Tapu Bulu
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Best Movesets
Analysis
Tapu Bulu is... pretty mediocre. This is a Pokemon that was once one of the better (but definitely not one of the best) Grass Type attackers in the game. However, it dropped during the age of the Shadows, and has since fallen off of a proverbial cliff in the face of monsters like Kartana. It's honestly not a strong investment option, but it can be a bit useful early in the game. Also, don't plan on utilizing Tapu Bulu as a Fairy Type attacker. While it's got okay-ish Attack and access to Nature's madness, but its lack of a Fairy Type Fast Move knocks it out of that meta.
Offense
- Bullet Seed and Grass Knot combined makes Tapu Bulu a formidable Grass attacker
- Solar Beam is a serviceable charge move option, but is generally worse than Grass Knot
- Nature's Madness* can turn Tapu Bulu into a Fairy attacker, but it lacks synergy with Bullet Seed
- Dazzling Gleam, Rock Smash and Megahorn are useless.
Bullet Seed grants generous energy generation to fuel Tapu Bulu's expensive charge moves. Rock Smash's Fighting-type coverage may be tempting, but the move's extremely poor parameters makes it not worth using at all.
Grass Knot is Tapu Bulu's cheapest STAB attack. Nature's Madness also costs the same as Grass Knot and provides Tapu Bulu with a reliable Fairy-type STAB and debuffing utility. Megahorn is an excellent move, but it does not provide much coverage and is a situational option. Solar Beam is redundant with Grass Knot. Dazzling Gleam is strong nuke, but it is largely outclassed by Nature's Madness.
Tapu Bulu is currently only released in raids and its CP is too high to participate in Great League
