Finally got my shiny Gengar after 4513 encounters!

## Complete Guide: How to Build the Best Tyranitar Team

Building a competitive team around Tyranitar? This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know!


### Why Choose Tyranitar?

Tyranitar is a fantastic choice for competitive battling due to its versatile movepool and solid stats. Let's explore how to maximize its potential.

### Step 1: Choose Your Role

Tyranitar can fulfill several roles:

- **Sweeper**: Focus on Speed and Attack/Special Attack

- **Tank**: Invest in HP and defenses

- **Support**: Utility moves to help your team

### Step 2: EV Spread Optimization

For a sweeper build:

- 252 Speed / 252 Attack or Sp. Attack / 4 HP

For a bulky build:

- 252 HP / 252 Defense or Sp. Defense / 4 Attack

### Step 3: Building Team Synergy


Great teammates for Tyranitar:

1. **Dragonite** - Covers key weaknesses

2. **Pikachu** - Provides additional offensive pressure

3. **Hazard setters** - Help secure KOs


### Step 4: Moveset Recommendations

**Offensive Set:**

- STAB Move 1

- STAB Move 2

- Coverage Move

- Setup/Utility Move

### Step 5: Handling Counters

Know your checks and counters. Always have backup plans for common threats in the metagame.

### Conclusion

With proper team building and practice, Tyranitar can be a devastating force in competitive battles!

What's your favorite Tyranitar set? Drop your builds in the comments below!

Thanks for sharing this! Really helpful information.

Congrats on the achievement! That's really impressive.

Congrats on the achievement! That's really impressive.

Charizard is definitely one of my favorites too!

Great discussion topic! There's so much to unpack here.

This reminds me of when I first started playing. Good times!

I've been a Rock type specialist since Gen 1, and I can confirm this.

My journey started similarly. Pokemon really brings back memories.

For anyone struggling with this, patience is key. Don't give up!

How long did this take you? I'm considering trying it myself.