Tyranitar counters

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

Tyranitar
#0248 Tyranitar
RockDark
USAGE 4.4% #42
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 82.9% Earthquake 70.6% Crunch 60.2% Stone Edge 46.6% Rock Slide 36.8% Ice Punch 36.7% Fire Punch 20.1% Dragon Dance 10.3%
Items
Assault Vest 57.6% Choice Band 23.9% Smooth Rock 6.1% Weakness Policy 5.4% Electrium Z 3.3% Leftovers 1.9% Focus Sash 0.5% Life Orb 0.4%
Abilities
Sand Stream100.0%Unnerve0.0%
Common Teammates
Ferrothorn45.7%Tapu Fini37.9%Charizard-Mega-Y34.4%Excadrill23.6%Landorus-Therian21.7%Lopunny-Mega21.3%Zapdos21.2%Gliscor21.1%
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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 #42 with 4.45% usage. Sorted by reliability score.