Introduction
It's Gyarados, a pokemon accepted long ago as a joke in Ubers. It's a huge manly fish with great stats all round, unique typing and its performance in the OU metagame is well recognized. The bad news is, many players ( Jibaku, Fireburn really hate it ) think it is just unfit for Ubers started way back in DPP. The lack of Swift Swim hurts it as a sweeper and that base 81 Speed is just disappointing even with Dragon Dance. Finally at the end of BW2 Gyarados was approved by the QC Team for it's manliness and niche use.
Why you should like Gyarados
Gyarados was picked as one of the manliest pokemon in the game, and check out that huge gaping jaws and you will know what I mean. User trickroom originally liked Ubers Gyarados after watching this underrated serpent smashed a Rayquaza one-on-one, and soon he felt in love with this wonderful creature. At one time, Gyarados was #40 in the Ubers's usage, after repeated attempts of getting Gyarados approved. It even appeared in one of the articles as a horrible pokemon to use in Ubers! Well, that is history, Gyarados found a niche in Ubers. Why will you hate such a manly and awesome pokemon anyway? As the manliest serpent ever, Gyarados is made to cause destruction, and it can even throw stones via Stone Edge, smash the ground with Earthquake, and Bounce right up into the air, a giant fish flying in the sky that would be just awesome.
Competitive use
Base 125 Attack is just good enough to hit the opponent hard, and while lower than those Uber titans, Gyarados's main STAB can be boosted by the weather. Water/Flying is just a rare typing, only shared by rarely used pokemon, who never saw use in the higher tiers. 95/79/100 defenses might not seem much, but Intimidate can go a long way, pushing it's Defense to the level of Lugia's. Taking out Gyarados seems pretty easy, as it is 4x weak to Thunder, a common move thrown around, but one will notice, most of Gyarados partners are common rain or sand pokemon resisting Electric or Rock-type attacks such as Dialga, Ferrothorn, Excadrill, Gastrodon and Grass Arceus. It also gets access to Taunt, a move most walls in Ubers lack, with the exception of Skarmory.
It's Gyarados, a pokemon accepted long ago as a joke in Ubers. It's a huge manly fish with great stats all round, unique typing and its performance in the OU metagame is well recognized. The bad news is, many players ( Jibaku, Fireburn really hate it ) think it is just unfit for Ubers started way back in DPP. The lack of Swift Swim hurts it as a sweeper and that base 81 Speed is just disappointing even with Dragon Dance. Finally at the end of BW2 Gyarados was approved by the QC Team for it's manliness and niche use.
Why you should like Gyarados
Gyarados was picked as one of the manliest pokemon in the game, and check out that huge gaping jaws and you will know what I mean. User trickroom originally liked Ubers Gyarados after watching this underrated serpent smashed a Rayquaza one-on-one, and soon he felt in love with this wonderful creature. At one time, Gyarados was #40 in the Ubers's usage, after repeated attempts of getting Gyarados approved. It even appeared in one of the articles as a horrible pokemon to use in Ubers! Well, that is history, Gyarados found a niche in Ubers. Why will you hate such a manly and awesome pokemon anyway? As the manliest serpent ever, Gyarados is made to cause destruction, and it can even throw stones via Stone Edge, smash the ground with Earthquake, and Bounce right up into the air, a giant fish flying in the sky that would be just awesome.
Competitive use
Base 125 Attack is just good enough to hit the opponent hard, and while lower than those Uber titans, Gyarados's main STAB can be boosted by the weather. Water/Flying is just a rare typing, only shared by rarely used pokemon, who never saw use in the higher tiers. 95/79/100 defenses might not seem much, but Intimidate can go a long way, pushing it's Defense to the level of Lugia's. Taking out Gyarados seems pretty easy, as it is 4x weak to Thunder, a common move thrown around, but one will notice, most of Gyarados partners are common rain or sand pokemon resisting Electric or Rock-type attacks such as Dialga, Ferrothorn, Excadrill, Gastrodon and Grass Arceus. It also gets access to Taunt, a move most walls in Ubers lack, with the exception of Skarmory.
