Mega Gyarados Raid Day

Mega Gyarados

On Saturday 8 October, 2022 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm local time, Mega Gyarados will appear more frequently in raids. You can find out more about defeating Mega Gyarados here: Mega Gyarados Raid Counters Guide.

Gyarados can be caught in the following CP ranges:

• 1855 CP – 1937 CP (no weather boost)
• 2319 CP – 2422 CP (boosted by Windy or Rainy weather)

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 3-5 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat this fan favourite Mega, as well as its optimal stats, moves and CP range.

Best Mega Gyarados Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Mega Gyarados:

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Discharge Electric	665.59s	39.50
2.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric	724.69s	31.58
3.	Pheromosa	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	665.77s	49.70
4.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	771.12s	23.42
5.	Lucario	Counter Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	716.75s	37.75
6.	Therian Thundurus	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	760.72s	41.36
7.	Conkeldurr	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	777.62s	36.42
8.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	844.63s	23.25
9.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	804.81s	36.30
10.	Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	782.62s	39.33
11.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	784.19s	41.40
12.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Sacred Sword Fighting	827.82s	34.13
13.	Buzzwole	Counter Fighting	Superpower Fighting	844.16s	29.78
14.	Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	856.23s	32.67
15.	Machamp	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	814.54s	37.70
16.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	836.54s	30.00
17.	Zacian	Quick Attack Normal	Play Rough Fairy	888.63s	19.55
18.	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch Electric	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	860.95s	26.44
19.	Breloom	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	792.18s	45.17
20.	Pirouette Meloetta	Low Kick Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	846.01s	31.09
21.	Roserade	Razor Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	811.79s	40.33
22.	Hero Zacian	Quick Attack Normal	Play Rough Fairy	883.25s	22.30
23.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	837.81s	34.33
24.	Heracross	Counter Fighting	Megahorn Bug	879.70s	39.00
25.	Gardevoir	Charm Fairy	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	875.42s	21.00
26.	Normal Deoxys	Charge Beam Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	781.95s	63.50
27.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	876.52s	34.20
28.	Sirfetch'd	Counter Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	860.86s	36.00
29.	Hariyama	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	870.18s	38.00
30.	Luxray	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	826.01s	39.29
31.	Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	826.13s	37.33
32.	Leafeon	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	891.53s	33.67
33.	Togekiss	Charm Fairy	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	907.73s	21.50
34.	Exeggutor	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	876.36s	37.00
35.	Leavanny	Bug Bite Bug	Leaf Storm Grass	874.55s	38.50

Best Mega Pokémon vs Mega Gyarados

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	571.91s	20.92
2.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	538.43s	31.08
3.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	613.50s	27.67
4.	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	583.03s	37.33
5.	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	641.87s	31.75

Additional information

Mega Gyarados Raid Day was originally planned to run from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time, but due to a problem of starting sooner than planned in early time zones, the event was extended to run from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. world wide.

Trainers, we're aware Mega Gyarados Raid Day started at 11:00 a.m. local time rather than the announced 2:00 p.m. in earlier regions. As such, we have decided to extend Raid Day in all regions from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for a total of 6 hours instead of the previous 3 hours.

— Niantic Support (@NianticHelp) October 7, 2022