Pokemon of the Week: Is it a Dragon Fish or a Flying Fish?

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Gyarados, The Atrocious Pokémon. It has an extremely aggressive nature. It's Hyper Beam totally incinerates all targets. Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage. They say that during past wars, it would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake. Once it appears, it goes on a rampage. It appears whenever there is world conflict, burning down any place it travels through. When Magikarp evolved, its brain cells undergo a structural transformation. It is said that this transformation is to blame for it's wildly violent nature.

Overview:

Oh Gyarados, Gyarados, Gyarados...... you guys should all know Gyarados. In first gen, you all must have known the almight Magikarp. Mhm. I bet you were astonished by it's speed and power. But once you guys finally got the Exp. Share, you were explosive to evolve Magikarp! Then you guys had a Gyarados and everything was all cool. In second gen, Gyarados came in through a shiny form, which brought much popularity to Gyarados. He was being overused for his shinyness. Hehe. Anyways, after that, Gyarados got the nice move Dragon Dance, which allowed his attack and speed to raise. With the intro of 5th gen, Gyarados got everything it needed, with the addition of a few toys, here and there. He received the ability Moxie, which is a neat ability allowing him to gain attack for opponents being defeated. His overall ability, Intimidate, was priceless though. Gyarados has a unique typing, and decent moveset. He has decent bulk, and a beastly attack and speed. Plus with Dragon Dance, he gets free stat boosts, as his Intimidate often forced switches, calling Scizor and other huge Choiced variants to a halt. Gyarados will always find a spot in the OU tier for these reasons.

Abilities:

Intimidate: Lowers the foe's attack by one stage: Priceless. Now Gyarados forces switches as he switches in and often receives one free DD.

Moxie: Raises attack one stage upon defeating an opponent: Well, this ability is a quite nice niche, allowing Gyarados to sweep after one or two DD's.

SET(S):

Bulky-Gyarados:

Item: Leftovers

EVS: 156 HP, 72 attack, 96 defense, 184 speed.

Nature: Adamant

Moves:

-Waterfall

-Dragon Dance

-Stone Edge

-Taunt

Against any Dragon Dance Gyarados, the GAYEST things you will have trouble are quick Electric types and Taunts. So. Gyarados will want to come in on a physical choiced Pokemon. Forcing the switch, he should get off one DD. He should have decent speed to outspeed the next Pokemon coming in. Now, Gyarados has decent bulk, so he could probably take any non-super-effective attack and survive it. He can run a few more DD's, then run the sweep. But if you switched in on something like a Skarmory, you could easily Taunt his Stealth Rocks or whatever, then set up as many DD's as you like unless he switches. Dragon Dance is an obvious choice on this set. Taunt is for stuff like Gliscor, Forretress, and Skarmory. Stone Edge allows coverage over Grass types, or stuff that Waterfall can't hit. Waterfall is your main attacking move, and this set works best in Rain.

Countering Gyarados:

Gyarados can be seen as a hazard to some teams, or nothing to others. Any quick Electric types such as Jolteon work, or bulky Pokemon with SE. Stealth Rocks is the easiest way to take out Gyarados, as when he switches in, he will be more vulnerable. Skarmory can act as a good wall with Brave Bird, as he has high defensive bulk, and can usually Brave Bird Gyarados on the switch-in, allowing a free turn due to his (probably) Taunt.

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*Checks: (Chocolate_Scizor)
You should probably add Thundurus with Prankster as a Check, as a +1 Thunder Wave will outspeed you,and Paralyze you, making extremely slow, leaving it open to attacks from the likes of magnezone or slower pokemon that is able to kill you. You should also list Magnezone as a counter as it can survive a +1 Waterfall from Gyarados and kill it with Thunderbolt. Also. A Stone edge from CB Mienshao does 2HKO.st6armie and Scarf Jirachi can laos outspeed you after 1 DD and destroy with thunderbolt or Thunderpunch actually, any Scarfer that has good special attack and an electric move will destroy you. So you should probably pack something to take care of them.