Tapu Bulu
Tapu Bulu is a Grass / Fairy legendary encounter associated with Emerald Jungle or Enchanted Forest. The Alola partner has 102 playable HP, speed 110 and Vine Whip as its starting attack. In the rift it uses ranged behavior and a 120-second fight limit. An ordinary Tapu Bulu victory awards a Bond; the normal partner comes from its regional gacha.
Legendary encounter fields
- Pokédex number
- 787
- Types
- Grass / Fairy
- Regional banner
- Alola
- Rarity (stars)
- 5
- Supported shiny form
- Yes
- Possible arena themes
- Emerald Jungle / Enchanted Forest
- Arena time limit (seconds)
- 120
- Selection weight before first win
- 4
- Selection weight after a win
- 1
- Encounter behavior
- ranged
- Shiny roll after target selection
- 1 in 512
Tapu Bulu: playable partner
The playable Tapu Bulu starts with Vine Whip, has 102 HP / 110 speed / ×1.42 attack, and belongs to Alola's 5-star pool. Its ordinary named-target draw chance is 0.0882%. See Tapu Bulu's Pokédex entry for all 14 available moves.
Tapu Bulu playable form: defensive matchups
Tapu Bulu takes its lowest incoming factor, 30%, from Dragon attacks. Its highest is 240%, against Poison.
Tapu Bulu playable form: nearby regional entries
Tapu Bulu ranks behind 30 Alola partners in HP, 29 in speed and 11 in attack. Tapu Bulu has equal HP, 8 less speed and equal attack multiplier compared with Tapu Lele. Tapu Lele opens with Confusion and has Psychic / Fairy typing. Tapu Bulu has equal HP, 4 less speed and 0.2 more attack multiplier compared with Tapu Fini. Tapu Fini opens with Water Gun and has Water / Fairy typing. Compare nearby partners' HP, speed and attack as percentage differences from Tapu Bulu.
Sources for Tapu Bulu
- Official legendary guide
- Official legendary flags, regions and partner data
- Official rift selection, arena timing and Bond reward
- Official regional gacha rates, pity and duplicate results
- Official arena themes and weather
- Official co-op HP scaling
- Official enemy defeat and shiny unlocks
- Official shiny eligibility metadata