Gyarados Raid Counters Guide

Gyarados

The fabled Gyarados is tier Raid boss in Pokémon GO. It is a Water and Flying typing, so is double weak to Electric-type Pokémon, as well as Rock types.

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 can be caught with the following Combat Values:

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

Gyarados Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Regieleki	Lock-On	Thunder Cage	54.75	3	70s
2.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	52.57	2	72s
3.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	51.81	3	73s
4.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	52.93	3	72s
5.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	52.28	3	73s
6.	Therian Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	51.55	3	73s
7.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	50.23	3	75s
8.	Shadow Magnezone	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	50.26	2	74s
9.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt	48.49	2	77s
10.	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	47.45	4	80s
11.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	45.96	2	82s
12.	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	43.95	2	86s
13.	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	44.64	3	85s
14.	Alola Shadow Golem	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	44.03	4	85s
15.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	43.28	3	88s
16.	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	45.47	5	85s
17.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	42.03	3	90s
18.	Magnezone	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	42.10	2	88s
19.	Shadow Magneton	Thunder Shock	Discharge	41.81	4	91s
20.	Pawmot	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	41.24	4	92s
21.	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	42.49	5	90s
22.	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	40.27	2	92s
23.	Shadow Arcanine	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	40.89	4	92s
24.	Vikavolt	Volt Switch	Discharge	40.18	4	94s
25.	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	40.05	4	94s
26.	Shadow Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	39.72	4	95s
27.	Incarnate Thundurus	Thunder Shock	Thunder Punch	38.98	4	97s
28.	Jolteon	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	37.97	4	99s
29.	Shadow Porygon-Z	Charge Beam	Zap Cannon	38.80	5	97s
30.	Low Key Toxtricity	Spark	Wild Charge	38.32	4	99s

Gyarados Stats and Moveset

	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.