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Pokémon · #130

Gyarados

WaterFlying Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Gyarados is #129 on the ladder, on 0.2% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 95
Atk 155
Def 109
SpA 70
SpD 130
Spe 81

Base stat total 640

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227
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133

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

WaterDark
Weak ×2
ElectricGrassFightingBugFairy
Resists ×½
FireWaterIceGhostDarkSteel
Immune
Psychic

Abilities

Mold Breaker
This Pokemon's moves and their effects ignore the Abilities of other Pokemon. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Gyarados holding Gyaradosite .

Speed tier

Most common
133
Fastest
146 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
101 (0 SP)
Slowest
90 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 133, it outspeeds 20 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Excadrill 140
  2. Kommo-o 137
  3. Mega Tyranitar 135
  4. Mega Gyarados (this) 133
  5. Venusaur 132
  6. Mega Blastoise 130
  7. Pelipper 128
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #129 · on 0.2% of teams · 16,935 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 96.6%
  2. Waterfall 96.3%
  3. Dragon Dance 86.6%
  4. Crunch 60.3%
  5. Lash Out 31.6%
  6. Earthquake 10.9%
  7. Ice Fang 7.8%
  8. Power Whip 2.2%
  9. Iron Head 1.5%
  10. Avalanche 1.5%

Items

  1. Gyaradosite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Mold Breaker 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 133 9.3%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 146 8.1%
  3. Jolly 9/25/0/0/0/32 · Spe 146 8.0%
  4. Adamant 19/15/1/0/1/30 · Spe 131 7.9%
  5. Adamant 26/22/5/0/0/13 · Spe 114 7.3%
  6. Jolly 9/27/0/0/0/30 · Spe 144 3.6%
  7. Jolly 0/15/11/0/10/30 · Spe 144 3.4%
  8. Adamant 19/18/0/0/1/28 · Spe 129 2.7%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 33.7%
  2. Sneasler 30.3%
  3. Volcarona 26.9%
  4. Gholdengo 23.8%
  5. Farigiraf 16.2%
  6. Mega Froslass 16.0%
  7. Corviknight 9.8%
  8. Kingambit 9.5%
  9. Indeedee-F 9.1%
  10. Sinistcha 8.9%
  11. Incineroar 8.7%
  12. Indeedee 8.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #118 · on 0.4% of teams · 16,935 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Waterfall 98.1%
  2. Protect 90.5%
  3. Dragon Dance 86.0%
  4. Crunch 79.0%
  5. Lash Out 15.9%
  6. Ice Fang 7.7%
  7. Earthquake 5.7%
  8. Temper Flare 3.8%
  9. Power Whip 3.2%
  10. Thunder Wave 2.1%

Items

  1. Gyaradosite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Mold Breaker 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 133 12.6%
  2. Careful 32/3/4/0/20/7 · Spe 108 8.0%
  3. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 133 5.8%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 146 5.7%
  5. Careful 32/3/4/0/18/7 · Spe 108 3.2%
  6. Adamant 11/25/0/0/0/30 · Spe 131 1.8%
  7. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 101 1.4%
  8. Adamant 6/32/1/0/0/27 · Spe 128 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 43.5%
  2. Indeedee-F 26.9%
  3. Sneasler 24.9%
  4. Gholdengo 15.4%
  5. Ninetales-Alola 15.3%
  6. Volcarona 15.3%
  7. Mega Lucario Z 13.7%
  8. Mega Raichu Y 13.2%
  9. Incineroar 12.4%
  10. Garchomp 12.0%
  11. Sinistcha 10.8%
  12. Farigiraf 10.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #131 · on 0.5% of teams · 16,935 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Waterfall 96.1%
  2. Protect 84.5%
  3. Dragon Dance 80.4%
  4. Crunch 77.0%
  5. Lash Out 13.0%
  6. Ice Fang 11.7%
  7. Earthquake 9.4%
  8. Temper Flare 4.6%
  9. Power Whip 4.3%
  10. Iron Head 2.7%

Items

  1. Gyaradosite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Mold Breaker 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 133 15.1%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 146 7.3%
  3. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 133 6.0%
  4. Careful 32/3/4/0/20/7 · Spe 108 3.9%
  5. Adamant 11/25/0/0/0/30 · Spe 131 1.9%
  6. Careful 32/3/4/0/18/7 · Spe 108 1.9%
  7. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 101 1.9%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 101 1.9%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 34.6%
  2. Sneasler 22.8%
  3. Indeedee-F 20.1%
  4. Gholdengo 14.6%
  5. Sinistcha 12.8%
  6. Volcarona 12.2%
  7. Incineroar 12.0%
  8. Garchomp 11.8%
  9. Ninetales-Alola 11.6%
  10. Whimsicott 10.5%
  11. Mega Raichu Y 9.8%
  12. Farigiraf 9.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 11 of 4,299 teams (0.3%) · win rate 32.7% (95% interval 21.5%–46.2%, n = 52 games) · 1 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Corviknight +7.7 pp n = 1,661 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Gyarados teams; Corviknight is on 2% of all teams (4.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Volcarona +19.9 pp n = 4,554 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Mega Gyarados teams; Volcarona is on 7% of all teams (3.84× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Froslass +11.1 pp n = 2,701 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Gyarados teams; Mega Froslass is on 5% of all teams (3.31× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Indeedee +2.3 pp n = 1,443 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Mega Gyarados teams; Indeedee is on 6% of all teams (1.37× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Gholdengo +4.7 pp n = 4,034 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Mega Gyarados teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (1.25× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Sinistcha +1.6 pp n = 1,511 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Mega Gyarados teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (1.22× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Farigiraf +0.5 pp n = 2,735 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Gyarados teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.03× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Sneasler -6.8 pp n = 5,125 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Mega Gyarados teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.82× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Rillaboom -12.9 pp n = 5,702 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 34% of Mega Gyarados teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Indeedee-F -11.2 pp n = 1,539 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Mega Gyarados teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.45× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit -15.8 pp n = 1,604 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Mega Gyarados teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.37× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -22.9 pp n = 1,478 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Mega Gyarados teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.28× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 95
Atk 125
Def 79
SpA 60
SpD 100
Spe 81

Base stat total 540

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 5 HP / 31 Atk / 30 Spe · Jolly Nature

Types and weaknesses

WaterFlying
Weak ×4
Electric
Weak ×2
Rock
Resists ×½
FireWaterFightingBugSteel
Immune
Ground

Abilities

Intimidate
On switch-in, this Pokemon lowers the Attack of opponents by 1 stage. · used by 97%
Moxie
This Pokemon's Attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and KOes another Pokemon. · used by 3%

Speed tier

Most common
144
Fastest
146 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
101 (0 SP)
Slowest
90 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 144, it outspeeds 23 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Dragonite 152
  2. Archaludon 150
  3. Gholdengo 149
  4. Gyarados (this) 144
  5. Excadrill 140
  6. Kommo-o 137
  7. Mega Tyranitar 135
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #170 · on 0.1% of teams · 13,104 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Waterfall 97.7%
  2. Protect 55.8%
  3. Taunt 39.7%
  4. Thunder Wave 35.4%
  5. Power Whip 33.3%
  6. Ice Fang 26.1%
  7. Dragon Dance 18.7%
  8. Helping Hand 17.7%
  9. Earthquake 12.1%
  10. Stone Edge 11.9%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 36.7%
  2. Rocky Helmet 13.1%
  3. Life Orb 11.4%
  4. Choice Scarf 10.9%
  5. Leftovers 8.5%
  6. White Herb 7.0%

Abilities

  1. Intimidate 97.3%
  2. Moxie 2.7%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 5/31/0/0/0/30 · Spe 144 7.8%
  2. Adamant 32/32/0/0/1/1 · Spe 102 6.6%
  3. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 133 6.2%
  4. Impish 32/0/19/0/4/11 · Spe 112 5.2%
  5. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 101 5.1%
  6. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 146 4.8%
  7. Adamant 32/0/17/0/17/0 · Spe 101 3.8%
  8. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 146 3.1%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 29.3%
  2. Rillaboom 25.3%
  3. Gholdengo 19.0%
  4. Kingambit 15.1%
  5. Excadrill 14.2%
  6. Mega Tyranitar 12.9%
  7. Mega Raichu Y 12.8%
  8. Mega Garchomp Z 12.6%
  9. Indeedee-F 11.7%
  10. Farigiraf 11.5%
  11. Hydreigon 11.0%
  12. Arcanine-Hisui 11.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #167 · on 0.2% of teams · 13,104 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Waterfall 94.3%
  2. Protect 56.9%
  3. Taunt 38.8%
  4. Thunder Wave 38.3%
  5. Dragon Dance 29.0%
  6. Ice Fang 26.1%
  7. Power Whip 23.7%
  8. Helping Hand 11.3%
  9. Temper Flare 10.5%
  10. Earthquake 10.2%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 35.9%
  2. Leftovers 13.0%
  3. Choice Scarf 10.1%
  4. Rocky Helmet 8.6%
  5. Lum Berry 8.4%
  6. Life Orb 7.0%

Abilities

  1. Intimidate 97.6%
  2. Moxie 2.4%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 5/31/0/0/0/30 · Spe 144 7.3%
  2. Careful 32/0/2/0/21/11 · Spe 112 5.8%
  3. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 133 4.7%
  4. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 101 4.7%
  5. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 146 4.2%
  6. Jolly 4/21/0/0/17/24 · Spe 137 2.5%
  7. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 146 2.2%
  8. Jolly 18/24/0/0/0/24 · Spe 137 2.2%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 36.1%
  2. Indeedee-F 16.3%
  3. Gholdengo 15.2%
  4. Sneasler 14.1%
  5. Mega Garchomp Z 13.4%
  6. Farigiraf 13.2%
  7. Mega Baxcalibur 12.9%
  8. Mega Raichu Y 12.1%
  9. Arcanine-Hisui 12.0%
  10. Mega Lucario Z 11.8%
  11. Kingambit 11.3%
  12. Whimsicott 9.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #160 · on 0.4% of teams · 13,104 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Waterfall 92.0%
  2. Protect 55.8%
  3. Dragon Dance 36.6%
  4. Taunt 31.6%
  5. Thunder Wave 31.3%
  6. Ice Fang 28.4%
  7. Crunch 16.9%
  8. Power Whip 16.6%
  9. Earthquake 12.2%
  10. Temper Flare 11.7%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 29.9%
  2. Leftovers 13.7%
  3. Rocky Helmet 8.7%
  4. Life Orb 8.5%
  5. Choice Scarf 6.5%
  6. Lum Berry 5.5%

Abilities

  1. Intimidate 95.9%
  2. Moxie 4.1%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 133 8.2%
  2. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 146 6.0%
  3. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 146 4.9%
  4. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 101 4.4%
  5. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 146 4.0%
  6. Jolly 5/31/0/0/0/30 · Spe 144 3.9%
  7. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 133 3.0%
  8. Careful 32/0/2/0/21/11 · Spe 112 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 25.5%
  2. Sneasler 13.0%
  3. Indeedee-F 11.8%
  4. Mega Baxcalibur 10.9%
  5. Whimsicott 10.2%
  6. Farigiraf 9.8%
  7. Kingambit 9.8%
  8. Gholdengo 9.2%
  9. Incineroar 9.0%
  10. Mega Lucario Z 9.0%
  11. Mega Salamence 8.8%
  12. Mega Tyranitar 7.9%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 6 of 4,299 teams (0.1%) · win rate 40.0% (95% interval 21.9%–61.3%, n = 20 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Hydreigon +9.5 pp n = 1,447 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Gyarados teams; Hydreigon is on 2% of all teams (7.21× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Excadrill +8.5 pp n = 1,858 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Gyarados teams; Excadrill is on 6% of all teams (2.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Tyranitar +7.2 pp n = 1,694 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Gyarados teams; Mega Tyranitar is on 6% of all teams (2.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Garchomp Z +4.7 pp n = 1,646 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Gyarados teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (1.59× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Raichu Y +0.2 pp n = 1,672 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Gyarados teams; Mega Raichu Y is on 13% of all teams (1.02× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Gholdengo -0.1 pp n = 2,490 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Gyarados teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (1.00× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Arcanine-Hisui -0.6 pp n = 1,444 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Gyarados teams; Arcanine-Hisui is on 12% of all teams (0.95× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Sneasler -7.8 pp n = 3,838 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Gyarados teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.79× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Farigiraf -4.2 pp n = 1,504 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Gyarados teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.73× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Kingambit -10.1 pp n = 1,984 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Gyarados teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.60× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Indeedee-F -8.6 pp n = 1,532 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Gyarados teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -21.3 pp n = 3,318 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Gyarados teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.54× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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