[SET]
name: Indominus Rex
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Crunch / Taunt
item: Tyranitarite
ability: Sand Stream
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- DD for sweeping and outruns everything up to Mewtwo at +1. Stone Edge wrecks a lot of shit, including Salamence, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Kyogre, Yveltal, Rayquaza and other Flying dudes.
252 Atk Mega Tyranitar Stone Edge vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Arceus: 166-196 (43.4 - 51.3%) -- 59% chance to 2HKO after sandstorm damage
252 Atk Mega Tyranitar Stone Edge vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Salamence: 308-366 (93 - 110.5%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Mega Tyranitar Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Primal Groudon: 129-153 (31.9 - 37.8%) -- 91.1% chance to 3HKO
+1 252 Atk Mega Tyranitar Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 200+ Def Arceus-Water: 193-228 (43.4 - 51.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and sandstorm damage
- Crunch eats Latias, Latios, Mewtwo, Lugia, Giratina-O, Ghost Arceus, Ferrothorn, Bronzong and is a good move to throw around thanks to reliability and good neutral coverage and 20% def drops. STAB Crunches are sexy and is your best move vs Ground Arceus. You survive an EQ and 2HKO back with +1 Crunch.
- Earthquake cause Primal Groudon is the #1 common switch in. You outrun Support PDon and 2HKO it after rocks. Also punishes Diancie, Tyranitar, Blaziken, Lucario, Dialga and most Steel-types.
- Taunt breaks Defensive teams and can be used over Crunch. It blocks status from Support Arceus and phazing from Lugia. It allows Tyranitar to break past otherwise would be checks such as Will-o-Wisp Dragon Arceus or Ice Beam Water Arceus.
- Low Kick can be used to OHKO opposing Tyranitar and OHKO Arceus and Dialga at +1 but is useless otherwise.
Set Details
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-Mega Tyranitar beats most Defensive Pokemon such as Giratina-O and Lugia. STAB Stone Edge means Salamence will think twice about switching in.
- Has huge bulk even with no Def investment. You setup all over Darkrai, Yveltal and Mewtwo lacking Focus Blast. Darkceus is a free lunch. Grab a DD vs Ghostceus and OHKO it with +1 Crunch. Switch in on Latias and friends. Pair with things that enjoy PDon and Lugia weakened such as Xerneas or you own PDon.
- Resists priority except for the rare Bullet Punch. Lucario isn't coming in on Earthquake. You survive Bullet Punch anyway.
4 Atk Primal Groudon Precipice Blades vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Tyranitar: 306-360 (89.7 - 105.5%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Arceus-Ghost Brick Break vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Tyranitar: 220-260 (64.5 - 76.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
208+ Atk Life Orb Ho-Oh Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Tyranitar: 213-252 (62.4 - 73.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
0 SpA Arceus-Ghost Focus Blast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mega Tyranitar in Sand: 232-276 (68 - 80.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Usage Tips
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- You need max Speed to outrun Mewtwo, Darkrai and Shaymin-S at +1.
- Reaches 265 Speed, enough to get the jump on most base 90s, Xerneas and Yveltal. On the mega evolution, turn you are stuck at 244 Speed so keep that in mind.
- Grab a DD when you get a chance and start wrecking stuff. Checks Mega Salamence as well, you survive a +1 EQ after rocks.
- Spam Stone Edge when you are not sure what is coming in, PDon doesn't resist that move! Primal Kyogre hates it as well and Defensive variants has to take 2 hits before they can retaliate.
- Crunch or Taunt beats walls.
- Play carefully around Mega Sableye, because that thing halts you as long as it isn't Mega yet. Burns own you, paralysis stops you so keep those in mind. EQ makes Klefki think twice before coming in.
- In fairness if Tyranitar gets +1 on PDon, it can beat PDon one-on-one. If you want to go for the absolute ballsy route you can try for 84 Def EVs. Provided no SR is in play it will survive a Support PDon's Precipice Blades and still 2HKO PDon with +1 Earthquake. Bear in mind it is risky but plausible.eats Arceus-Dark. Also pwns Rayquaza and Excadrill one-on-one.
- You can lead with Mega TTar vs Deoxys-S, Care Superpower on Deoxys-A though!
- Passive damage from Sand damage lets Tyranitar 2HKO some Arceus formes.
- The only reason to use Unnerve over Sand Stream is for Shuca Berry Dialga and Tyranitar. Outside of that fear Sand Stream is superior to increase regular Tyranitar's bulk
- Iron Tail nails Xerneas, Fairy Arceus and Clefable
252 Atk Mega Tyranitar Iron Tail vs. 184 HP / 28 Def Xerneas: 262-310 (59.6 - 70.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after sandstorm damage
Team Options
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- Stealth Rock support is almost mandatory, you need the chip damage to score the guaranteed 2HKO on PDon and OHKO on Lugia with +1 Stone Edge. With rocks, +1 Stone Edge 2HKOes Water Arceus as well while Judgment will never OHKO you back.
- Primal Groudon makes a great partner, counters Klefki and PKyogre, enjoys Lugia gone, and loves Giratina-O dead. Also it is immune to burn and paralysis.
- Dialga is fine if you want a SR user which pressures Mega Sableye and you want a more Offensive PDon partner.
- Excadrill is unfortunately not a good partner for this set, TTar uses most of the sand turns by itself. It can check Xerneas however. Sacking Tyranitar so that Excadrill can revenge kill Xerneas can be a last resort.
- Ho-Oh stomps Ferrothorn and Fairyceus, checks Xerneas. All of which are annoying for this set.
- Xerneas beats Sableye easily. Xerneas + Tyranitar lets you beat any Darkrai set. Xerneas can also use Aromatherapy and loves PDon weakened to the point where it no longer checks a +2 Xerneas.
- Primal Kyogre lets you force out Primal Groudon and Mega Sableye and it loves PDon weakened by Tyranitar. Tyranitar also sets up on Lati twins.
- Vanilla Groudon is extinct, a dream come true for our Dinosaur. Sadly Ground Arceus exists. Pair it with Ground Arceus counters, Giratina-O is a good teammate. Primal Kyogre can check that too.
Checks & Counters
Xerneas - Xerneas survives any attack and can deal heavy damage with Moonblast or OHKO with Focus Blast. It can also set up Geomancy if Tyranitar lacks Taunt. However, Stone Edge is a 2HKO.
Ground Arceus - Tyranitar can 2HKO Ground Arceus with +1 Crunch but Arceus easily 2HKOes back and can come in on any other move easily.
Primal Groudon - Primal Groudon OHKOes Tyranitar with Precipice Blades and is capable of surviving a boosted Earthquake.
Primal Kyogre (especially defensive) - Offensive Primal Kyogre hates taking any attack but will easily OHKO in return. Defensive variants can shrug off 2 Stone Edges and KO Tyranitar with Scald.
Mega Mewtwo X - Low Kick will OHKO Tyranitar easily and survives a +1 Crunch.
Mega Blaziken - Earthquake will flatten Blaziken but Blaziken outspeeds, has Speed Boost and OHKOes with Low Kick.
Lucario - It resists both of Tyranitar's STABs but EArthquake will crush it. Close Combat is an easy OHKO while Bullet Punch picks off weakened ones.
MMY - can outspeed Tyranitar even at +1 and OHKO with Focus Blast. Crunch will OHKO so Mewtwo is only a revenge killer.
Deoxys-A - similar case with Mega Mewtwo Y, outruns you even at +1 and OHKO with Low Kick/Superpower.
Excadrill - outruns you thanks to Sand Rush and OHKO with Earthquake but it needs Life Orb to OHKO.
Physically defensive Clefable - can stall out Stone Edge with Wish/Protect and then beat TTar (it does get 2HKOed by Stone Edge on the switch though)
Fightceus - terrible in Ubers but it can end Tyranitar's sweep easily with Judgment.
Shuca Dialga - can take EQ and deal with a lot of damage with Flash Cannon although it does not OHKO and 2 Earthquakes will smash it.
Shuca TTar - can take EQ and OHKO with Low Kick or Thunder Wave. However, Taunt can block Thunder Wave and Stone Edge from Mega Tyranitar is a 2HKO after rocks.
Gyarados - can Intimidate Tyranitar on the DD, Mega Evolve, DD while surviving Stone Edge and OHKO with Waterfall.
Scarf users - Scarf Genesect can revenge kill with Iron Head or U-turn but a +1 Stone
Edge will OHKO.
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