Best Tyranitar counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Tyranitar counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO.

Simulation settings

Weather

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Terrakion

Double Kick

Sacred Sword *

Best performing move types

69.5%
9.0%
8.5%
3.5%
3.0%
2.0%
2.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	49.29	1409.14	2	83.3s	97.0
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	51.80	1132.85	3	82.2s	96.6
3	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	45.91	1438.71	2	88.4s	92.1
4	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	49.97	970.43	3	86.9s	90.9
5	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	47.36	982.71	3	90.7s	87.3
6	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	47.42	832.67	4	93.2s	84.5
7	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	42.79	1099.84	3	97.2s	82.4
8	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	42.66	1027.69	3	98.4s	81.1
9	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	46.43	730.64	4	97.2s	80.9
10	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	44.85	742.38	4	99.7s	79.0
11	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	46.90	569.61	6	102.0s	77.6
12	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	41.13	951.59	3	102.7s	77.6
13	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	38.83	977.33	3	107.4s	74.5
14	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	37.03	1171.38	3	109.5s	74.4
15	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	38.69	958.28	3	108.1s	74.0
16	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	37.38	1054.99	3	110.0s	73.4
17	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	38.73	910.05	3	108.8s	73.3
18	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	37.11	1075.14	3	110.4s	73.3
19	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	41.01	724.00	4	107.7s	73.2
20	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	42.46	603.66	5	108.6s	72.5
21	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	38.60	867.71	4	109.9s	72.4
22	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	40.85	677.00	5	109.4s	72.0
23	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	35.98	1106.46	3	113.1s	71.9
24	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	35.92	1104.83	3	113.2s	71.8
25	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	45.83	408.02	8	113.8s	71.2
26	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	38.72	726.65	4	112.8s	70.0
27	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	36.34	913.89	3	114.8s	69.7
28	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	37.45	738.01	4	115.7s	68.3
29	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	37.82	708.53	5	115.5s	68.3
30	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	35.27	910.36	3	117.9s	68.0
31	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	39.02	610.60	5	115.8s	67.9
32	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Superpower	35.74	814.11	4	118.4s	67.2
33	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	35.76	768.40	4	119.4s	66.4
34	Shadow Dragonite	Steel Wing	Superpower	37.98	592.56	6	119.1s	66.1
35	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	37.42	607.91	5	119.9s	65.7
36	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	32.98	982.15	3	123.8s	65.5
37	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	37.87	564.59	6	120.6s	65.3
38	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	36.17	665.46	5	121.2s	65.1
39	Sneasler	Rock Smash	Close Combat	34.94	742.45	4	122.4s	64.8
40	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	42.11	352.86	10	126.3s	64.6
41	Mega Pinsir	Fury Cutter	Superpower	38.84	473.51	7	123.1s	64.3
42	Shadow Infernape	Rock Smash	Close Combat	36.42	587.77	6	123.4s	63.8
43	Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	32.10	960.72	3	127.1s	63.8
44	Mega Medicham	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.26	579.00	6	124.2s	63.4
45	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	36.94	533.91	6	124.4s	63.3
46	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	33.39	775.73	4	126.4s	63.0
47	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Dynamic Punch	38.35	446.04	8	126.2s	62.9
48	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Close Combat	37.39	481.14	7	126.2s	62.6
49	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Superpower	34.68	640.56	5	126.3s	62.5
50	Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	34.17	674.95	5	126.7s	62.4

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Tyranitar type chart

When fighting Tyranitar, keep in mind the following that Rock and Dark-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, Bug, Fairy, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Normal, Poison, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	256.0%
Bug	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Steel	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Poison	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Tyranitar in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Tyranitar down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Tyranitar counter is Terrakion, followed by Mega Blaziken, Keldeo (Ordinary), and Shadow Machamp. The table also includes Shadow Hariyama, Lucario, Conkeldurr, and Mega Lopunny, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Tyranitar are:

Typing	Usage %
Fighting	69.5%
Water	9.0%
Ground	8.5%
Steel	3.5%
Grass	3.0%
Bug	2.0%
Fairy	2.0%
Psychic	0.5%
Electric	0.5%
Ice	0.5%
Dark	0.5%
Ghost	0.5%

About our ranking methodology

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge moves, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used.

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.