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Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed)#10252

Its strongest point is Attack — higher than 83% of species. On the other hand, Sp. Atk — lower than 96% of species. In defense it has 5 weaknesses and 7 resistances at its disposal.

Shiny Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed)
Regular version
Fighting Water
Height: 1.4 m (4′07″) Weight: 110.0 kg (242.5 lbs)

Base stats

HP
75
61%
Atk
110
83%
Def
105
87%
SpA
30
4%
SpD
70
51%
Spe
100
84%
TOTAL
490
64%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Defense; weak point: Sp. Atk.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Attack, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Which nature to choose

It hits physically: its Attack (110) is 80 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.

  • Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 84% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
  • Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
  • Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Regional numbers 10

The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version. The number belongs to the species, not to the form: in the Paldea Pokédex this form has the same position as the base form.

Kanto #128 Red/Green (Japan) , Blue (Japan) , Red / Blue , Yellow , FireRed / LeafGreen , Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee
Johto #148 Gold / Silver , Crystal
Johto #150 HeartGold / SoulSilver
Kalos #125 X / Y
Alola #137 Sun / Moon
Alola #170 Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
Isle of Armor #116 Sword / Shield , Sword/Shield: The Isle of Armor
Paldea #223 home region Scarlet / Violet
Blueberry Academy #022 home region Scarlet / Violet , Scarlet/Violet: The Indigo Disk
Pokémon Champions #128 Champions

Abilities

  • Intimidate Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.
  • Anger Point Raises Attack to the maximum of six stages upon receiving a critical hit.
  • Cud Chew Causes the Pokémon to reuse an already consumed Berry at the end of the next turn.

How players use it

Data from 574,541 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 OU, 2026-09). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits. Gen 9 OU is the most popular format with no top-down team restrictions — everything is allowed except what was deemed too strong.

Rank 191 among 309 Pokémon in use — it is on 0.08% of teams.

Tera Type Water 37.3% Ghost 24.2% Fighting 14.7% Steel 11.4% Grass 9% Poison 3.3%
EV spreads Jolly · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def 34.7% Jolly · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP 32.2% Jolly · 248 Atk / 240 Spe / 16 HP / 4 SpD 11.4% Adamant · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP 7.6% Jolly · 252 Atk / 240 Spe / 16 SpD 7.5%

Each row is a separate distribution, not a single set: the most common item and the most common move do not have to appear on the same Pokémon.

Pokédex entry

When it targets an enemy, it charges furiously while whipping its body with its long tails.

Habitat: Grassland Egg Group: Field Gender: 100% ♂ / 0% ♀ Catch difficulty: hard (45/255) Base friendship: 70/255 Base EXP: 172
Evolution line

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed) takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

Weak to Electric ×2 Grass ×2 Flying ×2 Psychic ×2 Fairy ×2
Resistant to Fire ×½ Water ×½ Ice ×½ Bug ×½ Rock ×½ Dark ×½ Steel ×½

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed) — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed) — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

Offspring can come from 276 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (44 via TM/TR, 2 via Egg) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Tackle Normal Physical 40 100% 35
1 Tail Whip Normal Status — 100% 30
5 Work Up Normal Status — — 30
10 Double Kick Fighting Physical 30 100% 30
15 Aqua Jet Water Physical 40 100% 20
20 Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100% 15
25 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 10
30 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 80 90% 15
35 Raging Bull Normal Physical 90 100% 10
40 Rest Psychic Status — — 5
45 Swagger Normal Status — 85% 15
50 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100% 10
55 Wave Crash Water Physical 120 100% 10
60 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100% 5