Tyranitar counters

Gen 5 Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Tyranitar
#0248 Tyranitar
RockDark
USAGE 49.7% #3
ABILITYSand Stream
BASE STATS
HP 100
ATK 134
DEF 110
SPA 95
SPD 100
SPE 61
BST600
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Fighting
2×
WaterGrassGroundBugSteelFairy
½×
NormalFirePoisonFlyingGhostDark
0×
Psychic
Moves
Crunch 100.0% Pursuit 98.3% Superpower 98.0% Thunder Wave 98.0% Rock Slide 2.0% Taunt 1.7% Dragon Dance 1.7% Fire Punch 0.3%
Items
Sitrus Berry 98.0% Life Orb 1.7% Choice Band 0.3% Chople Berry 0.0% Lum Berry 0.0%
Abilities
Sand Stream98.0%Sheer Force1.7%Solid Rock0.3%Regenerator0.0%Compound Eyes0.0%
Common Teammates
Latios99.2%Landorus99.1%Skarmory99.1%Jellicent99.1%Garchomp99.1%Landorus-Therian0.5%Omastar0.5%Mew0.5%
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Ranked #3 with 49.68% usage. Sorted by reliability score.