OU Tyranitar

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Tyranitar @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Crunch
- Superpower
- Earthquake

Equipped with a Choice Band to boost its already-massive Attack to sky high levels, Tyranitar becomes a truly monstrous wallbreaker in OU! Stone Edge and Crunch dish out huge damage to common switch-ins like Landorus-T, Corviknight, and Clefable, while Superpower is Tyranitar's coverage move of choice to hit Ferrothorn; Earthquake rounds out the set to blow past Toxapex and for a safer move against most Steel-types. Beyond its wallbreaking prowess, Tyranitar's great special bulk under sand lets it easily sponge Ghost- and Fire-type moves from the likes of Dragapult, Blacephalon, Heatran, and Volcarona and act as a sturdy answer to other special attackers like offensive Zapdos and Galarian Moltres. Tyranitar can struggle to enter the field safely, so pivots like Tornadus-T, Corviknight, and Slowbro are fantastic partners; Slowbro also provides Future Sight support, cutting down Tyranitar's short switch-in list even further. Sand Rush users like Excadrill and Dracozolt greatly appreciate Tyranitar’s ability to weaken bulky Ground-types and can provide insurance against faster foes like Zeraora and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele that Tyranitar struggles with.
 
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I'd mention Dracozolt or something else on the physical end over Scarf Lele, especially since Scarf Lele clashes with Slowbro, which you mention a sentence prior, and only is really used on 1 CB Tar team in the whole metagame. Sticking with your theme of breaking down physical walls you list throughout it very well can go nice with the narrative of physical attackers that struggle with Grounds as teammates. In addition, it fits with Excadrill as a Sand rush user.

Another option I see a bit more consistently than Tapu Lele would have to be Kartana if you want another option.

Besides that one nitpick, all of your content is good and accurate. Great job here, 1/1
 

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Tyranitar @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Crunch
- Superpower
- Earthquake

Equipped with a Choice Band to boost its already-massive Attack to sky-high levels, Tyranitar becomes a truly monstrous wallbreaker in OU! Stone Edge and Crunch dish out huge damage to common switch-ins like Landorus-T, Corviknight, and Clefable, while Superpower is Tyranitar's coverage move of choice to hit Ferrothorn; Earthquake rounds out the set to blow past Toxapex and for a safer move against most Steel-types. Beyond its wallbreaking prowess, Tyranitar's great special bulk under sand lets it easily sponge Ghost- and Fire-type moves from the likes of Dragapult, Blacephalon, Heatran, and Volcarona, and act as a sturdy answer to other special attackers like offensive Zapdos and Galarian Moltres. Tyranitar can struggle to enter the field safely, so pivots like Tornadus-T, Corviknight, and Slowbro are fantastic partners; the latterSlowbro also provides Future Sight support, cutting down Tyranitar's short switch-in list even further. Offensive cleaners like Sand Rush Excadrill and Dracozolt greatly appreciate Tyranitar’s ability to weaken bulky Ground-types and can provide insurance against faster foes like Zeraora and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele that Tyranitar struggles with.

1/1. You can optionally delete the Sand Rush mention on drill since it is almost always Sand Rush and this is ttar, but up to you.
 

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@ above changed "Offensive cleaners like Sand Rush Excadrill and Dracozolt" -> "Sand Rush users like Excadrill and Dracozolt" to save on characters

implemented the rest, this is ready to go
 

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