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Latias Raid Counter Guide

Why is Tyranitar not a Good Counter or at least a Tank Counter?

The purple shadow with the huge grin should also be listed as a Glass Counter.

Asked by hkn6 years 1 month ago
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by milkz 6 years 1 month ago

I can understand ttar's exclusion. It's a good counter, but when competing against other dragons, all of which have higher attack, its considered sub-optimal counter. Even against double dragon latias, the dragons are still better.

I'm more confused at Mewtwo's inclusion. It's a sub-optimal counter as well. Ttar and Gengar are both better than M2

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According to my check on poke battler, Mewtwo out damages Ttar.

I'm not sure why though. I thought the super effective buffs made Ttar do more damage.

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They also made Mewtwo do more damage too. Buffed super effective Shadow Ball coming from a base 300 attack is enough to offset any damage from NVE Psycho Cut getting nerfed. Shadow Ball is just that powerful and Psycho Cut makes it nearly full-auto.

Unrelated fun fact, Shadow Ball is so powerful that there's not much of a reason Darkrai would ever run Dark Pulse over it. The extra STAB damage isn't enough to offset Shadow Ball's raw base damage.

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M2 out damages Ttar, but Ttar is still the overall better choice due to TDO. Hence why M2 is listed as the 10th best counter and Ttar in 9th place on Pokebattler.

Because of this, I'm curious as to GamePress's reasoning for putting M2 on the list but not Ttar.

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I find it odd too, it was listed as tank counter to giratina, but not latias. It has by far the best TDO against latias in a general sense

What I find more odd is how Tyranitar's not even on the latias's counter list, but on latios' coutner list its a supreme counter

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The Latios list has not yet been updated and was based on the counters available back when it was first released. Palkia, Mamoswine and Weavile are conspicuous by their absence.

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They may not have, but tyranitar is still a top counter (according to Pokebattler) yes theres other options that are better, but it might give the impression tyranitar isnt good

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If your idea of a top counter for Latias or Latios is Tyranitar you should probably stop playing

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Tyranitar's placement on pokebattler's lists isnt far off from mewtwo, i'd say that qualifies it as a top counter, unless you'd say mewtwo isnt a top counter to latios/latias

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Whatever tank counters y’all are mentioning will surely be auto-selected in a 2nd squad (after dragons faint) whether this site mentions them or not. If you are saving revives, just start with the autosquad until you have enough to potentially throw some potions away.

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