How GOOD was Tyranitar ACTUALLY? - History of Tyranitar in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 2-6) 

“This is gonna be a long video” oh boy ! Time sure has changed a lot

This DEFINITELY needs a remake guys

Now you look at it, Mega Tyranitar has some characteristics of all of its prevolutions. The armor of pupitar, the red chest of larvitar and Tyranitar as the body

Stone Edge is one of those moves where, if I use it, I'll miss 4/5 times, but the opponent NPC never misses. Just like when you confuse an opponent, they'll hit themselves once, then snap out of it in 3 turns, but your Pokemon will beat itself to death in 5 turns.

Remember when 13 minutes was considered a long video on this channel? Laughs in Excadrill *Future me* Comes back from the future and laughs in Landorus

i remember being 12, finding pupitar and thinking, i know it has to evolve. its called pupitar. needless to say, i was not disappointed edit: i guess it was Larvitar when i first caught it, whatever the first form was, but i remember definitely not being willing to give up on what was clearly a cocoon stage pokemon even when it was in the high 40s, but i do recall a moment of doubt because larval and pupal stages are so similar in my mind, i considered 'maybe its just a theme for this 2 stage pokemon who knows'

OML... the part where he said "Kids, eat your dirt" *really* caught me off guard and made me crack up.

I can say that dirt was my main diet

I love how big this channel got I remember when the comments used to be like 20 per video now there are 2K and I think it's well earned

The greatest OU pokemon of all time, tapus and landorus be damned. Design-wise and competitive-wise, only garchomp comes close. Ttar is to OU what godzilla is to every kaiju, he is simply the king

0:35: "This is gonna be a long one" *Laughs in second Scizor video*

R.I.P Tyranitar who’s now in RU as of Gen 9, Cause Of Death, Salty Minecraft Boi.

I'm here to pay respects to our boy TTar. . . he was dethroned from OU in the recent smogon tier listing for Sword and Shield. . . the end of a 20+ year reign of OU comes to an end for our sweet prince. . . This also happened with Skarmory too. . . I hope they're dominating UU right now 😭😭😭

Me when choice scarf was introduced: Gamefreak should make a choice item for accuracy too! Tyranitar: Dynamic punch. Me: Ok, I hope they never make that.

I've always loved this Godzilla of Pokemon, ever since he was introduced he has been the top rank in competitive. But what hurts about him is how poorly he's been shown in the anime. Pikachu kicked his ass for God's sake I bet even Charizard would beat him in any given episode. I wish they could show more love towards the best beast

My thoughts on Tyranitar in Gen 8 (buckle up it's a long analysis): Losing Pursuit in Gen 8 is a pretty big deal because of these new Ghosts like Dragapult can run around without fearing being trapped. And we also know Gen 7 Ttar was one of the most threatening trappers in OU. However, by today, both Cinderace and Magearna were quickbanned, which also means it's only better news for Ttar. Previously Ttar dropped to UU because of the limited mons and a lot of things carry Fighting moves, and Ttar's low Speed and a lot of weaknesses hurt a lot. A lot of hard hitters in OU also do their jobs better like Dragon Dance Dragonite and Swords Dance/Rock Polish Landorus. However it got revived because of Spectrier which was definitely annoying (yeah I had nightmares using my Ttar even with Rest). However with new mons released (and old mons returning) and these bans, I have been having a field time with Ttar in OU and even in some Uber games. Here are the sets of Ttar I tried, with decent success up to 1500 rating. Set 1: Dragon Dance Sweeper: (Life Orb, Jolly Nature) 1. Dragon Dance 2. Crunch/Lash Out 3. Stone Edge/Rock Blast 4. Fire Punch/Ice Punch This set is hard to pull off but I was able to get the job done as a late game cleaner sometimes. It can kill many things with 1 DD up and coverages can OHKO birds, Ferrothorn, offensive Landorus with Lash Out. The attacks cover Psychics, Ghosts, Flyings, Steels and everything that doesn't resist, really. Set 2: Rock Polish cleaner: (Life Orb/Weakness Policy, Adamant/Jolly Nature) 1. RP 2. Crunch 3. Stone Edge/Rock Blast 4. Fire Punch/Ice Punch/Earthquake For Rock Polish (RP) that's a big surprise for non-scarf "glass cannons" like Tapu Lele, Barraskewda, Tornadus-T. However I tend to run Jolly with RP and max speed to be as fast as possible. The EV spreads can help Ttar outspeed even +1 mons with max speed (Scarf), like the speed tiers of Rillaboom With proper coverages Ttar can still hit many mons that either switch in or get outsped by RP. Getting hit by U-turns and low base power super effective moves activate Weakness Policy and +2 Attack Ttar is something you should be scared of. I have also tried the Special Attacking moves on Ttar with Weakness Policy and max Special Attack but it's not really worth it because of Ttar's mediocre SA, aside from killing Garchomp, Hippowdon, Landorus-T with Ice Beam and some other very niche options. Mixed moves don't do that well either because easier to be walled by stuff like Ferrothorn or do not hit things hard enough. Life Orb and Adamant kick Ttar's Atk to another level, but I prefer Weakness Policy to still tank some hits later on. Set 3: Wallbreaker: (Choice Band/Life Orb, Adamant with some Speed and HP investments) 1. Crunch 2. Stone Edge 3. Fire Punch 4. Ice Punch This is my best set because it basically hits the whole tier at least neutrally depending on what mons switch in. Life Orb can help deal with Aegislash if it thinks Ttar is locked into Crunch. This set is basically just like the previous gens, nothing too special. Great for sand teams with Excadrill, as always. Set 4: Sash Lead: (Focus Sash, Adamant) 1. Counter 2. Stealth Rocks 3. Crunch 4. Ice Beam Not my favorite set but it can immediately murder a physical Fighting threat like Urshifu if it goes for a Fighting move right away. Other than that this set acts as a lure for other Rocks setters like Lando-T and Garchomp. Quite hard to use for me. Set 5: Support: (Leftovers, Careful) 1. Stealth Rocks 2. Ice Beam 3. Rock Tomb 4. Thunder Wave/Toxic/Roar Just a regular support set, I guess. Setting up Rocks, baiting stuff with Ice Beam, Roar to avoid being set up on, T-wave is just T-wave doing its thing, or Toxic which I find a decent move to hit walls. Leftovers helps Ttar a lot as well. Overall as of now I think Ttar is doing very well and should remain OU if nothing big happens. Ttar can do the following in OU, in my opinion: 1. It can check a lot of things still, like Dragapult, Tapu Koko, choice-locked Tapu Lele to either set up, land a blow or a support move to cripple mons that switch in. 2. Also set up sand and is a good sand supporter like before. 3. Base 134 Attack with items like Choice Band and Life Orb and Adamant can really do damage. Rock and Dark typing is great offensively. It is also the only Rock type in the tier that is OU, though :/. 4. Defensively it can sponge medium special hits and more if invested. Mostly neutral hits or low base attack super effective moves. Ttar also has useful resistances in Flying, Fire, Ghost, Poison and an immunity to Psychic. Overall, Ttar is definitely not as stellar as the previous gens with all the new threats, but it's possible to play around with certain sets and correct strategies. It now requires quite a bit more team support to be able to "sweep" with +1 Speed (which is still slower than quite a few things) or prior chip damage to deliver final blows on its own. Fighting and Fairies are the most annoying and I can't really afford to run a Steel-type move just for stuff like Clefable and miss out on other things. Fighting moves or strong super effective hits are also bad, as are the case for other mons with super effective hits, so building around Ttar is a bit harder now. Ttar is not bad by any means since I've used it for several gens in competitive play. With so many moves it has and so many things it can hit I think using them at the right time and banking on its special bulk briefly can make some differences after it comes in via Volt-turn for example. I also heard some players also experiment with Assault Vest or items like the boots, have yet to try them since I don't really like these. But, these are my experiences in gen 8 and I hope to see more of these sets in use in the future. Have a good day, people!

Good to see T-tar get some love! (also the definition of an OU mon LOL) also I just wanted to say I really appreciate the hard and detail put into these vids furthermore I'm really looking forward to the final part of Gen 1 battling explained!.

How GOOD was seadra/kingdra!!!??? KEEP IT GOING LET'S GOOOO

Tyranitar: 6'07" Me: a bit smaller than I expected, but not as surprising as Nidoking Mega Tyranitar: 8'02" Me: Yeah that makes more sense.

Remember when he complained 13 minutes was long? ...... Then we had HOW GOOD WAS MEWTWO ACTUALLY

*Cue Godzilla theme*

Hope you can get to Aggron eventually, curious as to how he fared in the pokemon "meta" Great vid as always

Anyone here after T-Tar is sent to UU? Edit: T-Tar is back into OU again. Not gonna go back and update if it ever falls back until the metagame is complete for SwSh

9:29 *Tyranitar was used in 5 out of the 8 games! very popular pokemon!* Cresselia : Am I a joke to you?

And protect because uhhhhhh it's vgc dude 😂😂 the most truthful thing I've ever heard

A pokemon which has been in OU every single generation since it was added in gen 2. That's definitely the mark of a great pokemon.

Mega Tyranitar is an Easter egg of the Space Godzilla

The date is July 1th, 2020 In a meta where ghost types are everywhere, Excradril is one of the best pokemon in the tier, and a lot of mons getting cut because of Dexit With the removal of pursuit, its mega, everything getting fighting type coverage *Tyranitar fell into UU for the first time, and with that, oficially there is no 1-3 gen true OU Pokemon anymore* End of recording, please press F to pay respect aftherwards...

Please do Heracross

Great vid as always. T-tar is an absolute behemoth. Jack-of-all trades, master of some. Easy to fit on just about any team, and still faring decently, despite the influx of the Tapu's. When it likely gets released into the next VGC cycle, it will be as prevalent as always. I think I gave my vote for Rhydon last week and if the silhouette was any indication of whats to come, I'll give my vote to Tentacruel after that.

I once ran a physical/special defensive Ttar with assault vest back in gen 6 competitive. It had Rock Slide, Crunch, Ice Punch, and I think Iron Head. Best moment was when it tanked both a Frenzy Plant from a Mega Venesaur AND a Solarbeam from a Charizard, AND won the match by knocking both out with Rock Slide.

"This is a behemoth of an episode" "Is under 20 minutes" This channel escalated quickly

If you told me years ago that Tyranitar would fall to UU, I would have laughed at you. The fact that Ttar is now in UU should tell you how absurd power creep has gotten.

„this is going to be a long one“ *looks at the videos released after this* yeah this deserves a long modern video

Tyranitar is in UU boys, Can we get some F's in the chat

Eventual Remake: How TYRANNICAL was Tyranitar ACTUALLY?

Heracross next Or Pinsir I guess..

Need remake of this video.

FSG then: "This is a behemoth of an episode" FSG now: 41 minutes episode

I love these videos, man! Thank you for making them

I know for sure he's doing a jigglypuff seen from above next week

Heracross pls

In the Isle of Armor meta, Rillaboom expanded its dong by gaining a Grassy Surge + Grassy Glide combo. It could also switch into even Banded Tyranitar’s Fire Punch most of the time and revenge kill it. Not to mention Pursuit was gone in Gen 8. This made Tyranitar fall out of usage and drop to UU for the first time. It was down but not out as it can still run rampant.

Coming from a recent video, this should be How good was Excadrill's best friend actually

found a shiny eevee while watching this :D

Tyranitar was buffeting people by sandstorms before Darude Sandstorm even became a meme

Yo these history of videos are super cool just stumbled on them hope you channel keeps growing cause this is some quality videos

2020: *(Tyranitar falls to UU)* Tyranitar: *TRIGGERED*

tyranitar is my favorite pokemon

I just came here to pay respect after ttar dropped to uu.😭

Holy cow! Techtastisch is your patreon!?!!! He makes amazing science videos. :)

I caught a larvitar in pokemon Firered, on the Island place I was like : this pokemon, he sounds. He sounds like he's gonna have claws. I was not dissappointed :)

How about my boy Cloyster?

shuckle, dont fuckle with shuckle

My favourite pseudo-legendary.

Another Great Video by False Swipe Gaming! Now how about Kangaskan?

How good was sableye? :^)

How GOOD Was Altaria ACTUALLY? :)

I'm new here but this seems like a fantastic channel, and really well-written

"dynamic miss, stone miss..." machamp: h e y

Heracrossss

You know this channel has evolved when Butterfree, Seaking and Farfetch'd have longer videos than this.

I love this, you won a new sub

Gratz on 1M Views!

What about heracross after? Or maybe Garchomp

Fortetress next

Tyranitar is one of my most favourite pokémon😍

Tyranitar: I fear no mon. But that thing, *Kyogre's Primordial Sea* It scares me.

I'm telling you, Tyranitar ate a crazy meat mountain, crushing bones with many attacks doing 50+%. Has insane lasting recovery thanks to leftovers. Switch in, TTar sand Sand Stream, a natural 50% special defense boost (ARE YOU SERIOUS?) sub up b.

Tyranitar has fell down to UU for the first time.

Great video on Tyranitar. Please do Heracross next.

It's amazing to see those coliseum attack animations again after so long, wow.

Clefable! Im sure it will come one day!

Scarlet and Violet: "UNFORTUNATELY, Gen 9 is when Tyranitar finally fell from grace. It sits at UU where it has to deal with the ubiquitous [bulky water] and numerous fighting types ready to pound it into dust. Luckily, there's also a bunch of ghosts ready to get taken down by STAB Crunch. Outside of that, Tyranitar is like an old car that struggles to start. It can seem scary at first, but just switching to one of its many checks can ruin Tyranitar's day." Gen 10: "Despite still packing some great stats, power creep continued to bury Tyranitar, sending it down to PU. What have we come to when Tyranitar has to share a tier with Pikachu and Hitmonchan? Honestly, I don't have much else to say here. Just use [new pseudo legendary Rock/Dark type]."

We need a remake for this video, it is well deserved given how tyranitar is still ou

"This video is so long" *see Rayquaza, metagross, mewtwo, garchomp, and more. Lol. You guys work way to hard! Keep it up!

Tyranitar, my favorite pseudo legendary!!! #tyranitarteam

You should do Skarmory

it was in the runner up team in '14 too with choice scarf, & was very very common with choice scarf in '15 as part of the notorious 'japanese sand' next to excadrill & mega salamence

Bad news….. Tyranitar is in RU…. Update: Welcome back Tyranitar! You have returned to UU!

Since it fell to RU in gen 9 I think I remake is in order

Please do one on Aggron

DAMN. The quality of the content is insane.

When battling friends in a single battle, I’d send out Smeargle to use Trick Room (I’d have it hold a Focus Sash so it wouldn’t get instantly ko’d by a faster Pokémon), then send out Brave Mega-Tyranitar to sweep the rest of their team (Attack & Defense EVs were maxed out). I’ve never battled competitively, so I don’t know how it would work in that situation, but for casual battle with friends it always worked wonders. :D

Tentacruel would be cool after Rhydon, that's a pretty unpopular opinion but I always loved Tentacruel.

“If you’re running sand, you’re running t-tar Or hippowdown but mostly t-tar” Gigalith: *sobs quietly in a corner.*

Love this keep up the good work

I laughed way too hard at “it just goes to show kids, eat your dirt”

Tyranitar is basically the Pokemon equivalent of Godzilla

6:54 FlyByNight LimeLight Someone loves Rush, eh?

I don't know ANYTHING about pokemon meta/pro stuff. Bit these videos are still pretty entertaining!

I like looking at these since I only know the competitive scene up until Gen 4, so here I can freshen up a bit

4:54 holy fuck that move list

Tyranitar has been my favorite Pokemon since gen2 and had no idea he was this good.

When you do gen 3 Pokémon, please do the three evolved starters! I’m dying to see blaziken and swampert in particular.

Love Tyranitar. One of my favorite Rock types that happens to be a dark type (major plus).

I think this needs to be remade, R.I.P. Tyranitar in OU (for now)

Protect

id love a redoo of this video

Just binge watched all your videos, can you do Shuckle next plz.