Gyarados
Atrocious Pokémon
When MAGIKARP evolves into GYARADOS, its brain cells undergo a structural transformation. It is said that this transformation is to blame for this POKéMON’s wildly violent nature.
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Strategy Overview
Gyarados is a Pokemon with decent bulk that can function as both an early-game pivot with Intimidate and a late-game threat with Dragon Dance. Unlike other physical sweepers such as Tyranitar and Salamence, it has both an immunity to Ground-type attacks and doesn't have much trouble with bulky Water-types. It can also destroy defensive Pokemon one-on-one with Rest.
However, it is countered by Zapdos, and its Attack stat can be underwhelming, preventing it from OHKOing bulky Gengar, Metagross, and Tyranitar after a Dragon Dance. It also suffers from four-moveslot syndrome because it needs different Hidden Power types to hit Aerodactyl and Celebi and Taunt to prevent status and phazers from ruining its sweep.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc