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Tyranitarin Pokémon SoulGold

rockdark

Pokédex Entry

Armor Pokémon

A Tyranitar is so overwhelmingly powerful, it can bring down a whole mountain to make its nest. It roams in mountains seeking new opponents to fight.

Tyranitar in Pokémon SoulGold

Tyranitar is #248 in the Pokédex for Pokémon SoulGold. This page covers its rock/dark typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution chain, and where to find it across 3 encounter locations.

Type
RockDark
Dex
#248
Abilities
Sand Stream(Primary)

Summons a sandstorm.

Unnerve(Secondary)

Foes can't eat Berries.

Growth Rate
slow
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
monster
Hatch Rate
Medium Fast (20 cycles)
Catch Rate
45
pokeball
Poké Ball5.3%
greatball
Great Ball7.5%
ultraball
Ultra Ball8.9%
Base Exp
300
EV Yield
3 Attack
Wild Held Items
None
Weak To
water ×2grass ×2fighting ×4ground ×2bug ×2steel ×2fairy ×2
Resists
normal ×0.5fire ×0.5poison ×0.5flying ×0.5ghost ×0.5dark ×0.5
Immune To
psychic

How to Obtain

You can catch Tyranitar in Mt. Silver 1F Item Room (very rare), in Mt. Silver 1F Waterfall Room (very rare), and in Mt. Silver 2F (very rare). Wild ones range from level 62 to 65.

Wild Encounters (3)

Level Up Moves (22)

TackleLevel: 1normal
PWR35ACC0PP35
Charges the foe with a full- body tackle.
Fire FangLevel: 1fire
PWR65ACC95PP15
May cause flinching or leave the foe with a burn.
LeerLevel: 1normal
PWR0ACC100PP30
Frightens the foes with a leer to lower Defense.
Ice FangLevel: 1ice
PWR65ACC95PP15
May cause flinching or leave the foe with frostbite.leave the foe frozen.
Rock ThrowLevel: 1rock
PWR50ACC0PP15
Throws small rocks to strike the foe.
Thunder FangLevel: 1electric
PWR65ACC95PP15
May cause flinching or leave the foe paralyzed.
Dark PulseLevel: 1dark
PWR80ACC100PP15
Attacks with a horrible aura. May cause flinching.
PaybackLevel: 1dark
PWR50ACC100PP10
An attack that gains power if the user moves last.
Iron DefenseLevel: 1steel
PWR0ACC0PP15
Hardens the body's surface to sharply raise Defense.
BiteLevel: 9dark
PWR60ACC100PP25
Bites with vicious fangs. May cause flinching.
Scary FaceLevel: 12normal
PWR0ACC0PP10
Frightens with a scary face to sharply reduce Speed.
Rock SlideLevel: 15rock
PWR75ACC90PP10
Hits the foe with an avalanche of rocks.
Stomping TantrumLevel: 18ground
PWR75ACC100PP10
Stomps around angrily. Stronger after a failure.
ScreechLevel: 21normal
PWR0ACC85PP40
Emits a screech to sharply reduce the foe's Defense.
Smack DownLevel: 24rock
PWR50ACC100PP15
Throws a rock to knock the foe down to the ground.
CrunchLevel: 27dark
PWR80ACC100PP15
Crunches with sharp fangs. May lower Defense.May lower Sp. Def.
EarthquakeLevel: 33ground
PWR100ACC100PP10
A powerful quake that hits all other Pokémon.
Stone EdgeLevel: 37rock
PWR100ACC80PP5
Stabs the foe with stones. High critical-hit ratio.
ThrashLevel: 42normal
PWR0ACC100PP0
A rampage of 2 to 3 turns that confuses the user.
SandstormLevel: 47rock
PWR0ACC0PP10
Causes a sandstorm that rages for several turns.
Hyper BeamLevel: 52normal
PWR150ACC90PP5
Leaves the user immobile if target is not KO'd.
Giga ImpactLevel: 59normal
PWR150ACC90PP5
Leaves the user immobile if target is not KO'd.

Egg Moves (12)

Pursuitdark
PWR40ACC100PP20
Inflicts bad damage if used on a foe switching out.
Stompnormal
PWR65ACC100PP20
Stomps the enemy with a big foot. May cause flinching.
Outragedragon
PWR0ACC100PP0
A rampage of 2 to 3 turns that confuses the user.
Focus Energynormal
PWR0ACC0PP30
Focuses power to raise the critical-hit ratio.
Ancient Powerrock
PWR60ACC100PP5
An attack that may raise all stats.
Dragon Dancedragon
PWR0ACC0PP20
A mystical dance that ups Attack and Speed.
Curseghost
PWR0ACC0PP10
A move that functions differently for GHOSTS.
Iron Defensesteel
PWR0ACC0PP15
Hardens the body's surface to sharply raise Defense.
Assurancedark
PWR0ACC100PP10
An attack that gains power if the foe has been hurt.
Iron Headsteel
PWR80ACC100PP15
Slams the foe with a hard head. May cause flinching.
Stealth Rockrock
PWR0ACC0PP20
Sets floating stones that hurt a foe switching in.
Iron Tailsteel
PWR100ACC75PP15
Attacks with a rock-hard tail. May lower Defense.

TM/HM Moves (54)

Aerial Aceflying
PWR60ACC0PP20TM40
An extremely speedy and unavoidable attack.
Attractnormal
PWR0ACC100PP15TM45
Makes the opposite gender less likely to attack.
Blizzardice
PWR0ACC0PP5TM14
Hits the foes with an icy storm. May cause frostbite.storm that may freeze it.
Brick Breakfighting
PWR75ACC100PP15TM31
Destroys barriers such as REFLECT and causes damage.
Brutal Swingdark
PWR60ACC100PP20TM59
Violently swings around to hurt everyone nearby.
Bulldozeground
PWR60ACC100PP20TM78
Stomps down on the ground. Hits all and lowers Speed.
Cutsteel
PWR50ACC95PP30HM01
Cuts the foe with sharp scythes, claws, etc.
Dark Pulsedark
PWR80ACC100PP15TM97
Attacks with a horrible aura. May cause flinching.
Digground
PWR100ACC100PP10TM77
Digs underground the first turn and strikes next turn.
Double Teamnormal
PWR0ACC0PP15TM32
Creates illusory copies to raise evasiveness.
Dragon Clawdragon
PWR80ACC100PP15TM02
Slashes the foe with sharp claws.
Dragon Taildragon
PWR60ACC90PP10TM82
Knocks foe away to switch it out or end wild battle.
Earthquakeground
PWR100ACC100PP10TM26
A powerful quake that hits all other Pokémon.
Facadenormal
PWR70ACC100PP20TM42
Boosts power when burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.
Fire Blastfire
PWR0ACC85PP5TM38
Incinerates everything it strikes. May cause a burn.
Fire Punchfire
PWR75ACC100PP15TM69
A fiery punch that may burn the foe.
Flamethrowerfire
PWR0ACC100PP15TM35
A powerful fire attack that may inflict a burn.
Flingdark
PWR1ACC100PP10TM56
The effectiveness varies with the held item.
Focus Blastfighting
PWR120ACC70PP5TM52
Attacks at full power. May lower Sp. Def.
Frustrationnormal
PWR1ACC100PP20TM21
An attack that is stronger if the Trainer is disliked.
Giga Impactnormal
PWR150ACC90PP5TM68
Leaves the user immobile if target is not KO'd.
Hidden Powernormal
PWR0ACC100PP15TM10
The type varies with the user.The type and effectiveness vary with the user.
Hone Clawsdark
PWR0ACC0PP15TM76
Sharpens its claws to raise Attack and Accuracy.
Hyper Beamnormal
PWR150ACC90PP5TM15
Leaves the user immobile if target is not KO'd.
Ice Beamice
PWR0ACC100PP10TM13
Blasts the foe with an icy beam. May cause frostbite.beam that may freeze it.
Ice Punchice
PWR75ACC100PP15TM100
An icy punch that may leave the foe with frostbite.freeze the foe.
Paybackdark
PWR50ACC100PP10TM66
An attack that gains power if the user moves last.
Protectnormal
PWR0ACC0PP10TM17
Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession.
Rain Dancewater
PWR0ACC0PP5TM18
Boosts the power of Water- type moves for 5 turns.
Restpsychic
PWR0ACC0PP0TM44
The user sleeps for 2 turns, restoring HP and status.
Returnnormal
PWR1ACC100PP20TM27
An attack that increases in power with friendship.
Rock Climbnormal
PWR90ACC85PP20HM09
A charging attack that may confuse the foe.
Rock Sliderock
PWR75ACC90PP10TM80
Hits the foe with an avalanche of rocks.
Rock Smashfighting
PWR0ACC100PP15HM06
A rock-crushing attack that may lower Defense.
Rock Tombrock
PWR0ACC0PP0TM39
Stops the foe from moving with rocks and cuts Speed.
Roundnormal
PWR60ACC100PP15TM48
A song that inflicts damage. Others can join in too.
Sandstormrock
PWR0ACC0PP10TM37
Causes a sandstorm that rages for several turns.
Shadow Clawghost
PWR70ACC100PP15TM65
Strikes with a shadow claw. High critical-hit ratio.
Smack Downrock
PWR50ACC100PP15TM23
Throws a rock to knock the foe down to the ground.
Snarldark
PWR55ACC95PP15TM95
Yells and rants at the foe lowering its Sp. Atk.
Stone Edgerock
PWR100ACC80PP5TM71
Stabs the foe with stones. High critical-hit ratio.
Strengthnormal
PWR80ACC100PP15HM04
Builds enormous power, then slams the foe.
Substitutenormal
PWR0ACC0PP10TM90
Creates a decoy using 1/4 of the user's maximum HP.
Sunny Dayfire
PWR0ACC0PP5TM11
Boosts the power of Fire- type moves for 5 turns.
Surfwater
PWR0ACC100PP15HM03
Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the field.crashes it down on the foes.
Tauntdark
PWR0ACC100PP20TM12
Taunts the foe into only using attack moves.
Thunderelectric
PWR0ACC70PP10TM25
A lightning attack that may cause paralysis.
Thunderboltelectric
PWR0ACC100PP15TM24
A strong electrical attack that may paralyze the foe.
Thunder Punchelectric
PWR75ACC100PP15TM63
An electrified punch that may paralyze the foe.
Thunder Waveelectric
PWR0ACC0PP20TM73
A weak jolt of electricity that paralyzes the foe.
Tormentdark
PWR0ACC100PP15TM41
Torments the foe and stops successive use of a move.
Toxicpoison
PWR0ACC0PP10TM06
Poisons the foe with an intensifying toxin.
Water Pulsewater
PWR60ACC100PP20TM88
Attacks with ultrasonic waves. May confuse the foe.
Whirlpoolwater
PWR0ACC0PP15HM10
Traps and hurts the foe in a whirlpool for turns.

Type Summary

7
Weaknesses
6
Resistances
1
Immunities
4
Neutral

Weaknesses

Types that deal increased damage to Tyranitar. Use these types to counter it effectively.

Resistances & Immunities

Types that Tyranitar resists or is immune to. Avoid using these types against it.

Immunities (0×)

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