Gyarados counters

Gen 9 Pokébilities Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Gyarados
#0130 Gyarados
WaterFlying
USAGE 1.2% #92
ABILITYAerilate
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 94.5% Dragon Dance 82.0% Earthquake 78.3% Body Slam 31.0% Dragon Tail 17.1% Substitute 16.4% Rest 16.3% Sleep Talk 13.0%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 29.9% Leftovers 22.9% Life Orb 18.8% Clear Amulet 13.9% Choice Band 3.3% Chesto Berry 3.1% Lum Berry 2.2% nothing 1.5%
Abilities
Aerilate43.2%Volt Absorb26.3%Motor Drive23.3%Beast Boost1.5%Multiscale1.4%Queenly Majesty1.2%Magic Guard0.9%Primordial Sea0.6%
Common Teammates
Talonflame33.7%Tornadus-Therian24.7%Corviknight24.1%Iron Boulder22.9%Alomomola18.6%Heatran16.0%Landorus-Therian15.6%Gliscor15.3%
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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 #92 with 1.15% usage. Sorted by reliability score.