Tyranitar counters

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

Tyranitar
#0248 Tyranitar
RockDark
USAGE 12.4% #19
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 63.1% Stone Edge 61.1% Stealth Rock 41.7% Superpower 41.1% Heavy Slam 39.0% Earthquake 33.6% Rock Blast 32.4% Thunder Wave 17.9%
Items
Choice Band 56.4% Leftovers 36.2% Smooth Rock 3.4% Focus Sash 1.9% Life Orb 0.6% Custap Berry 0.5% Weakness Policy 0.5% Assault Vest 0.2%
Abilities
Sand Stream100.0%Unnerve0.0%
Common Teammates
Excadrill61.3%Ferrothorn41.5%Slowbro34.2%Tornadus-Therian30.3%Corviknight21.8%Landorus-Therian21.6%Dragapult21.4%Buzzwole20.7%
Browse Gen 8 OU teams using Tyranitar →
Teams using Landorus-Therian 51% Teams using Urshifu-Rapid-Strike 38% Teams using Clefable 28%

Checks & Counters

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

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Landorus-Therian
Landorus-Therian
GroundFlying SOFT CHECK
25.536
51
50.7% dies 9.89%
02
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
FightingWater SOFT CHECK
21.234
38
38.4% dies 10.55%
03
Clefable
Clefable
Fairy SOFT CHECK
21.415
28
28.2% dies 9.72%

Ranked #19 with 12.36% usage. Sorted by reliability score.