Competitive Information for Tyrantrum [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Tyrantrum? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Tyrantrum is a phenomenal Rock and Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Tyrantrum show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Tyrantrum is weak to Dragon, Fairy, Fighting, Ground, Ice, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 140 Hp / 92 Atk / 4 Def / 44 SpD / 228 Spe
Moveset:
- Head Smash / Rock Slide
- Dragon Claw / Breaking Swipe
- Dragon Dance
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Tyrantrum (Popular/Trending)
Tyrantrum is a stupendous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Weakness Policy activates if Tyrantrum is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. Life Orb boosts the power of Tyrantrum's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Tyrantrum does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Breaking Swipe is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dragon-type move (100% chance to lower the foes attack by 1 stage).
◆ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Tyrantrum's attack and speed by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tyrantrum this turn).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Psychic Fangs
- Close Combat
- Crunch
Physical Sweeper Tyrantrum (Strong Jaw)
Tyrantrum is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Tyrantrum's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Strong Jaw, Tyrantrum's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Tyrantrum's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Tyrantrum's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Head Smash
- Dragon Dance / Rock Slide
- Dragon Claw
- Protect
Tyrantrum Physical Sweeper (Targaryen The Mad King)
Tyrantrum is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Scarf will increase Tyrantrum's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Strong Jaw, Tyrantrum's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted. "The crowned beast is mad, and all of those who live in the Kalos region would be insane to deny it now that it has been brought back to life." The old man paused and sighed. His old degenerate bones silently trembled in dread. "Let's hope the fairies' grace will take the Dead Tyrant back to its grave."
◆ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Tyrantrum's attack and speed by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tyrantrum this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Tyrantrum? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Outrage / Breaking Swipe
- Earthquake
- Psychic Fangs
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tyrantrum (Strong Jaw)
Tyrantrum is a notable Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Tyrantrum's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Tyrantrum's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Strong Jaw, Tyrantrum's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted.
◆ Outrage is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Tyrantrum afterwards).
◆ Breaking Swipe is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dragon-type move (100% chance to lower the foes attack by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Tyrantrum 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 Tyrantrum can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Tyrantrum
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Thunder Fang
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Bite
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Crunch
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Poison Fang
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Psychic Fangs
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Fire Fang
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Ice Fang
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Psychic Fangs
Moves that boost Tyrantrum's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Dragon Dance
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Tyrantrum
- Breaking Swipe
- Close Combat
- Dragon Claw
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
- Head Smash
- High Horsepower
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Scale Shot
- Stealth Rock
- Stomping Tantrum
Common Effort Values for Tyrantrum in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 140/92/4/0/44/228 )
- Brave Nature ( 172/252/0/0/86/0 )
- Optimize Tyrantrum's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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