In Pokemon Go gyms across the world players will soon hear:
"Tyranitar is coming!........."
"Thud"
"Tyranitar IS COMING"
"Thud Thud"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh" (Loud crunching sounds)
Pokemon Go is gearing up to launch its Gen 2 pokemon. Some of the Gen 2 Pokemon the babies have already been released. There are a whole slew of other Pokemon coming and of them all I think the most feared and highly anticipated will by Tyranitar. Tyranitar is a big, as one would expect from a Pokemon based off a Tyrannosaurs Rex. It might be more accurate to say he is based off of T-Rex and Godzilla. He looks very imposing, and will have a massive high CP. Tyranitar will have the highest Max CP of all the Gen 2 Pokemon coming in at an astounding 3600 Max CP.
Tyranitar is number #1 on the max CP list for Gen 2 Pokemon.
1 - Tyranitar - 3600 CP MAX
That said Tyranitar does have some pretty big Type based weaknesses that should be able to be exploited. In my mind this may make Tyranitar a attacking Pokemon rather than a gym defender. That said I expect people to through them into gyms just because he has a high CP. Many times people just through in high CP pokemon because they will be higher in the gym rankings. Amusingly a gym of all low CP Chanseys (The Chansey Castle) would be far harder to defeat.
About Tyranitar:
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One ability that Tyranitar is famous for is Sandstream. Sandstream creates a sandstorm weather effect that last the duration of its battle. This gives Tyranitar a massive step up on other Pokemon it is battling. However, like the Mega evolutions I do not think this will come over into Pokemon Go. Moves for Tyranitar will likely include: Crunch -Dark, Earthquake - Ground, Stone Edge - Rock, and Hyper Beam - Normal. I will say though that many rumors have gone around about expanding the battle system in Pokemon Go so its possible.
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Now for the ultimate question! How do you beat, kill, defeat Tyranitar. What Pokemon is a counter Tyranitar?
Tip: Generally Try fighting Pokemon! They will get double type damage against Tyranitar!
Machamp
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I don't have a Machamp with a very high CP so for me I will still likely use Prime Ape, Poliwrath or Vaporeon. That said a Machamp with fighting moves and a high CP would be a good counter against Tyrnaitar. The FIGHTING moves type damage would be doubled.
Another fighting Pokemon to try is Primeape in particular if you do not have a strong Machamp.
Vaporeon
The first option and I think the one that will be the most popular is using Vaporeon. I know, I know everyone is saying Vaporeon again? Well Vaporeon is a water type Pokemon and WATER is good against Rock. Moreover, Vaporeon is powerful, high CP and also very popular. I think everyone has a solid Vaporeon. Too me the abundance of Vaporeon is the number one reason why I do not see Tyranitar lasting long in gyms. There are just too many high level Vaporeons that will take its lunch.
Poliwrath
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Poliwrath is a fighting and water Pokemon and is high CP to boot. Poliwrath would be a better option than Vaporeon all else considered if he has fighting moves. Both Dark/Rock have a weakeness to FIGHTING which should double the type set damage delivered by the FIGHTING moves. The WATER from Poliwrath will also work well against Tyranitar they just won't get a double attack bonus like the FIGHTING moves will.
1 - Tyranitar - 3600 CP MAX
That said Tyranitar does have some pretty big Type based weaknesses that should be able to be exploited. In my mind this may make Tyranitar a attacking Pokemon rather than a gym defender. That said I expect people to through them into gyms just because he has a high CP. Many times people just through in high CP pokemon because they will be higher in the gym rankings. Amusingly a gym of all low CP Chanseys (The Chansey Castle) would be far harder to defeat.
About Tyranitar:
"Its body can't be harmed by any sort of attack, so it is very eager to make challenges against enemies." Pokedex entry from Pokemon GoldTyranitar is a Dark and Rock hybrid type of Pokemon. It is the final form of evolution of Larvitar. Larvitar evolves into Pupitar and Pupitar into Tyranitar. Tyranitar's have been depicted in some Pokemon series as being able to evolve into a Mega Tyranitar that is even more powerful. At this point I do not believe the Mega evolution will be available in Pokemon Go.
One ability that Tyranitar is famous for is Sandstream. Sandstream creates a sandstorm weather effect that last the duration of its battle. This gives Tyranitar a massive step up on other Pokemon it is battling. However, like the Mega evolutions I do not think this will come over into Pokemon Go. Moves for Tyranitar will likely include: Crunch -Dark, Earthquake - Ground, Stone Edge - Rock, and Hyper Beam - Normal. I will say though that many rumors have gone around about expanding the battle system in Pokemon Go so its possible.
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Now for the ultimate question! How do you beat, kill, defeat Tyranitar. What Pokemon is a counter Tyranitar?
Tip: Generally Try fighting Pokemon! They will get double type damage against Tyranitar!
Machamp
I don't have a Machamp with a very high CP so for me I will still likely use Prime Ape, Poliwrath or Vaporeon. That said a Machamp with fighting moves and a high CP would be a good counter against Tyrnaitar. The FIGHTING moves type damage would be doubled.
Another fighting Pokemon to try is Primeape in particular if you do not have a strong Machamp.
Vaporeon
The first option and I think the one that will be the most popular is using Vaporeon. I know, I know everyone is saying Vaporeon again? Well Vaporeon is a water type Pokemon and WATER is good against Rock. Moreover, Vaporeon is powerful, high CP and also very popular. I think everyone has a solid Vaporeon. Too me the abundance of Vaporeon is the number one reason why I do not see Tyranitar lasting long in gyms. There are just too many high level Vaporeons that will take its lunch.
Poliwrath
Poliwrath is a fighting and water Pokemon and is high CP to boot. Poliwrath would be a better option than Vaporeon all else considered if he has fighting moves. Both Dark/Rock have a weakeness to FIGHTING which should double the type set damage delivered by the FIGHTING moves. The WATER from Poliwrath will also work well against Tyranitar they just won't get a double attack bonus like the FIGHTING moves will.
