[OVERVIEW]
* Due to Mega Gyarados's ability Mold Breaker along with Taunt and Dragon Dance make it a powerfull Stallbreaker.
* Access to Intimidate and Fly-type lets Gyarados to check Primal Groudon and Necrozma-DM which also gives better opportunities of set up in front of them.
* Gyarados gains inmunity to Prankster moves after Mega Evolution against Mega Sableye and rare Klefki.
* Mega Gyarados is strapped of moveslots; Dragon Dance and Taunt are mandatory for it to increase Attack and Speed, while Taunt shut down passive walls so it lacks a moves to run all the coverage move it needs.
* As Dark-Type, Mega Gyarados struggles to deal with common Fairy Types; Xerneas, Arceus Fairy.
* Mega Gyarados needs multiple boosts to sweep; since cannot gives OHKOes without super efective hits or prior damage.
[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Crunch
move 4: Earthquake / Waterfall
item: Gyaradosite
ability: Intimidate
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Dragon Dance lets Gyarados gain power to break walls it otherwise cannot as well as outspeeding offensive threats too.
* Taunt stops status and phazer moves like Will-o-Wisp, Toxic, Glare, Whirlwind, from Mega Sableye, Support Arceus forms, Celesteela, Zygarde-C, and Lugia that ruin Gyarados Sweep.
* Crunch mainly stab to hit super efective both Giratina and Necrozma formes as Lunala and Lugia ignoring Shadow Shield and Multiscale thanks to Mold Breaker.
* Earthquake hits super efective and provides coverage against Pokemon that crunch cannot deal, like Magearna, Mega Lucario, Mega Diancie, Primal Groudon.
* Waterfall is Gyarados's secondary stab to deal with Arceus-Ground and Ho-oh. Also hits neutral damage against Dark- and Fairy-Types
that resist crunch.
Set Details
========
* Gyaradosite is necesary to Mega evolve.
* Intimidate lower enemy's attack and lets Gyarados better set up opportunitys on physically threats.
* Full attack and speed investment to power up offensive abilities.
* A Jolly nature is chosen to outspeed everything up to base 130 Speed such as Mega Gengar, Ultra Necrozma, and Mewtwo. As well, without boost still outspeed neutral max speed Primal Groudon and Ho-oh, Jolly Necrozma-DM, and Lugia.
* Adamant nature along with Stealth Rocks OHKOes Lugia, and increase damage against neutral damage in general.
Usage Tips
========
* Considerate that Gyarados can take set up opportunities before Mega Evolve due to ground inmunity and intimidate.
* Thanks to the typing and ability can works as a emergency check of physically threats like Necrozma-DM and Primal Groudon.
* Against offense teams use it to check Primal Groudon, Choice locked Lunala, and Necrozma formes and set up.
* In case of facing balance Gyarados can search set ups before mega in front of Support Arceus formes such as Arceus-Water, Arceus-Ground. Use Taunt to shut down status users like Celesteela or Mega Sableye that cripple Mega Gyarados.
* Try search ways to weak or eliminate Gyarados's checks before attempting to sweep. Use hazard or status, at least until get put them in range of OHKO.
Team Options
========
* Check to Fairy-types Primal Groudon, wich also provides Stealth Rocks, Ho-oh. Others checks such ass Necrozma-DM, Ferrothorn, Toxapex, Magearna, that can deal with any Xerneas's set. Gyarados covers ground weakness of most of them, specially against Special Arceus-Ground.
* Hazard removers to keep out Stealth Rocks; Excadrill, Cloyster as suicide leads to ofensive teams, Support Arceus formes, Giratina-O to Balance teams and check Primal Groudon.
* Fairy-types; Xerneas deals with common checks of Mega Gyarados as Yveltal, Mega Salamence, Zygarde-C, while appreciates Gyarados removing passive threats and Steel-types. Tapu Lele provides priority inmunity thanks to psychic terrain and pressure Yveltal, Zygarde-C and Support Arceus formes with Nature Madness along Taunt, while Mega Gyarados help Tapu Lele with Necrozma-DM.
* Swords Dance Arceus formes take down bulkier walls while Mega Gyarados shuts down passive walls with Taunt.
* Gothitelle traps and removes passive foes that Mega Gyarados cannot deal, most notably Arceus-Fairy.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
* Ice Fang work to take away Mega Salamence and Zygarde-C
* Aqua Tail slightly more powerful than waterfall but enought to get better chances to OHKOes Arceus-Ground and Ho-oh after a Dragon Dance. However Waterfall is more consistency and handy flinch chance
* Iron Tail with adamant nature take by surprise and OHKO Xerneas, but has hard time justifying this on the moveset because it hits much wider array of foes with moves on main set.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Fairy-Type**: Fairy-types such as Xerneas and Arceus Fairy can take any hit of +1 Mega Gyarados and revenge kill with them stab moves, the first one could carry scarf and outspeed it. Magearna can do the same against a Gyarados's version without earthquake.
**Primal Groudon**: Primal Groudon sets Stealth Rock wich annoys Gyarados, can take stabs attacks and revenge kill it after Mega Evolution, phaze it out, or inflicts status, however it struggles against Earthquake variants.
**Mega Salamence**: Salamence's intimidates lower Gyarados's attack, pocred to set up and kill with +1 double edge. However, Salamence still fears ice fang.
**Zygarde-C**: Zygarde's-C bulk allows take any hit of Mega Gyarados and phaze it with Dragon Tail preventing set up, but if didn't transform yet could be OHKO by ice fang after damage of crunch or earthquake.
**Ferrothorn**: Due his ability is very annoyance to Gyarados deal with it, Iron Barbs along with Gyro Ball will weaken with small damage.
**Yveltal**: Unless Gyarados carry waterfall, theres no way to get down yvetal just with crunch. Yveltal can use oblivion wing atacking while it recovers.
**Revenge Killers**: Deoxys-A, Pheromosa ,and Mega gengar outspeed +1 Adamant Mega Gyarados, then beat it with super efective attacks. Its also outsped by faster choice scarf user like Xerneas and Yveltal. Arceus Ekiller and Rayquaza can take down Gyarados with Extreme Speed.
**Status**: Althought Gyarados has Taunt, should be careful of switch in against a status user, otherwise could get intoxic'd.
* Due to Mega Gyarados's ability Mold Breaker along with Taunt and Dragon Dance make it a powerfull Stallbreaker.
* Access to Intimidate and Fly-type lets Gyarados to check Primal Groudon and Necrozma-DM which also gives better opportunities of set up in front of them.
* Gyarados gains inmunity to Prankster moves after Mega Evolution against Mega Sableye and rare Klefki.
* Mega Gyarados is strapped of moveslots; Dragon Dance and Taunt are mandatory for it to increase Attack and Speed, while Taunt shut down passive walls so it lacks a moves to run all the coverage move it needs.
* As Dark-Type, Mega Gyarados struggles to deal with common Fairy Types; Xerneas, Arceus Fairy.
* Mega Gyarados needs multiple boosts to sweep; since cannot gives OHKOes without super efective hits or prior damage.
[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Crunch
move 4: Earthquake / Waterfall
item: Gyaradosite
ability: Intimidate
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Dragon Dance lets Gyarados gain power to break walls it otherwise cannot as well as outspeeding offensive threats too.
* Taunt stops status and phazer moves like Will-o-Wisp, Toxic, Glare, Whirlwind, from Mega Sableye, Support Arceus forms, Celesteela, Zygarde-C, and Lugia that ruin Gyarados Sweep.
* Crunch mainly stab to hit super efective both Giratina and Necrozma formes as Lunala and Lugia ignoring Shadow Shield and Multiscale thanks to Mold Breaker.
* Earthquake hits super efective and provides coverage against Pokemon that crunch cannot deal, like Magearna, Mega Lucario, Mega Diancie, Primal Groudon.
* Waterfall is Gyarados's secondary stab to deal with Arceus-Ground and Ho-oh. Also hits neutral damage against Dark- and Fairy-Types
that resist crunch.
Set Details
========
* Gyaradosite is necesary to Mega evolve.
* Intimidate lower enemy's attack and lets Gyarados better set up opportunitys on physically threats.
* Full attack and speed investment to power up offensive abilities.
* A Jolly nature is chosen to outspeed everything up to base 130 Speed such as Mega Gengar, Ultra Necrozma, and Mewtwo. As well, without boost still outspeed neutral max speed Primal Groudon and Ho-oh, Jolly Necrozma-DM, and Lugia.
* Adamant nature along with Stealth Rocks OHKOes Lugia, and increase damage against neutral damage in general.
Usage Tips
========
* Considerate that Gyarados can take set up opportunities before Mega Evolve due to ground inmunity and intimidate.
* Thanks to the typing and ability can works as a emergency check of physically threats like Necrozma-DM and Primal Groudon.
* Against offense teams use it to check Primal Groudon, Choice locked Lunala, and Necrozma formes and set up.
* In case of facing balance Gyarados can search set ups before mega in front of Support Arceus formes such as Arceus-Water, Arceus-Ground. Use Taunt to shut down status users like Celesteela or Mega Sableye that cripple Mega Gyarados.
* Try search ways to weak or eliminate Gyarados's checks before attempting to sweep. Use hazard or status, at least until get put them in range of OHKO.
Team Options
========
* Check to Fairy-types Primal Groudon, wich also provides Stealth Rocks, Ho-oh. Others checks such ass Necrozma-DM, Ferrothorn, Toxapex, Magearna, that can deal with any Xerneas's set. Gyarados covers ground weakness of most of them, specially against Special Arceus-Ground.
* Hazard removers to keep out Stealth Rocks; Excadrill, Cloyster as suicide leads to ofensive teams, Support Arceus formes, Giratina-O to Balance teams and check Primal Groudon.
* Fairy-types; Xerneas deals with common checks of Mega Gyarados as Yveltal, Mega Salamence, Zygarde-C, while appreciates Gyarados removing passive threats and Steel-types. Tapu Lele provides priority inmunity thanks to psychic terrain and pressure Yveltal, Zygarde-C and Support Arceus formes with Nature Madness along Taunt, while Mega Gyarados help Tapu Lele with Necrozma-DM.
* Swords Dance Arceus formes take down bulkier walls while Mega Gyarados shuts down passive walls with Taunt.
* Gothitelle traps and removes passive foes that Mega Gyarados cannot deal, most notably Arceus-Fairy.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
* Ice Fang work to take away Mega Salamence and Zygarde-C
* Aqua Tail slightly more powerful than waterfall but enought to get better chances to OHKOes Arceus-Ground and Ho-oh after a Dragon Dance. However Waterfall is more consistency and handy flinch chance
* Iron Tail with adamant nature take by surprise and OHKO Xerneas, but has hard time justifying this on the moveset because it hits much wider array of foes with moves on main set.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Fairy-Type**: Fairy-types such as Xerneas and Arceus Fairy can take any hit of +1 Mega Gyarados and revenge kill with them stab moves, the first one could carry scarf and outspeed it. Magearna can do the same against a Gyarados's version without earthquake.
**Primal Groudon**: Primal Groudon sets Stealth Rock wich annoys Gyarados, can take stabs attacks and revenge kill it after Mega Evolution, phaze it out, or inflicts status, however it struggles against Earthquake variants.
**Mega Salamence**: Salamence's intimidates lower Gyarados's attack, pocred to set up and kill with +1 double edge. However, Salamence still fears ice fang.
**Zygarde-C**: Zygarde's-C bulk allows take any hit of Mega Gyarados and phaze it with Dragon Tail preventing set up, but if didn't transform yet could be OHKO by ice fang after damage of crunch or earthquake.
**Ferrothorn**: Due his ability is very annoyance to Gyarados deal with it, Iron Barbs along with Gyro Ball will weaken with small damage.
**Yveltal**: Unless Gyarados carry waterfall, theres no way to get down yvetal just with crunch. Yveltal can use oblivion wing atacking while it recovers.
**Revenge Killers**: Deoxys-A, Pheromosa ,and Mega gengar outspeed +1 Adamant Mega Gyarados, then beat it with super efective attacks. Its also outsped by faster choice scarf user like Xerneas and Yveltal. Arceus Ekiller and Rayquaza can take down Gyarados with Extreme Speed.
**Status**: Althought Gyarados has Taunt, should be careful of switch in against a status user, otherwise could get intoxic'd.
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