Is Tyranitar worth using in Pokemon Heart Gold?
I was wondering if I should use Tyranitar or if I should just use a diffrent rock type because of all of Tyranitars weekness. if not Tyranitar then what should I use?
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No.You get it at the very end of the game, mount silver. It evolves at a very high level, and you only catch it at level 15-30. You could easily train up another Pokémon like dratini which has a better matchup against:[SPOILER ALERT]Red’s team. Half of his team has a type advantage against tyranitar. His team is very high leveled so it would take hours of training for larvitar to catch up. You could just catch dratini who evolves into dragonite and can be caught earlier in the game. If you have a super rod, you can catch dratini at level 40.It has a good matchup against everything he has but laprasSource for where it is caught:https://pokemondb.net/location/johto-mt-silver
Source for red’s team:https://www.serebii.net/heartgoldsoulsilver/red.shtml
Ok, so hear me out. If you are going to use a Rock or a Ground type, Tyranitar is your best option. Sand Stream boosts its Special Defense by 50%, so I wouldn’t be as worried about Red’s team. If you can outspeed Lapras, a super effective Stone Edge (level 54 as a Pupitar)/Rock Slide (level 14 as a Larvitar) should do the trick. Earthquake (level 47 for Pupitar) should take care of Pikachu (watch out for Iron Tail, though it might miss). For Venasaur you can bring Tyranitar to the Move Tutor to teach it Fire Punch. Thunder Punch can go into the last slot for Blastoise. Note that this set has no Dark STAB. If I were to put the set together, it would look like this:
Tyranitar @ Expert Belt (Mount Silver)Ability: Sand Stream- Earthquake- Fire Punch- Stone Edge / Rock Slide- Thunder Punch
The set has plenty of coverage, so I feel that the Expert Belt works great with it. Like I said, these moves can destroy Red’s team. Stone Edge/Rock Slide are 4x effective against Charizard, and Thunder Punch is 2x effective on it. That’s 5 Pokémon taken care of in one set. Also, Snorlax has mediocre defense, so you could use this against Snorlax too.
The only downside to Tyranitar is that you can only obtain Larvitar at Mount Silver, so you can only really use it in the battle against Red since it’s so late game, where it is level 15-20. If you’re willing to grind though, I highly recommend Tyranitar.
Hope this helps! :)
