What is a good competitive moveset for Gyarados-mega? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Gyarados is a phenomenal Water and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Gyarados when battling in the 6th generation meta. Gyarados is weak to Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, and Grass-typed attacks.
Species: Gyarados-Mega Item: Gyaradosite Ability: Mold Breaker Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - Aqua Tail / Waterfall - Outrage - Earthquake / Iron Head - Crunch / Bite
Physical Sweeper Gyarados-Mega (Mold Breaker)
Gyarados is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Mold Breaker, Gyarados's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon. Earthquake or Iron Head are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial 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). ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gyarados-mega? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Species: Gyarados-Mega Item: Gyaradosite Ability: Mold Breaker Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - Earthquake / Bulldoze - Aqua Tail / Waterfall - Outrage - Iron Head / Ice Fang
Gyarados is a decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Mold Breaker, Gyarados's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon. Iron Head or Ice Fang are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ 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). ♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial 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). ♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gyarados-mega learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Gyarados-mega can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Gyarados-mega
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Most notable and possible best moves for Gyarados-mega
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