Tyranitar Raid Guide: counters, combat power, weather

Tyranitar

Tyranitar is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon Go and is one of the most sought-after Pokémon in the game due to its excellent stats and pseudo legendary status.

Being a Rock and Dark type, it is weak to the Fighting, Bug, Fairy, Grass, Ground, Steel and Water types. It is 2x weak to the Fighting type.

While Tyranitar isn’t the top Rock or Dark type in the meta but due to its impressive TDO, it always finds a place. Furthermore, with Mega Tyranitar in the horizon, things are looking up for Ttar.

Tyranitar can be caught with the following CP values:

2103 – 2191 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
2629 – 2739 CP at Level 25 with Partly Cloudy or Fog weather boost

Generally, 1 high-level trainer can beat Tyranitar with weather boosted Fighting type counters. Otherwise, 2-3 trainers will suffice in taking down Pokémon Go’s Godzilla.

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Tyranitar Raid Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

The best counters for Tyranitar are the following:

Tyranitar Counters
Supreme Counters
Lopunny (Mega)	Low Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting
Lucario	Counter Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting
Great Counters
Conkeldurr	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting
Machamp	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting
Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon* Water
Hariyama	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting
Gyarados (Mega)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water
Sirfetch'd	Counter Fighting	Close Combat Fighting
Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting
Toxicroak	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting
Emboar	Low Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting
Venusaur (Mega)	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant* Grass
Breloom	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting