Competitive Information for Tyrogue [Ruby/Sapphire]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Tyrogue? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Tyrogue is an extraordinary 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: Silk Scarf
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Earthquake / Mud-Slap
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Tyrogue (Guts)
Tyrogue is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. 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.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Tyrogue takes 1/2 damage it would've dealt).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Mud-Slap is a physical 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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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Guts
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thief
- Protect
- Toxic
- Bulk Up
Special Sweeper Tyrogue
Tyrogue is a notable Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Previously before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Guts, if Tyrogue is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tyrogue this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Tyrogue's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Tyrogue? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Soft Sand
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Mud-Slap
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Rock Slide
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tyrogue (Guts)
Tyrogue is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Don't forget before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. 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.
♦ Mud-Slap is a physical 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy 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 1/3 recoil).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tyrogue this turn).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Guts
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thief
- Protect
- Toxic
- Bulk Up
Doubles Special Sweeper Tyrogue
Tyrogue is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Guts, if Tyrogue is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tyrogue this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Tyrogue's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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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 Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS 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, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Tyrogue's stats
- Bulk Up
- Rapid Spin
Most notable and possible best moves for Tyrogue
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Tyrogue in Ruby and Sapphire
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