Mega Gyarados will be in mega raids from August 4th, 2023 to August 16th, 2023. This article contains information about what it’s useful for and how to beat it.
Useful Information
- Gyarados can be shiny! ✨
- A 100% Gyarados is 1937 CP without weather boost and 2422 CP with weather boost.
What is it useful for?
Mega Gyarados is a Water Dark type Pokémon that is very useful against Fire, Ground, Rock, Ghost, and Psychic type raid bosses. Its bulk allows it to stay on the field for a long time and provide a long-lasting boost to Water and Dark type attacks. For GO Battle League, it’s useful in the Master League Megas format, however, Mega Pokémon currently cannot be used in any other GBL format.
Regular non-mega Gyarados is extremely useful in Master League and somewhat useful in Ultra League. It’s also a decent raid boss counter. Most notably, its Water typing gives it a double resistance to Ground type attacks, which is useful against Ground type raid bosses such as Primal Groudon.
How many players do I need?
Mega Gyarados can be defeated with 2-3 people.
What counters should I use?
Mega Gyarados is weak to Grass, Electric, Fighting, Fairy, and Bug type attacks.
Best Mega Gyarados counters:
*Legacy move
Good Mega Gyarados Counters:
*Legacy move
†The shadow form is even stronger if you have one!
What Mega Pokémon should I use?
This depends on what you want to prioritize.
If you want a Mega Pokémon that will do as much damage as possible:
*Legacy move
If you want a Mega Pokémon that will stay on the field as long as possible:
*Legacy move
If you want a Mega Pokémon that will give you extra candies while still doing a good amount of damage:
Thanks for reading and have fun raiding Mega Gyarados!