Best Pokemon GO Mega Tyranitar Counters: Weaknesses & Type Effectiveness

Mega Tyranitar: A Powerful Raid Boss and How to Defeat It in Pokémon GO

Mega Tyranitar is a formidable 5-Star Mega Raid boss in Pokémon GO, demanding careful counter selection to exploit its weaknesses. While boasting high Attack, CP, and Defense, its HP, though substantial, is still vulnerable to the right team.

Mega Tyranitar's Weaknesses and Resistances

Mega Tyranitar is a dual Rock/Dark type, making it weak to Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-type attacks. Fighting-type attacks are particularly effective, dealing 256% super-effective damage. Other weaknesses inflict 160% damage. However, it resists Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying, Ghost, and Dark-type attacks (63% reduction), and Psychic-type moves (39% reduction).

Pokémon	Type	Weaknesses	Strong Against	Resistances
Mega Tyranitar	Rock/Dark	Fighting Bug Fairy Water Grass Ground Steel	Fire Ice Flying Bug Psychic Ghost Rock Steel Fairy Grass	Normal Fire Poison Flying Ghost Dark

Despite its vulnerabilities, Mega Tyranitar's moveset (including Iron Tail and Fire Blast) offers coverage against several of its weakness-exploiting types.

Top Mega Tyranitar Counters

The most effective counters are high-Attack Fighting-types like Keldeo, Conkeldurr, and Machamp. Other strong options are detailed below:

Pokémon	Fast Move	Charged Move
Keldeo (Resolute or base form)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword
Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch
Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch
Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast
Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch
Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch
Mega Gallade (or base form)	Low Kick	Close Combat
Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast
Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat
Meloetta (Pirouette form)	Low Kick	Close Combat

Water and Ground-types offer viable alternatives, though with less damage output. Remember the 20% STAB bonus for same-type attacks.

Shiny Mega Tyranitar

Yes, Shiny Mega Tyranitar exists, with a 1/128 chance of appearing after a raid victory. A Larvitar Community Day increases the odds of obtaining a Shiny Larvitar, which can be evolved.