# PokéBonk Build Guides

> Choose a playstyle, check its unlocks and follow a complete build: move order, item priorities, farming routes, boss handling and gameplay videos.

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Article updated: 2026-10-28. Applicable source versions are identified in the article.

Choose a playstyle, check its unlocks and follow a complete build: move order, item priorities, farming routes, boss handling and gameplay videos.

These are practical build routes based on checked game definitions. Strength depends on your unlocks, offers, mode and execution; the routes are not measured win-rate rankings.

## [Vileplume Sleep Build: Spore & Primeval Forest](https://pokebonk.co/guides/vileplume-sleep-build)

Build Vileplume sleep control from Oddish: unlock Spore, preserve recovery, choose the right fusion and farm through safe control zones.

**Before you start:**

Oddish + Paras recruited; shared Spore offer; recovery after fusion.

**How it plays:**

Lead packs through covered ground and make short, safe collection passes.

**Main trade-off:**

Random shared move and a Special-to-Physical transition; control is not Boss immunity.

[Read the full build](https://pokebonk.co/guides/vileplume-sleep-build)

## [Tauros Stampede Build: Movement & Physical Damage](https://pokebonk.co/guides/tauros-stampede-build)

Plan Tauros from Payback to Stampede with slot management, Physical items, safe farming lines and guardian tactics.

**Before you start:**

Tauros recruited; two later moves; deliberate use of three or four slots.

**How it plays:**

Use broad curves and open lanes, then collect along cleared edges.

**Main trade-off:**

Reserving fusion slots can weaken the opening; speed still needs safe space.

[Read the full build](https://pokebonk.co/guides/tauros-stampede-build)

## [Gengar Ghost Build: Status & Gloomy Curse](https://pokebonk.co/guides/gengar-ghost-build)

Build Gastly into a Special Ghost route with Shadow Ball, Hex and Gloomy Curse, then learn safe farming and Boss positioning.

**Before you start:**

Gastly recruited; plan the Physical opening and later Special pair.

**How it plays:**

Create lateral space, maintain status and land follow-up Ghost hits.

**Main trade-off:**

Three-slot pressure and a damage-class transition; passive defenses have limits.

[Read the full build](https://pokebonk.co/guides/gengar-ghost-build)