0248 Tyranitar

Performance

Status

  • Ranking Score:
    67.7
  • Main moves:
    Smack Down*, Brutal Swing, Stone Edge
  • Type
    ROCK
    DARK
  • Level:
    13.5-15.5
  • Rank:
    Lvl 14.5 0/15/15CP 1499
  • Buddy Distance:
    5km
  • Charged Move Cost:
    75,000 Stardust
  • Attack:
    130.2
  • Defense:
    109.3
  • Stamina:
    121
  • Overall:
    1723

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Traits

Moves

Properties

Registeel has the following traits and playstyles:
  • + Fast Move Pressure
    Deals heavy Fast Move damage. It can pressure switches and work around shields.
  • - Less Bulky
    Below average defensive stats and may struggle to take hits.
  • - Volatile
    Susceptible to one or more double weaknesses.
Move stats include same type and Shadow attack bonuses.
Recommended Move:
*Event or Elite TM exclusive*Unobtainable via TM
No.Move TypesMoveAccuracyPowerDamageAverageFast MoveCountRemark
1FastSmack Down*2.674.83Heavy Damage
2FastBite24.81Heavy Damage
3FastIron Tail2.333.333General
4ChargedBrutal Swing40781.955 - 5 - 5 - 5General
5ChargedStone Edge551202.187 - 7 - 7 - 7Nuke
6ChargedCrunch30% chance -1 Def opponent45841.876 - 6 - 5 - 6Debuff
7ChargedFire Blast801401.7510 - 10 - 10 - 10Coverage Nuke
Weaknesses
fighting
x2.56
bug
x1.6
fairy
x1.6
grass
x1.6
ground
x1.6
steel
x1.6
water
x1.6
Resistances
psychic
x0.39
poison
x0.625
normal
x0.625
ghost
x0.625
flying
x0.625
fire
x0.625
dark
x0.625

Character Introduction

Summary

Tyranitar is a Rock & Dark Pokémon which evolves from Pupitar. It is vulnerable to Fighting, Ground, Bug, Steel, Water, Grass and Fairy moves. Tyranitar's strongest moveset is Smack Down & Return and it has a Max CP of 3,834.

About

"Tyranitar is so overwhelmingly powerful, it can bring down a whole mountain to make its nest. This Pokémon wanders about in mountains seeking new opponents to fight."

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PVP Mode Explanatory Notes

PvP Moveset Explanation
Smack Down* or Bite + Stone Edge and Brutal Swing

Smack Down tends to be a stronger option than Bite due to superior energy generation, which is notable due to Tyranitar's costly charge moves. However, the latter lets Tyranitar become a Ghost- and Psychic-shredding machine. Iron Tail is a poor move. 

Brutal Swing costs the least energy and benefits from STAB. Crunch is slightly more expensive and is therefore the less preferable option, but it can occasionally provide Defense drops. Stone Edge is powerful and provides good coverage, but costs quite a lot of energy to use. Fire Blast demands too much energy to be consistently worthwhile. 

PvP Rating Explanation
Great League: 2.5 / 5

Tyranitar’s heavily attack-weighted stat distribution does it no favors down in Great League. A double weakness to Fighting-type damage, in addition to weaknesses against common Water, Grass, and Ground-type attacks, makes it a very risky Pokemon. While it shines in certain limited metagames, its stats combined with the fact that a lot of other things can do its job don't leave it super happy.

Ultra League: 2 / 5

The higher CP cap in Ultra allows Tyranitar to perform better, though not necessarily well. Its Rock/Dark typing gives it a solid matchup against both Giratina forms, but make it much weaker against Fighting-types, in addition to Grass and Water Starter Pokemon.

Master League: 3 / 5

Tyranitar's not bad, it's just poorly positioned. It's got stats, it's got moves, it's just...it doesn't beat much? It simply suffers from having too many weaknesses, especially its double weakness to Fighting. While incredibly powerful against Mewtwo and the Giratinas, it fails to handle the top Dragons in the format, and it stands no chance against powerful Waters like Kyogre. It's good against, like, Lugia, at least? That's something?

Shadow Tyranitar is preferred over its regular variant due to the consistency of its Fast Attack pressure. Smack Down is generally preferred due to the ubiquity of Zacian and Flying-type Pokemon, but Bite offers greater pressure against Groudon and Dialga.

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