National Dex Gyarados [DONE]

[adem]

[SET]
name: Flyinium Z
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Bounce
move 3: Waterfall
move 4: Earthquake / Power Whip
item: Flyinium Z
ability: Moxie
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gyarados is a terrifying sweeper due to its combination of Dragon Dance and Moxie letting it snowball through weakened teams after it gets a KO. Its stellar typing allows it to pivot into Ground-type moves and set up, while bluffing a Mega Gyarados set. However, its crippling Stealth Rock weakness alongside a poor initial Speed tier means it struggles to find setup opportunities against a lot of teams. Bounce in conjunction with Flyinium Z allows Gyarados to OHKO erstwhile switch-ins like Grass-types such as Tangrowth, Tapu Bulu, and Amoonguss, which Gyarados lures in. Earthquake allows Gyarados to break through Toxapex easily and reliably stop Magnezone, Mega Mawile, and Tapu Koko from revenge killing it. Power Whip is another option that allows Gyarados to break past Slowbro, Rotom-W and Tapu Fini efficiently, although it is generally inferior to Earthquake due to Gyarados struggling to break past Toxapex, and Power Whip's main targets can be chipped into Earthquake range easily.


Gyarados fits best on hyper offense teams because it often struggles to find multiple setup opportunities, and its reliance on its Z-Move to break through defensive checks means it needs a lot of support from its teammates to clean late-game. Dual screens setters such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl give Gyarados many more setup opportunities than its mediocre bulk otherwise allows. Pokemon that can wear down Gyarados's checks, including bulky Grass- and Flying-types such as Corviknight, Zapdos, and Tangrowth, such as Mega Garchomp and Serperior are great partners. Mega Garchomp in particular is exceptional due to providing an Electric immunity to cover Gyarados's most crippling weakness, as well as greatly appreciating Gyarados luring in bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth for it. Lastly, leads that deny or remove entry hazards such as Mega Diancie and Excadrill are extremely beneficial to help Gyarados's crippling weakness to Stealth Rock. Taunt users such as Hawlucha, Tapu Koko, and Grimmsnarl are other examples, and they can deny Pokemon like Toxapex recovery to force damage on them.


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

Waterium Z is another item that allows Gyarados to effectively break through Zapdos and Corviknight after minimal chip damage or in rain, but it gives up the ability to hit Grass-types. Taunt can be used to stop Pokemon such as Toxapex, Ferrothorn, and Clefable from statusing it and deny them from recovery, but it sacrifices an important coverage move. Intimidate can be used over Moxie to give Gyarados more physical bulk, and it allows more setup opportunities against physical attackers such as Mega Scizor and Gliscor, but it is overall much worse because it completely removes Gyarados's snowballing potential.

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

**Electric-types**: Electric-types such as Rotom-W and Zapdos easily deal with Gyarados's STAB moves and hit it back with their Electric-type STAB move. Other Electric-types such as Tapu Koko, Zeraora, and Thundurus-T can all take a hit and retaliate back, but Zeraora and Tapu Koko are unable to check Earthquake Gyarados reliably.

**Bulky Water-types**: Water-types such as Tapu Fini, Slowbro, and Toxapex all pressure Gyarados greatly by threatening Scald burns and removing its boosts with Haze. However, a boosted Supersonic Skystrike greatly threatens these Pokemon, as does either Power Whip or Earthquake.

**Steel-types**: Steel-type Pokemon such as Skarmory and Ferrothorn are a pain for Gyarados to get past, as Skarmory can boost its Defense alongside Gyarados, or just phaze it with Whirlwind. Ferrothorn can hit Gyarados with Leech Seed, and it's tough to break through after Gyarados has used its Z-Move.

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[Steorra]

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[SET]
name: Flyinium Z
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Bounce
move 3: Waterfall
move 4: Earthquake / Power Whip
item: Flyinium Z
ability: Moxie
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gyarados is a terrifying sweeper due to its combination of Dragon Dance and Moxie, letting it snowball weakened teams after it gets a kill. Its stellar pre mega typing allows it to pivot into Ground-type moves, and set up, while bluffing a mega evolution. However, its crippling Stealth Rock weakness alongside a poor initial speed tier means it struggles to find setup opportunities against a lot of teams. Dragon Dance allows Mega Gyarados to consistently boost its Attack and Speed stats, letting it clean up late game. Bounce in conjunction with Flyinium Z allows Gyarados to kill OHKO otherwise normal switch-ins like Grass-types such as Tangrowth, Tapu Bulu and Amoonguss who are lured in. Waterfall is Gyarados's main STAB move, that allows it to break past Flying-type resists such as Corviknight and Tyranitar, and also can flinch past Pokemon that would normally check it. Power Whip allows Gyarados to break past Slowbro, Rotom-W, and Tapu Fini efficiently, whilst allowing it to preserve its Z Move against Gastrodon. Earthquake is another option that allows Gyarados to break through Toxapex easily, and allows it to deny Magnezone, Mega Mawile, and Tapu Koko from revenge killing it. Elaborate on the cons of using Power Whip over Earthquake. Also interchange the order these two are mentioned to reflect the set. Also mention how Grass-types can get annoying once the z-move is used and how easily it can be pivoted on once this nuke is out of the way.

Gyarados fits best on hyper offensive teams, because it oftens struggles to find multiple setup opportunities and its reliance on its Z Move to break through defensive checks to it means it needs a lot of support from its teammates to clean late game. Screens leads Dual Screen setters such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl are extremely beneficial to Gyarados as it enables Gyarados to gain much more setup opportunities, and wont be as hindered by its mediocre bulk. Pokemon that can wear down its Gyarados' checks for it such as Mega Garchomp and Serperior are great partners. Elaborate on the checks Mega Garchomp and Serperior are breaking down for it. Mega Garchomp in particular is an exceptional teammate due to it providing an Electric-type immunity to cover Gyarados’ most crippling weakness, as well as it vastly appreciates Gyarados luring in bulk Grass-types such as Tangrowth for it, and in return wears down Zapdos and Corviknight for it. Lastly, leads that deny or remove hazards such as Mega Diancie and Excadrill are extremely beneficial to Gyarados due to its impairing weakness to Stealth Rocks. Mention Taunt users featured on some HOs as well.


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

Waterium Z is another option that allows Gyarados to effectively break through Zapdos and Corviknight after minimal chip or in rain but gives up the ability to hit Grass-types. Taunt can be used to dissuade Pokemon such as Toxapex, Ferrothorn and Clefable from statusing it, and deny them from recovery, but sacrifices an important coverage move. Mention Intimidate and the cons of using it over Moxie.

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

**Zapdos**: Zapdos resisting Gyarados‘ Z Move Supersonic Skystrike and being able to take multiple hits lets it safely switch into Gyarados multiple times and threatens it with a Static paralysis each time it attacks. Expand this section to be Electric-types and mention Rotom-W and Thundurus-T.

**Toxapex**: If lacking earthquake, Gyarados is unable to break through Toxapex and it can haze off Gyarados’ boosts and threaten Scald burn or a Toxic. Expand this section to be Water-types and mention other pains like Tapu Fini, and Slowbro.

**Ferrothorn**: Ferrothorn resists both of Gyarados’ STAB moves, and can slowly wear it down with Leech Seed and Power Whip. Doesn't resist its flying stab. Expand this to be a Steel-type section featuring other Pokemon like Mega Scizor, Skarmory, and Corviknight that are annoying for Gyarados to get past.


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Tag on discord once implemented and I'll give another look.

 

[Steorra]

[SET]
name: Flyinium Z
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Bounce
move 3: Waterfall
move 4: Earthquake / Power Whip
item: Flyinium Z
ability: Moxie
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gyarados is a terrifying sweeper due to its combination of Dragon Dance and Moxie, letting it snowball weakened teams after it gets a kill. Its stellar typing allows it to pivot into Ground-type moves, and set up, while bluffing a mega evolution. However, its crippling Stealth Rock weakness alongside a poor initial speed tier means it struggles to find setup opportunities against a lot of teams. Dragon Dance allows Gyarados to consistently boost its stats, letting it clean up late game. Bounce in conjunction with Flyinium Z allows Gyarados to OHKO otherwise normal switch-ins like Grass-types such as Tangrowth, Tapu Bulu and Amoonguss who are lured in. Earthquake is another option that allows Gyarados to break through Toxapex easily, and allows it to deny Magnezone, Mega Mawile and Tapu Koko from revenge killing it. Power Whip allows Gyarados to break past Slowbro, Rotom-W and Tapu Fini efficiently, although is generally inferior to Earthquake due to Gyarados struggling to break past Grass-types if it uses its Supersonic Skystrike on its more common check in Toxapex. Reword this last sentence, can be misleading and put less focus on burning the z and more on just the general lost matchups upon dropping Earthquake.

Gyarados fits best on hyper offensive teams, because it oftens struggles to find multiple setup opportunities and its reliance on its Z Move to break through defensive checks to it means it needs a lot of support from its teammates to clean late game. Dual Screens setters such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl are extremely beneficial to Gyarados as it enables it to gain much more setup opportunities, and wont be as hindered by its mediocre bulk. Pokemon that can wear down Gyarados’ checks for it such as Mega Garchomp and Serperior are great partners, as they wear down bulky Grass- and Flying-types for it, such as Corviknight, Zapdos and Tangrowth. Mega Garchomp in particular is an exceptional teammate due to it providing an Electric-type immunity to cover Gyarados’ most crippling weakness, as well as it vastly appreciates Gyarados luring in bulk Grass-types such as Tangrowth for it, and in return wears down Zapdos and Corviknight for it. Lastly, leads that deny or remove hazards such as Mega Diancie and Excadrill are extremely beneficial to Gyarados due to its impairing weakness to Stealth Rocks. Taunt users such as Hawlucha, Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl are also extremely beneficial due to them denying Stealth Rock and Pokemon such as Toxapex recovery and can force damage on them.


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

Waterium Z is another option that allows Gyarados to effectively break through Zapdos and Corviknight after minimal chip or in rainl but gives up the ability to hit Grass-types. Taunt can be used to dissuade Pokemon such as Toxapex, Ferrothorn and Clefable from statusing it, and deny them from recovery, but sacrifices an important coverage move. See points in previous check.

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

**Electric-types**: Electric-types such as Rotom-W and Thundurus-T resist Gyarados’ Supersonic Skystrike, and can take multiple threten it back their Electric-type STAB move. Flesh out this sentence. Zapdos is an exceptional check due to it resisting Gyarados‘ Supersonic Skystrike and being able to take multiple hits from all its love, which lets it safely switch into Gyarados multiple times and threatens it with a Static paralysis each time it attacks, and recover off any damage dealt, but fears the rare Waterium Z. Group Rotom-W and Zapdos together when explaining since they both wall its STABs pretty well. Thundurus-T can be after since at most it can take one hit from full. Also redo this paragraph since I really don't understand some points in it like "multi threten" or "from all its love".

**Water-types**: Water-types such as Tapu Fini, Slowbro and Toxapex all pressure Gyarados greatly, by threatening Scald burns and Hazing away its boosts. However, these Pokemon are threatened greatly by a boosted Supersonic Skystrike, and either Power Whip or Earthquake, respectively.

**Steel-types**: Steel-type Pokemon such as Corviknight, Skarmory, and Ferrothorn are a pain for Gyarados to get past, due to them being able to heal off damage from its boosted Supersonic Skystrike and coverage moves.

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be sure to go over the analysis thoroughly as well since there are a couple of grammar errors here and there.

 

[Zneon]

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comments in blue
removals in red

[SET]
name: Flyinium Z
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Bounce
move 3: Waterfall
move 4: Earthquake / Power Whip
item: Flyinium Z
ability: Moxie
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gyarados is a terrifying sweeper due to its combination of Dragon Dance and Moxie, letting it snowball weakened teams after it gets a kill. Its stellar typing allows it to pivot into Ground-type moves, and set up, while bluffing a mega evolution. However, its crippling Stealth Rock weakness alongside a poor initial speed tier means it struggles to find setup opportunities against a lot of teams. Dragon Dance allows Gyarados to consistently boost its stats, letting it clean up late game. Bounce in conjunction with Flyinium Z allows Gyarados to OHKO otherwise normal switch-ins like Grass-types such as Tangrowth, Tapu Bulu and Amoonguss who are lured in. Earthquake is another option that allows Gyarados to break through Toxapex easily, and allows it to reliably deny Magnezone, Mega Mawile and Tapu Koko from revenge killing it these Pokemon can still be broken through by waterfall, its just that earthquake actually does it reliably without relying on flinches. Power Whip allows Gyarados to break past Slowbro, Rotom-W and Tapu Fini efficiently, although is generally inferior to Earthquake due to Gyarados struggling to break past Toxapex, and Power Whip’s main targets can be chipped and weakened into Earthquake range easily.


Gyarados fits best on hyper offensive teams, because it often struggles to find multiple setup opportunities and its reliance on its Z Move to break through defensive checks to it means it needs a lot of support from its teammates to clean late game. Dual Screens setters such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl are extremely beneficial to Gyarados as it enables it to gain much more setup opportunities, and won't be as hindered by its mediocre bulk. Pokemon that can wear down Gyarados’ checks for it such as Mega Garchomp and Serperior are great partners, as they wear down bulky Grass- and Flying-types for it, such as Corviknight, Zapdos and Tangrowth. Mega Garchomp in particular is an exceptional teammate due to it providing an Electric-type immunity to cover Gyarados’ most crippling weakness, as well as it vastly appreciates Gyarados luring in bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth for it, and in return wears down Zapdos and Corviknight for it. Lastly, leads that deny or remove hazards such as Mega Diancie and Excadrill are extremely beneficial to Gyarados due to its impairing weakness to Stealth Rock. Taunt users such as Hawlucha, Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl are also extremely beneficial due to them denying Stealth Rock and Pokemon such as Toxapex recovery and can force damage on them.


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

Waterium Z is another option that allows Gyarados to effectively break through Zapdos and Corviknight after minimal chip or in rain but gives up the ability to hit Grass-types. Taunt can be used to dissuade Pokemon such as Toxapex, Ferrothorn and Clefable from statusing it, and deny them from recovery, but sacrifices an important coverage move. Intimidate can be used over Moxie to give Gyarados more physical bulk, but is overall much worse and as it completely removes its snowballing potential. you should add how intimidate allows it more setup opportunities vs physical attackers compared to moxie and give some examples of pokemon that are affected

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

**Electric-types**: Electric-types such as Rotom-W and Zapdos deal with Gyarados’ STAB’s with ease, and can take multiple hits and hit it back with their Electric-type STAB move. Other Electric-types such as Tapu-Koko, Zeraora and Thundurus-T can all take a hit and retaliate back, however Zeraora and Tapu Koko are unable to check it reliably if it uses Earthquake.

**Water-types**: Water-types such as Tapu Fini, Slowbro and Toxapex all pressure Gyarados greatly, by threatening Scald burns and Hazing away its boosts. However, these Pokemon are threatened greatly by a boosted Supersonic Skystrike, and either Power Whip or Earthquake, respectively. change this into "Bulky Water-types" rather than just Water-types

**Steel-types**: Steel-type Pokemon such as Corviknight, corviknight doesn't really have any way to annoy gyarados on its own outside of bulk up which is very team specific Skarmory, and Ferrothorn are a pain for Gyarados to get past, due to them being able to heal off damage from its boosted Supersonic Skystrike and coverage moves. reword this bit, focus on why skarmory and ferrothorn are hard matchups for it because of their options (skarmory has huge bulk and whirlwind, ferrothorn has leech seed + hard to break after the z move has been used)

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good job on this!

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[Adeleine]

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[SET]
name: Flyinium Z
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Bounce
move 3: Waterfall
move 4: Earthquake / Power Whip
item: Flyinium Z
ability: Moxie
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gyarados is a terrifying sweeper due to its combination of Dragon Dance and Moxie (RC) letting it snowball through weakened teams after it gets a kill. KO. Its stellar typing allows it to pivot into Ground-type moves (RC) and set up while bluffing a mega evolution. Mega Gyarados set. However, its crippling Stealth Rock weakness alongside a poor initial Speed tier means it struggles to find setup opportunities against a lot of teams. Dragon Dance allows Gyarados to consistently boost its stats, letting it clean up late game. Bounce in conjunction with Flyinium Z allows Gyarados to OHKO otherwise normal erstwhile switch-ins like Grass-types such as Tangrowth, Tapu Bulu and Amoonguss who are lured in. Bulu, and Amoonguss, which Gyarados lures in. Earthquake is another option that allows Gyarados to break through Toxapex easily, and allows it to reliably deny easily and reliably stop Magnezone, Mega Mawile, (AC) and Tapu Koko from revenge killing it. Power Whip is another option that allows Gyarados to break past Slowbro, Rotom-W, (AC) and Tapu Fini efficiently, although it is generally inferior to Earthquake due to Gyarados struggling to break past Toxapex, and Power Whip's (AA) main targets can be chipped and weakened into Earthquake range easily.


Gyarados fits best on hyper offensive teams (RC) because it oftens struggles to find multiple setup opportunities, (AC) and its reliance on its Z-Move (added hyphen) to break through defensive checks to it means it needs a lot of support from its teammates to clean late-game. (added hyphen) Dual Screens setters such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl are extremely beneficial to Gyarados as it enables it to gain much screens setters such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl give Gyarados many more setup opportunities (RC) and wont be as hindered by its mediocre bulk. than its mediocre bulk otherwise allows. (I imagine?) Pokemon that can wear down Gyarados’ checks for it Gyarados's checks, including bulky Grass- and Flying-types such as Corviknight, Zapdos, and Tangrowth, such as Mega Garchomp and Serperior are great partners, as they wear down bulky Grass- and Flying-types for it, such as Corviknight, Zapdos and Tangrowth. Mega Garchomp in particular is an exceptional teammate due to it providing an Electric-type exceptional due to providing an Electric immunity to cover Gyarados’ Gyarados's most crippling weakness, as well as it vastly appreciates greatly appreciating Gyarados luring in bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth for it, and in return wears down Zapdos and Corviknight for it. Lastly, leads that deny or remove entry hazards such as Mega Diancie and Excadrill are extremely beneficial to Gyarados due to its impairing help Gyarados's crippling weakness to Stealth Rock. Taunt users such as Hawlucha, Tapu Koko, (AC) and Grimmsnarl are also extremely beneficial due to them denying Stealth Rock and Pokemon such as Toxapex recovery and can other examples, and they can deny Pokemon like Toxapex recovery to force damage on them.


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

Waterium Z is another option item that allows Gyarados to effectively break through Zapdos and Corviknight after minimal chip damage or in rainl rain, but it gives up the ability to hit Grass-types. Taunt can be used to dissuade stop Pokemon such as Toxapex, Ferrothorn, (AC) and Clefable from statusing it (RC) and deny them from recovery, but it sacrifices an important coverage move. Intimidate can be used over Moxie to give Gyarados more physical bulk, and it allows more setup opportunities against physical attackers such as Mega Scizor and Gliscor, but it is overall much worse as because it completely removes its Gyarados's snowballing potential.

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

**Electric-types**: Electric-types such as Rotom-W and Zapdos deal with Gyarados’ STAB’s with ease, and can take multiple hits easily deal with Gyarados's STAB moves and hit it back with their Electric-type STAB moves. Other Electric-types such as Tapu Koko, (removed hyphen) Zeraora, (AC) and Thundurus-T can all take a hit and retaliate back, however but Zeraora and Tapu Koko are unable to check it reliably if it uses Earthquake. Earthquake Gyarados reliably.

**Bulky Water-types**: Water-types such as Tapu Fini, Slowbro, (AC) and Toxapex all pressure Gyarados greatly (RC) by threatening Scald burns and Hazing away removing its boosts with Haze. However, these Pokemon are threatened greatly by a boosted Supersonic Skystrike, and a boosted Supersonic Skystrike greatly threatens these Pokemon, as does either Power Whip or Earthquake, respectively.

**Steel-types**: Steel-type Pokemon such as Skarmory and Ferrothorn are a pain for Gyarados to get past, due to Skarmory being able to as Skarmory can boost its Defense alongside Gyarados (RC) or just Whirlwind it away, and phaze it with Whirlwind. Ferrothorn can Leech Seed Gyarados, being tough to break after its Z Move has been used. hit Gyarados with Leech Seed, and it's tough to break through after Gyarados has used its Z-Move.

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