A tyranitar that doesn't sweep! Many of you may be thinking, "Tyranitar doesn't have either the stats or the moveset to wall!" But you may be forgetting one thing, and that thing is sandstorm. This lovely weather gives a 1.5 bonus to all of those unnaffected by it. Tyranitar, being one of those, recieves a hearty bonus, allowing him to suck up special hits when ev'd correctly.
Nature: Relaxed
EVs: 252 HP / 200 SpDef / 56 Def or Attack
These are my personal use, You can modify the Ev spread but I have found that for using this moveset, Hp should be maxed out.
Moveset:
Payback
Rockslide / Stone Edge
Rest
Sleep Talk
Surprisingly, Tyranitar pulls off the Rest Talk quite nicely. Most things will try to burn tyranitar on the first turn to cripple it forever, this is where the resting takes place, just sleep talk and take them out. Because rest heals all statuses, abuse tyranitar by constantly predicting and switching into statuses. Both moves get STAB so they will pack a punch. Since Tyranitar is slow and there is no denying it, why not take advantage of the speed and insert Payback. When you attack 2nd it is more powerful than crunch. I've done a few damage calculations to give you an idea of tyranitars ability to wall
Azelf-25 to 29% with grass knot
Porygon-Z- Hyper Beam 32.9 % to 38.61% ( With Adaptability and a Nasty Plot)
Yanmega- Bug Buzz 40.35% to 47.28% ( With Choice Specs)
Heatran- Earth Power 28.96% to 34.158 % ( With Choice specs)
However If any of these were carrying Hidden power fighting, they would all do a bit more damage, but not much.
On the negetive side however, you have a
Special Sweeper Lucario- Aura Sphere 79.95% to 94.06% Not quite a OHKO but quite close. On the reverse side this t-tar has zero coverage against a Lucario, so switch out of there. It should be noted that is calculation is without choice specs, Bottom line Lucario= death!
Counters: Anything with close combat is a counter, as Tyranitar will almost always die from it. Blah's spiritomb counters this because it burns tyranitar then curses it as it rests. It also abuses painsplit, an anoyance to anything that trys to recover health. Skarmory walls and roars away this set, but technically it is not much of a counter. Lucario Physical or Special is an imediate danger for this T-tar, but if you have a ghost on your team, you will probably get a free switch it.
Overall: This set walls almost every special sweeper I can think of, even if an Azelf did Nasty plot and have hidden power fighting, T-Tar would not be OHKOed by it. Meanwhile, Payback would certainly take out Azelf. Beware special sweepers, we have just created a new wall.
~RVOK~
Nature: Relaxed
EVs: 252 HP / 200 SpDef / 56 Def or Attack
These are my personal use, You can modify the Ev spread but I have found that for using this moveset, Hp should be maxed out.
Moveset:
Payback
Rockslide / Stone Edge
Rest
Sleep Talk
Surprisingly, Tyranitar pulls off the Rest Talk quite nicely. Most things will try to burn tyranitar on the first turn to cripple it forever, this is where the resting takes place, just sleep talk and take them out. Because rest heals all statuses, abuse tyranitar by constantly predicting and switching into statuses. Both moves get STAB so they will pack a punch. Since Tyranitar is slow and there is no denying it, why not take advantage of the speed and insert Payback. When you attack 2nd it is more powerful than crunch. I've done a few damage calculations to give you an idea of tyranitars ability to wall
Azelf-25 to 29% with grass knot
Porygon-Z- Hyper Beam 32.9 % to 38.61% ( With Adaptability and a Nasty Plot)
Yanmega- Bug Buzz 40.35% to 47.28% ( With Choice Specs)
Heatran- Earth Power 28.96% to 34.158 % ( With Choice specs)
However If any of these were carrying Hidden power fighting, they would all do a bit more damage, but not much.
On the negetive side however, you have a
Special Sweeper Lucario- Aura Sphere 79.95% to 94.06% Not quite a OHKO but quite close. On the reverse side this t-tar has zero coverage against a Lucario, so switch out of there. It should be noted that is calculation is without choice specs, Bottom line Lucario= death!
Counters: Anything with close combat is a counter, as Tyranitar will almost always die from it. Blah's spiritomb counters this because it burns tyranitar then curses it as it rests. It also abuses painsplit, an anoyance to anything that trys to recover health. Skarmory walls and roars away this set, but technically it is not much of a counter. Lucario Physical or Special is an imediate danger for this T-tar, but if you have a ghost on your team, you will probably get a free switch it.
Overall: This set walls almost every special sweeper I can think of, even if an Azelf did Nasty plot and have hidden power fighting, T-Tar would not be OHKOed by it. Meanwhile, Payback would certainly take out Azelf. Beware special sweepers, we have just created a new wall.
~RVOK~
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