Best defensive Tyranitar moveset?
I got Iron Tail/Crunch. Some apps claim it to be the best defensive moveset for Tyranitar. Can someone confirm it?
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Tyranitars attack types are: dark, steel, rock, fire,
on the top of my head what i would use against a tyranitar:
MaChamp resist dark and rock, the rest +/-0. All attackts are fighting and steel (x1,95 and x1,25 attackbonus).
Primeape resist dark and dock the rest +/-0. All attackts are fighting (x1,95 attackbonus)
Mabye ursaring and ofc vapoeron.
Its movepool imo makes it weak in defending and i wouldnt use it that way. but if i guess; iron tail and fb (due to best option against fighters i think).
However, its is still like using a blissey with ZH+DG as an attacker.
Out of Tyranitar's moves, I'd say, yes. Iron tail+Crunch is his best defender set. Iron tail has more damage vs Bite considering the attack intervals of AIs. Crunch is a 3-bar charge move that would be used by AI more often than the other 2 charge moves.
In my experience, once the AI uses a single bar move, I don't need to worry about another so I use my own charge move without hesitation. But with 2 or 3-bar charge moves, there's always that chance of the AI using them consecutively and hit me while I'm using my charge move. 100% of a 70 base damage crunch is greater than 10% of stone edge/fireblast.
This is why Snorlax BS is a better defender than HB...IMO. Same rule generally applies to other pokemon.