Tapu Bulu counters

#0787

grass fairyTier 1

Lobby CP

9,807

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

157

Defense

137

Difficulty

0.07

Pokebattler scale

Beating Tapu Bulu should take 1 trainer 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, Shadow Overqwil, Zacian (Crowned Sword), Nihilego, Shadow Gengar & Shadow Muk.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Victreebel
S. Overqwil
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Nihilego
S. Gengar
S. Muk

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+0.070:12
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.070:12
3Mega BeedrillMegaPoison Jab / Fell Stinger+0.070:13
4Shadow OverqwilShadowpartyPoison Sting / Sludge Bomb0.070:13
5Mega GengarMegaLick / Sludge Bomb0.070:13
6Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.070:13
7NihilegoLegendarypartyPoison Jab / Gunk Shot0.070:13
8Shadow GengarShadowpartyLick / Sludge Bomb0.080:13
9Mega SkarmoryMegaSteel Wing / Drill Peck+0.080:14
10Shadow MukShadowpartyPoison Jab / Gunk Shot0.080:14

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Tapu Bulu

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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.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Victreebelgrasspoisonjoint top pick	poisonAcidpoisonAcid Spray+	3,505	0:12	0.07	3706.6%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3639.8%
3	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	poisonPoison JabbugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:13	0.07	3414.2%
4	Shadow Overqwildarkpoison	poisonPoison StingpoisonSludge Bomb	2,946	0:13	0.07	3353.6%
5	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	4,336	0:13	0.07	3348.4%
6	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:13	0.07	3345.9%
7	Nihilegorockpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonGunk Shot	3,949	0:13	0.07	3258.3%
8	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickpoisonSludge Bomb	2,878	0:13	0.08	3229.4%
9	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	steelSteel WingflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	0:14	0.08	3156.0%
10	Shadow Mukpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonGunk Shot	2,757	0:14	0.08	3114.0%
11	Shadow Alolan Mukpoisondark	poisonPoison JabpoisonGunk Shot	2,757	0:14	0.08	3114.0%
12	Revavroomsteelpoison	poisonPoison JabpoisonGunk Shot	2,951	0:14	0.08	3114.0%
13	Shadow Victreebelgrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonSludge Bomb	2,431	0:14	0.08	3109.6%
14	Shadow Toxicroakpoisonfighting	poisonPoison JabpoisonSludge Bomb	2,488	0:14	0.08	3096.3%
15	Shadow Vileplumegrasspoison	poisonAcidpoisonSludge Bomb	2,559	0:14	0.08	3091.9%

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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	673%	3308.6%	0:13	0.07
Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	100%	839%	3265.6%	0:13	0.07
Bullet Seed / Dazzling Gleam	100%	730%	3294.7%	0:13	0.07
Bullet Seed / Megahorn	100%	742%	3296.4%	0:13	0.07
Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	100%	717%	3313.8%	0:13	0.07
Rock Smash / Solar Beam	100%	615%	3317.4%	0:13	0.07
Rock Smash / Megahorn	100%	659%	3354.6%	0:13	0.07
Rock Smash / Grass Knot	100%	649%	3363.6%	0:13	0.07
Rock Smash / Dazzling Gleam	100%	648%	3370.8%	0:13	0.07

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 1 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 157 / Defense 137 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

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

Share these exact settings

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Victreebel top pickgrasspoisonmega Acid / Acid Spray+	Acid / Acid Spray++23 more movesets	100%	3706.6%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,505	67.5	792
2	Mega Delphox top pickfirepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	94%	3639.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,783	52.6	629
3	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Poison Jab / Fell Stinger+	Poison Jab / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	83%	3414.2%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,383	47.8	610
4	Shadow Overqwil darkpoisonshadow Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb	Poison Sting / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	78%	3353.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,946	46.5	604
5	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	88%	3348.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,336	50.8	660
6	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	87%	3345.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,979	47.1	613
7	Nihilego rockpoison Poison Jab / Gunk Shot	Poison Jab / Gunk Shot+11 more movesets	79%	3258.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,949	46.8	626
8	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Sludge Bomb	Lick / Sludge Bomb+31 more movesets	76%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	0.0	100%	2,878	44.5	600
9	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Drill Peck+	Steel Wing / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	81%	3156.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,741	45.6	630
10	Shadow Muk poisonshadow Poison Jab / Gunk Shot	Poison Jab / Gunk Shot+19 more movesets	74%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,757	43.0	602
11	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Poison Jab / Gunk Shot	Poison Jab / Gunk Shot+17 more movesets	71%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,757	43.0	602
12	Revavroom steelpoison Poison Jab / Gunk Shot	Poison Jab / Gunk Shot+11 more movesets	77%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,951	42.9	600
13	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Acid / Sludge Bomb	Acid / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	72%	3109.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,431	45.5	637
14	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	71%	3096.3%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,488	49.8	699
15	Shadow Vileplume grasspoisonshadow Acid / Sludge Bomb	Acid / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	73%	3091.9%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,559	44.6	629
16	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	75%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,099	41.5	601
17	Naganadel poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	72%	3002.5%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,173	49.9	723
18	Shadow Skuntank poisondarkshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	67%	3001.3%	0.08	0:15	0.1	100%	2,358	43.0	605
19	Shadow Hisuian Qwilfish darkpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	65%	2995.5%	0.08	0:15	0.1	100%	2,136	42.9	599
20	Overqwil darkpoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+9 more movesets	68%	2957.7%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,946	42.7	629
21	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+7 more movesets	79%	2953.7%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	4,429	52.5	774
22	Roserade grasspoison Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+29 more movesets	71%	2941.7%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,971	46.1	683
23	Shadow Scolipede bugpoisonshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+14 more movesets	69%	2933.8%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,447	47.1	700
24	Shadow Galarian Slowbro poisonpsychicshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+13 more movesets	68%	2923.9%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,445	42.7	636
25	Toxicroak poisonfighting Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb	Poison Jab / Sludge Bomb+19 more movesets	65%	2860.9%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,488	39.7	593
26	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	65%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,297	42.0	651
27	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash	Fury Cutter / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	65%	2764.5%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,791	38.7	609
28	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	63%	2726.2%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,749	39.3	622
29	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+9 more movesets	64%	2724.7%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,038	38.0	608
30	Shadow Nidoking poisongroundshadow Poison Jab / Sludge Wave	Poison Jab / Sludge Wave+29 more movesets	58%	2686.0%	0.09	0:16	0.2	100%	2,567	38.7	542

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