Tapu Bulu Raid Guide

Tapu Bulu

Tapu Bulu is a Tier 5 legendary raid boss in Pokémon GO and is the guardian deity of the Ula’ula Island in the Alola region. Being a Grass/Fairy type, it is weak to the Poison, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Steel types, with Poison being a double weakness.

It can be shiny!

Tapu Bulu can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1870 – 1953 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 2338 – 2442 CP at Level 25 with Sunny or Cloudy weather boost

Generally, 2-4 high-level Trainers can beat Tapu Bulu easily with optimal counters. Otherwise, 4-5 Trainers will suffice.

Tapu Bulu Raid Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	42.70	14	367s
2.	Eternatus	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	40.60	9	380s
3.	Mega Gengar	Lick	Sludge Bomb	38.72	13	401s
4.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	38.37	11	403s
5.	Mega Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	36.53	13	427s
6.	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	36.42	13	427s
7.	Naganadel	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	37.36	17	419s
8.	Shadow Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	38.17	24	419s
9.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw	Behemoth Blade	35.19	12	440s
10.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw	Behemoth Bash	34.22	12	455s
11.	Shadow Scolipede	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	35.02	18	449s
12.	Roserade	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	34.64	17	452s
13.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw	Sunsteel Strike	33.67	15	462s
14.	Shadow Toxicroak	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	35.60	25	446s
15.	Shadow Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	34.31	22	462s
16.	Shadow Vileplume	Acid	Sludge Bomb	33.69	20	467s
17.	Shadow Gengar	Lick	Sludge Bomb	34.07	23	461s
18.	Revavroom	Poison Jab	Gunk Shot	32.02	13	484s
19.	Shadow Muk	Poison Jab	Gunk Shot	32.33	18	484s
20.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	31.00	12	498s
21.	Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	32.24	23	492s
22.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	31.78	21	495s
23.	Alola Shadow Muk	Poison Jab	Gunk Shot	31.85	24	498s
24.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Mind Blown	31.82	24	495s
25.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Fly	30.38	15	512s
26.	Shadow Skuntank	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	32.19	31	500s
27.	Scolipede	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	29.37	18	532s
28.	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	29.65	21	529s
29.	Mega Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	28.63	14	541s
30.	Toxicroak	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	30.32	25	520s

Tapu Bulu Overview

	Tapu Bulu GrassFairy
Max CP	3865
ATK	249
DEF	215
HP	172
Weak to	x2 [ice-steel]
Resists
Fast moves	Bullet Seed Rock Smash
Charge moves	Grass Knot Solar Beam Dazzling Gleam Nature’s Madness* Megahorn

*denotes Legacy Move only obtainable via Elite TM.

Tapu Bulu Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Tapu Bulu	Tapu Bulu

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