Which moveset does a perfect Tyranitar deserve?
I was lucky enough to get a 100% Tyranitar yesterday and today I maxed her out. Now I'm sitting on three maxed out ones and they all have B/SE. But I definitely want at least one with B/Cr.
So my question is, should I TM the 100% one, or one of the other two maxed out 93% ones?
I really want the best overall (raid and gym) moveset on my perfect one. TMs are no problem, so I'm not afraid of getting FB.
Thanks!
Answers
In my opinion Crunch, because it's the top counter to Psychic Pokemon, or at least on level with a Shadow Ball Mewtwo.
Stone Edge isn't bad, but it's not the best against anything. It's 2nd or 3rd best choice for lots of things. For example against the legendary birds, B/SE is good, but Golem with double rock is better, against fire Pokemon, Vaporeon or Golem are better, against psychics, a Tyranitar with Crunch is better and so on.
If you're thinking about future generations, there may be better rock attackers to succeed Golem (who already beats Tyranitar), but there are fewer dark Pokemon, and most of them also have crap stats, so a double dark Tyranitar is going to remain relevant longer.
An alt way of looking at it, tyranitar may get a rock quick move in future which would make it the best rock attacker. it may not, we can't know for sure how the meta will change in future.
In terms of stats, the next rock pokemon that could overtake golem is aggron (gen 3) and the next dark pokemon to ovetake tyranitar is darkrai (gen 4.) The rate niantic are going could be a while!
According to the info on this site, C & SE are equal against Mewtwo.
Say if you've C, what are you gonna do once the Mewtwo raid boss is over??? If you're using it as a gym attacker, C is super effective against Ghost & Psychics, while SE is super effective against Flying, Fire, Ice, Bug.
What pokemons currently used by most players as gym defenders?
In the end, it's your call.
Or alternatively, just keep a number of TMs. Change its moves as you see fit.
Where does it say Crunch and Stone Edge are equal? Because they aren't. Crunch does more damage over time with it being super effective, one Crunch has almost the same damage as a Stone Edge vs Mewtwo.
Something that shouldn't be ignored either is it's low energy requirement which is important against Focus Blast, where Tyranitar is still a good option.
Pokebattler simulations also confirm that Crunch has a much faster time to win in theory, low 700s across all movesets while Stone Edge is closer to 800, which is about a 14% increase in DPS / speed.
Gyms aren't difficult to take down, but I'd prefer Crunch for sweeping. In a neutral setting, Crunch and Stone Edge are on par with each other in terms of damage, but when you're sweeping through low motivation defenders, multi bar moves are preferred.
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/countering-mewtwo-and-mewtwos-place-meta
"It is worth noting that both Stone Edge and Crunch are equally viable as charge moves for Tyranitar."
For sweeping, any pokemon would do. D9, Mewtwo, you name it. I'm thinking more of a gym with 6 pokemons (max motivation level).
I prefer using 1 pokemon to take down all of them, and I think SE would knock out blissey & Snorlax faster than C, but I could be wrong. SE is effective against those gym defenders like D9, Gyarados and Lapras.
Generally, for me, I'd use Machamp but sometimes ppl keep feeding berries, which leave me no choice but to go for Tyranitar. I'd sweep the last round with D9 or other pokemons with 3 charged bar.
"It is worth noting that both Stone Edge and Crunch are equally viable as charge moves for Tyranitar. Despite dealing neutral damage, Crunch is weak enough where the gap between the two moves is relatively small. The main selling point with Tyranitar is Bite."
I have no idea why it says that Crunch is weak or that it deals neutral damage. Stone Edge is viable but it's not as good as Crunch. I'd probably compare it to Close Combat and Dynamic Punch on Machamp. Both moves are viable but one is still better than the other.
Against a Blissey, a neutral setting, both moves perform about the same. So if they perform the same in a neutral setting then there's no way they perform the same when one move has a 1.4x damage advantage while the other does not.
