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gyarados
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Gyarados

Atrocious Pokémon

WaterFlying

In ancient literature, there is a record of a Gyarados that razed a village when violence flared.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 125
Defense 79
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 100
Speed 81
Total 540

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Intimidate Moxie (Hidden)

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Atrocious Pokémon
Height 6.5 m
Weight 235.0 kg
Base Exp 189
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water2 ,Dragon

Sprites

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Competitive

Dragon Dance
Moves
Earthquake / Ice Fang / Stone Edge
Item
Gyaradosite / Lum Berry
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
HP 12
Atk 252
Spe 244
Bulky Support
Moves
Protect / Stone Edge
Item
Sitrus Berry / Wacan Berry
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Atk 52
Def 108
SpD 44
Spe 52

Strategy Overview

Unlike most Dragon Dance users, Gyarados has great bulk and Intimidate, which allow it to set up more easily; however, this comes at the cost of its Speed, a painfully slow base 81. Like most physically oriented setup sweepers, Gyarados is heavily crippled by Intimidate, burns, and paralysis. When equipped with Gyaradosite, common Gyarados switch-ins, mainly Rotom-W, aren't a problem anymore due to Mold Breaker, which allows Mega Gyarados to hit the former for super effective damage. Its drastic type change with its Mega Evolution can allow Gyarados to better take on Rock-types and gives it an immunity to Psychic-types. Additionally, Gyarados has a pretty great support movepool, allowing it to perform either as a sweeper or a supporter.

Most Used Moves

Waterfall
97.5%
Protect
64.5%
Ice Fang
43.4%
Taunt
28.4%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
27.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc