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Mega Gyarados メガギャラドス

Water Dark Generation I Atrocious Pokémon Mega
Height 6.5m Weight 305kg
Mold Breaker

Pokémon Profile

Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.

Base Stats

Form Base Stats：Mega Gyarados · Total 540

HP 95
Attack 125
Defense 79
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 100
Speed 81

Basic Info

Egg Cycles
5
Base Friendship
50
EV Yield
Attack+2
Base Experience
224

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Defensive (when attacked)

2× Weakness Electric ×2 Grass ×2 Fighting ×2 Bug ×2 Fairy ×2
Immune Psychic ×0
1/2 Resistance Fire ×0.5 Water ×0.5 Ice ×0.5 Ghost ×0.5 Dark ×0.5 Steel ×0.5

Offensive (when attacking)

2× Weakness Fire ×2 Ground ×2 Psychic ×2 Rock ×2 Ghost ×2

Evolution Chain

Magikarp Magikarp
Level 20 or higher
Gyarados Gyarados

Learnset

Level Moves Type Category Power Accuracy PP
Evolution Bite Dark Physical 60 100 25
— Tackle Normal Physical 40 100 35
— Leer Normal Status — 100 30
— Twister Dragon Special 40 100 20
— Splash Normal Status — — 40
— Flail Normal Physical — 100 15
4 Whirlpool Water Special 35 85 15
8 Ice Fang Ice Physical 65 95 15
12 Brine Water Special 65 100 10
16 Scary Face Normal Status — 100 10
21 Waterfall Water Physical 80 100 15
24 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 15
28 Rain Dance Water Status — — 5
32 Aqua Tail Water Physical 90 90 10
36 Dragon Dance Dragon Status — — 20
40 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 5
44 Hurricane Flying Special 110 70 10
48 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100 10
52 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 5

Wild Encounters

No wild encounter data available (official encounter records only cover Generations 1-7).

Mega Gyarados Competitive Movesets & Sets

Mega Gyarados movesets cover 2 generations and 3 formats with 6 sets in total, including moves, abilities, items, natures, EVs and Tera types with analysis.

2 Generation 3 Format 6 set
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Pokédex Entries

Generation I
Red：
Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.
Yellow：
Brutally vicious and enormously destructive. Known for totally destroying cities in ancient times.
Generation II
Gold：
They say that during past wars, GYARADOS would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake.
Silver：
Once it appears, it goes on a ram­ page. It remains enraged until it demolishes every­ thing around it.
Crystal：
It appears when­ ever there is world conflict, burning down any place it travels through.
Generation III
Ruby：
When MAGIKARP evolves into GYARADOS, its brain cells undergo a structural transformation. It is said that this transformation is to blame for this Pokémon’s wildly violent nature.
Sapphire：
Once GYARADOS goes on a rampage, its ferociously violent blood doesn’t calm until it has burned everything down. There are records of this Pokémon’s rampages lasting a whole month.
Emerald：
It is an extremely vicious and violent Pokémon. When humans begin to fight, it will appear and burn everything to the ground with intensely hot flames.
FireRed：
It has an extremely aggressive nature. The HYPER BEAM it shoots from its mouth totally incinerates all targets.
LeafGreen：
Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.
Generation IV
Platinum：
Once it begins to rampage, a GYARADOS will burn everything down, even in a harsh storm.
HeartGold：
They say that during past strife, GYARADOS would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake.
Diamond：
Once it appears, its rage never settles until it has razed the fields and mountains around it.
Pearl：
In ancient literature, there is a record of a GYARADOS that razed a village when violence flared.
SoulSilver：
Once it appears, it goes on a rampage. It remains enraged until it demolishes everything around it.
Generation V
Black：
Once it begins to rampage, a Gyarados will burn everything down, even in a harsh storm.
Generation VI
X：
In ancient literature, there is a record of a Gyarados that razed a village when violence flared.
Y：
Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.
Omega Ruby：
When Magikarp evolves into Gyarados, its brain cells undergo a structural transformation. It is said that this transformation is to blame for this Pokémon’s wildly violent nature.
Alpha Sapphire：
Once Gyarados goes on a rampage, its ferociously violent blood doesn’t calm until it has burned everything down. There are records of this Pokémon’s rampages lasting a whole month.
Generation VII
Sun：
A tale is told of a town that angered Gyarados. Before the sun rose the next day, flames utterly consumed the town, leaving not a trace behind.
Moon：
There are people who swear that any place Gyarados appears is fated for destruction.
Ultra Sun：
It fires hyper beams in all directions, burning the surrounding area to ash. There are some regions where it’s called “the deity of destruction.”
Ultra Moon：
The energy from evolution stimulated its brain cells strongly, causing it to become very ferocious.
Let's Go Pikachu：
Brutally vicious and enormously destructive. Known for totally destroying cities in ancient times.
Generation VIII
Sword：
It has an extremely aggressive nature. The Hyper Beam it shoots from its mouth totally incinerates all targets.
Shield：
Once it begins to rampage, a Gyarados will burn everything down, even in a harsh storm.
Legends: Arceus：
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.