Competitive Information for Gyarados [Ruby/Sapphire]
Water / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gyarados? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Gyarados is an interesting Water and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Gyarados out in the 3rd generation battlefield. Gyarados can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Gyarados's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Rock.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 60 Def / 188 SpD / 12 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Dragon Dance
- Rest
Double Wall Gyarados (Popular/Trending)
Gyarados is a fabulous Double Wall. It is meant to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Gyarados last longer regaining it's it's health points every turn. With Intimidate, on switch-in Gyarados lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Gyarados's attack and speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rest is a status move (Gyarados sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
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Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Earthquake
- Rock Smash
- Dragon Dance
Physical Sweeper Gyarados (Intimidate)
Gyarados is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Don't forget back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Intimidate, on switch-in Gyarados lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Gyarados's attack and speed by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gyarados? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Soft Sand
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Rock Smash
- Dragon Dance
Doubles Physical Sweeper Gyarados (Intimidate)
Gyarados is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Intimidate, on switch-in Gyarados lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Gyarados's attack and speed by 1 stage).
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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 Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS 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
Moves that boost Gyarados's stats
- Dragon Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Gyarados
- Double-Edge
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power Flying
- Hidden Power Rock
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Gyarados in Ruby and Sapphire
- Adamant Nature ( 248/0/60/0/188/12/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 64/252/0/0/0/192/ )
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