why rockium is preferred The given EV spread maximises Tapu Bulu’s recovery from Grassy Terrain, avoids the 2HKO from Ash Greninja’s Hydro Pump as well as outspeeding Magnezone and Tyranitar, while maximising its Attack.

Pokemon that appreciate Tapu Bulu’s ability to lure the likes of Corviknight and Amoonguss work well with it, such as Mega Latios and Calm Mind Tapu Fini. Pokemon such as Melmetal, Kartana, Serperior, and Ash Greninja work well with it due to both of them appreciating Tapu Bulu pressuring bulky Grass- and Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Amoonguss and Corviknight. Kartana and Serperior especially are exceptional partners, as they become much stronger with Grassy Terrain’s power boost to their main STAB’s rewrite this part to focus more on grass spam and how these two appreciate bulu breaking birds and bulky grasses for it, something along the likes of "these two form a good offensive core with tapu bulu as they benefit from it breaking their resists like (examples) and its grassy terrain making their STAB moves harder to switch into. Pokemon that appreciate their Ground-type weakness being compounded having Earthquake weakened such as Heatran and Slowking-Galar are also good partners. (ac) Due to its lack of recovery, secondary checks to Pokemon such as Tapu Koko and Ash Greninja are needed as it can easily get overwhelmed, so Gastrodon and Tapu Fini are stellar partners. Due to its Fire-type weakness, it is easily forced out by the likes of Mega Charizard Y and offensive Heatran, so checks to these such as Toxapex and Gliscor are great teammates to help compound this weakness.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

A Toxic or Leech Seed set in conjunction with Protect lets Tapu Bulu threaten Tangrowth and Zapdos, and pressure wear down common switch ins like Corviknight, however, this set struggles from a huge lack of power due to dropping Swords Dance, and is extremely inconsistent. Wood Hammer can be used on the offensive set for more general power, but cuts into a lot of its longetevity. Items such as Life Orb and Meadow Plate can also be used to increase its general power, but Tapu Bulu often struggles to break consistently without its Z Move. Substitute can be used to avoid status effects and safely set up in front of Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Sableye, but it means a coverage option is sacrificed.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Bulky Grass-types**: Tapu Bulu struggles to break through bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth and Amoonguss, and they both can consistently force it out, as well as recovering back any damage dealt via Regenerator.

**Flying-types**: Corviknight, Zapdos and Skarmory can all check Tapu Bulu consistently and force it out, with Corviknight threatening a Brave Bird, Zapdos outspeeding and threatening to Hurricane it, as well as faster Skarmory sets being able to boost its Defense and wall Tapu Buluwith Iron Defense, and threatening Tapu Bulu back out with a boosted Body Press.

**Status Effects**: Tapu Bulu’s longetivity is vastly cut short if it is poisoned, forcing it to consistently Synthesis to recover its lost health, as well as being burned means its damage output becomes extremely low, and makes it struggle to break through Pokemon like Gliscor and Toxapex.

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1/2, please reread grammar standards and double check your future analyses to avoid common grammar mistakes though.

 

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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Horn Leech
move 2: Superpower
move 3: Synthesis
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Careful
evs: 220 HP / 92 Def / 140 SpD / 56 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Tapu Bulu’s great defensive typing, good bulk as well as and its stellar ability in Grassy Surge allows it to check Water-types such as Ash-Greninja and Tapu Fini, as well as Ground-types such as Gliscor and non Flyinium-Z Landorus-T and Electric-types like Tapu Koko and Zeraora. mention it checking dragons as well Due to having access to Swords Dance and a respectable Attack stat, its able to be an offensive threat aswell. split this into as and well However, Tapu Bulu faces direct competition from other offensive Grass-types such as Rillaboom and Kartana, due to its having much less offensive prowness compared to the two, and defensive Grass-types such as Ferrothorn, Tangrowth and Amoonguss, as it has less bulk and doesnt offer as much utility, as well as it struggling to switch into the likes of Toxapex, Slowbro and Slowking as it fears a Scald burn. Horn Leech is Tapu Bulu’s preferred STAB move, as due to Grassy Terrain, it hits non-resistant Pokemon hard, Like? Name the relevant Pokemon that get hit hard by a neutral Horn Leech as well as providing recovery. Superpower lets Tapu Bulu hit Grass-type resistant Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Heatran and Corviknight, and is chosen over Close Combat due to not reducing Tapu Bulu’s Special Defense, as to letting it check Ash Greninja and Tapu Koko effectively. Synthesis gives Tapu Bulu reliable recovery, which allows it to check Pokemon such as Greninja and Tapu Koko mention it having its effectiveness reduced in sand and rain. Protect can be used over Synthesis to let Tapu Bulu scout moves from Tapu Lele and Magnezone, as well as reduce damage of Z Moves from the likes of Supersonic Skystrike Landorus-T and Continental Crush Garchomp mention this is notably useful when bulu is used on sand. The given EV spread allows Tapu Bulu to maximise its recovery from Leftovers and Grassy Terrain, live a boosted Fire Fang from Mega Garchomp, as well as outspeeding Mega Mawile, with the rest left to its special bulk to handle Ash Greninja hyphen and Tapu Koko better.

what teams does bulu fit on?
Earthquake weak Pokemon such as Toxapex, Heatran, and Slowking-Galar are all great partners, as Tapu Bulu’s Grassy Terrain helps to compound that weakness for them. Pokemon weak to Water-type moves such as Heatran and defensive Landorus-T are also good partners due to as Tapu Bulu’s typing letting lets it consistently check threatening Water-type Pokemon such as Ash Greninja. Volcarona and Heatran are especially great partners as they take advantage of the bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth and Amoonguss that Tapu Bulu lures in. Heatran also has stellar defensive synergy with Tapu Bulu, as they both cover each others weaknesses together this is mentioned in enough other parts. The passive recovery provided by Tapu Bulu’s Grassy Terrain gives Pokemon such as Mega Tyranitar, Heatran, and Melmetal more passive additional recovery, vastly increasing their longevity. Pokemon such as Kartana and Serperior also benefit greatly from the Grassy Terrain as their main STAB options gain a large power increase, making them much harder to check defensively as they stack checks such as Corviknight, Volcarona and Zapdos reword this to talk abt how These along with bulu can overwhelm shared checks. Water-types such as Toxapex and Slowking also work well with it, as they can switch into Fire-types like Mega Charizard Y and Heatran that force Tapu Bulu out, meanwhile, Tapu Bulu is able to switch into Electric-types such as Zeraora and Tapu Koko. Due to Tapu Bulu’s weakness against Flying-types, as the likes of Zapdos and Skarmory switch into its Grass- and Fighting-type coverage with ease, and attacks such as Brave Bird from Corviknight and Supersonic Skystrike from Landorus-T greatly threaten Tapu Bulu, thus, checks to these Pokemon such as Tyranitar, Magnezone, and Corviknight are good partners. this sentence is just unreadable As Tapu Bulu is very weak to Flying types like Corviknight, Zapdos, Skarmory, and Supersonic Skystrike Landorus-T, good checks to these like Heatran, Magnezone, and Corviknight are good partners for it.
Remove every single one of the tran mentions here and mention it as it's own Sentence talking abt why they work well together(EQ Lowering passive Recovery mention all that)

[SET]
name: Offensive Z-Move
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Horn Leech
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge
item: Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 220 HP / 96 Atk / 48 SpD / 144 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Tapu Bulu leans more towards using its stellar base Attack stat, as well as,(rc) utilising its great coverage options to break through Pokemon such as Corviknight, Amoonguss and Mega Latias that would often stop other offensive Grass-types like Rillaboom and Kartana. Furthermore, its good bulk in tandem with Grassy Terrain‘ss typo passive recovery allow lets it to stay healthy throughout games. However, Offensive Tapu Bulu struggles to check threats such as Ash Greninja and Tapu Koko defensively in the long term, due to its lack of reliable recovery and subpar bulk. mention it also facing competitive from other grass types Swords Dance allows Tapu Bulu to boost its Attack stat in order to threaten opposing walls. Horn Leech is Tapu Bulu’s main STAB move, due to its recovery allowing letting Tapu Bulu to last longer in a match. Stone Edge lets Tapu Bulu nail Grass-type resistant Pokemon such as Zapdos, Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona, and in conjunction with Rockium Z allows Tapu Bulu to fire off a strong Continental Crush, that when boosted lets Tapu Bulu OHKO Mega Latias and Amoonguss. Close Combat lets Tapu Bulu hit Steel-type Pokemon such as Heatran, Melmetal and Ferrothorn, as well as Hydreigon. dissuade Pokemon like Heatran, Melmetal, Ferrothorn and, Hydreigon from pivoting into its Horn Leech. Close Combat together with Fightinium Z lets Tapu Bulu use All-Out Pummelling, which is strong enough to KO Corviknight after Stealth Rock damage when boosted, as well as OHKO Heatran and Ferrothorn unboosted, although Rockium is generally preferred due to Tapu Bulu often already force out these Pokemon when boosted, and Rockium hits Corviknight as well as the others, albeit slightly weaker. Rockium Z is used as it lets it fire off a Continental Crush that can OHKO Mega Latias and Amoonguss while boosted while also significantly damaging Corviknight and Skarmory. Fightinium Z can also be used, as it can OHKO Corviknight and Skarmory when Boosted after Stealth Rock, while also letting it OHKO Heatran and Ferrothorn unboosted, but it is generally not preferred as Continental Crush severely damages Corviknight and Skarmory anyway and Heatran and Ferrothorn do not want to switch in due to fear of Close Combat. The given EV spread maximises Tapu Bulu’s recovery from Grassy Terrain, avoids the 2HKO from Ash Greninja’s Hydro Pump as well as outspeeding Magnezone and Tyranitar.

what teams does bulu fit on?
Pokemon that appreciate Tapu Bulu’s ability to lure the likes of Corviknight and Amoonguss work well with it, such as Mega Latios and Calm Mind Tapu Fini. Pokemon such as Melmetal, Kartana, Serperior, and Ash Greninja work well with it due to both of them as they appreciating Tapu Bulu pressuring bulky Grass- and Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Amoonguss and Corviknight. Kartana and Serperior especially are exceptional partners, as these two form a good offensive core with Tapu Bulu as they benefit from it breaking their resists checks like Corviknight, Mega Latias, and Amoonguss, as well as its and its Grassy Terrain making makes their STAB moves harder to switch into.they become much stronger with Grassy Terrain’s power boost to their main STAB’s. Pokemon that appreciate their Ground-type weakness being compounded such as Heatran and Slowking-Galar are also good partners. Due to its lack of recovery, secondary checks to Pokemon such as Tapu Koko and Ash Greninja are needed as it can easily get overwhelmed, so Pokemon such as Gastrodon and Tapu Fini are stellar partners. Due to its Fire-type weakness, it is easily forced out by the likes of Mega Charizard Y and offensive Heatran, so checks to these such as Toxapex and Gliscor are great teammates to help compound this weakness.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A Toxic or Leech Seed set in conjunction with Protect lets Tapu Bulu threaten Tangrowth and Zapdos, and wear down common switch ins like Corviknight, however, this set struggles from a huge lack of power due to dropping Swords Dance, and is extremely inconsistent. Wood Hammer can be used on the offensive set for more general power, but cuts into a lot of its longetevity. Items such as Life Orb and Meadow Plate can also be used to increase its general power, but Tapu Bulu often struggles to break what? consistently without its Z Move. Substitute can be used to avoid status effects and safely set up in front of Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Sableye, but it means a coverage option is sacrificed.

Checks and Counters
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**Bulky Grass-types**: Tapu Bulu struggles to break through bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth and Amoonguss, and they both can consistently force it out, as well as recovering back any damage dealt via Regenerator. mention that amoong takes a lot from rock z

**Flying-types**: Corviknight, Zapdos and Skarmory can all check Tapu Bulu consistently and force it out, with Corviknight threatening a Brave Bird, Zapdos outspeeding and threatening to Hurricane it, as well as faster and Skarmory sets being able to boost its Defense and wall Tapu Bulu.

**Status Effects**: Tapu Bulu’s longetivity is vastly cut short if it is poisoned, forcing it to consistently Synthesis to recover its lost health, as well as and being burned means its damage output becomes extremely low, and makes it struggle to break through Pokemon like Gliscor and Toxapex.

mention fire types here
Also mention steels as stuff like aegis walls bulu

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Content good grammer bad.

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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Horn Leech
move 2: Superpower
move 3: Synthesis
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Careful
evs: 220 HP / 92 Def / 140 SpD / 56 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Tapu Bulu’s great defensive typing, good bulk as well as and its stellar ability in Grassy Surge allows it to check Water-types such as Ash-Greninja and Tapu Fini, as well as Ground-types such as Gliscor and Landorus-T and Electric-types like Tapu Koko and Zeraora. Due to having access to Swords Dance and 1a respectable Attack stat, its able to be an offensive threat aswell. However, Tapu Bulu faces direct competition from other Grass-types such as Rillaboom and Kartana, due to it having much less offensive prowness prowess compared to the two, and defensive Grass-types such as Ferrothorn, Tangrowth and Amoonguss, as it has less bulk and doesnt offer as much utility, as well as it struggling to switch into the likes of Toxapex, Slowbro and Slowking as it fears a Scald burn the other grasses dont really like a scald burn either, so i would cut this all together, or just mention how it struggles to switch into other waters in general. Horn Leech is Tapu Bulu’s preferred STAB move, as due to Grassy Terrain, it hits non-resistant Pokemon hard, as well as providing recovery. Superpower lets Tapu Bulu hit Grass-type resistant Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Heatran and Corviknight, and is chosen over Close Combat due to not reducing Tapu Bulu’s Special Defense, as to check Ash Greninja and Tapu Koko effectively. Synthesis gives Tapu Bulu reliable recovery, which allows it to check the aforementioned Pokemon such as Greninja and Tapu Koko. Protect can be used over Synthesis to let Tapu Bulu scout moves from Tapu Lele and Magnezone, as well as and reduce damage of Z Moves from the likes of Supersonic Skystrike Landorus-T and Continental Crush Garchomp. The given EV spread allows Tapu Bulu to maximise its recovery from Leftovers and Grassy Terrain, live a boosted Fire Fang from Mega Garchomp, as well as outspeeding Mega Mawile, with the rest left to its special bulk to handle Ash Greninja and Tapu Koko better.

Earthquake weak Pokemon such as Toxapex, Heatran, and Slowking-Galar are all great partners, as Tapu Bulu’s Grassy Terrain helps to compound that weakness for them. Pokemon weak to Water-type moves such as Heatran mention other relevant pokemon weak to water, since you used heatran alot in this paragraph and defensive Landorus-T are also good partners due to Tapu Bulu’s typing letting it consistently check threatening Water-type Pokemon such as Ash Greninja. Volcarona and Heatran are especially great partners as they take advantage of the bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth and Amoonguss that Tapu Bulu lures in. Heatran also has stellar defensive synergy with Tapu Bulu, as they both cover each others weaknesses together. The passive recovery provided by Tapu Bulu’s Grassy Terrain give Pokemon such as Mega Tyranitar and Melmetal passive additional recovery, vastly increasing their longevity. Pokemon such as Kartana and Serperior also benefit greatly from the Grassy Terrain as their main STAB options gain a large power increase, making them much harder to check defensively as they stack checks such as Corviknight, Volcarona and Zapdos. Water-types such as Toxapex and Slowking also work well with it, as they can switch into Fire-types like Mega Charizard Y and Heatran that force Tapu Bulu out, meanwhile, Tapu Bulu is able to switch into Electric-types such as Zeraora and Tapu Koko. Due to Tapu Bulu’s weakness against Flying-types, as the likes of Zapdos and Skarmory switch into its Grass- and Fighting-type coverage with ease, and attacks such as Brave Bird from Corviknight and Supersonic Skystrike from Landorus-T greatly threaten Tapu Bulu, thus, checks to these Pokemon such as Tyranitar, Magnezone, and Corviknight are good partners. Mention the teamstyles bulu works on

[SET]
name: Offensive Z-Move
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Horn Leech
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge
item: Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 220 HP / 96 Atk / 48 SpD / 144 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Tapu Bulu leans more towards using its stellar base Attack stat, as well as, utilising its great coverage options to break through Pokemon such as Corviknight, Amoonguss and Mega Latias that would often stop other offensive Grass-types like Rillaboom and Kartana. Furthermore, its good bulk in tandem with Grassy Terrain‘ss passive recovery allow it to stay healthy throughout games. However, Offensive Tapu Bulu struggles to check threats such as Ash Greninja and Tapu Koko defensively in the long term, due to its lack of reliable recovery and subpar bulk. Swords Dance allows Tapu Bulu to boost its Attack stat in order to threaten opposing walls. No need to mention this Horn Leech is Tapu Bulu’s main STAB move, due to its recovery allowing Tapu Bulu to last longer in a match. Stone Edge lets Tapu Bulu nail Grass-type resistant Pokemon such as Zapdos, Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona, and in conjunction with Rockium Z allows Tapu Bulu to fire off a strong Continental Crush, that when boosted lets Tapu Bulu OHKO Mega Latias and Amoonguss and do alot of damage to Corviknight. Close Combat lets Tapu Bulu hit Steel-type Pokemon such as Heatran, Melmetal and Ferrothorn, as well as Hydreigon. Close Combat together with Fightinium Z lets Tapu Bulu use All-Out Pummelling, which is strong enough to KO Corviknight after Stealth Rock damage when boosted, as well as OHKO Heatran and Ferrothorn unboosted, although Rockium is generally preferred due to Tapu Bulu often already force out these Pokemon when boosted, and Rockium hits Corviknight as well as the others, albeit slightly weaker. The given EV spread maximises Tapu Bulu’s recovery from Grassy Terrain, avoids the 2HKO from Ash Greninja’s Hydro Pump as well as outspeeding modest Magnezone and adamant Tyranitar.

Pokemon that appreciate Tapu Bulu’s ability to lure the likes of Corviknight and Amoonguss work well with it, such as Mega Latios and Calm Mind Tapu Fini. Pokemon such as Melmetal, Kartana, Serperior, and Ash Greninja work well with it due to both of them appreciating Tapu Bulu pressuring bulky Grass- and Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Amoonguss and Corviknight. Kartana and Serperior especially are exceptional partners, as these two form a good offensive core with Tapu Bulu as they benefit from it breaking their resists checks like Corviknight, Mega Latias, and Amoonguss, as well as its its Grassy Terrain making their STAB moves harder to switch into.they become much stronger with Grassy Terrain’s power boost to their main STAB’s. Pokemon that appreciate their Ground-type weakness being compounded such as Heatran and Slowking-Galar are also good partners. Due to its lack of recovery, secondary checks to Pokemon such as Tapu Koko and Ash Greninja are needed as it can easily get overwhelmed, so Gastrodon and Tapu Fini are stellar partners. Due to its Fire-type weakness, it is easily forced out by the likes of Mega Charizard Y and offensive Heatran, so checks to these such as Toxapex and Gliscor are great teammates to help compound this weakness.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A Toxic or Leech Seed set in conjunction with Protect lets Tapu Bulu threaten Tangrowth and mention some other pokemon here instead since leech protect doesent threaten tangrowth Zapdos, and wear down common switch ins like Corviknight you can combine these last 2 sentences together, no need to do it seperately, however, this set struggles from a huge lack of power due to dropping Swords Dance, and is extremely inconsistent because of that. Wood Hammer can be used on the offensive set for more general power, but cuts into a lot of its longetevity. Items such as Life Orb and Meadow Plate can also be used to increase its general power, but Tapu Bulu often struggles to break consistently without its Z Move. Substitute can be used to avoid status effects and safely set up in front of Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Sableye, but it means a coverage option is sacrificed.

Checks and Counters
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**Bulky Grass-types**: Tapu Bulu struggles to break through bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth and Amoonguss, and they both can consistently force it out, as well as recovering back any damage dealt via Regenerator.

**Flying-types**: Corviknight, Zapdos and Skarmory can all check Tapu Bulu consistently and force it out, with Corviknight threatening a Brave Bird, and Zapdos outspeeding and threatening to Hurricane it, as well as faster Skarmory sets being able to boost its Defense and wall Tapu Bulu.

**Status Effects**: Tapu Bulu’s longetivity is vastly cut short if it is poisoned, forcing it to consistently Synthesis to recover its lost health, as well as and being burned means its damage output becomes extremely low, and makes it struggle to break through Pokemon like Gliscor and Toxapex.

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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Horn Leech
move 2: Superpower
move 3: Synthesis
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Careful
evs: 220 HP / 92 Def / 140 SpD / 56 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Tapu Bulu’s great defensive typing, good bulk, (AC) and its stellar ability in Grassy Surge allows it to check stellar ability to summon Grassy Terrain let it check many Pokemon: Water-types such as Ash-Greninja and Tapu Fini, as well as Ground-types such as Gliscor and non-Flyinium-Z (added hyphen after "non") Landorus-T, (AC) and Electric-types like Tapu Koko and Zeraora, as well as and Dragon-types such as Mega Latias, Garchomp, (AC) and Hydreigon. Due to having access to Swords Dance and a respectable Attack stat, its able to be Swords Dance and a respectable Attack stat make it an offensive threat as well. However, Tapu Bulu faces direct competition from other offensive Grass-types such as Rillaboom Grass-types such as Rillaboom and Kartana, due to it having much less offensive prowness compared to the two, and defensive Grass-types such as Ferrothorn, Tangrowth and Amoonguss, as it has less bulk and doesnt offer as much utility, as well as it struggling to switch into the likes of Toxapex, Slowbro and Slowking as it fears a Scald burn. Horn Leech is Tapu Bulu’s preferred STAB move, as due to Grassy Terrain, it hits non-resistant competition from more specialized offensive or defensive Grass-types such as Rillaboom, Kartana, Ferrothorn, Tangrowth, and Amoonguss. It also struggles to switch into defensive Water-types like Toxapex, Slowbro, and Slowking, as it fears a Scald burn. With Grassy Terrain, Horn Leech hits neutral Pokemon such as Tapu Lele, Garchomp, (AC) and Gliscor hard, as well as providing recovery. Superpower lets Tapu Bulu hit Grass-type resistant Grass-resistant Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Heatran, (AC) and Corviknight, and it's chosen over Close Combat due to not reducing Tapu Bulu’s Special Defense, letting it check Ash-Greninja (added hyphen) and Tapu Koko effectively. Synthesis gives Tapu Bulu reliable recovery, which allows it to check Pokemon such as Greninja and Tapu Koko, but has reduced effectiveness in sand and rain. Protect can be used over Synthesis to let Tapu Bulu scout moves from Tapu Lele and Magnezone, as well as reduce damage of Z Moves weakening Z-Moves from the likes of Supersonic Skystrike Landorus-T and Continental Crush Garchomp, as well as being notably useful when Tapu Bulu is used on sand, Garchomp. It's also notably better than Synthesis on sand teams. (I imagine?) The given EV spread allows Tapu Bulu to maximise maximize its recovery from Leftovers and Grassy Terrain, live survive a boosted Fire Fang from Mega Garchomp, as well as outspeeding and outspeed Mega Mawile, with the rest left to its special bulk Special Defense to handle Ash-Greninja and Tapu Koko better.

Tapu Bulu fits on bulky offense teams that appreciate ifs defensive capabilities in conjunction with its offensive prowess. Earthquake weak Pokemon such as Toxapex, and Slowking-Galar are all great partners, as Tapu Bulu’s Grassy Terrain helps to compound that weakness for them. Pokemon weak to Water-type moves its defensive and offensive capabilities. Ground-weak partners such as Toxapex and Galarian Slowking greatly enjoy Tapu Bulu's Grassy Terrain weakening Earthquake. Water-weak Pokemon such as Heatran and Landorus-T are also good partners, (AC) as Tapu Bulu’s typing lets it consistently check threatening Water-type Pokemon such as Ash-Greninja. (added hpyhen) Volcarona and Heatran are especially great partners great, as they take advantage of the bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth and Amoonguss that Tapu Bulu lures in. The passive recovery provided by Tapu Bulu’s from Grassy Terrain gives Pokemon lacking reliable recovery (I imagine?) such as Tyranitar and Melmetal more passive recovery, vastly increasing their vastly increased longevity. Pokemon However, Tyranitar's summoned sand makes Synthesis less effective. Grass-types such as Kartana and Serperior also benefit greatly from the Grassy Terrain as their main STAB options gain a large power increase, benefit greatly from Grassy Terrain strengthening their main STAB options, making them much harder to check defensively due to them being able to overwhelm their shared checks and overwhelming checks they share with Tapu Bulu such as Corviknight, Volcarona, (AC) and Zapdos. Water-types such as Toxapex and Slowking also work well with it, as they can switch into Fire-types like Mega Charizard Y and Heatran that force Tapu Bulu out; (comma -> semicolon) meanwhile, Tapu Bulu is able to switch into Electric-types such as Zeraora and Tapu Koko. As Tapu Bulu is very weak to Flying-types (added hyphen) like Corviknight, Zapdos, Skarmory, and Supersonic Skystrike Landorus-T, good checks to these like Heatran, Magnezone, and Corviknight are good partners for it. Heatran is an especially exemplar partner due to it again exemplary, further having its Earthquake weakness reduced, (AC) and gaining much needed passive recovery from Grassy Terrain, as well as and checking the Flying- and Fire-types that Tapu Bulu struggles to deal with.

[SET]
name: Offensive Z-Move
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Horn Leech
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge
item: Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 220 HP / 96 Atk / 48 SpD / 144 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Tapu Bulu leans more towards using its stellar base Attack stat, as well as utilising is a wallbreaker utilizing its great coverage options to break through Pokemon such as Corviknight, Amoonguss, (AC) and Mega Latias that would Latias, which often stop other offensive Grass-types like Rillaboom and Kartana. Furthermore, its good bulk in tandem with Grassy Terrain‘s passive recovery from Grassy Terrain and Horn Leech lets it stay healthy throughout games. However, Offensive Tapu Bulu it struggles to check threats such as Ash-Greninja (added hyphen) and Tapu Koko defensively in the long term (RC) due to its lack of reliable recovery and subpar non-exemplary bulk, as well as facing competition from other Grass-types. Swords Dance allows Tapu Bulu to boost its Attack stat in order to threaten opposing walls. Horn Leech is Tapu Bulu’s main STAB move, due to its recovery letting Tapu Bulu last longer in a match. Rillaboom and Kartana. Stone Edge lets Tapu Bulu nail Grass-type resistant Grass-resistant Pokemon such as Zapdos, Mega Charizard Y, (AC) and Volcarona. Close Combat lets Tapu Bulu dissuade dissuades Pokemon like Heatran, Melmetal, Ferrothorn, (AC) and (RC) Hydreigon from pivoting into its Horn Leech. Rockium Z is used as it lets it fire off a Continental Crush that can and Continental Crush let it OHKO Mega Latias and Amoonguss while boosted while also at +2 while significantly damaging Corviknight and Skarmory. Fightinium Z can also be used, as it can lets Tapu Bulu OHKO Corviknight and Skarmory when boosted after Stealth Rock, while also letting it OHKO as well as OHKOing Heatran and Ferrothorn unboosted, but it is generally not preferred as because Continental Crush severely damages Corviknight and Skarmory anyway, (AC) and Heatran and Ferrothorn do not want to switch in due to fear of Close Combat. The given EV spread maximises maximizes Tapu Bulu’s recovery from Grassy Terrain, avoids the 2HKO from Ash-Greninja’s (added hyphen) Hydro Pump, (AC) as well as outspeeding and outspeeds Magnezone and Tyranitar.

Tapu Bulu fits on bulky offense and offensive teams that appreciate its offensive capabilities as well as its decent defensive merits that it provides. Pokemon that and decent defensive merits. Mega Latios and Calm Mind Tapu Fini appreciate Tapu Bulu’s ability to lure in the likes of Corviknight and Amoonguss work well with it, such as Mega Latios and Calm Mind Tapu Fini. Pokemon such as Melmetal, Kartana, Serperior, and Ash-Greninja (added hyphen) work well with it as they appreciate enjoy Tapu Bulu pressuring bulky Grass- and Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Amoonguss, (AC) and Corviknight. Kartana and Serperior especially are exceptional partners, as these two form a good offensive core with Tapu Bulu as they benefit from it breaking each benefits from Tapu Bulu breaking through their checks like Corviknight, Mega Latias, and Amoonguss, and its Grassy Terrain makes their main STAB moves harder to switch into. Pokemon that appreciate their Ground-type weakness being compounded such as Heatran and Slowking-Galar are also good partners. Due to its lack of recovery, Pokemon such as Heatran and Galarian Slowking appreciate Grassy Terrain lessening their Earthquake weakness. Due to Tapu Bulu's lack of reliable recovery, secondary checks to Pokemon such as Tapu Koko and Ash-Greninja (added hyphen) are needed, (AC) like Gastrodon and Tapu Fini, as it can easily get overwhelmed, so Pokemon like Gastrodon and Tapu Fini are stellar partners. Due to its Fire-type weakness, it is easily forced out by the likes of Mega Charizard Y and offensive Heatran, so checks to these such as Toxapex and Gliscor are great teammates to help compound this weakness.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A Toxic or Leech Seed set in conjunction with Protect lets Tapu Bulu threaten Tangrowth and Zapdos, and wear in addition to wearing down common switch-ins (added hyphen) like Corviknight; (comma -> semicolon) however, this set struggles from a huge lack of power due to dropping Swords Dance, and it is extremely inconsistent. Wood Hammer can be used on the offensive set for more general power, but it heavily cuts into a lot of its longetevity. Tapu Bulu's longevity. The offensive set can also use items such as Life Orb and Meadow Plate can also be used to increase its general power, but Tapu Bulu often it struggles to break through the likes of Corviknight and Amoonguss consistently without its Z-Move. (added hyphen) Substitute can be used to avoid status effects and safely set up in front of Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Sableye, but it means a coverage option is sacrificed. sacrificing a coverage option.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Bulky Grass-types**: Tapu Bulu struggles to break through bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth and Amoonguss, and they both can consistently force it out, as well as recovering back any damage dealt via Regenerator, although Amoonguss fears a boosted Continental Crush.

**Flying-types**: Corviknight, Zapdos, (AC) and Skarmory can all check Tapu Bulu consistently and force it out, with Corviknight threatening a Brave Bird, Zapdos outspeeding and threatening to Hurricane it, with Hurricane, and faster Skarmory sets (I imagine?) being able to boost its their (assuming "sets") Defense and wall Tapu Bulu.

**Status Effects**: Tapu Bulu’s longetivity is vastly cut short if it is poisoned, forcing it to consistently Synthesis to recover its lost health, and being burned means its damage output becomes extremely low, and makes it struggle Poison deeply cuts into Tapu Bulu's longevity, forcing defensive sets to constantly use Synthesis, and burn severely lowers its damage output, leaving it struggling to break through Pokemon like Gliscor and Toxapex.

**Fire-types**: Pokemon like Mega Charizard Y, Volcarona, (AC) and Heatran can pivot into Tapu Bulu’s Grass-type STAB moves and force it out, although they must be wary of switching in, (AC) as the first two do not appreciate a are OHKOed by (I assume?) Stone Edge, and the latter struggles to take Close Combat’s.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Aegislash, Mega Scizor, (AC) and Mega Mawile can pivot into Tapu Bulu and force it out, but the latter two struggle to take a boosted All-Out Pummelling. Pummeling.


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also p much all of the apostrophes are curvy ’; pls change them to straight '

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