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Gyarados, a Water and Flying type Pokémon, official artwork

#0130

Gyarados: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Gyarados is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (125) and Sp. Def (100), with a base stat total of 540. Competitively it is banned from RarelyUsed for overperforming there.

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What is Gyarados weak to?

How much damage Gyarados takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toElectric
2×Weak toRock
0.5×ResistsBugFightingFireSteelWater
0×Immune toGround

Gyarados takes super-effective damage from Electric, Rock (Electric hit it for 4x damage). It resists Bug, Fighting, Fire, Steel, Water and is immune to Ground.

Best moveset for Gyarados

Gyarados has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • OutrageDragon120
  • BlizzardIce110
  • Fire BlastFire110

Best nature for Gyarados

Adamant. Gyarados is a physical attacker (125 Attack vs 60 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • IntimidateOn switch-in, this Pokemon lowers the Attack of opponents by 1 stage.
  • MoxieThis Pokemon's Attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and KOes another Pokemon.

Evolution line

Magikarp
Gyarados
Full learnset (63 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
ThrashNormal120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Aqua TailWater9090%Physical
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Muddy WaterWater9085%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
ScaldWater80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Temper FlareFire75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
BrineWater65100%Special
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
AvalancheIce60100%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
TackleNormal40100%Physical
TwisterDragon40100%Special
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlailNormal?100%Physical
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SplashNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status