RU Gyarados [GP 1/1]

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[OVERVIEW]

Gyarados shines in the RU tier thanks to its STAB combination, which is excellent against the common physical walls in Hippowdon and Chesnaught, and its bulk that allows it many opportunities to set up. The high power of Gyarados is excellent for breaking through opposing walls and the many opportunities it has to set up allow it to clean the remnants of opposing teams. Thanks to Terastallization, Gyarados finally has access to a reliable physical Flying-type move, and it uses it to great effect, threatening to sweep any team after a Dragon Dance. However, Tera Blast Gyarados is heavily reliant on Terrastalization, severely limiting its team's flexibility during both teambuilding and battle. The reliance of Terastallizing into the Flying-type also results in Gyarados remaining vulnerable to Electric-type foes. Even without Tera Blast, Gyarados suffers from a low Speed among its offensive peers, being outsped by Krookodile, Salamence, and Galarian Zapdos, and its lower physical bulk can leave it vulnerable to these Pokemon. Additionally, Gyarados without Taunt are susceptible to many forms of disruption and status.

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Tera Blast / Taunt / Ice Fang
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Covert Cloak
ability: Moxie / Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Flying / Ground

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Dragon Dance Gyarados is a devastating setup sweeper, capable of sweeping entire teams after a single turn of setup. Earthquake is used to deal super effective damage to bulky Steel-types like Empoleon and Hisuian Goodra, as well as being unresisted by Water-resistant foes in Amoonguss and Slowbro. Tera Blast Flying gives Gyarados access to a Flying-type STAB move that blows away Grass-types like Chesnaught and Amoonguss while managing to 2HKO Galarian Weezing and Reuniclus at +1 Attack. Tera Blast also does not make contact, preventing the effects of opposing Rocky Helmet users and Flame Body Talonflame. Ice Fang is a weaker option for Gyarados to hit Grass- and Dragon-types like Wo-Chien and Salamence that has the advantage of not requiring it to Terastallize. Taunt prevents opposing Slowbro and Reuniclus from paralyzing Gyarados with Thunder Wave, Galarian Weezing from burning it with Will-O-Wisp, and Hippowdon phazing it out with Whirlwind, as well as preventing recovery from Slowbro and Chesnaught. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Gyarados to ignore Stealth Rock, granting it more opportunities to set up Dragon Dance and greater longevity over the course of the game. Covert Cloak allows Gyarados to safely switch into and set up against Scald Slowbro and Suicune and provides protection against Jirachi's Body Slam and Fezandipiti's Toxic Chain. The combination of Covert Cloak and Taunt effectively provide Gyarados immunity to status effects, with the exception of status spreaders that outspeed it, like Gengar and Ribombee. Moxie allows Gyarados to continue to snowball after each KO, overwhelming the defensive Pokemon that would normally withstand its attacks. Intimidate allows it to set up against physical attackers like Krookodile and Mienshao more easily and provide some support for the rest of the team, though it activates Defiant and Competitive on opposing Bisharp, Galarian Zapdos, and Empoleon. A Jolly nature is necessary to outspeed Choice Scarf Gardevoir and Basculegion-F at +1 Speed. Tera Ground is an alternative for sets that forgo Tera Blast, boosting the damage of Earthquake, flipping Gyarados's crippling Electric weakness into an immunity, and preventing Thunder Wave from Reuniclus and Slowbro.

Gyarados can fit on any offense team, ranging from hyper offense to bulky offense, that can take advantage of its snowballing ability with Moxie or its defensive utility with Intimidate and its Ground immunity. Gyarados pairs well with other physical attackers like Revavroom, Krookodile, and Maushold because it is able to beat many of the physical walls in the tier to enable its partners; alternatively, they can cause enough damage to allow Gyarados to break through its own checks. On more balanced teams, U-turn users like Mienshao and Slither Wing can pivot into Gyarados against such targets, granting easy opportunities to set up, particularly if running Taunt. If Gyarados chooses to forgo Heavy-Duty Boots, it enjoys the aid of entry hazard removal from the likes of Maushold and Cyclizar to preserve its HP. Due to its reliance on Terastallization, Tera Blast Gyarados prefers allies that are able to excel without Tera, like Gardevoir and Hisuian Zoroark, that will allow Gyarados to use the mechanic itself and threaten physical walls like Slowbro and Galarian Weezing. Entry hazard support from Pokemon like Krookodile and Mew can further facilitate Gyarados's ability to clean a game, particularly with Moxie.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Crunch allows Gyarados to hit Psychic-types like Slowbro and Reuniclus, with Tera Dark able to boost this damage further. Gyarados can use a Choice Scarf for immediate Speed, with Moxie providing Attack boosts that allow it to serve as a late-game cleaner. A Lum Berry can serve the combined purpose of Covert Cloak and Taunt without having to use a moveslot. Substitute + Leftovers is an alternate form of protection from status while protecting Gyarados from potential revenge killers like Bisharp and Choice Band Slither Wing.

Checks and Counters
====

**Electric-types**: Tera Flying Gyarados maintains its weakness to Electric-type attacks, leaving it vulnerable to Kilowattrel and Raikou, which can OHKO it with Thunderbolt after Stealth Rock or Volt Switch into a Pokemon that can deal with the weakened Gyarados.

**Physical Walls**: Walls that take neutral damage from Gyarados's attacks, like Slowbro, Galarian Weezing, and Umbreon, can survive its attacks while threatening it with status, unless Gyarados is Covert Cloak + Taunt.

**Choice Scarf Users**: Galarian Zapdos, Krookodile, and Terrakion can use a Choice Scarf and outspeed a Gyarados at +1 Speed, threatening to revenge kill it with ease.

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[OVERVIEW]

Considering not all Gyarados run tera blast flying and it's not really it's defining feature, you should make this the second line and write a first line just describing gyara as a powerful sweeper with good defensive utility. Thanks to the Terastal phenomenon, Gyarados finally has access to a reliable physical Flying-type move, and uses it to great effect, threatening to sweep any team after a Dragon Dance add that this is because Water+Flying is very rarely resisted. Where Gyarados shines in the RU tier is that its STAB combination is excellent against the common physical walls in Hippowdon and Chesnaught, and its bulk allows it many opportunities to set up. The high power of Gyarados is excellent for breaking through opposing walls and cleaning the remains of the team. This kind of description should be in the first line/two lines as per my first comment. However, Tera Blast Gyarados is heavily reliant on the use of its team's Terastallization, severely limiting flexibility during both teambuilding and battle. Should an ally use the resource in battle will result in a Gyarados that is stuck with the near-useless version of Tera Blast, and this knowledge can be taken advantage of by the opponent. fluff The reliance of Terastallizing into the Flying-type also results in Gyarados remaining vulnerable to Electric-type foes. You almost exclusively talk about the drawbacks of tera flying Gyara here, elaborate a bit more on its weaknesses that apply to most sets, including things like disruption/status (particularly for tauntless gyara), its middle-of-the-road speed before setting up, and its low phys Defense. Additionally, the Intimidate that Gyarados often takes advantage of can prove detrimental against common Pokemon in the tier like Defiant Bisharp and Galarian Zapdos, and Competitive Empoleon. This isnt that big of a disadvantage because unless you get hit by a sneaky double you can just choose not to switch in on these + Moxie is the main ability.

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Tera Blast / Taunt / Ice Fang
item: Heavy Duty Boots / Covert Cloak
ability: Moxie / Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Flying / Ground

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Earthquake is used to deal super effective damage to bulky Steel-types like Empoleon and Hisuian Goodra, as well as being a powerful neutral move against Water resists Amoonguss and Slowbro. Tera Flying Tera Blast gives Gyarados access to a Flying STAB move, that blows away Grass-types like Chesnaught and Amoonguss while managing to 2HKO Galarian Weezing and Reuniclus at +1 Attack. Tera Blast also does not making contact, preventing the effects of opposing Rocky Helmet users and Flame Body Talonflame. Ice Fang is a weaker option for Gyarados to hit Grass- and Dragon-types examples that has the advantage of not requiring it to Terastallize. Taunt prevents opposing Slowbro and Reuniclus from using Thunder Wave, Galarian Weezing from burning Gyarados with Will-O-Wisp, and Hippowdon from using Whirlwind to phaze it out also mention it preventing hippo, slowbro, and ches from using recovery. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Gyarados to enter the field healthy ignore Stealth Rock, granting it more opportunities to set up Dragon Dance and greater longevity over the course of the game. Covert Cloak allows Gyarados to safely switch into and set up against Scald Slowbro and Vaporeon, as well as provide protection against Jirachi's Body Slam and Fezandipiti's Toxic Chain. The combination of Covert Cloak + Taunt effectively provide Gyarados immunity to status effects, with the exception of status spreaders that outspeed it, like Gengar and Ribombee. Moxie allows Gyarados to continue to snowball after each KO, overwhelming the defensive Pokemon that would normally withstand its attacks. Intimidate allows it to set up against physical attackers examples more easily, and provide some support for the rest of the team. A Jolly nature is necessary to outspeed Choice Scarf Gardevoir and Basculegion-F at +1 Speed. Tera Ground is an alternative for sets that forgo Tera Blast, boosting the damage of Earthquake, flipping Gyarados's crippling Electric weakness into an immunity, and preventing Thunder Wave from Reuniclus and Chansey Slowbro.

Gyarados can fit on any offense unfortunately we use the american spelling here team, ranging from hyper offense to bulky offense, that can take advantage of its power a little vague, maybe highlight its snowballing ability with moxie and defensive utility via intimidate and ground immunity instead. It appreciates help from other physical attackers like Revavroom and Krookodile in order to chip its few checks examples into KO range. Many physical attackers that are deterred by Rocky Helmet users like Chesnaught and Hippowdon, such as Maushold or Dragon Dance Salamence, are enabled when Gyarados is able to remove them. These two sentences kind of talk about the same thing since revavroom and krookodile also appreciate phys walls gone; reword this in 1 sentence to instead emphasize how phys wallbreaker partners and Gyarados are mutually helpful to each other by overwhelming shared checks. On more balanced teams, U-turn users like Mienshao and Slither Wing can pivot into Gyarados against such targets, granting easy opportunities to set up This only really applies to taunt gyara so emphasize that. If Gyarados chooses to forgo Heavy Duty Boots, it enjoys the aid of entry hazard removal from the likes of Maushold and Cyclizar to preserve its HP. Healing Wish from Gardevoir and Jirachi is a valuable tool for Gyarados, allowing it to do initial damage to an opposing wall, then come back in later in the game and clean up is this more important for gyara over other setup sweepers? maybe talk about it almost always having enough bulk to set up or its cleaning ability vs a chipped opposing team with moxie. Due to its reliance on Terastallizing, Pokemon that lean heavily on their ability to do so, like Yanmega and Lucario, make poor teammates for Tera Blast Gyarados. not necessary to talk about bad teammates Instead, it prefers allies who are able to excel without Tera, like Gardevoir and Hisuian Zoroark, that will allow Gyarados to use the mechanic itself. reword this a little bit since I removed the "Due to tis reliance" sentence and also mention some other benefits that they provide, like threatening defensive pokemon like gweez and slowbro. Mention Gyarados's own entry hazard support somewhere since that helps it clean especially with moxie.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Crunch allows Gyarados to hit Psychic-types like Slowbro and Reuniclus for super effective damage. Tera Dark can boost this damage further and provide an immunity to Prankster users like Klefki not too relevant + tera ground does that too. Gyarados can use a Choice Scarf for immediate speed, with Moxie providing Attack boosts that allow it to serve as a late game cleaner. A Lum Berry can serve the combined purpose of Covert Cloak and Taunt without having to use a move slot. Substitute + Leftovers is an alternate form of protection from status, also protecting Gyarados from potential revenge killers examples.

Checks and Counters
====

**Grass-types**: Grass-types like Chesnaught and Amoonguss take little damage from Gyarados's attacks, and can deal strong damage back while also healing. Also mention Wo-Chien Tera Flying Tera Blast does easily beat them however.

**Electric-types**: Tera Flying Gyarados maintains its weakness to Electric-type attacks, leaving it vulnerable to Killowattrel and Raikou who can OHKO after Stealth Rock or Volt Switch into a Pokemon that can deal with the weakened Gyarados.

**Physical Walls**: Talk about slowbro, gweez, umbreon etc taking little damage from gyara and threatening it with status if it isnt covert cloak + taunt.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/machjacob.555741/
Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:

Good work, implement and ready for QC 2
 
[OVERVIEW]

The high power of Gyarados is excellent for breaking through opposing walls and cleaning the remains of many opposing teams you don't really need high power to clean, maybe talk about its type and setup potential to act as a cleaner. Thanks to the Terastal phenomenon, Gyarados finally has access to a reliable physical Flying-type move, and uses it to great effect, threatening to sweep any team after a Dragon Dance. Where Gyarados shines in the RU tier is that its STAB combination is excellent against the common physical walls in Hippowdon and Chesnaught, and its bulk allows it many opportunities to set up. this sentence could be the very first one However, Tera Blast Gyarados is heavily reliant on the use of its team's Terastallization, severely limiting flexibility during both teambuilding and battle. The reliance of Terastallizing into the Flying-type also results in Gyarados remaining vulnerable to Electric-type foes. Even without Tera Blast, Gyarados suffers from a low Speed among its offensive peers, being outsped by Krookodile, Salamence, and Galarian Zapdos, and its lower physical bulk can leave it vulnerable to these Pokemon. Additionally, Gyarados without Taunt are susceptible to many forms of disruption and status.

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Tera Blast / Taunt / Ice Fang
item: Heavy Duty Boots / Covert Cloak
ability: Moxie / Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Flying / Ground

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

add a quick sentence about the role of the set and its place in the metagame Earthquake is used to deal super effective damage to bulky Steel-types like Empoleon and Hisuian Goodra, as well as being a powerful neutral move against Water resists Amoonguss and Slowbro. Tera Flying Tera Blast gives Gyarados access to a Flying STAB move, that blows away Grass-types like Chesnaught and Amoonguss while managing to 2HKO Galarian Weezing and Reuniclus at +1 Attack. Tera Blast also does not making contact, preventing the effects of opposing Rocky Helmet users and Flame Body Talonflame. Ice Fang is a weaker option for Gyarados to hit Grass- and Dragon-types like Wo-Chien and Salamence that has the advantage of not requiring it to Terastallize. Taunt prevents opposing Slowbro and Reuniclus from using Thunder Wave, Galarian Weezing from burning Gyarados with Will-O-Wisp, and Hippowdon from using Whirlwind to phaze it out, as well as preventing recovery from Slowbro and Chesnaught. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Gyarados to ignore Stealth Rock, granting it more opportunities to set up Dragon Dance and greater longevity over the course of the game. Covert Cloak allows Gyarados to safely switch into and set up against Scald Slowbro and Vaporeon Suicune, as well as provide protection against Jirachi's Body Slam and Fezandipiti's Toxic Chain. The combination of Covert Cloak + Taunt effectively provide Gyarados immunity to status effects, with the exception of status spreaders that outspeed it, like Gengar and Ribombee. Moxie allows Gyarados to continue to snowball after each KO, overwhelming the defensive Pokemon that would normally withstand its attacks. Intimidate allows it to set up against physical attackers like Krookodile and Mienshao more easily, and provide some support for the rest of the team, but activates Defiant and Competitive on opposing Bisharp, Galarian Zapdos, and Empoleon. A Jolly nature is necessary to outspeed Choice Scarf Gardevoir and Basculegion-F at +1 Speed. Tera Ground is an alternative for sets that forgo Tera Blast, boosting the damage of Earthquake, flipping Gyarados's crippling Electric weakness into an immunity, and preventing Thunder Wave from Reuniclus and Slowbro.

Gyarados can fit on any offense team, ranging from hyper offense to bulky offense, that can take advantage of its snowballing ability with Moxie, or its defensive utility with Intimidate and its Ground immunity. Gyarados pairs well with other physical attackers like Revavroom, Krookodile, and Maushold because it is able to beat many of the physical walls in the tier to enable its partners, or they can cause enough damage to allow Gyarados to break through its own checks. On more balanced teams, U-turn users like Mienshao and Slither Wing can pivot into Gyarados against such targets, granting easy opportunities to set up, particularly if running Taunt. If Gyarados chooses to forgo Heavy Duty Boots, it enjoys the aid of entry hazard removal from the likes of Maushold and Cyclizar to preserve its HP. Due to its reliance on Terastallizing, Tera Blast Gyarados prefers allies who are able to excel without Tera, like Gardevoir and Hisuian Zoroark, that will allow Gyarados to use the mechanic itself, and also threaten physical walls like Slowbro and Galarian Weezing. Entry hazard support from Pokemon like Krookodile and Mew can further facilitate Gyarados's ability to clean a game, particularly with Moxie.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Crunch allows Gyarados to hit Psychic-types like Slowbro and Reuniclus for super effective damage, with Tera Dark able to boost this damage further. Gyarados can use a Choice Scarf for immediate speed, with Moxie providing Attack boosts that allow it to serve as a late game cleaner. A Lum Berry can serve the combined purpose of Covert Cloak and Taunt without having to use a move slot. Substitute + Leftovers is an alternate form of protection from status, also protecting Gyarados from potential revenge killers like Bisharp or Choice Band Slither Wing.

Checks and Counters
====

**Grass-types**: Grass-types like Chesnaught, Amoonguss, and Wo-Chien take little damage from Gyarados's attacks, and can deal strong damage back while also healing. Tera Flying Tera Blast does easily beat them however. this set should beat Grass-types most of the time so you can scrap that

add something about Choice Scarf users who outspeed Gyarados even after a Dragon Dance and can threaten to revenge kill it, stuff like Gapdos, Terrakion, Gengar and so on

**Electric-types**: Tera Flying Gyarados maintains its weakness to Electric-type attacks, leaving it vulnerable to Killowattrel and Raikou who can OHKO after Stealth Rock or Volt Switch into a Pokemon that can deal with the weakened Gyarados.

**Physical Walls**: Walls that take neutral damage from Gyarados's attacks, like Slowbro, Galarian Weezing, and Umbreon, can survive them while threatening it with status, unless it is Covert Cloak + Taunt.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/machjacob.555741/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sir-tetris.655207/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rarelyme.513635/
Grammar checked by:
Great job as usual, implement this and we're good to go.

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[OVERVIEW]

Gyarados shines in the RU tier thanks to its STAB combination, (AC) which is excellent against the common physical walls in Hippowdon and Chesnaught, and its bulk which that allows it many opportunities to set up. The high power of Gyarados is excellent for breaking through opposing walls and the many opportunities it has to set up allow it to clean the remnants of opposing teams. Thanks to the Terastal phenomenon Terastallization, Gyarados finally has access to a reliable physical Flying-type move, and it uses it to great effect, threatening to sweep any team after a Dragon Dance. However, Tera Blast Gyarados is heavily reliant on the use of Terastallization, severely limiting its team's Terastallization, severely limiting flexibility during both teambuilding and battle. The reliance of Terastallizing into the Flying-type also results in Gyarados remaining vulnerable to Electric-type foes. Even without Tera Blast, Gyarados suffers from a low Speed among its offensive peers, being outsped by Krookodile, Salamence, and Galarian Zapdos, and its lower physical bulk can leave it vulnerable to these Pokemon. Additionally, Gyarados without Taunt are susceptible to many forms of disruption and status.

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Tera Blast / Taunt / Ice Fang
item: Heavy Duty Heavy-Duty Boots / Covert Cloak
ability: Moxie / Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Flying / Ground

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Dragon Dance Gyarados is a devastating setup sweeper, capable of sweeping entire teams after a single turn of setup. Earthquake is used to deal super effective damage to bulky Steel-types like Empoleon and Hisuian Goodra, as well as being a powerful neutral move against Water resists unresisted by Water-resistant foes in Amoonguss and Slowbro. Tera Blast Flying Tera Blast gives Gyarados access to a Flying Flying-type STAB move (RC) that blows away Grass-types like Chesnaught and Amoonguss while managing to 2HKO Galarian Weezing and Reuniclus at +1 Attack. Tera Blast also does not making make contact, preventing the effects of opposing Rocky Helmet users and Flame Body Talonflame. Ice Fang is a weaker option for Gyarados to hit Grass- and Dragon-types like Wo-Chien and Salamence that has the advantage of not requiring it to Terastallize. Taunt prevents opposing Slowbro and Reuniclus from using paralyzing Gyarados with Thunder Wave, Galarian Weezing from burning Gyarados it with Will-O-Wisp, and Hippowdon from using Whirlwind to phaze it out phazing it out with Whirlwind, as well as preventing recovery from Slowbro and Chesnaught. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Gyarados to ignore Stealth Rock, granting it more opportunities to set up Dragon Dance and greater longevity over the course of the game. Covert Cloak allows Gyarados to safely switch into and set up against Scald Slowbro and Suicune (RC) as well as provide and provides protection against Jirachi's Body Slam and Fezandipiti's Toxic Chain. The combination of Covert Cloak + and Taunt effectively provide Gyarados immunity to status effects, with the exception of status spreaders that outspeed it, like Gengar and Ribombee. Moxie allows Gyarados to continue to snowball after each KO, overwhelming the defensive Pokemon that would normally withstand its attacks. Intimidate allows it to set up against physical attackers like Krookodile and Mienshao more easily (RC) and provide some support for the rest of the team, but though it activates Defiant and Competitive on opposing Bisharp, Galarian Zapdos, and Empoleon. A Jolly nature is necessary to outspeed Choice Scarf Gardevoir and Basculegion-F at +1 Speed. Tera Ground is an alternative for sets that forgo Tera Blast, boosting the damage of Earthquake, flipping Gyarados's crippling Electric weakness into an immunity, and preventing Thunder Wave from Reuniclus and Slowbro.

Gyarados can fit on any offense team, ranging from hyper offense to bulky offense, that can take advantage of its snowballing ability with Moxie (RC) or its defensive utility with Intimidate and its Ground immunity. Gyarados pairs well with other physical attackers like Revavroom, Krookodile, and Maushold because it is able to beat many of the physical walls in the tier to enable its partners; (ASC) alternatively, or they can cause enough damage to allow Gyarados to break through its own checks. On more balanced teams, U-turn users like Mienshao and Slither Wing can pivot into Gyarados against such targets, granting easy opportunities to set up, particularly if running Taunt. If Gyarados chooses to forgo Heavy Duty Heavy-Duty Boots, it enjoys the aid of entry hazard removal from the likes of Maushold and Cyclizar to preserve its HP. Due to its reliance on Terastallizing Terastallization, Tera Blast Gyarados prefers allies who that are able to excel without Tera, like Gardevoir and Hisuian Zoroark, that will allow Gyarados to use the mechanic itself (RC) and also threaten physical walls like Slowbro and Galarian Weezing. Entry hazard support from Pokemon like Krookodile and Mew can further facilitate Gyarados's ability to clean a game, particularly with Moxie.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Crunch allows Gyarados to hit Psychic-types like Slowbro and Reuniclus for super effective damage, with Tera Dark able to boost this damage further. Gyarados can use a Choice Scarf for immediate Speed, with Moxie providing Attack boosts that allow it to serve as a late game late-game cleaner. A Lum Berry can serve the combined purpose of Covert Cloak and Taunt without having to use a move slot moveslot. Substitute + Leftovers is an alternate form of protection from status (RC) also while protecting Gyarados from potential revenge killers like Bisharp or and Choice Band Slither Wing.

Checks and Counters
====

**Electric-types**: Tera Flying Gyarados maintains its weakness to Electric-type attacks, leaving it vulnerable to Killowattrel Kilowattrel and Raikou, (AC) which who can OHKO it after Stealth Rock (with?) or Volt Switch into a Pokemon that can deal with the weakened Gyarados.

**Physical Walls**: Walls that take neutral damage from Gyarados's attacks, like Slowbro, Galarian Weezing, and Umbreon, can survive them its attacks while threatening it with status, unless it Gyarados is Covert Cloak + Taunt.

**Choice Scarf Users**: Galarian Zapdos, Krookodile, and Terrakion can use a Choice Scarf and outspeed a Gyarados at +1 Speed, threatening to revenge kill it with ease.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/machjacob.555741/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sir-tetris.655207/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rarelyme.513635/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/

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