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Gyarados

Atrocious Pokémon

Water Flying

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Height: 6.5 m
Weight: 235.0 kg

Alternate forms (2)

Gyarados Gyarados Mega

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time5 cycles · ~1,530 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP189

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.

In Pokémon GO · 3391 max CP 5 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

Attack

125

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

100

Speed

Total

540

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Intimidate

Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.

MoxieHidden

Raises Attack one stage upon KOing a Pokémon.

Egg groups: Water 2, Dragon

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Electric4×

Rock2×

Resistant to

Fighting½×

Bug½×

Steel½×

Fire½×

Water½×

Immune to

Ground0×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Dragon Dance

Moves

Item

Leftovers / Loaded Dice / Heavy-Duty Boots

AbilityMoxie

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

TeraDragon

EV spread

Atk▲252

SpD4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Gyarados

Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.

Yellow

Fuchsia City

Gold

Fuchsia City Lake of Rage

Silver

Fuchsia City Lake of Rage

Crystal

Fuchsia City Lake of Rage

Ruby

Sootopolis City

Sapphire

Sootopolis City

Emerald

Sootopolis City

HeartGold

Cerulean Cave Fuchsia City Johto Safari Zone Lake of Rage Mt. Silver Seafoam Islands

SoulSilver

Cerulean Cave Fuchsia City Johto Safari Zone Lake of Rage Mt. Silver Seafoam Islands

Black 2

Nature Sanctuary

White 2

Nature Sanctuary

Friend Safari Parfum Palace Route 22 Route 3

Let's Go Pikachu

Sea Route 20

Let's Go Eevee

Sea Route 20

Sword

Axew's Eye Bridge Field Dusty Bowl East Lake Axewell Giant's Cap Giant's Mirror Giant's Seat Lake of Outrage North Lake Miloch Route 2 South Lake Miloch West Lake Axewell

Shield

Axew's Eye Bridge Field Dusty Bowl East Lake Axewell Giant's Cap Giant's Mirror Giant's Seat Lake of Outrage North Lake Miloch Route 2 South Lake Miloch West Lake Axewell

Isle of Armor (Sword)

Challenge Beach Forest of Focus Honeycalm Island Honeycalm Sea Insular Sea Loop Lagoon Soothing Wetlands Stepping-Stone Sea Workout Sea

Isle of Armor (Shield)

Challenge Beach Forest of Focus Honeycalm Island Honeycalm Sea Insular Sea Loop Lagoon Soothing Wetlands Stepping-Stone Sea Workout Sea

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Ballimere Lake Frigid Sea Giant's Bed Giant's Foot Snowslide Slope

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Ballimere Lake Frigid Sea Giant's Bed Giant's Foot Snowslide Slope

Evolution

#0129Magikarp

Lv. 20

#0130Gyarados

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Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Gyarados can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Find a move26 of 26

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

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