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tyranitar
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Tyranitar

Armor Pokémon

RockDark

In just one of its mighty hands, it has the power to make the ground shake and mountains crumble.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

pupitar Pupitar Lv. 30
tyranitar Tyranitar Lv. 55

Moves

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

Choice Scarf
Moves
Ice Punch / Ice Beam / Fire Blast
Low Kick / Superpower
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Dragon Dance
Item
Tyranitarite / Lum Berry
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 204
Atk 4
Def 60
SpD 4
Spe 236
Tank
Moves
Crunch / Ice Punch
Low Kick / Superpower / Ice Punch
Item
Lum Berry / Chople Berry / Tyranitarite
Nature
Adamant / Brave
EVs
HP 252
Atk 244
Def 12

Strategy Overview

Tyranitar is one of the bulkiest offensive Pokemon in the format. Sand Stream sets up sand on the switch, giving Tyranitar a Special Defense boost and helping combat opposing weather teams. With this boost, Tyranitar is a good switch-in to a lot of attacks. STAB Rock Slide is great for coverage and deals with a lot of relevant Pokemon such as Talonflame, Charizard, and Thundurus. Excadrill is a great partner under sand, being a huge threat when Sand Rush is activated. However, Tyranitar's typing gives it weaknesses to several common attacking types, such as Fighting, Fairy, and Ground. Tyranitar's low Speed also gives it some issues; Choice Scarf can make up for this but Tyranitar still won't outspeed the most common Choice Scarf user, Landorus-T.

Most Used Moves

Crunch
77.4%
Protect
47.4%
Ice Punch
34.5%
Low Kick
28.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc