# Tyranitar: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Tyranitar in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | Reg M-C |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/tyranitar.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/tyranitar/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `tyranitar` |
| Types | Rock / Dark |
| Usage rank | #20 |
| Usage | 8.6% |
| Teams | 964 |
| Win rate | 49.9% |
| Decided matches | 9,558 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Knock Off, Low Kick, Protect, Rock Slide |
| Item | Tyranitarite |
| Ability | Sand Stream |
| Nature | Jolly |
| Share of lists | 26.0% |
| Win rate | 50.8% |
| Decided matches | 2,447 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rock Slide | 97.3% | 50.1% |
| Knock Off | 94.8% | 50.0% |
| Protect | 90.8% | 50.2% |
| Low Kick | 66.2% | 50.6% |
| Dragon Dance | 16.1% | 50.7% |
| Ice Punch | 10.3% | 47.7% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tyranitarite | 78.1% | 50.2% |
| Choice Scarf | 5.9% | 48.8% |
| Chople Berry | 5.7% | 50.7% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sand Stream | 98.0% | 50.0% |
| No ability | 1.4% | 49.8% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 50.1% | 49.6% |
| Jolly | 42.8% | 51.2% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Excadrill | 72.5% | 699 | 50.7% |
| Salamence | 64.7% | 624 | 51.8% |
| Sneasler | 53.3% | 514 | 50.8% |
| Milotic | 37.0% | 357 | 51.1% |
| Indeedee | 36.9% | 356 | 50.8% |

## Head to head

Teams carrying this species, against teams carrying the opponent, over decided matches.
A cell is a team record, not a one-on-one simulation.

### Beats

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gardevoir | 56.3% | 751 |
| Torkoal | 56.1% | 437 |
| Baxcalibur | 55.7% | 315 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Swampert | 43.1% | 448 |
| Froslass | 46.0% | 553 |
| Archaludon | 46.0% | 1,274 |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=tyranitar

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.