Gyarados counters

Gen 9 Monotype · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Gyarados
#0130 Gyarados
WaterFlying
USAGE 2.1% #77
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 89.3% Earthquake 88.3% Dragon Dance 82.2% Substitute 48.8% Taunt 31.7% Rest 12.6% Roar 10.3% Scald 10.2%
Items
Leftovers 77.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 18.3% Choice Scarf 3.7% Chesto Berry 0.1% Focus Sash 0.1% Loaded Dice 0.1% Life Orb 0.1% Lum Berry 0.1%
Abilities
Intimidate91.0%Moxie9.0%
Common Teammates
Corviknight74.2%Enamorus69.0%Landorus52.9%Dragonite50.9%Zapdos45.8%Skarmory25.7%Tornadus-Therian19.0%Landorus-Therian18.0%

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 #77 with 2.15% usage. Sorted by reliability score.