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Tapu Bulu's Type

GRASS

FAIRY

Tapu Bulu's Pokédex #s

National #: 787

Tapu Bulu's Base Stats

HP:: 70

Attack:: 130

Defense:: 115

Sp. Atk:: 85

Sp. Def:: 95

Speed:: 75

Total:: 570

Misc. Info

Height:: 6'3" (1.9m)

Weight:: 100.3 lbs. (45.5 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Undiscovered

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,250,000

EV Yield:: 3 Attack

Base EXP:: 257

Catch Rate:: 3

Base Happiness:: 70

Tapu Bulu's Abilities

Here are what abilities Tapu Bulu can possibly have, along with their effects.

Grassy Surge: Triggers the effects of Grassy Terrain whenever Tapu Bulu is sent out in battle.

Telepathy: Tapu Bulu does not take damage from any of its allies moves.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Tapu Bulu's weakness and resistance is to various types.

4×: POISON

2×: FIRE

ICE

FLYING

STEEL

½: WATER

ELECTRIC

GRASS

FIGHTING

GROUND

DARK

immune: DRAGON

Tapu Bulu's Evolution Line

Tapu Bulu does not evolve into any other known or available Pokémon.

Tapu Bulu's Moves in Sword & Shield

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Tapu Bulu can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Tapu Bulu learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Leafage Damages the target.	GRASS	40	100%	40	One Target
1	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target
5	Withdraw Raises Tapu Bulu's Defense by one stage.	WATER	--	--	40	User
10	Disable Disables the target's last used move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
15	Leech Seed Leeches the target by 1/8 its max HP each turn and heals Tapu Bulu by that much.	GRASS	--	90%	10	One Target
20	Mega Drain Heals Tapu Bulu by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	40	100%	15	One Target
25	Whirlwind Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
30	Horn Attack Damages the target.	NORMAL	65	100%	25	One Target
35	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
40	Horn Leech Heals Tapu Bulu by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	75	100%	10	One Target
45	Zen Headbutt Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	PSYCHIC	80	90%	15	One Target
50	Mean Look Prevents the target from fleeing or switching out.	NORMAL	--	--	5	One Target
55	Nature's Madness Damages the target equal to half its remaining HP.	FAIRY	varies	90%	10	One Target
60	Wood Hammer Tapu Bulu takes 33% of Wood Hammer's damage as recoil damage.	GRASS	120	100%	15	One Target
65	Megahorn Damages the target.	BUG	120	85%	10	One Target
70	Skull Bash Raises Tapu Bulu's Defense by one stage. Charges for a turn, attacks on second turn.	NORMAL	130	100%	10	One Target
75	Grassy Terrain Activates Grassy Terrain for 5 turns, which heals non-airborne Pokémon for 1/16 max HP each turn and powers up Grass-type moves by 50%.	GRASS	--	--	10	Entire Field

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Tapu Bulu can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM00	Mega Punch Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	85%	20	One Target
TM08	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM09	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM11	Solar Beam Charges for a turn, attacks on the second turn. No charge time in the sun; half damage in the rain.	GRASS	120	100%	10	One Target
TM17	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM18	Reflect Reduces damage from Physical-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User's Field
TM19	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM21	Rest Tapu Bulu restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM22	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Tapu Bulu from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM26	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
TM28	Giga Drain Heals Tapu Bulu by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	75	100%	10	One Target
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Tapu Bulu is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM42	Revenge Attacks last; if damaged this turn, hits for double damage.	FIGHTING	60	100%	10	One Target
TM43	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM48	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM50	Bullet Seed Hits the target two to five times in a row.	GRASS	25	100%	30	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Tapu Bulu attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Tapu Bulu's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM60	Power Swap Tapu Bulu swaps any modifiers to its Attack and Special Attack with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM61	Guard Swap Tapu Bulu swaps any modifiers to its Defense and Special Defense stats with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM85	Snarl 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Sp. Atk by one stage.	DARK	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM88	Grassy Terrain Activates Grassy Terrain for 5 turns, which heals non-airborne Pokémon for 1/16 max HP each turn and powers up Grass-type moves by 50%.	GRASS	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM94	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target
TM96	Smart Strike Doesn't miss the target.	STEEL	70	--	10	One Target
TM97	Brutal Swing Damages all nearby Pokémon.	DARK	60	100%	20	All But Self

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Tapu Bulu can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR00	Swords Dance Raises Tapu Bulu's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Tapu Bulu's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Tapu Bulu's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR28	Megahorn Damages the target.	BUG	120	85%	10	One Target
TR37	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TR39	Superpower Lowers Tapu Bulu's Attack and Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	100%	5	One Target
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Tapu Bulu's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR48	Bulk Up Raises Tapu Bulu's Attack and Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	--	--	20	User
TR49	Calm Mind Raises Tapu Bulu's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR53	Close Combat Lowers Tapu Bulu's Defense and Special Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	100%	5	One Target
TR59	Seed Bomb Damages the target.	GRASS	80	100%	15	One Target
TR64	Focus Blast 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	70%	5	One Target
TR65	Energy Ball 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GRASS	90	100%	10	One Target
TR69	Zen Headbutt Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	PSYCHIC	80	90%	15	One Target
TR75	Stone Edge Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	ROCK	100	80%	5	One Target
TR77	Grass Knot Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	GRASS	varies	100%	20	One Target
TR82	Stored Power Increases power by 20 for each positive stat modifier Tapu Bulu has, excluding accuracy or evasion.	PSYCHIC	20	100%	10	One Target
TR85	Work Up Raises Tapu Bulu's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
TR92	Dazzling Gleam Damages all nearby enemies.	FAIRY	80	100%	10	Nearby Enemies
TR93	Darkest Lariat Ignores any stat modifiers on the target.	DARK	85	100%	10	One Target
TR94	High Horsepower Damages the target.	GROUND	95	95%	10	One Target

Tapu Bulu's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Tapu Bulu's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Tapu Bulu's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Tapu Bulu is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	250	281	313	344	70
Attack	265	296	328	359	130
Defense	235	266	298	329	115
Sp. Atk	175	206	238	269	85
Sp. Def	195	226	258	289	95
Speed	155	186	218	249	75
Total					570

Where to Find Tapu Bulu in Sword & Shield

If you're looking for where to find Tapu Bulu, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Tapu Bulu in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Tapu Bulu

Catchable as a legendary boss Pokémon during Dynamax Adventures in Crown Tundra (DLC), level 70. Only one of this Pokémon can be caught and taken with you in Dynamax Adventures per game save. Keep this in mind if attempting to get a Shiny version of this Pokémon! (Catching this Pokémon but refusing to take it with you after the Dynamax Adventure is complete will still allow you to try again in the future, with a new chance of it being Shiny.)

Pokédex Entries for Tapu Bulu

Generation 7 Pokédex Entries

Sun

It pulls large trees up by the roots and swings them around. It causes vegetation to grow, and then it absorbs energy from the growth.

Moon

The guardian deity of Ula'ula is a lazy Pokémon. It commands plants to immobilize its foes and then deals them a savage blow with its horns.

Ultra Sun

Although it's called a guardian deity, it's violent enough to crush anyone it sees as an enemy.

Ultra Moon

It makes ringing sounds with its tail to let others know where it is, avoiding unneeded conflicts. This guardian deity of Ula'ula controls plants.