Tapu Bulu Raid Guide

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 2x weakness.

Unlike Tapu Koko and Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu has been graced with a better moveset and as such, is a must-catch.

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, 3-4 high-level trainers can beat Tapu Bulu easily with optimal counters. Otherwise, 4-5 trainers will suffice.

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Tapu Bulu Raid Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

The best counters for Tapu Bulu are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Beedrill (Mega)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	286.68s	10.13
2.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison	305.78s	10.00
3.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	405.99s	9.13
4.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	395.34s	15.00
5.	Nihilego	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	429.38s	13.25
6.	Roserade	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	452.83s	15.50
7.	Charizard (Mega X)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	470.79s	13.00
8.	Venusaur (Mega)	Vine Whip Grass	Sludge Bomb Poison	492.34s	11.13
9.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	479.15s	18.50
10.	Toxicroak	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	497.48s	20.00
11.	Gengar	Hex Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison	505.70s	17.88
12.	Overqwil	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	495.52s	20.88
13.	Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Flamethrower Fire	503.00s	21.50
14.	Victreebel	Acid Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	523.36s	18.75
15.	Scolipede	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	534.37s	16.00
16.	Vileplume	Acid Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	537.61s	17.13
17.	Salazzle	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Wave Poison	548.10s	17.25
18.	Scizor (Mega)	Bullet Punch Steel	Iron Head Steel	571.58s	13.38
19.	Reshiram	Fire Fang Fire	Fusion Flare Fire	578.98s	14.50
20.	Aggron (Mega)	Iron Tail Steel	Heavy Slam Steel	587.88s	13.75
21.	Skuntank	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	562.99s	24.00
22.	Slowbro (Galarian)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	578.63s	20.38
23.	Muk	Poison Jab Poison	Gunk Shot Poison	594.33s	17.13
24.	Muk (Alola)	Poison Jab Poison	Gunk Shot Poison	589.07s	20.50
25.	Glalie (Mega)	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	555.60s	30.00
26.	Qwilfish (Hisuian)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	570.24s	26.88
27.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	582.30s	23.50
28.	Roselia	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	584.41s	26.00
29.	Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Sludge Bomb Poison	567.76s	32.38
30.	Nidoking	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Wave Poison	612.96s	20.75
31.	Genesect (Douse)	Fury Cutter Bug	Gunk Shot Poison	628.52s	17.63
32.	Haunter	Lick Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison	592.18s	29.00
33.	Salamence (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Fire Blast Fire	660.60s	10.83
34.	Metagross	Bullet Punch Steel	Meteor Mash Steel	636.45s	18.63
35.	Dragalge	Acid Poison	Gunk Shot Poison	651.89s	16.00