Gyarados
Atrocious Pokémon
I suspect this Pokémon to be the true identity of a dragon written of in ancient texts, which claimed that it razed an entire village with white-hot beams from its maw.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Gyarados
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Gyarados can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target. | Water | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Bind Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 1 | Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Dragon Rage Inflicts 40 points of damage. | Dragon | Special | — | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Flail Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power. | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Special | 110 | 80 | 5 |
| 1 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Splash Does nothing. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Twister Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dragon | Special | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 4 | Whirlpool Prevents the target from leaving battle and inflicts 1/16 its max HP in damage for 2-5 turns. | Water | Special | 35 | 85 | 15 |
| 8 | Ice Fang Has a chance to freeze the target and a chance to make the target flinch. | Ice | Physical | 65 | 95 | 15 |
| 12 | Brine Has double power against Pokémon that have less than half their max HP remaining. | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 15 | Focus Energy Increases the user’s chance to score a critical hit. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 16 | Scary Face Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 21 | Rage If the user is hit after using this move, its Attack rises by one stage. | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 21 | Waterfall Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Water | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 24 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 26 | Dragon Tail Ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon. | Dragon | Physical | 60 | 90 | 10 |
| 28 | Rain Dance Changes the weather to rain for five turns. | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 32 | Aqua Tail Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 |
| 36 | Dragon Dance Raises the user’s Attack and Speed by one stage. | Dragon | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 41 | Outrage Hits every turn for 2-3 turns, then confuses the user. | Dragon | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 44 | Hurricane Has a chance to confuse the target. | Flying | Special | 110 | 70 | 10 |
| 48 | Thrash Hits every turn for 2-3 turns, then confuses the user. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 52 | Hyper Beam User foregoes its next turn to recharge. | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Gyarados.






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Cite this page
“Gyarados”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/gyarados.
Species data from PokéAPI.