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Gyarados
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Gyarados

WaterFlying

Best attacking moveset: Waterfall and Hydro Pump, worth 12.3 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Gyarados can learn 24 combinations. Waterfall with Hydro Pump does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
BiteDark60.5s+4
Dragon BreathDragon60.5s+4
WaterfallWater131.0s+7
Dragon Tail LegacyDragon141.0s+8
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
CrunchDark653.0s-33
Hydro PumpWater1353.5s-100
OutrageDragon1104.0s-50
TwisterDragon503.0s-33
Aqua Tail LegacyWater502.0s-33
Dragon Pulse LegacyDragon903.5s-50

Best moveset against each type

Gyarados does not have one best moveset, it has 4. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Ground, Rock, Fire.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
GroundWaterfall + Hydro Pump19.3
RockWaterfall + Hydro Pump19.3
FireWaterfall + Hydro Pump19.3
DragonDragon Tail + Outrage17.5
GhostBite + Crunch15.1
PsychicBite + Crunch15.1
NormalWaterfall + Hydro Pump12.3
FightingWaterfall + Hydro Pump12.3
FlyingWaterfall + Hydro Pump12.3
PoisonWaterfall + Hydro Pump12.3
BugWaterfall + Hydro Pump12.3
SteelWaterfall + Hydro Pump12.3
ElectricWaterfall + Hydro Pump12.3
IceWaterfall + Hydro Pump12.3
DarkWaterfall + Hydro Pump12.3
FairyWaterfall + Hydro Pump12.3
WaterBite + Outrage10.8
GrassBite + Outrage10.8

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Gyarados is actually for.

Counters: what beats Gyarados

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
RegielekiElectricLock OnThunder CageLegacy54.0
ZeraoraElectricVolt SwitchPlasma Fists47.1
ZekromDragonElectricCharge BeamFusion BoltLegacy46.0
XurkitreeElectricThunder ShockDischarge45.5
DeoxysPsychicCharge BeamThunderbolt39.6

Ranked by damage per second against Gyarados's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family. Twelve deep, with what Gyarados is weak to.

Type matchups

Takes double damageElectric
Weak toRock
ResistsFightingBugSteelFireWater
Strongly resistsGround

Shiny

Gyarados
Normal
Shiny Gyarados
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Gyarados has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.

Other forms

Mega Gyarados
Mega Gyarados

Evolution family

Magikarp
Magikarp
Gyarados
Gyarados

Numbers

Max CP3,834 at level 50, 3,391 at level 40
Raid catch1,937 CP at level 20, or 2,422 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,855 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats237 attack · 186 defense · 216 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Buddy distance1 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one1,000 Stardust and 1 Candy
Size6.5 m and 235 kg