Name: Bulky Physical Weakness Policy
Move 1: Rock Blast / Stone Edge
Move 2: Crunch
Move 3: Fire Punch
Move 4: Dragon Dance / Earthquake
Item: Weakness Policy / Focus Sash
Ability: Sand Stream
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 Def
[SET COMMENTS]
Tyranitar is a bulky physical attacker that can serve as a sweeper against special focused teams thanks to Sandstorm buffing his special defense, and his high HP. Dynamaxing also makes Tyranitar very hard to kill, turning him into a massive tank that takes multiple turns to take down.
Crunch provides a good STAB check against a variety of threats, including Dragapult. Rock Blast can break through Mimikyu Disguise and still gets some damage in, while also being good to chip away at Focus Sash users before hitting them with our other moves. Conversely, Stone Edge can provide for a stronger Max Rockfall, and remove it's sometimes shaky accuracy, allowing a harder hit. Fire Punch is a great coverage move, hitting 2 of Ttar's weaknesses, especially hitting highly present Steel type mons and providing a 4x move against Ferrothorn. The 4th slot is highly flexible depending on your item choice. If you're running Weakness Policy, you'll probably want Earthquake to allow for another strong coverage attack with possible OHKO potential. Focus Sash users will probably want Dragon Dance, although you could possibly run Stealth Rock if you don't have a hazard setter. I'd personally lean closer to Dragon Dance, as getting 1 guaranteed Dance in and then Dynamaxing and the next turn can turn Tyranitar into a monster attacker that could easily sweep half a team before going down.
When it comes to partners, this set plays very nicely with a lot of strong sweepers. Obviously Sand Rush Excadrill is going to do well here, with Ttar setting sand naturally and setting up Excadrill nicely. Mons like Dragapult and Aegislash are also great partners, both allowing you to switch into a potentially fatal Fighting-type attack, as well as being great sweepers in their own right. While you can invest in HP to potentially survive Fighting-types or something like Darmanitan-G Superpower, these mons can make for a great switch into those attacks. Aegislash can also serve as a nice wall on a Ttar team, and Dragapult as a special revenge killer taking advantage of Max Darkness dropping special defenses.
Name: Special Attacking Weakness Policy
Move 1: Dark Pulse
Move 2: Fire Blast
Move 3: Thunderbolt
Move 4: Stealth Rock / Ice Beam / Stone Edge
Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Sand Stream
Nature: Modest
EVs: 252 Sp Atk / 252 HP / 4 Speed
[SET COMMENTS]
This set focuses on activating Tyranitar's WP and letting it hit for big damage. Although it's Sp Atk is lower than it's physical, special attack Tyranitar has some fantastic coverage moves available, and gets around some of the bulky physical walls like Iron Defense Corviknight, Quagsire, G-Corsola, etc.. As a Dmax sweeper, it can leverage STAB Max Darkness to lower special defense on anything it doesn't kill, making it all the easier for it or another special mon to come in and finish up.
Dark Pulse is the STAB move of choice here, once again providing Dragapult coverage and coverage against Trick Room Psychic mons. Fire Blast and Thunderbolt are the choice coverage moves here, hitting a lot of the popular threats running around and hitting more than half of Ttar's weaknesses. You could run Flamethrower if you're concerned about accuracy and are planning to use Max Darkness on your last Dmax turn to weaken an opponent's defense. For the last move, you could run Stealth Rock if you want the flexibility to set up hazards against a mon that's unlikely to trigger WP or that's abusing U-Turn/Volt Switch. Ice Beam provides some additional coverage against additional types, further expanding the attack variety at your disposal. Lastly, as mentioned above, Stone Edge provides a great STAB move that becomes even better when Dynamax'd, allowing a much stronger attack while getting rid of the shaky accuracy, and incidental weather control.
As mentioned in the physical set, Aegislash and Dragapult are great partners for Ttar, providing great checks against Fighting types and other common checks against Tyranitar, namely Steel and Grass types. These mons can also be built for either physical or special sets, so they can easily be built to take advantage of Ttar's Max Darkness lowering an opponent's Sp. Def, allowing for easy revenge kills.
Move 1: Rock Blast / Stone Edge
Move 2: Crunch
Move 3: Fire Punch
Move 4: Dragon Dance / Earthquake
Item: Weakness Policy / Focus Sash
Ability: Sand Stream
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 Def
[SET COMMENTS]
Tyranitar is a bulky physical attacker that can serve as a sweeper against special focused teams thanks to Sandstorm buffing his special defense, and his high HP. Dynamaxing also makes Tyranitar very hard to kill, turning him into a massive tank that takes multiple turns to take down.
Crunch provides a good STAB check against a variety of threats, including Dragapult. Rock Blast can break through Mimikyu Disguise and still gets some damage in, while also being good to chip away at Focus Sash users before hitting them with our other moves. Conversely, Stone Edge can provide for a stronger Max Rockfall, and remove it's sometimes shaky accuracy, allowing a harder hit. Fire Punch is a great coverage move, hitting 2 of Ttar's weaknesses, especially hitting highly present Steel type mons and providing a 4x move against Ferrothorn. The 4th slot is highly flexible depending on your item choice. If you're running Weakness Policy, you'll probably want Earthquake to allow for another strong coverage attack with possible OHKO potential. Focus Sash users will probably want Dragon Dance, although you could possibly run Stealth Rock if you don't have a hazard setter. I'd personally lean closer to Dragon Dance, as getting 1 guaranteed Dance in and then Dynamaxing and the next turn can turn Tyranitar into a monster attacker that could easily sweep half a team before going down.
When it comes to partners, this set plays very nicely with a lot of strong sweepers. Obviously Sand Rush Excadrill is going to do well here, with Ttar setting sand naturally and setting up Excadrill nicely. Mons like Dragapult and Aegislash are also great partners, both allowing you to switch into a potentially fatal Fighting-type attack, as well as being great sweepers in their own right. While you can invest in HP to potentially survive Fighting-types or something like Darmanitan-G Superpower, these mons can make for a great switch into those attacks. Aegislash can also serve as a nice wall on a Ttar team, and Dragapult as a special revenge killer taking advantage of Max Darkness dropping special defenses.
Name: Special Attacking Weakness Policy
Move 1: Dark Pulse
Move 2: Fire Blast
Move 3: Thunderbolt
Move 4: Stealth Rock / Ice Beam / Stone Edge
Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Sand Stream
Nature: Modest
EVs: 252 Sp Atk / 252 HP / 4 Speed
[SET COMMENTS]
This set focuses on activating Tyranitar's WP and letting it hit for big damage. Although it's Sp Atk is lower than it's physical, special attack Tyranitar has some fantastic coverage moves available, and gets around some of the bulky physical walls like Iron Defense Corviknight, Quagsire, G-Corsola, etc.. As a Dmax sweeper, it can leverage STAB Max Darkness to lower special defense on anything it doesn't kill, making it all the easier for it or another special mon to come in and finish up.
Dark Pulse is the STAB move of choice here, once again providing Dragapult coverage and coverage against Trick Room Psychic mons. Fire Blast and Thunderbolt are the choice coverage moves here, hitting a lot of the popular threats running around and hitting more than half of Ttar's weaknesses. You could run Flamethrower if you're concerned about accuracy and are planning to use Max Darkness on your last Dmax turn to weaken an opponent's defense. For the last move, you could run Stealth Rock if you want the flexibility to set up hazards against a mon that's unlikely to trigger WP or that's abusing U-Turn/Volt Switch. Ice Beam provides some additional coverage against additional types, further expanding the attack variety at your disposal. Lastly, as mentioned above, Stone Edge provides a great STAB move that becomes even better when Dynamax'd, allowing a much stronger attack while getting rid of the shaky accuracy, and incidental weather control.
As mentioned in the physical set, Aegislash and Dragapult are great partners for Ttar, providing great checks against Fighting types and other common checks against Tyranitar, namely Steel and Grass types. These mons can also be built for either physical or special sets, so they can easily be built to take advantage of Ttar's Max Darkness lowering an opponent's Sp. Def, allowing for easy revenge kills.
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