Competitive Information for Tyrogue [Black/White]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Tyrogue? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Tyrogue is a marvelous Fighting-typed Pokemon. Tyrogue is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Tyrogue can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Tyrogue's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Item: Flame Orb / Eviolite
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Tyrogue (Guts)
Tyrogue is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Tyrogue is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Tyrogue from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Tyrogue at the end of the turn which will activate Tyrogue's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Tyrogue is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Tyrogue a sweet boost.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Tyrogue is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tyrogue this turn).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Tyrogue (Steadfast)
Tyrogue is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Tyrogue is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Tyrogue from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Tyrogue's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Steadfast, if Tyrogue flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Vacuum Wave
- Round / Snore
- Mud-Slap
- Protect
Special Sweeper Tyrogue (Steadfast)
Tyrogue is popular Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Tyrogue is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Tyrogue from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Tyrogue's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Steadfast, if Tyrogue flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Tyrogue must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tyrogue this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Tyrogue? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Flame Orb / Eviolite
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tyrogue (Guts)
Tyrogue is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Tyrogue is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Tyrogue from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Tyrogue at the end of the turn which will activate Tyrogue's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Tyrogue is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Tyrogue a sweet boost.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Tyrogue is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tyrogue this turn).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tyrogue (Steadfast)
Tyrogue is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Tyrogue is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite changes that. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Tyrogue from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Tyrogue's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Steadfast, if Tyrogue flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Vacuum Wave
- Round / Snore
- Mud-Slap
- Protect
Doubles Special Sweeper Tyrogue (Steadfast)
Tyrogue is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Tyrogue is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Tyrogue from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Tyrogue's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Steadfast, if Tyrogue flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Tyrogue must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tyrogue this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Tyrogue learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Tyrogue can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Tyrogue
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Mach Punch, Fake Out, Helping Hand, Feint, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Tyrogue's stats
- Bulk Up
- Rapid Spin
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Tyrogue
- Earthquake
- Fake Out
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Tyrogue in Black and White
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