Gyarados counters

Gen 9 Champions OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Gyarados
#0130 Gyarados
WaterFlying
USAGE 1.4% #72
ABILITYIntimidate
BASE STATS
HP 95
ATK 125
DEF 79
SPA 60
SPD 100
SPE 81
BST540
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Electric
2×
Rock
½×
FireWaterFightingBugSteel
0×
Ground
Moves
Waterfall 91.9% Dragon Dance 81.9% Power Whip 59.1% Earthquake 45.5% Ice Fang 39.2% Thunder Wave 17.9% Rest 15.4% Sleep Talk 10.4%
Items
Sitrus Berry 32.3% Leftovers 23.7% Lum Berry 13.6% Mystic Water 11.4% Wacan Berry 8.4% Chesto Berry 4.9% Choice Scarf 1.6% Black Belt 1.3%
Abilities
Intimidate77.9%Moxie22.1%
Tera Types
Water 0.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp52.7%Aegislash46.2%Kingambit39.9%Glimmora27.8%Excadrill21.8%Floette-Mega20.3%Hatterene13.0%Dragonite12.8%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #72 with 1.37% usage. Sorted by reliability score.