#0128 · Kanto · Generation 1

Tauros

Wild Bull Pokémon · Normal-type

Tauros is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Wild Bull Pokémon, number 128 (#0128) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 1.4 m tall and weighs 88.4 kg.

Tauros is the Wild Bull Pokémon, a male-only herd animal that whips itself with three tails to build up a charge the Pokédex says it will not stop until it hits something. In Paldea it comes in three regional breeds.

How to pronounce Tauros

Tauros is pronounced TOR-ohs. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Tauros said out loud:

In Japanese it is ケンタロス (Kentauros).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Tauros is a light-brown bull, 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) tall and 88.4 kg (194.9 lb), with a thick dark mane, a hump on its shoulders, curved grey horns and three black tails. Every Tauros is male.

Behaviour

A rowdy, violent Pokémon, Tauros lashes its sides with its tails to wind itself up, a warning that a charge is coming. The Pokédex says it is only content while rampaging, and with no opponent it flattens thick trees to calm down. In herds, the protector is proud of its battle-scarred horns, and members lock horns to prove their strength. Tauros in Alola are calmer, and riding them is said to have started there, while the Pokédex says Galar's will not allow riders.

Habitat

Tauros lives in herds on grasslands and plains. In Scarlet and Violet the Paldean breeds roam the East and West Provinces and the Asado Desert, and Kantonian Tauros appears in the Indigo Disk's Savanna Biome. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Its Abilities are Intimidate, which lowers foes' Attack on entry, and Anger Point, which maxes Attack after a critical hit; the Hidden Ability is Sheer Force. Horn Attack, Zen Headbutt and Thrash suit its charging style, and with base Speed 110 it is a quick physical attacker. Paldean Tauros are dark grey with a black mane: Combat Breed is Fighting, Blaze Breed is Fighting and Fire, and Aqua Breed is Fighting and Water. Bulbapedia says Raging Bull, which takes on the breed's type, is known only to Tauros.

Name origin

Tauros may come from its Japanese name and from Greek tauros, 'bull'. The Japanese name is Kentauros (ケンタロス), which may come from the Greek kentauros, 'centaur'.

Design inspiration

Shigeki Morimoto designed Tauros, and James Turner designed the three Paldean forms. Tauros looks modelled on a bull or bison, and its tails may recall a cat o' nine tails. The Paldean forms likely draw on Spain's fighting bulls, with the fiery and watery breeds perhaps echoing bull festivals in Valencia. These are fan readings.

In the games

In Sun and Moon, Tauros works as a Poké Ride Pokémon that carries the player around Alola. A Generation I original, it was a Safari Zone catch in Red and Blue, and in Scarlet and Violet Blaze Breed is exclusive to Scarlet and Aqua Breed to Violet.

In the anime

In the Safari Zone, Ash caught 30 Tauros at once, and the herd stampeded through Professor Oak's lab in the English dub's 'Showdown at the Po-ké Corral'.

Fun facts

• In the computer game Pokémon Play It!, the Tauros card makes the program shut down or freeze, according to Bulbapedia.
• In Sun and Moon's Heahea City, Game Freak's Morimoto sees a Tauros carrying a Game Boy origin mark and remarks that it was once among the strongest Pokémon of the Generation I games, partly thanks to Blizzard.
• In the original Red and Green, its Pokédex entry wrongly said it has two tails, fixed to three in FireRed.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Tauros (Pokémon) · Serebii: Tauros (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 75
• Attack: 100
• Defense: 95
• Sp. Atk: 40
• Sp. Def: 70
• Speed: 110

Tauros’s base stat total is 490. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Tauros weak to?

Tauros takes extra damage from Fighting (2×) moves.

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

Tauros does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Forms

• Paldean Tauros (Combat Breed) (Paldean form): Fighting-type, base stat total 490 (HP 75, Attack 110, Defense 105, Sp. Atk 30, Sp. Def 70, Speed 100). Abilities: Intimidate, Anger Point, Cud Chew (hidden).
• Paldean Tauros (Blaze Breed) (Paldean form): Fighting/Fire-type, base stat total 490 (HP 75, Attack 110, Defense 105, Sp. Atk 30, Sp. Def 70, Speed 100). Abilities: Intimidate, Anger Point, Cud Chew (hidden).
• Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed) (Paldean form): Fighting/Water-type, base stat total 490 (HP 75, Attack 110, Defense 105, Sp. Atk 30, Sp. Def 70, Speed 100). Abilities: Intimidate, Anger Point, Cud Chew (hidden).

Abilities

• Intimidate: Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.
• Anger Point: Raises Attack to the maximum of six stages upon receiving a critical hit.
• Sheer Force (hidden ability): Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.

Moves

Moves Tauros learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (48)

Tauros can learn 48 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Thief, Trailblaze, Facade, Bulldoze, Icy Wind, Rock Tomb, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Smart Strike, Dig, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Iron Head, Substitute, Shadow Ball, Surf, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Helping Hand, Reversal, Ice Beam, Fire Blast, Blizzard, Wild Charge, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Outrage, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Close Combat, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, High Horsepower, Lash Out, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Throat Chop, Curse.

Egg moves (2):Curse, Endeavor.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 100% male, 0% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Attack and 1 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 172.

Pokédex entries

The Tauros of the Galar region are volatile in nature, and they won't allow people to ride on their backs. (Shield)

When Tauros begins whipping itself with its tails, it's a warning that the Pokémon is about to charge with astounding speed. (Sword)

A rowdy Pokémon with a lot of stamina. Once running, it won't stop until it hits something. (Yellow, Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

The climate seems to be related to the reason Tauros in Alola are a little calmer than those in other regions. (Ultra Moon)

They live in groups. The one with the longest, thickest, and most-scarred horns is the boss of the herd. (Ultra Sun)

Although it's known to be a fierce Pokémon, Tauros in the Alola region are said to possess a measure of calmness. (Moon)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Defense among Normal types in Gen 1: 95.
• Taller than 68% of all Pokémon (1.4 m).
• Heavier than 80% of all Pokémon (88.4 kg).
• Base stat total 490, ranked #338 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #69 of 1,025.
• One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 128 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Can learn 57 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 3 alternate forms.
• Appears in 15 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Tauros (Pokémon), Serebii: Tauros (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (TOR-ohs): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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