National Dex Mega Gyarados [DONE]

[adem]

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Crunch
move 4: Substitute / Taunt / Earthquake
item: Gyaradosite
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Gyarados's high Attack stat, good offensive typing after Mega Evolution, Dragon Dance, and great ability in Mold Breaker make it a threatening sweeper. Mold Breaker lets it ignore abilities of Pokemon such as Unaware Clefable and Quagsire and Storm Drain Gastrodon, which would normally check it with ease. Mega Gyarados's good typing and base ability Intimidate grant it many setup opportunities to set up with Dragon Dance against foes like Heatran and Mega Scizor and clean late-game. Waterfall neutrally hits Pokemon such as Clefable, Tapu Koko, and Corviknight, and its flinch chance lets Mega Gyarados bypass some of its checks. Crunch hits Water-resistant Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Mega Latias. Substitute offers Mega Gyarados temporary status immunity and lets it avoid Scald burns and Toxic poison from foes like Toxapex, Blissey, and Alomomola. Taunt prevents Pokemon such as Toxapex from removing Mega Gyarados's boosts with Haze and allows it to avoid status from Will-O-Wisp Rotom-W and Toxic Heatran. Earthquake hits Toxapex, Hydreigon, and Rotom-W hard.

Mega Gyarados works best on hyper offense teams. Since it often struggles to find opportunities to set up and gets chipped too easily, dual screens support from Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl is extremely beneficial. Entry hazard support from dedicated hyper offense leads such as Landorus-T, Excadrill, and Mew wears down Mega Gyarados's checks such as Tangrowth, Toxapex, and Alomamola. Rillaboom, Hawlucha, and Serperior assist Mega Gyarados against faster teams and benefit from it beating bulkier teams. Due to its middling Speed and subpar defensive typing, Mega Gyarados is very vulnerable to being revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Kartana, Rillaboom, and Hawlucha, so checks to them such as Volcarona, Thundurus-T, and Kommo-o are imperative. Hawlucha is an exceptional partner, as it appreciates Mega Gyarados dealing with bulkier teams and pressuring Zapdos and Toxapex.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Power Whip allows Mega Gyarados to hit Tapu Fini and Rotom-W, although it leaves Mega Gyarados vulnerable to status and other threats such as Toxapex.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types such as Amoonguss, Tangrowth, and Ferrothorn can switch into Mega Gyarados's boosted hits and force it out or status it, and offensive Grass-types such as Serperior and Kartana can revenge kill it but struggle to switch in. Tapu Bulu is an exceptional check due to it resisting both of Mega Gyarados's STAB moves and having reliable healing, which allow it to repeatedly force out Mega Gyarados.

**Revenge Killers**: Pokemon such as Hawlucha, Rillaboom, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T can revenge kill +1 Mega Gyarados, although Landorus-T requires it to be chipped significantly.

**Bulky Water-types**: Pokemon like Toxapex and Rotom-W can take a boosted hit from Mega Gyarados and force it out. Tapu Fini is an amazing check due to it resisting both of Mega Gyarados's STAB moves and being able to force it out multiple times.

**Zapdos**: Zapdos can survive multiple hits from Mega Gyarados and heal off the damage. It also threatens Mega Gyarados with its Electric-type STAB moves and paralysis from Static.


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[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Crunch
move 4: Substitute / Taunt / Earthquake
item: Gyaradosite
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Gyarados is a threatening sweeper in the tier due to its great initial typing and ability, granting it a Ground-type immunity and boosted bulk with Intimidate. After it Mega evolves, Mega Gyarados gains Mold Breaker which allows it to muscle through bulkier teams and notably allows it to push through Pokemon with Unaware such as Clefable and Quagsire. Mega Gyarados' high Attack stat, good offensive typing after Mega Evolution, access to Dragon Dance, and great ability in Mold Breaker make it a threatening sweeper in NatDex. Mold breaker lets it muscle past Pokemon such as Unaware Clefable and Quagsire, giving it a good matchup against stall teams. Its good typing and ability in Intimidate before Mega Evolving grants it many set-up opportunities against the likes of Heatran and Mega Scizor. Dragon Dance allows Mega Gyarados to consistently boost its Attack and Speed stats, to let letting it clean up late game. Waterfall is Mega Gyarados’ main STAB move, allowing it to hit a large range of Pokemon neutrally, such as Clefable, Tapu Koko and Corviknight. mention that it can also let it flinch past its checks Crunch is Mega Gyarados’ secondary STAB move, letting it hit the multiple Water-type resistant Pokemon in the tier, such as Tangrowth and Mega Latias. Substitute as the last option offers Mega Gyarados temporary status immunity and a free turn on forced switches. Mention that it lets it dodge scald in particular from stuff like pex Taunt prevents Pokemon such as Toxapex from hazing away Mega Gyarados’ boosts, and preventing it from being statused from the likes of Will-O-Wisp Rotom Wash and Toxic Heatran. Earthquake is final option that allows Mega Gyarados to hit Toxapex, Hydreigon and Rotom-W relatively it hits washtom and pex really hard hard. The given EV spread maximises Mega Gyarados’ Speed and Attack in order to sweep as efficiently as possible. Obvious

What teams does gyra fit on?
It isn't soley regulated to Screens so after saying
"Mega gyra only fits on HO. In particular, it appreciates screens support frm...."
Due to the fact that Mega Gyarados often struggles to setup fast enough and gets chipped too easily, Screens support from the likes of Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl are extremely beneficial. here Just mention hazard support from leads as that can chip its checks Pokemon that can assist Mega Gyarados with faster teams are also needed, so Pokemon such as Hawlucha u mention this later, Rillaboom and Serperior are great partners. mention that gyra thrashes bulkier teams for them Due to its middling speed and subpar defensive typing, Mega Gyarados is very prone to being revenge killed by a lot of faster mons in the tier, such as Tapu Koko, Rillaboom and Mega Lopunny, so checks to these examples here are imperative. Hawlucha is an exceptional partner with Mega Gyarados as it appreciates it dealing with bulkier teams for it, and pressuring the likes of Zapdos and Toxapex.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Power Whip is a usable fourth move option, as it allows Mega Gyarados to hit Tapu Fini, although the it leaves Mega Gyarados open to status and a lot of other threats such as Toxapex. Liquidation can be used over Waterfall for a slight power increase, but is generally not worth it due to Waterfalls flinch chance letting Gyarados potentially bypass its checks with a flinch.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types such as Amoonguss, Tangrowth and Ferrothorn can swap multiple times into Mega Gyarados’ boosted hits and force it out or status it, and offensive Grass-types such as Rillaboom mentioned later, Serperior and Kartana can all revenge kill it but struggle to switch in. give bad bulu a mention here too

**Faster Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Hawlucha, Rillaboom and Choice Scarf Landorus-T can all revenge kill a boosted Mega Gyarados, due to them being faster than it even when at +1 Speed. mention that Lando can't Revenge if its at full HP

mention bulky waters here
also mention drei and Zapdos individually
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Lmk after u implement this I want to look over it once more

 

[TailGlowVM]

You need to move Liquidation out of Other Options, because Gyarados can't learn Liquidation!

 

[The Dragon Master]

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[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Crunch
move 4: Substitute / Taunt / Earthquake
item: Gyaradosite
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Gyarados' high Attack stat, good offensive typing after Mega Evolution, access to Dragon Dance, and great ability in Mold Breaker make it a threatening sweeper in NatDex. Mold breaker lets it muscle past Pokemon such as Unaware Clefable and Quagsire, giving it a good matchup against stall teams. Its good typing and ability in Intimidate before Mega Evolving grants it many set-up opportunities against the likes of Heatran and Mega Scizor. Dragon Dance allows Mega Gyarados to consistently boost its Attack and Speed stats, letting it clean up late game. Waterfall is Mega Gyarados’ main STAB move, allowing it to hit a large range of Pokemon neutrally, such as Clefable, Tapu Koko and Corviknight, and also can also flinch past Pokemon that would normally check it. Crunch is Mega Gyarados’ secondary STAB move, letting it hit the multiple Water-type resistant Pokemon in the tier, such as Tangrowth and Mega Latias. Substitute as the last option offers Mega Gyarados temporary status immunity and a free turn on forced switches, and also lets it dodge the likes of Scald burns and Toxic from the likes of Toxapex, Blissey, and Alomomola. Taunt prevents Pokemon such as Toxapex from hazing away Mega Gyarados’ boosts, and preventing it from being statused from the likes of Will-O-Wisp Rotom Wash and Toxic Heatran. Earthquake is final option that allows Mega Gyarados to hit Toxapex, Hydreigon and Rotom-W hard.

Mega Gyarados works best on HO hyper offense, and due to the fact that Mega Gyarados often struggles to setup fast enough and gets chipped too easily, Screens support in particular from the likes of Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl are extremely beneficial. Hazard support from dedicated HO hyper offense leads such as Landorus-T, Excadrill and Mew also wear down Mega Gyarados’ checks. Pokemon that can assist Mega Gyarados with faster teams are also needed, so Pokemon such as Rillaboom and Serperior are great partners, as they both also appreciate it thrashing bulkier teams for them. Due to its middling speed and subpar defensive typing, Mega Gyarados is very prone to being revenge killed by a lot of faster mons in the tier, such as Kartana, Rillaboom, Scarf Lando-T and Hawlucha, so checks to these such as Volcarona, Thundurus-T and Kommo-O are imperative. Hawlucha is an exceptional partner with Mega Gyarados as it appreciates it dealing with bulkier teams for it, and pressuring the likes of Zapdos and Toxapex.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Power Whip is a usable fourth move option, as it allows Mega Gyarados to hit Tapu Fini, although the it leaves Mega Gyarados open to status and a lot of other threats such as Toxapex. Liquidation can be used over Waterfall for a slight power increase, but is generally not worth it due to Waterfalls flinch chance letting Gyarados potentially bypass its checks with a flinch. Lol

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types such as Amoonguss, Tangrowth and Ferrothorn can swap multiple times into Mega Gyarados’ boosted hits and force it out or status it, and offensive Grass-types such as Serperior and Kartana can all revenge kill it but struggle to switch in. Tapu Bulu is an exceptional check due to it resisting both of Mega Gyarados’ STAB moves, has reliable healing and can force it out repeatedly throughout the game.

**Faster Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Hawlucha, Rillaboom and Choice Scarf Landorus-T can all revenge kill a boosted Mega Gyarados, due to them being faster than it even when at +1 Speed, although Landorus-T requires it to be chipped slightly significantly.

**Bulky Water-types**: Pokemon like Alomomola it is complete and utter set up fodder, Toxapex and Rotom-W can all check Mega Gyarados well, and force it out due to it not being able to KO these Pokemon even after boosted. Tapu Fini is an amazing check due to it resisting both of Mega Gyarados’ STAB moves, and being able to force it out multiple times.

**Zapdos**: Zapdos threatens Mega Gyarados a lot due to it not being able to KO Zapdos after boosts, and each time it attacks it’s threatened by a paralysis from Static. Zapdos also can pressure it out with its Electric-type STAB move, and can recover off Mega Gyarados’ attacks.

**Hydreigon**: Hydreigon resists both of Mega Gyarados’ STAB moves, and threatens it back with a boosted Draco Meteor or Earth Power. It can also take multiple boosted hits and recover them off, allowing it to stave off Mega Gyarados.

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There are some grammer issues here so u should read the GP standards and make required changes

QC 1/2

 

[adem]

You need to move Liquidation out of Other Options, because Gyarados can't learn Liquidation!

why did i always think it did shall remove, and ready for qc 2^^

 

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[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Crunch
move 4: Substitute / Taunt / Earthquake
item: Gyaradosite
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Gyarados' high Attack stat, good offensive typing after Mega Evolution, access to Dragon Dance, and great ability in Mold Breaker make it a threatening sweeper in NatDex. Mold breaker lets it muscle past Pokemon such as Unaware Clefable and Quagsire, giving it a good matchup against stall teams. This reads really confusingly, say rewrite this to be moreso about how Mold Breaker allows it to ignore the abilities of mons like Unaware Clef/Quagsire Static/Flame Body mons Storm Drain Gastro, Iron Barbs Ferro etc. Its good typing and ability in Intimidate before Mega Evolving grants it many set-up opportunities against the likes of Heatran and Mega Scizor. Dragon Dance allows Mega Gyarados to consistently boost its Attack and Speed stats, letting it clean up late game. Waterfall is Mega Gyarados’ main STAB move, allowing it to hit a large range of Pokemon neutrally, such as Clefable, Tapu Koko and Corviknight, and also can flinch past Pokemon that would normally check it. Crunch is Mega Gyarados’ secondary STAB move, letting it hit the multiple Water-type resistant Pokemon in the tier, such as Tangrowth and Mega Latias. Substitute as the last option offers Mega Gyarados temporary status immunity and a free turn on forced switches, and also lets it dodge Scald burns and Toxic from the likes of Toxapex, Blissey and Alomomola. Taunt prevents Pokemon such as Toxapex from hazing away Mega Gyarados’ boosts, and preventing it from being statused from the likes of Will-O-Wisp Rotom Wash and Toxic Heatran. Earthquake is final option that allows Mega Gyarados to hit Toxapex, Hydreigon and Rotom-W hard.

Mega Gyarados works best on hyper offense, and due to the fact that Mega Gyarados often struggles to setup fast enough and gets chipped too easily, Screens support in particular from the likes of Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl are extremely beneficial. Hazard support from dedicated hyper offense leads such as Landorus-T, Excadrill and Mew also wear down Mega Gyarados’ checks Like?. Pokemon that can assist Mega Gyarados with faster teams are also needed, so Pokemon such as Rillaboom, Hawlucha, and Serperior are great partners, as they both also appreciate it thrashing bulkier teams for them. Due to its middling speed and subpar defensive typing, Mega Gyarados is very prone to being revenge killed by a lot of faster mons in the tier, such as Kartana, Rillaboom, and Hawlucha, so checks to these such as Volcarona, Thundurus-T and Kommo-O are imperative. Hawlucha is an exceptional partner with Mega Gyarados as it appreciates it dealing with bulkier teams for it, and pressuring the likes of Zapdos and Toxapex.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Power Whip is a usable fourth move option, as it allows Mega Gyarados to hit Tapu Fini and Rotom-W, although the it leaves Mega Gyarados open to status and a lot of other threats such as Toxapex.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types such as Amoonguss, Tangrowth and Ferrothorn can swap multiple times into Mega Gyarados’ boosted hits and force it out or status it, and offensive Grass-types such as Serperior and Kartana can all revenge kill it but struggle to switch in. Tapu Bulu is an exceptional check due to it resisting both of Mega Gyarados’ STAB moves, has reliable healing and can force it out repeatedly throughout the game.

**Faster Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Hawlucha, Rillaboom and Choice Scarf Landorus-T can all revenge kill a boosted Mega Gyarados, due to them being faster than it even when at +1 Speed, although Landorus-T requires it to be chipped significantly.

**Bulky Water-types**: Pokemon like Toxapex and Rotom-W can all check Mega Gyarados well, and force it out due to it not being able to KO these Pokemon even after boosted. Tapu Fini is an amazing check due to it resisting both of Mega Gyarados’ STAB moves, and being able to force it out multiple times.

**Zapdos**: Zapdos threatens Mega Gyarados a lot due to it not being able to KO Zapdos after boosts, and each time it attacks it’s threatened by a paralysis from Static. Zapdos also can pressure it out with its Electric-type STAB move, and can recover off Mega Gyarados’ attacks.

**Hydreigon**: Hydreigon resists both of Mega Gyarados’ STAB moves, and threatens it back with a boosted Draco Meteor or Earth Power. It can also take multiple boosted hits and recover them off, allowing it to stave off Mega Gyarados. Hydreigon never switches into gyarados comfortably, it realistically never runs draco, doesnt chunk it noitceably with earth power, and loses to flinches or def drop, shouldn't be mentioned



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approved by avery, 2/2 gj

 

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Mega Gyra

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Crunch
move 4: Substitute / Taunt / Earthquake
item: Gyaradosite
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Gyarados's high Attack stat, good offensive typing after Mega Evolution, access to Dragon Dance, and great ability in Mold Breaker make it a threatening sweeper. Mold Breaker(capitalize) lets it ignore abilities of Pokemon such as Unaware Clefable and Quagsire,(RC) and Storm Drain Gastrodon, who which would normally check it with ease. Its good typing and ability in Intimidate before Mega Evolving grants it many set-up opportunities against the likes of Heatran and Mega Scizor. Dragon Dance allows Mega Gyarados to consistently boost its Attack and Speed stats, letting it clean up late game. Mega Gyarados's good typing and base ability Intimidate grant it many setup opportunities to set up with Dragon Dance against foes like Heatran and Mega Scizor and clean late-game. Waterfall is Mega Gyarados’ main STAB move, allowing it to neutrally hits a large range of Pokemon neutrally,(RC) such as Clefable, Tapu Koko,(AC) and Corviknight, and also can flinch past Pokemon that would normally check it its flinch chance lets Mega Gyarados bypass some of its checks. Crunch is Mega Gyarados’ secondary STAB move, letting it hit the multiple Water-type resistant Pokemon in the tier, hits Water-resistant Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Mega Latias. Substitute as the last option offers Mega Gyarados temporary status immunity and a free turn on forced switches, and also lets it dodge Scald burns and Toxic from the likes of Toxapex, Blissey and Alomomola. Taunt prevents Pokemon such as Toxapex from hazing away Mega Gyarados’ boosts, and preventing it from being statused from the likes of Will-O-Wisp Rotom Wash and Toxic Heatran. Earthquake is final option that allows Mega Gyarados to hit Toxapex, Hydreigon and Rotom-W hard. Substitute offers Mega Gyarados temporary status immunity and lets it avoid Scald burns and Toxic poison from foes like Toxapex, Blissey, and Alomomola. Taunt prevents Pokemon such as Toxapex from removing Mega Gyarados's boosts with Haze and allows it to avoid status from Will-O-Wisp Rotom-W and Toxic Heatran. Earthquake hits Toxapex, Hydreigon, and Rotom-W hard.

Mega Gyarados works best on hyper offense, and due to the fact that Mega Gyarados often struggles to setup fast enough and gets chipped too easily, Screens support in particular from the likes of Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl are extremely beneficial. Mega Gyarados works best on hyper offense teams. Since it often struggles to find opportunities to set up and gets chipped too easily, dual screens support from Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl is extremely beneficial. Hazard Entry hazard support from dedicated hyper offense leads such as Landorus-T, Excadrill,(AC) and Mew also wears down Mega Gyarados's(ASCII Apostrophe) checks such as Tangrowth, Toxapex,(AC) and Alomamola. Pokemon that can assist Mega Gyarados with faster teams are also needed, so Pokemon such as Rillaboom, Hawlucha and Serperior are great partners, as they both also appreciate it thrashing bulkier teams for them. Rillaboom, Hawlucha, and Serperior assist Mega Gyarados against faster teams and benefit from it beating bulkier teams. Due to its middling Speed(capitalize) and subpar defensive typing, Mega Gyarados is very prone to being revenge killed by a lot of faster mons in the tier, vulnerable to being revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Kartana, Rillaboom, and Hawlucha, so checks to these them such as Volcarona, Thundurus-T,(AC) and Kommo-o(lowercase) are imperative. Hawlucha is an exceptional partner,(AC) with Mega Gyarados as it appreciates it Mega Gyarados dealing with bulkier teams for it,(RC) and pressuring the likes of Zapdos and Toxapex.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Power Whip is a usable fourth move option, as it allows Mega Gyarados to hit Tapu Fini and Rotom-W, although it leaves Mega Gyarados open vulnerable to status and a lot of other threats such as Toxapex.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types such as Amoonguss, Tangrowth,(AC) and Ferrothorn can swap multiple times into Mega Gyarados’ switch into Mega Gyarados's boosted hits and force it out or status it, and offensive Grass-types such as Serperior and Kartana can all revenge kill it but struggle to switch in. Tapu Bulu is an exceptional check due to it resisting both of Mega Gyarados' STAB moves, has reliable healing and can force it out repeatedly throughout the game. Tapu Bulu is an exceptional check due to it resisting both of Mega Gyarados's STAB moves and having reliable healing, which allow it to repeatedly force out Mega Gyarados.

**Faster Pokemon Revenge Killers**: Pokemon such as Hawlucha, Rillaboom,(AC) and Choice Scarf Landorus-T can all revenge kill a boosted +1 Mega Gyarados,(RC) due to them being faster than it even when at +1 Speed, although Landorus-T requires it to be chipped significantly. (Rillaboom isn't faster; it just has priority)

**Bulky Water-types**: Pokemon like Toxapex and Rotom-W can all check Mega Gyarados well, and force it out due to it not being able to KO these Pokemon even after boosted take a boosted hit from Mega Gyarados and force it out. Tapu Fini is an amazing check due to it resisting both of Mega Gyarados's(ASCII Apostrophe) STAB moves,(RC) and being able to force it out multiple times.

**Zapdos**: Zapdos threatens Mega Gyarados a lot due to it not being able to KO Zapdos after boosts, and each time it attacks it’s threatened by a paralysis from Static. Zapdos also can pressure it out with its Electric-type STAB move, and can recover off Mega Gyarados’ attacks. Zapdos can survive multiple hits from Mega Gyarados and heal off the damage. It also threatens Mega Gyarados with its Electric-type STAB moves and paralysis from Static.

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- Written by: [[adsam, 529732]] - name change
- Quality checked by: [[The Dragon Master, 521275], [pannuracotta, 517892]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

GP 1/1. [DC, 449990] Please give this a re-read to catch all the curly apostrophes.