Is Tauros Good in Red & Blue Playthrough?
One of the best Pokemon in Red and Blue, period. Tauros is fast, hits hard, and takes physical hits well. MoveBody Slam paralyzes roughly one in three targets, MoveHyper Beam skips recharge if it scores the KO, and MoveEarthquake covers Rock and Electric threats. Safari Zone is the only downside since catching it takes patience.
Tauros trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Tauros resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Lorelei's team.
Tauros trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Tauros trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Catchable
Catch Tauros in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 26, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15S.S. Anne
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Rocket Game Corner
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- After Erika
- TM40NormalSkull BashPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Fuchsia City
- After Sabrina
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 5Pokémon Mansion
- After Blaine
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Prize for defeating Cinnabar Gym Leader Blaine
- LV 51NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
Red & Blue Tauros Locations
The Safari Zone is the only place Tauros roams, rare across four encounters at levels 26 to 28. Limited Safari Balls and a low spawn rate make the bull one of the zone's harder catches.
1 location to catch Tauros
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Tauros in Red & Blue
Tauros Weakness
Tauros is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Tauros's physical bulk (base 95 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
- Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
- Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split
What is Tauros Weak Against
Good
Tauros Evolutions
Tauros is a Normal type packing 520 total stats. Can't breed it and it doesn't evolve, so what you catch is what you work with. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
RB Tauros Best Moveset
The single best Pokemon available. 110 Attack and 100 Speed behind MoveBody Slam that paralyzes roughly one in three hits, MoveHyper Beam that skips the recharge turn on KO, and MoveEarthquake for anything that resists Normal. Nothing matches this combination of speed, power, and disruption.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Body Slam
- Hyper Beam
- Earthquake
- Blizzard
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Tauros's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Hyper Beam and Skull Bash, but Ice and Ground and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When it targets an enemy, it charges furiously while whipping its body with its long tails.
Tauros Red & Blue Guide
- How do I catch Tauros in the Red & Blue Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Tauros in Red & Blue.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Tauros from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Tauros easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In Red & Blue, Tauros plays as a sweeper. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move.
Yes. Paldean Tauros is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 9. Plays completely differently from the original.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Tauros appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Paldean form in Generation 9.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SVPaldean
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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