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gyarados
#130

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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gyarados Front Shiny Front Shiny
gyarados Back Shiny Back Shiny
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gyarados Official Art Official Art
gyarados Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Mega Dragon Dance (Water)
Moves
Earthquake / Waterfall / Taunt / Substitute
Earthquake / Waterfall / Taunt / Substitute
Item
Gyaradosite
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Dragon Dance (Water)
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 88
Atk 252
Spe 168

Strategy Overview

Water

Access to a great setup move in Dragon Dance, a plethora of utility moves including Taunt and Substitute, and a fearsome Attack stat all help to set Gyarados apart from other physically offensive Pokemon on Water-type teams. With Intimidate to help it take physical hits even better, Flying-type coverage to beat Grass-types, notably Mega Venusaur, and a Ground-type immunity that Water teams have a lack of, Gyarados proves itself to be a valuable member to any Water-type team. That being said, its weakness to Stealth Rock and a 4x weakness to Electric hold it back. It suffers from four-moveslot syndrome, as it has access to excellent coverage moves, including Earthquake and Ice Fang, yet to use those, it has to miss out on either Substitute, which makes setting up much easier, or one of its STAB moves. It is unable to make use of its various good defensive traits, such as its helpful Ground-type immunity, its ability Intimidate, and its decent bulk, because of a lack of reliable recovery.

Upon Mega Evolving, Mega Gyarados gains Mold Breaker, letting it break through annoying abilities such as Sturdy and Unaware. It gains an increase in defensive stats that helps in creating more opportunities to set up. It boasts a very high Attack stat coupled with a STAB combination that can create pressure on any team lacking a Pokemon that resists both. STAB Crunch in particular threatens Psychic-type teams greatly and limits possible switch-ins. Despite that, Mega Gyarados has a mediocre Speed stat when unboosted and gets worn down rather quickly because of its weakness to Stealth Rock while non-Mega. It also loses its immunity to Ground and becomes weak to Bug-, Fairy-, and Fighting-type moves.

Most Used Moves

Waterfall
88.3%
Bounce
51.5%
Crunch
20.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
65.2%
Lum Berry
15.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc