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What use a Taurus?

Taurus looks cool. (I have quite a few, unused, in inventory.) What use are they on offense? And what use on defense? The only optimal offense type/move set advantage I have found is to attack a Gengar with a Taurus with Zen Headbutt/Earthquake, a move set that Game Press ranks "BB" (offense "B" and defense "B"). OK, so, given the scarcity of Gengar's in gyms, I need like maybe one Taurus, two at tops, for that. GamePress ranks Taurus' best attacking move set Tackle + Earthquake at "AB". But that is just about Snorlax's worst attacking move set. Taurus seems to be a Snorlax on anti-steroids. But Taurus is still cool. What say you?

Asked by Barry Dale8 years 10 months ago

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Tauros is useless.

You can get cute if you want and use it to prestige but there are better options for any matchup.

Ok. So what is a better option for prestiging against a Gengar? Taurus with Zen Headbutt + Earthquake looks very good for that matchup.

I like bite/EQ Nidoqueens for that very limited roll.

Rhydon with mud slap/earthquake. You could also use gyarados or arcanine with bite (I prefer arcanine).

I don't see too many Gengars around in gyms where I live. To be honest, to give you the boring answer, Gengar is actually pretty easy to beat. You could do just fine prestiging with a Vaporeon...

If you want to get cute and it's interesting to you, then yes, Tauros with those moves is fine. There are also other options once you open the niche:
* Snorlax with Lick / EQ
* Arcanine with Bite
* Gyarados with Bite
* Sandslash with Mud / EQ
* Hypno with ZH / Psychic

You could even use a Dug Trio!