Normal
Base Stats: HP 75 / ATK 100 / DEF 95 / SPA 40 / SPD 70 / SPE 110
Abilities: Anger Point / Intimidate / Sheer Force
Notable Moves:
Body Slam
Close Combat
Earthquake
Raging Bull
Iron Head
Trailblaze
Rock Slide
Stone Edge
Zen Headbutt
Pros:
- Fast wallbreaker with an amazing ability in Sheer Force; an ability that its Paldean counterpart doesn’t have
- Because of Sheer Force, it can run Life Orb without drawback
- Great coverage making it near unresisted
- Now has Raging Bull as a signature move (although it isn’t boosted by Sheer Force so you’d rather use Body Slam)
- Great speed stat of 110
- Its THE Bull!
Cons:
- Lost a few moves from Gen 8, notably Throat Chop
- Is prone to getting revenge killed by faster threats
- Worse typing than its Paldean version
- Only really has Sheer Force to differentiate it from its Paldean sibling
- Isn’t good enough for OU sadly
Tera Potential:
- Tera Ghost is a good defensive typing that removes your one weakness
- Tera Normal increases your STAB Body Slam damage even further
Potential Set:
All Out Attacker
Tauros (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Body Slam
- Close Combat
- Iron Head / Zen Headbutt
- Rock Slide / Zen Headbutt / Trailblaze
Basically the same as its SS set, but because Tauros lost Throat Chop I had to improvise a little bit. Its worth noting that because of Sheer Force, Trailblaze wont increase your speed.
Verdict:
Lower tier Pokémon that will be good in a lower tier that doesn’t really exist yet because of how tiering works. I predict that it will likely hang around the RU/NU range, but I’m not too familiar with those tiers so I don’t know how it would do there (not that it’ll matter with those tiers likely looking completely different by the time Tauros drops)
