Tauros (QC: 0/3)

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blast edit: I'll let it slide this time but next time you have to have at least /something/ filled in on the template before you post

[OVERVIEW]

-fast wallbreaker
-110 base speed allows it to outspeed majority of the Metagame
-100 base attack, life orb + sheer force allows it to hit majority of the Pokémon in the tier hard
-excellent natural physical bulk allows it to tank common priority moves
-gained a 100% accurate STAB move
-still struggles to break commonplace Steel and Rock type Pokemon as well as Slowbro without prior damage
-gives little defensive synergy
-outsped by Sceptile, Sneasel and Accelgor naturally

[SET]
name: All-out Attacker
move 1: Body Slam
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Fire Blast
move 4: Zen Headbutt
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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-body slam is the main STAB move, should always be the move you work towards freeing up the use of with coverage moves
-eq hits majority of the rock type and steel type switchins (Rhydon, Steelix and Aurorus) but also has the niche of hitting Garbodor and Skuntank without having to deal with Aftermath damage
-fire blast hits Ferroseed, Gourgeist-XL and Steelix for extra damage
-zen headbutt is used to hit weezing, virizion and vileplume. All pokemon that can potentially eat a body slam from Tauros

Set Details
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-maximum speed investment and boosting nature needed to make the most of Tauros' excellent speed tier
-maximum attack invest to hit as hard as possible
-naive nature preferred to preserve fire blasts pure damage (over a jolly nature). Preferred over a rash nature to maintain Tauros' excellent physical bulk which allows it to tank assorted priority hits
-sheer force used to boost every move bar earthquake
-life orb used in conjunction with sheer force as you get the power boost without having to take the recoil on sheer force boosted moves (everything but eq)


Usage Tips
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-goal is to spam body slam and break cores
-usually likes to be brought in off the back of voltturn or free turns (on a Defog, Double Switch) due to its lack of defensive utility
-depending on the Pokémon, it might be best to predict immediately, for example, Fire Blasting the Steelix for the 2HKO on the switchin
-its important to note that Tauros does not enjoy Body Slamming on a Ghost-Type such as Rotom or Spiritomb as it tends to lose it a lot of momentum
-can also be brought in on slower wallbreakers such as Virizion


Team Options
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-best when paired with breakers that break past the Pokémon that dont allow it to spam body slam freely (e.g. Meloetta) or abuse the checks that exist for it already. (e.g. Virizion, Emboar)
-can be used alongside Spikes to pressure a lot of Tauros switchins such as Steelix, Rhydon and Slowbro
-pursuit trappers such as Sneasel, Skuntank and Drapion can be used to trap Ghost-Type Pokémon that prevent it from clicking it's main STAB
-appreciate Volt-Turn support (especially from the likes of Rotom-C which beats its main switchins)


Other Options
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-choice scarf set
-sub endeavour
-sub / toxic (for Slowbro) used as 4th move over Zen Headbutt
-Thunder for slowbro as a 4th????
-Rock Climb + Iron Tail (to hit Rhydon and Regirock for extra damage, but you lose the accuracy from Body Slam due to legalities)

Checks and Counters
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**Physically Bulky Pokemon**: Mainly Slowbro here :isn't 2HKOed by Tauros main STAB, and can recover off the damage. Very hard to weaken or chip due to Regenerator and reliable recovery, difficult to Pursuit trap due to hit high Phys bulk. Best shot is to use Spikes or Lures.

**Rock Types**: such as Rhydon and Regirock tank Tauros' main STAB and only really fear Tauros' non STAB, non Sheer Force boosted Earthquake as well as the uncommon Iron Tail.

**Steel Types**: Mainly Steelix here: Tanks Tauros' main STAB nicely, and takes relatively little amount from Earthquake because of its massive Physical Bulk. Fire Blast hits it for more damage but still needs a little prior damage to gurantee a 2HKO considering the most common Steelix set.

**Ghost Types**: Spiritomb, Jellicent and Sableye are examples of counters to Tauros as they can take on any of Tauros' moves and beat it 1v1 with their respective movesets. Rotom and Mismagius are softer checks which can tank a Zen Headbutt, so they can still threaten Tauros if it's low enough or in Rotom's case, threaten with the scarf volt switch.

**Faster Revenge Killers**: With the introduction of Gen7 came a lot of fast revenge killers such as Sceptile, Sneasel and Accelgor. All of which outspeed and KO Tauros with respective STABs or coverage moves (Only a little damage is needed for Banded Sneasel).
 
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[OVERVIEW]-100 base attack, life orb + sheer force allows it to hit majority of the Pokémon in the tier hard
-gained a 100% accurate STAB move
-outsped by Sceptile, Sneasel and Accelgor naturally
- Mention that Sheer Force + Life Orb also allows Tauros to dish out boosted damage without getting worn down.
- Try not to reference past Generations; you could just say that Tauros has Sheer Force-boosted Body Slam.
- I feel that pointing out Tauros's lackluster special bulk is more relevant than pointing out Tauros's slightly imperfect Speed tier. Sneasel doesn't even beat Tauros 1v1.

Moves
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-zen headbutt is used to hit weezing, virizion and vileplume. All pokemon that can potentially eat a body slam from Tauros
You'd want to specify how Zen Headbutt deals with those Pokemon that Body Slam does not, such as OHKOing Virizion, always 2HKOing Vileplume, and 2HKOing Weezing switch-ins after Stealth Rock damage. You can also mention that it is Tauros's most reliable damaging move against floating Ghost-types such as Rotom and Mismagius.

Set Details
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-naive nature preferred to preserve fire blasts pure damage (over a jolly nature). Preferred over a rash nature to maintain Tauros' excellent physical bulk which allows it to tank assorted priority hits
Rash is +SpA, -SpD; I believe you mean Hasty nature (-Def, +Spe).

Usage Tips
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-can also be brought in on slower wallbreakers such as Virizion
Is that it?

Team Options
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-best when paired with breakers that break past the Pokémon that dont allow it to spam body slam freely (e.g. Meloetta) or abuse the checks that exist for it already. (e.g. Virizion, Emboar)
What specific mons do these partners help beat for Tauros?

Other Options
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-choice scarf set
-sub endeavour
-sub / toxic (for Slowbro) used as 4th move over Zen Headbutt
-Thunder for slowbro as a 4th????
-Rock Climb + Iron Tail (to hit Rhydon and Regirock for extra damage, but you lose the accuracy from Body Slam due to legalities)
- It's Endeavor, btw. Also you'd want to add reasoning for why these sets aren't optimal, like what you did for Rock Climb + Iron Tail.
- Thunder is not even remotely worth it, as it only does 7% more than Body Slam, and that's not factoring in the accuracy and Slowbro's access to Calm Mind to render this move even more useless. A better move I can suggest here is Rock Slide, which easily kills Flying-types like Scyther, Charizard, Sigilyph, and OHKOes Braviary and Minior after minor chip damage.

Checks and Counters
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**Physically Bulky Pokemon**: Mainly Slowbro here :isn't 2HKOed by Tauros main STAB, and can recover off the damage. Very hard to weaken or chip due to Regenerator and reliable recovery, difficult to Pursuit trap due to hit high Phys bulk. Best shot is to use Spikes or Lures.

**Steel Types**: Mainly Steelix here: Tanks Tauros' main STAB nicely, and takes relatively little amount from Earthquake because of its massive Physical Bulk. Fire Blast hits it for more damage but still needs a little prior damage to gurantee a 2HKO considering the most common Steelix set.

**Faster Revenge Killers**: With the introduction of Gen7 came a lot of fast revenge killers such as Sceptile, Sneasel and Accelgor. All of which outspeed and KO Tauros with respective STABs or coverage moves (Only a little damage is needed for Banded Sneasel).
- Pretty sure there are other examples of physically bulky Pokemon that can stomach Tauros's hits; Hitmontop can switch in on a Body Slam or two and do major damage back with Close Combat, the likes of Granbull, Uxie, and Druddigon can threaten with paralysis, while tanks like Piloswine and Scrafty can beat Tauros 1v1.
- If you're not gonna name any Steel-types like Ferroseed, you might as well rename this section to just **Steelix**.
- Considering Sneasel needs at least 30% chip to guarantee a KO on Tauros, which isn't easy given that it doesn't wear itself down, you could use better examples; Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Hitmonlee, Rotom-C, and Braviary are certainly a start. I'd even consider Weak Armor Omastar a soft check.

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cyanize

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why not change steel-types in cnc to normal resistant pokemon? would allow you to include things like rock and ghost types in one area, which are also things that tauros doesn't particularly enjoy existing
 

Punchshroom

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why not change steel-types in cnc to normal resistant pokemon? would allow you to include things like rock and ghost types in one area, which are also things that tauros doesn't particularly enjoy existing
The main reason to separate checks is because they tend to handle the mon in a different fashion and be wary of different moves, if applicable. Ghost-types, particularly the bulkier ones, are the best defensive checks since they've little/nothing to fear, while Rock-types are better answers to Tauros than Steel-types since they can shrug off Earthquake better than the Steel-types can take Fire Blast/Earthquake.

Also HJAD, add Minior to the Rock-types C&C, and add Work Up in Other Options.
 
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