Game:

Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 6:32

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I used: Tapu Bulu, Galarian Articuno, and Klinklang
My Opponent used: Gardevoir, Toxtricity, and Bewear
Stadium: Standard
Battle BGM: Hop 2

The same stadium and music from the previous battle, but then again I like to go with random for the music to see which one will play. My opponent's team, if you don't know my history against players with non-competitive teams, but this one has half of her team not fully evolved, but the ones my opponent uses for this fight are the ones that are fully evolved, and they don't have good moves, so I usually try to take it a little easier on my opponent if they are not that skilled.
I could go over my Tapu Bulu, I gave it an Assault Vest so it can take Special hits well, and it has Wood Hammer for a very powerful Grass-type move, Horn Leech to heal off the damage, and with Grassy Terrain up, those give extra power, and for coverage options, Tapu Bulu has Close Combat and High Horsepower, I did consider Stone Edge at first, but ended up going with High Horsepower for the Special Defense boost when Dynamaxed. If Tapu Bulu was able to learn Play Rough, then it would have a usable Fairy-type move, because the only Fairy-type moves it can learn are Dazzling Gleam, which is a Special Attack and uses Tapu Bulu's lower Special Attack stat, and Nature's Madness is the signature move of the Island Guardians, and that move is like Super Fang where it deals 50% of the opponent's remaining HP, and it is a Special move, so when Dynamaxed, it will be a 100 Power Special Max Starfall, and the only deity that can make use of Nature's Madness is the more defensive Tapu Fini.
I feel like Tapu Bulu got cheated out from being a Fairy-type Pokémon, because this Pokémon is one of few Fairy-type Pokémon to have a higher Attack stat, and it cannot learn Play Rough, so Tapu Bulu tends to be more of a Grass-type, while its part Fairy tends to help with its resistances to types like Fighting, Dark, and Dragon, although the 4x weakness to Poison is kind of a huge drawback to Tapu Bulu. I could only wonder how broken Tapu Bulu would be if it could learn Grassy Glide, because we know how dangerous Rillaboom is with that move, and Tapu Bulu has a base Attack of 130, and that is five points higher than Rillaboom, and none of the Island Guardians can learn the new Move Tutor moves, I guess this is to balance things out, because if they were able to learn those moves, they would be broken, and the Island Guardians were really common in Gen 7 competitive battling, and Tapu Bulu was the least used out of the four, although Grassy Terrain was really helpful in decreasing the damage from moves like Earthquake, and even though they do have their Hidden Ability of Telepathy, don't bother using an Ability Patch on them, because the Surge Abilities greatly benefit them.

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