Tyranitar counters

Gen 9 Legends Z-A OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Tyranitar
#0248 Tyranitar
RockDark
USAGE 11.3% #17
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
Knock Off 90.6% Pursuit 84.4% Earthquake 51.5% Stone Edge 49.3% Avalanche 20.1% Superpower 15.8% Stealth Rock 15.4% Ice Beam 14.6%
Items
Assault Vest 31.8% Choice Band 21.8% Heavy-Duty Boots 14.7% Smooth Rock 11.5% Leftovers 8.7% Choice Scarf 5.3% Black Glasses 1.4% Life Orb 1.2%
Abilities
Sand Stream100.0%Unnerve0.0%
Common Teammates
Slowbro47.1%Excadrill41.2%Clefable35.6%Corviknight25.6%Garchomp24.5%Magearna23.5%Dragalge-Mega21.5%Rotom-Heat20.6%

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 #17 with 11.28% usage. Sorted by reliability score.