Tapu Bulu counters

#0787

grass fairyTier 5

Lobby CP

49,035

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

208

Defense

181

Difficulty

1.46

Pokebattler scale

Beating Tapu Bulu should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,870-1,953.

Weak topoison2.56xflying1.6xsteel1.6xfire1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy ★Snow ★Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Poison Mega — most top counters attack with Poison

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Tapu Bulu counters are Mega Victreebel, Eternatus, Naganadel, Shadow Overqwil, Nihilego & Shadow Toxicroak.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Victreebel
Eternatus
Naganadel
S. Overqwil
Nihilego
S. Toxicroak

4 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega VictreebelMegapartyAcid / Acid Spray+1.285:55
2Mega BeedrillMegaPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb1.396:25
3EternatusLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb1.436:34
4Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.547:04
5Mega GengarMegaLick / Sludge Bomb1.557:07
6Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+1.577:14
7NaganadelLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb1.597:18
8Shadow OverqwilShadowpartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb1.617:25
9NihilegoLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb1.637:30
10Shadow ToxicroakShadowpartyPoison Jab / Sludge Bomb1.677:40

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Top 15 Tapu Bulu counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Victreebelgrasspoisonjoint top pick	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	5:55	1.28	6.0	85.8%
2	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,383	6:25	1.39	6.0	79.1%
3	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	4,429	6:34	1.43	5.7	77.2%
4	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	7:04	1.54	5.8	71.7%
5	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	7:07	1.55	6.0	71.1%
6	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	7:14	1.57	6.0	70.1%
7	Naganadelpoisondragon	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,173	7:18	1.59	6.0	69.5%
8	Shadow Overqwildarkpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	2,946	7:25	1.61	6.0	68.3%
9	Nihilegorockpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	3,949	7:30	1.63	6.0	67.6%
10	Shadow Toxicroakpoisonfighting	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	2,488	7:40	1.67	6.0	66.1%
11	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	7:47	1.69	5.8	65.2%
12	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	7:48	1.70	5.8	64.9%
13	Roseradegrasspoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	2,971	7:54	1.72	6.0	64.1%
14	Shadow Scolipedebugpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	2,447	7:58	1.73	6.0	63.6%
15	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	8:05	1.76	6.0	62.7%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Tapu Bulu.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Tapu Bulu's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	101%	71.8%	7:03	6.0	1.53
Rock Smash / Dazzling Gleam	100%	86%	70.4%	7:12	6.0	1.57
Bullet Seed / Dazzling Gleam	100%	89%	70.6%	7:11	6.0	1.56
Rock Smash / Solar Beam	100%	99%	71.2%	7:07	6.0	1.55
Rock Smash / Megahorn	100%	103%	71.7%	7:04	6.0	1.54
Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	100%	105%	71.9%	7:03	6.0	1.53
Bullet Seed / Megahorn	100%	113%	72.4%	7:00	6.0	1.52
Rock Smash / Grass Knot	100%	115%	72.7%	6:58	5.8	1.51
Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	100%	124%	73.2%	6:55	5.8	1.50

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 2 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Tapu Bulu weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

poison2.56x flying1.6x steel1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x normal1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x psychic1x fairy1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x dark0.63x dragon0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (4)
Neutral (6)
Resists (7)

It resists dragon0.39xfighting0.625xground0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Tapu Bulu throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingRock Smash	17	+12	1.5s	0.75s
grassBullet SeedSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugMegahorn	105	-100	2.0s	1.50s
grassGrass KnotSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
grassSolar BeamSTAB	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
fairyDazzling GleamSTAB	100	-50	3.5s	2.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,870	2,338
11/11/11	1,887	2,358
12/12/12	1,903	2,379
13/13/13	1,920	2,400
14/14/14	1,937	2,421
15/15/15hundo	1,953	2,442

Caught CP range 1,870 - 1,953, or 2,338 - 2,442 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Tapu Bulu is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 208 / Defense 181 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	100%	85.8%	1.28	5:55	9.8	100%	3,505	44.0	1402
2	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+23 more movesets	89%	79.1%	1.39	6:25	13.3	100%	3,383	40.8	1033
3	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	91%	77.2%	1.43	6:34	8.9	100%	4,429	39.2	1580
4	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	82%	71.7%	1.54	7:04	12.0	100%	5,713	36.7	1388
5	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	80%	71.1%	1.55	7:07	14.2	100%	4,336	36.7	1042
6	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	80%	70.1%	1.57	7:14	12.6	100%	4,783	36.0	1080
7	Naganadel poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	77%	69.5%	1.59	7:18	15.6	100%	3,173	35.9	939
8	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	73%	68.3%	1.61	7:25	20.7	100%	2,946	35.9	680
9	Nihilego rockpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+11 more movesets	76%	67.6%	1.63	7:30	14.3	100%	3,949	34.6	1024
10	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	71%	66.1%	1.67	7:40	21.7	100%	2,488	34.8	682
11	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	74%	65.2%	1.69	7:47	12.5	100%	4,172	33.2	1152
12	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	74%	64.9%	1.70	7:48	11.6	100%	4,979	33.3	1220
13	Roserade grasspoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+29 more movesets	71%	64.1%	1.72	7:54	16.7	100%	2,971	33.1	861
14	Shadow Scolipede bugpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+14 more movesets	70%	63.6%	1.73	7:58	17.8	100%	2,447	33.0	786
15	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	70%	62.7%	1.76	8:05	14.2	100%	4,099	32.2	964
16	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Acid / Sludge Bomb	Acid / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	67%	62.6%	1.76	8:05	21.3	100%	2,431	32.8	670
17	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	71%	62.2%	1.77	8:09	12.2	100%	3,741	31.7	1155
18	Shadow Vileplume grasspoisonshadow Acid / Sludge Bomb	Acid / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	67%	62.1%	1.77	8:10	19.2	100%	2,559	32.3	742
19	Revavroom steelpoison Poison Jab / Gunk Shot	Poison Jab / Gunk Shot+11 more movesets	68%	60.5%	1.82	8:23	13.2	100%	2,951	30.8	1051
20	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	66%	60.2%	1.83	8:25	17.1	100%	3,979	31.2	951
21	Shadow Muk poisonshadow Poison Jab / Gunk Shot	Poison Jab / Gunk Shot+19 more movesets	65%	59.8%	1.84	8:28	17.6	100%	2,757	30.9	800
22	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	63%	59.6%	1.85	8:30	26.3	94%	2,878	31.8	600
23	Shadow Skuntank poisondarkshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	62%	59.3%	1.86	8:33	25.0	100%	2,358	31.2	563
24	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	67%	58.8%	1.87	8:37	11.9	100%	4,455	29.8	1161
25	Shadow Galarian Slowbro poisonpsychicshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+13 more movesets	63%	58.8%	1.87	8:38	20.9	100%	2,445	30.6	673
26	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	64%	58.2%	1.89	8:43	17.1	100%	4,038	30.0	884
27	Overqwil darkpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	62%	58.0%	1.90	8:45	22.3	100%	2,946	30.3	640
28	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Poison Jab / Gunk Shot	Poison Jab / Gunk Shot+17 more movesets	62%	57.8%	1.91	8:46	22.6	100%	2,757	30.2	631
29	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	64%	57.6%	1.91	8:48	15.0	100%	3,465	29.4	941
30	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	62%	57.6%	1.91	8:48	20.1	100%	3,749	29.8	774

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 1.0 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.