Competitive Information for Gyarados [Black/White]
Water / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gyarados? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Gyarados is a spectacular Water and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Gyarados out in the 5th generation battlefield. Gyarados can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Gyarados's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Rock.
Item: Lum Berry / Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Bounce
- Waterfall
- Dragon Dance
Physical Sweeper Gyarados (Popular/Trending)
Gyarados is a sensational Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Gyarados last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Intimidate, on switch-in Gyarados lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Bounce is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Flying-type move (bounces turn 1. hits turn 2. 30% paralyze).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Gyarados's attack and speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Outrage
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
Physical Sweeper Gyarados (Intimidate)
Gyarados is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Gyarados's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Gyarados lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Gyarados afterwards).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
Gyarados Physical Sweeper (Neptune's Fury)
Gyarados is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Gyarados's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Moxie, Gyarados's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Gyarados's attack and speed by 1 stage).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Water Gem
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 108 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dragon Dance
- Substitute
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
Gyarados Physical Sweeper (Sub Moxiedos)
Gyarados is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Moxie, Gyarados's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon. Bulky enough to set up sub with the natural strength to activate Moxie and pick up momentum easily. However, if you guarantee the initial Moxie boost, go for Water Gem.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Gyarados takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge / Earthquake
- Dragon Dance
- Bounce
- Waterfall
Gyarados Physical Sweeper (Gyradeath)
Gyarados is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Gyarados's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Moxie, Gyarados's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon. Awesome companion for a Rain Team. After just one Dragon Dance, Gyarados can pretty much outspeed the entire unboosted OU tier!
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Gyarados's attack and speed by 1 stage).
♦ Bounce is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Flying-type move (bounces turn 1. hits turn 2. 30% paralyze).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gyarados? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Outrage
- Double-Edge / Frustration
Doubles Physical Sweeper Gyarados (Intimidate)
Gyarados is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Gyarados's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Gyarados lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Gyarados afterwards).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gyarados learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Gyarados can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Gyarados
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Gyarados's stats
- Dragon Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Gyarados
- Bounce
- Double-Edge
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Substitute
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Waterfall
Common Effort Values for Gyarados in Black and White
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Gyarados's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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