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QC: snake_rattler / * / *
GP: * / *
[OVERVIEW]
[SET]
name: Mega Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Crunch
move 3: Waterfall
move 4: Earthquake / Ice Fang / Substitute
item: Gyaradosite
ability: Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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[SET]
name: Bulky Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Bounce
move 4: Substitute
item: Leftovers
ability: Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 152 HP / 160 Atk / 196 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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Other Options
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Checks and Counters
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*Fighting-types** Fighting-types like Tomohawk and Arghonaught can easilly take Mega Gyarados' attacks while more offensive Pokemon like Choice Scarf Keldeo and Breloom can quickly secure a kill when weakened. Although regular Gyarados does not have to fear Fighting-types due to the resistance from its base form.
**Electric-types** Thunderbolt and Volt Switch severely damage Gyarados, especially when Gyarados has yet to Mega evolve. Fast Electric-types specially since they can out speed an unboosted Gyarados. Cyclohm is also very hard for Gyarados to get around especially if it lacks Earthquake. Static also punishes Gyarados attempting to break through with Ice Fang or Crunch.
**Mega Venusaur** It can absorb most of Gyarados' attacks with ease unless Gyarados has an insane amount of boost. Bounce is the most effective move which is really easy to play around.
**Status** Gyarados suffers from any type of residual damage from Toxic and Will-o-Wisp as well as the stat drops that come with Paralysis and Burn lowering Speed and Attack respectively.
**Residual Damage** Any type of damage hinders Gyarados' ability to set-up. Stealth Rock mostly in its base form and Spikes when Mega Evolved.
GP: * / *
[OVERVIEW]
- Good stats all around with devastating Attack, good natural bulk, and an average speed tier that out speeds base 80's.
- Incredible boosting move in Dragon Dance makes it an incredible sweeper.
- Many resistances give it an easier time setting up versus Dark- and Fire-types like Bisharp, Collosoil, and Volkraken.
- Good neutral coverage with Flying / Dark-type and Water STAB in conjunction of its small but effective movepool.
- Amazing abilities that aid Gyarados in setting up or cleaning more efficiently. Intimidate giving it a better chance against physical attackers, Moxie helps to seal a sweep after KOing a Pokemon or two. Mold Breaker helps to let Mega Gyarados get passed Pokemon that would normally be checks.
- While it speed tiers is good, is still is slower than most speed boosting sweepers like Aurumoth and Mega Charizard X..
- Unfortunately is very prone to hazards like Stealth Rock in its base form and Spikes / Toxic Spikes in its mega forms.
- Has no recovery outside of Rest.
[SET]
name: Mega Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Crunch
move 3: Waterfall
move 4: Earthquake / Ice Fang / Substitute
item: Gyaradosite
ability: Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Dragon Dance is used to boost Gyarados' attack and speed turning it into a powerful sweeper.
- Crunch is Gyarados' most reliable STAB that also hits Ghost and Psychic-types like Kitsunoh, Aurumoth, and Latios super effectively.
- Waterfall is a nice secondary STAB that hits Fire and Ground-types like Heatran, Excadrill, Collosoil super effective while also having a nice flinch chance.
- Earthquake gives Gyarados a better match-up against Keldeo. It also give Gyarados a way to hit Plasmanta and Mollux before Mega Evolving and a way to hit Rotom-Wash when you have mega evolved.
- Ice Fang hits Dragons like Dragonite, Garchomp and Mega Altaria harder than its STABs.
- Substitute makes it harder for Gyarados' to be revenge killed while also blocking status like Will-o-Wisp and Thunder Wave.
- Taunt can be used in the fourth moveslot so it can still stop Pokemon like Mega Sableye and Clefable from crippling it without having to sacrifice HP.
Set Details
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- Max speed and attack boost Gyarados' best stats in order to help it sweep.
- Jolly nature makes sure you always out speed base 80 Pokemon like Mega Altaria and Dragonite.
- Intimidate is Gyarados' prefered pre-mega ability as it gives it a much easier time setting against opposing physical Pokemon like Garchomp, Weavile, Mega Metagross
- Mold Breaker allows Gyarados to get through abilities that would stop it normally like Dry Skin, Storm Drain, Water Absorb, and Unaware.
Usage Tips
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- Since Gyarados can change its type by mega evolving use this to your advantage. Save your mega evolution so you can come in on Earthquakes easier or mega evolve on Alakazam or Aurumoth to avoid a potential Psychic-type move.
- You can also save your mega evolution for saving Intimidate, reason being you might want to try setting up later in the game and having Intimidate can help you do so.
- Keeping Gyarados healthy is the key to making it easier to sweep. If hazards are up on the field limit the amount of Gyarados switching you do in order to keep it from being revenge killed.
- Along with making sure Gyarados is not taklatter needing some prior chip damageo much damage, it also needs to avoid status. Primarily paralysis and burns. So to be on the safe side you should be using Substitute on slower status and Scald users like Mega Sableye, Chansey, and Slowbro.
- The best time to set up Gyarados is when all priority users and Choice Scarf users with higher natural speed are gone. This makes it less likely for Gyarados to get stopped during its sweep. Brelloom, Choice Scarf Keldeo and Talonflame can all revenge kill a Gyarados, the latter needing some prior chip damage beforeit can guantee the KO.
Team Options
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- Gyarados greatly appreciates hazard removal in order to keep it healthy. Some examples are Pokemon like Latias, Tomohawk, Mew, Excadrill, Skarmory and Starmie. The first two also provide Healing Wish support which benefit Gyarados greatly.
- Pokemon that can beat out Grass-types such as Ferrothorn, Mega-Venusaur, Amoonguss and Brelloom are needed in order to accomplish a sweep. Examples would be Flying-types such as Tornadus-Therian, Talonflame and Tomohawk.
- Electric immune or resisted Pokemon can help to absorb Electric-type attacks and Thunder Wave as Gyarados is very prone to both. Examples would be Hippowdown, Plasmanta, and Cawmadore.
- Gyarados aids in removal of Fire-types so Pokemon who can take advantage of this like Aurumoth, Volcarona, and Jirachi are good partners that enjoy Gyarados' presence.
- Wallbreakers like Kyurem-Black and Choice Band Azumarill help to pave a way for Gyarados to sweep. Both help to remove Dragons but Azumarill also helps to provide a switch in to Fighting-type attack.
[SET]
name: Bulky Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Bounce
move 4: Substitute
item: Leftovers
ability: Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 152 HP / 160 Atk / 196 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Dragon Dance turns Gyarados into a powerful sweeper by boosting its Attack and Speed by 1
- Waterfall is Gyarados' most reliable STAB hitting a lot of Pokémon neutrally and having the additional flinch chance
- Bounce is another STAB that hits Grass-types, most importantly Mega Venusaur, for super effective damage.
- Substitute is used to block status effects such as Will-o-wisp and Thunder Wave coming from passive Pokempn
- Earthquake is an alternative for hitting Mollux and Plasmanta since non mega Gyarados can't ignore there abilities.
Set Details
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- The HP EVs allow Gyarados to live a LO Hurricane and a Nature Power coming from Tomohawk at full HP
- 160 Attack investment gives Gyarados a boost to its attack
- The speed EVs allow Gyarados to outspeed Mega Manectric and Mega Lopunny after a Dragon Dance.
Usage Tips
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- Gyarados should try to set up once all of its checks and counters are out of the way. This way Gyarados has a lot less likely of a time of getting stopped midway. Also making sure that priority status users are gone also help out in case Gyarados' Substitute were to ever be broken.
- Gyarados should try to Dragon Dance after settiing up a Substitute. This will allow Gyarados to sponge an extra hit as well as block status.
- Gyarados can use Pokemon that are more passive like Chansey and Mega Sableye to its advantage by setting up Substitute.
- Having other teammates remove Stealth Rocks right before you are going to start setting up is optimal so Gyarados doesn't have to take Stealth Rock damage.
Team Options
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- Gyarados appreciates having partners that remove Stealth Rock in order to keep Gyarados safe. Notable examples are Collosoil, Latios and Tomohawk.
- Pokemon that have a good match-up against Electric-types like Mega Manectric and Krillowatt are greatly appreciated in aiding Gyarados.
- Gyarados can help to remove Ground-types so having Pokemon that benefit from that like Mollux and Cyclohm.
- Ground-types help Gyarados. They can take Electric and Rock-type attacks for Gyarados as well as deal with Mollux and Plasmanta quite easily. Collosoil and Excadrill for example, both of these Pokemon can also remove Stealth Rock for Gyarados
- Wallbreakers weaken the opponents team making it easier for Gyarados to sweep, Diggersby and Volkraken are options worth noting as they both weaken Ferrothorn and Venusaur which are huge threats to Gyarados.
Other Options
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- A defensive set with Waterfall, RestTalk and other supportive moves like Roar, Scald, Dragon Tail, and Thunder Wave can be used to help check a plethora of physical attackers like Excadrill, Collosoil, and Mega Lopunny but with Electric coverage being extremely common it makes it hard to use.
- Stone Edge can be used to far better against Tornadus-Therian and Pyroak but it usually isn't worth trading off for the better coverage options.
- Iron Head can be used to hit Mega Gardevoir, Mega Altaria, and Clefable harder but also isn't usually worth the trade off for the other coverage moves.
Checks and Counters
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*Fighting-types** Fighting-types like Tomohawk and Arghonaught can easilly take Mega Gyarados' attacks while more offensive Pokemon like Choice Scarf Keldeo and Breloom can quickly secure a kill when weakened. Although regular Gyarados does not have to fear Fighting-types due to the resistance from its base form.
**Electric-types** Thunderbolt and Volt Switch severely damage Gyarados, especially when Gyarados has yet to Mega evolve. Fast Electric-types specially since they can out speed an unboosted Gyarados. Cyclohm is also very hard for Gyarados to get around especially if it lacks Earthquake. Static also punishes Gyarados attempting to break through with Ice Fang or Crunch.
**Mega Venusaur** It can absorb most of Gyarados' attacks with ease unless Gyarados has an insane amount of boost. Bounce is the most effective move which is really easy to play around.
**Status** Gyarados suffers from any type of residual damage from Toxic and Will-o-Wisp as well as the stat drops that come with Paralysis and Burn lowering Speed and Attack respectively.
**Residual Damage** Any type of damage hinders Gyarados' ability to set-up. Stealth Rock mostly in its base form and Spikes when Mega Evolved.
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