Mega EvolutionMega Gyarados
Mega Evolution of Gyarados. Triggered by the Omni Ring once per battle.
Mega statsvs Gyarados
How to Mega Evolve
Gyarados Mega is reached in battle by giving Gyarados its Mega Stone and triggering the Omni Ring — one Mega per battle, held for the rest of the match even after switching out.
Abilities
Competitive usage
Ladder snapshot Jun 2026 · 1,163,315 battles·Win rate: not published by this source
Moves
- Waterfall24.9%
- Protect23.8%
- Dragon Dance20.9%
- Crunch16.9%
- Lash Out3.6%
- Power Whip2.8%
- Earthquake2.2%
- Ice Fang2.1%
- Taunt1.0%
- Thunder Wave0.5%
Items
- Gyaradosite100.0%
Abilities
- Mold Breaker100.0%
Natures
- Adamant68.2%
- Jolly30.5%
- Hasty0.6%
- Hardy0.3%
- Impish0.2%
Common teammates
- Sneasler8.8%
- Sinistcha8.4%
- Garchomp7.1%
- Kingambit4.9%
- Ninetales-Alola4.9%
- Raichu-Mega-Y4.6%
- Clefable3.8%
- Incineroar3.6%
Stat-Point spreads
- Adamant · 11/25/0/0/0/30 SP9.8%
- Jolly · 2/32/0/0/0/32 SP8.3%
- Adamant · 2/32/0/0/0/32 SP6.5%
- Jolly · 23/11/0/0/0/32 SP6.1%
- Adamant · 8/32/0/0/0/26 SP5.3%
- Adamant · 32/32/0/0/0/2 SP3.7%
Ladder spreads in Champions Stat Points (stat order HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe) — the ladder's Champions formats use SP natively.
Source: Smogon / Pokémon Showdown usage statistics (Champions ladder) — Showdown ladder, not the official in-game ranked ladder. 1,163,315 battles, snapshot 2026-06. Methodology
Notable moves
Its hardest-hitting attacks, one per type — from a movepool of 103 legal moves.
Featured in meta teams
Two dragons apply immediate pressure with Extreme Speed priority and speed control. Gyarados takes the Mega slot for a Mold Breaker Dragon Dance, Incineroar keeps the tempo with Intimidate, and Kingambit closes — Supreme Overlord climbs with every fainted ally.