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tyranitar
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Tyranitar

Armor Pokémon

RockDark

If it rampages, it knocks down mountains and buries rivers. Maps must be redrawn afterward.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 134
Defense 110
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 100
Speed 61
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

pupitar Pupitar Lv. 30
tyranitar Tyranitar Lv. 55

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Armor Pokémon
Height 2.0 m
Weight 202.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Monster

Sprites

tyranitar Front Front
tyranitar Back Back
tyranitar Front Shiny Front Shiny
tyranitar Back Shiny Back Shiny
tyranitar Official Art Official Art
tyranitar Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Bulky Pursuit Trapper
Moves
Thunder Wave / Stealth Rock / Fire Blast
Superpower / Earthquake
Item
Chople Berry / Tanga Berry
Nature
Adamant / Careful
EVs
HP 248
Atk 88
SpD 172
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Hasty
EVs
0 [object Object]
1 [object Object]

Strategy Overview

Tyranitar is one of the most definitive Pokemon in BW OU thanks to it setting sand and keeping dangerous Psychic-types like Latios, Reuniclus, and Alakazam in check by Pursuit trapping them. Sand is a key component of the metagame, since it keeps rain off the field, limiting dangerous Pokemon on rain teams like Thundurus-T and Tentacruel, and works very well alongside other means of residual damage, like entry hazards and status. Sand damage puts Pokemon like Keldeo, Latios, Rotom-W, and Starmie on a timer and negates Leftovers recovery for many others. Outside of Psychic-types, Tyranitar also checks common threats like Thundurus-T, Heatran, Jellicent, and Volcarona if running Tanga Berry, and it can revenge kill and Pursuit trap faster threats with a Choice Scarf set. Tyranitar can even run lure options for checks like Skarmory, Excadrill, and Gliscor thanks to its deep movepool. However, Tyranitar is quite vulnerable to being worn down by the Pokemon it should check, given its lack of recovery and vulnerability to entry hazards. Most noticeably, opposing sand teams can use multiple Psychic-types to overwhelm Tyranitar in tandem with entry hazards. It also has common weaknesses that leave it forced out by Pokemon like Keldeo, Excadrill, Terrakion, and Scizor and 2HKOed by Focus Blast Reuniclus and Alakazam, which Tyranitar would otherwise Pursuit trap without much issue. It's also slow, making its Choice Scarf set fail to revenge kill any boosted threats or outspeed and beat Alakazam.

Most Used Moves

Crunch
92.9%
Pursuit
89.6%
Ice Beam
27.8%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc