Tyranitar counters

Gen 8 National Dex · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Tyranitar
#0248 Tyranitar
RockDark
USAGE 3.8% #47
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
Pursuit 75.1% Earthquake 52.9% Ice Punch 46.8% Stone Edge 46.5% Crunch 39.1% Fire Punch 27.3% Rock Slide 27.2% Dragon Dance 16.7%
Items
Assault Vest 49.0% Choice Band 17.1% Leftovers 8.5% Electrium Z 8.4% Weakness Policy 8.1% Smooth Rock 7.0% Choice Scarf 0.4% Venusaurite 0.3%
Abilities
Sand Stream100.0%Unnerve0.0%
Common Teammates
Charizard-Mega-Y34.5%Tapu Fini28.5%Ferrothorn27.4%Landorus-Therian26.4%Excadrill23.6%Zapdos20.1%Regieleki18.9%Gliscor16.6%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #47 with 3.80% usage. Sorted by reliability score.