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    I know... I know... Tyranitar is all over the place. I DON'T like that TyraniBOAH or whatever its called, so please don't suggest it. Tyranitar COULD be replaced with Hippowdon. It's mainly on the team for Sandstorm support. So far, this is what I have:

    Tyranitar@
    Nature: Adamant
    Ability: Sand Stream
    EVs: 252 HP, 172 Attack, 84 Defense

    Rock Slide
    Crunch
    Focus Punch
    Substitute

    I know. This one is kind of weird and unique. But does that mean its ineffective?

    Hippowdon@Life Orb
    Nature: Adamant
    Ability: Sand Stream
    EVs: 200 HP, 156 Attack, 152 Defense

    Earthquake
    Ice Fang
    Slack Off
    Curse

    I love the hippo. Help me!
     
    Hippowdon needs Leftovers. He's not as much an attacker as he is a physical wall. Your moveset is fine, but your EVs and nature are mixed up. Impish Nature on it, with 252 Hp, 252 Def, 4 Atk works fine.
     
    I reckon Thunder fang over Ice fang for Hippowdon, as you will probably get more water types attacking Hippowdon than you will grass types.
     
    subpunching ttar is popular, but it is usually mixed, and known as tyraniboah XDD:

    Tyranitar @ Life Orb/Expert Belt/Leftovers/Lum Berry
    Rash Nature (+Sp Atk, -Sp Def)
    240 SP ATK/64 ATK/204 SPD or HP
    -Dark Pulse
    -Flamethrower/Thunderbolt
    -Focus Punch
    -Substitute

    having focus punch w/o special options is a really bad idea. ttar will get walled and you will hate yourself for it. dark + fire + fighting covers everything.

    if you want it to be just physical and actually do physical SWEEPING, then here's what i suggest:

    Tyranitar @ Chople Berry
    Impish Nature
    192 HP/172 DEF/144 SPD
    -Crunch
    -Fire Fang
    -Dragon Dance
    -Taunt

    even this physical setup isn't safe. fire fang can miss and is very weak in power. only reason why i suggest it is because it covers everything except heatran, who might not do much to you with Earth Power anyway. ttar needs at least 3 dragon dances to take on walls like Hippo and Gliscor. i don't like this moveset myself, but it's the only strictly physical moveset that works that isn't Choice Banded.

    so my suggestion: go mixed, or go Choice Band.

    for Hippo, i suggest the following:

    Hippowdon @ Leftovers/Enigma Berry/Lum Berry
    Careful/Sassy Nature
    200 HP/188 SP DEF/96 DEF/24 ATK
    -Earthquake
    -Ice Fang
    -Curse/Stealth Rock
    -Slack Off

    stalls with curse + slack off. very efficient. once it is done with its stalling (hopefully you don't get any critical hits), after 3 or so curses, it sweeps.
     
    you can but i wouldn't suggest it. with that ev setup, its Atk and Sp Atk stats are almost identical. it's really just a matter of what you prefer. thing is Dark Pulse does more damage to physical walls like Gliscor because of STAB. on the other hand, Crunch does more damage to Gengar and the like.
     
    gengar is way more prominent as a starter with hypnosis, so either way, it doesn't really matter. it's really just about who threatens your team more: special-oriented pokes with higher lower defense, or physical pokes with lower special defense.

    or hell, if you have a reason to like one's battle animation better than the others, then that's reason enough to choose it XD
     
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