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tyranitar
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Tyranitar

Armor Pokémon

RockDark

Its body can’t be harmed by any sort of attack, so it is very eager to make challenges against enemies.

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

Specially Defensive
Moves
Foul Play / Thunder Wave
Item
Heavy-Duty Boots
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Tyranitar is a good specially defensive wall in Ubers due to its high bulk aided by Sand Stream and a typing that enables it to combat top-tier threats such as Calyrex-S, specially offensive Yveltal, and Eternatus. Notably, Tyranitar's summoned sand enables Excadrill to function as a setup sweeper and revenge killer while granting teams a better matchup versus rain-boosted Dracovish. Its typing is advantageous against Yveltal and Ho-Oh, allowing Tyranitar to maintain Stealth Rock throughout the match, though it should be wary of Knock Off or U-turn from Yveltal. While Rest assures Tyranitar's longevity and the ability to act as a status absorber, it becomes easy to manipulate. Tyranitar is weak to a large number of common threats such as Necrozma-DM, Kyogre, Xerneas, Groudon, and Zygarde, so it is easily forced out and thus finds it relatively difficult to burn through sleep turns. Despite these flaws, Tyranitar remains a good pick, as it compresses a Stealth Rock user and a Calyrex-S counter into one teamslot.

Most Used Moves

Rest
76.5%
Foul Play
64.5%
Rock Tomb
38.6%
Low Kick
24.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
62.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc