Gyarados Raid Counters Guide

Gyarados

The fabled Gyarados is a tier 3 Raid boss in Pokémon GO. As a Water and Flying typing, it is double-weak to Electric-type Pokémon and is also weak to Rock types.

After beating the Raid, Gyarados can be caught with the following Combat Values:

• 1855 – 1937 CP, at Level 20 and no weather boost
• 2319 – 2422 CP, at Level 25 and boosted by Rainy or Windy weather

Gyarados can be soloed, but lower-level trainers or those without ideal counters may want to bring a friend.

In this guide, we will cover what the best counters to take down Gyarados are, what the best strategy is, and what CPs you should watch out for after your successful battle.

Gyarados Raid Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Therian Shadow Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	60.32	3	63s
2.	Zeraora	Volt Switch	Plasma Fists	53.22	2	70s
3.	Regieleki	Lock-On	Thunder Cage	54.75	3	70s
4.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	52.55	2	72s
5.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	51.78	3	73s
6.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	52.24	3	73s
7.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	52.88	3	73s
8.	Therian Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	51.52	3	73s
9.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	49.24	2	76s
10.	Shadow Magnezone	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	50.23	2	74s
11.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	50.22	3	75s
12.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt	48.46	2	77s
13.	Mega X Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	47.55	2	79s
14.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	45.94	2	82s
15.	Shadow Vikavolt	Volt Switch	Discharge	47.75	4	80s
16.	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	47.45	4	80s
17.	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	43.94	2	86s
18.	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	44.61	3	85s
19.	Magnezone	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	42.08	2	88s
20.	Alola Shadow Golem	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	44.03	4	85s
21.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	43.25	3	88s
22.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	42.02	3	90s
23.	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	45.41	5	85s
24.	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	40.25	2	92s
25.	Shadow Magneton	Thunder Shock	Discharge	41.80	4	91s

Gyarados Overview

	Gyarados WaterFlying
Max CP	3834
ATK	237
DEF	186
HP	216
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Bite Dragon Breath Dragon Tail* Waterfall
Charge moves	Aqua Tail* Twister Dragon Pulse Hydro Pump Outrage Crunch

*Denotes a Legacy Move, only obtainable via Elite TM.

Gyarados Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Gyarados	Gyarados

All the best, trainers!