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Tyranitar

Rank 23

Tyranitar build and set

RockDark
Usage
7.9%—
Brought
73.6%
Leads
36.4%
Mega Evolves
36.4%
Win rate
50.5%
▲ 0.5 pts above 50%
48.8% – 52.2% · 3,389 games

22,204 battles · 30 days · updated 58 min ago

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Mega Tyranitar

RockDark

Sand Stream

TyranitariteJolly+Spe −SpA

  • RockPhysicalRock Slide
  • DarkPhysicalKnock Off
  • NormalStatusProtect
  • FightingPhysicalLow Kick
HP
177
2
Atk
216
32
Def
170
0
SpA
103
0
SpD
140
0
Spe
135
32

Item, ability and moves: the most revealed in VGC 2026 Reg M-C over 7 days

Nature and SP: Smogon, September 2026

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Tyranitar @ Tyranitarite
Ability: Sand Stream
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rock Slide
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Low Kick

Spreads (Smogon)

Source: Smogon, September 2026 (1,760+ cutoff)

  1. Jolly

    +Spe−SpA

    10.5%Most used
    • HP2
    • Atk32
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD0
    • Spe32

  2. Jolly

    +Spe−SpA

    7.7%
    • HP17
    • Atk17
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD0
    • Spe32

  3. Adamant

    +Atk−SpA

    5.3%
    • HP32
    • Atk32
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD2
    • Spe0

Abilities

  • Sand Stream 99.8%
  • Unnerve 0.2%

Moves

Revealed in 2,103 games

Show all (30)
  • GroundPhysicalEarthquake0.5%
  • FirePhysicalFire Punch0.5%
  • FightingPhysicalSuperpower0.5%
  • IceSpecialIce Beam0.4%
  • RockPhysicalStone Edge0.3%
  • FireSpecialFire Blast0.2%
  • FightingPhysicalBody Press0.2%
  • GhostStatusCurse0.2%
  • FightingPhysicalBrick Break0.1%
  • GroundSpecialEarth Power0.1%
  • RockStatusStealth Rock0.1%
  • DarkPhysicalAssurance0.1%
  • IceSpecialBlizzard0.1%
  • DarkSpecialDark Pulse0.1%
  • DragonPhysicalDragon Tail0.1%
  • SteelPhysicalIron Head0.1%
  • RockSpecialPower Gem0.1%
  • RockPhysicalRock Tomb0.1%
  • RockStatusSandstorm0.1%
  • GroundPhysicalStomping Tantrum0.1%
  • ElectricPhysicalThunder Punch0.1%
  • ElectricStatusThunder Wave0.1%

Items

Revealed in 1,169 games

Show all (16)
30-day trend6.5% – 9.4%

Most common teammates

Lead pairs

Counters

Struggles against

  1. Rillaboomwins 45.1%690 games
  2. Staraptorwins 41.7%115 games
  3. Floette-Eternalwins 41.8%91 games

Does well against

  1. Torkoalwins 65.4%78 games
  2. Volcaronawins 61.2%147 games
  3. Sylveonwins 59.7%134 games
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Tyranitar is on 7.9% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (30 days), ranking 23. Its most seen moves are Rock Slide, Knock Off and Protect. The most revealed item is Tyranitarite. It usually teams up with Excadrill and Salamence. It is brought in 74% of its games and leads in 36%.