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Tyranitar バンギラス Bangiras #248
Artwork from GSC
Type Rock Dark Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Armor Pokémon
Ability Sand Stream Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #246 Hoenn #383 Sinnoh Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 0'0" Imperial 0.0 m Metric 0'0"/0.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.0 lbs. Imperial 0.0 kg Metric 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Unknown	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Monster group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 218 Battle Exp.: 2181*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=tyranitar|ndex=248|name=Tyranitar }}

Tyranitar (Japanese: バンギラス Bangiras) is a Rock/Dark-type Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gold

Its body can't be harmed by any sort of attack, so it is very eager to make challenges against enemies.

Pokémon Silver

Extremely strong, it can change the landscape. It has an insolent nature that makes it not care about others.

Pokémon Crystal

In just one of its mighty hands, it has the power to make the ground shake and mountains crumble.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Tyranitar is so overwhelmingly powerful, it can bring down a whole mountain to make its nest. This Pokémon wanders about in mountains seeking new opponents to fight.

Pokémon Emerald

A Tyranitar is so overwhelmingly powerful, it can bring down a whole mountain to make its nest. It roams in mountains seeking new opponents to fight.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Its body can't be harmed by any sort of attack, so it is very eager to make challenges against enemies.

Name origin

Tyranitar's name is based on tyrannize, to violently antagonize. It may also be based on tyrannosaurus rex, a carnivorous dinosaur that supposedly behaved violently.

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Evolution

Anime Info

Tyranitar first appeared in Pokémon 4ever. It was captured in a Dark Ball and used by Vicious.

When Ash and company entered the mind of Ash's Larvitar during EP263, they saw a vision of Larvitar being separated from its Tyranitar mother. That Tyranitar was seen during the following episode.

A Pupitar belonging to a Pokémon Poacher] evolved into Tyranitar in [[AG006].

In other languages

• German: Despotar
• French: Tyranocif
• Korean: 마기라스 Magiraseu

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