Tyranitar counters

Gen 9 2v2 Doubles · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Tyranitar
#0248 Tyranitar
RockDark
USAGE 1.7% #58
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
Rock Slide 62.9% Crunch 60.5% Knock Off 40.6% Earthquake 32.7% High Horsepower 21.3% Protect 20.5% Ice Punch 20.0% Heavy Slam 17.6%
Items
Choice Band 26.0% Assault Vest 21.7% Weakness Policy 16.5% Air Balloon 13.0% Clear Amulet 5.8% Leftovers 5.5% Life Orb 2.8% Choice Scarf 2.6%
Abilities
Sand Stream99.9%Unnerve0.1%
Common Teammates
Excadrill88.2%Iron Hands28.7%Flutter Mane26.7%Archaludon22.9%Garchomp22.1%Tornadus20.1%Sneasler16.9%Lycanroc-Dusk14.2%
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Ranked #58 with 1.65% usage. Sorted by reliability score.