Mega Tyranitar: A Comprehensive Guide to Countering This Powerful Raid Boss in Pokémon GO

Mega Tyranitar, a formidable 5-Star Mega Raid boss in Pokémon GO, demands careful counter selection. While boasting incredibly high Attack, CP, and Defense stats, making it a top-tier Dark-type attacker, its HP, while substantial, is still exploitable. This guide details its weaknesses, resistances, and the best Pokémon to use against it.

Mega Tyranitar Weaknesses and Type Effectiveness

Mega Tyranitar is a dual Rock/Dark type, vulnerable 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. Conversely, it resists Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying, Ghost, and Dark-type attacks (63% reduction), and Psychic-type attacks (39% reduction).

Pokemon	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 diverse moveset (including Steel-type Iron Tail and Fire Blast) provides coverage against many potential counters.

Top Mega Tyranitar Counters in Pokémon GO

High-Attack Fighting-type Pokémon are ideal counters. Keldeo, Conkeldurr, and Machamp are excellent choices. The table below lists additional strong counters and their optimal movesets:

Pokemon	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-type Pokémon offer viable alternatives, though their damage output may be lower. Remember the 20% STAB bonus for using same-type attacks.

Shiny Mega Tyranitar

Yes, Shiny Mega Tyranitar exists! The odds are 1 in 128. A Larvitar Community Day increases your chances of obtaining a Shiny Larvitar, which can be evolved into a Shiny Tyranitar and then Mega-Evolved.