Doubles ADV Gyarados

[zee]

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Hidden Power Flying / Hidden Power Rock
move 3: Dragon Dance
move 4: Protect
item: Lum Berry
ability: Intimidate
nature: Adamant
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

• Gyarados can be an alternative Dragon Dance sweeper to Tyranitar, boasting better matchups against Metagross and Water-types like Swampert as well as Intimidate. However, it hits noticeably weaker than Tyranitar and is reliant on support from Marowak's Lightning Rod to keep it safe from Thunderbolt from Raikou, Zapdos, and Gengar and requires multiple Dragon Dance boosts to deal serious damage. It should be noted that this is difficult to pull off consistently due to the tier's fast pace.
• Earthquake is powerful spread damage, but takes a few Dragon Dance boosts to become truly scary. It OHKOes Raikou at +1 Attack and Tyranitar and Metagross at +2.
• Hidden Power Flying gives Gyarados a strong STAB attack, KOing Gengar and Sceptile at +1 and Starmie at +2 Attack. Hidden Power Rock is an option to hit Zapdos, but it will only OHKO at +2 Attack.
• Gyarados requires an Adamant nature to always OHKO 252 HP Metagross with a +2 Earthquake, though a Jolly nature will allow it to outspeed the rarely-seen Aerodactyl after a single Dragon Dance boost.
• Lum Berry temporarily keeps Gyarados safe from any Thunder Wave or Will-O-Wisp it might draw in to halt its attempts to sweep.
• Lightning Rod Marowak is an absolute requirement for Gyarados, as most teams will have either an Electric-type like Raikou and Zapdos or Electric coverage like Thunderbolt on Gengar and Latias. Metagross, Steelix, and Thunderbolt-less Gengar can really only pressure Gyarados with Explosion, so pairing it with Gengar or multiple Protect users to block incoming Explosion will be helpful. Dual screens support from Latias to improve Gyarados's overall bulk will also go a long way in supporting its Dragon Dance sweep. Snorlax appreciates Gyarados's Intimidate and helps it out by checking Raikou and Zapdos thanks to its superb special bulk.

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[ryo yamada2001]

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Hidden Power Flying / Hidden Power Rock
move 3: Dragon Dance
move 4: Protect
item: Lum Berry
ability: Intimidate
nature: Adamant
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

• Gyarados makes for an alternative Dragon Dance sweeper to Tyranitar, boasting better matchups against Metagross and Water-types like Swampert as well as Intimidate. However, it hits noticeably weaker than Tyranitar and is reliant on support from Marowak's Lightning Rod to keep it safe from Thunderbolts from Raikou, Zapdos, and Gengar as well as and requires multiple Dragon Dance boosts to deal serious damage. (worth mentioning ADV is a fast paced metagame and that Gyarados rarely gets the opportunity to DD twice)
• Earthquake is powerful spread damage, but takes a few Dragon Dance boosts to become truly scary. It OHKOes Raikou at +1 Attack and Tyranitar and Metagross at +2.
• Hidden Power Flying gives Gyarados a strong STAB attack, KOing Gengar and Sceptile at +1 and Starmie at +2 Attack. Hidden Power Rock is an option to hit Zapdos, but it will only OHKO after 2 Attack boosts.
• Dragon Dance lets Gyarados serve as a threatening win condition, providing it the boosts to its Attack and Speed that it requires to sweep through opposing teams. (this point seems a bit frivolous when you explain dragon dance power in the prior points)
• Gyarados requires an Adamant nature to OHKO 252 HP Metagross 100% of the time with a +2 Earthquake, though a Jolly nature will allow it to outspeed the rarely-seen Aerodactyl after a single Dragon Dance boost.
• Lum Berry temporarily keeps Gyarados safe from any Thunder Waves or Will-O-Wisp it might draw in to halt its attempts to sweep.
• Lightning Rod Marowak is an absolute requirement for Gyarados, as most serious teams will have either an Electric-type like Raikou and Zapdos or Electric coverage like Thunderbolt on Gengar and Latias. Metagross, Steelix, and Thunderbolt-less Gengar can really only pressure Gyarados with Explosion, so pairing it with Gengar or multiple Protect users to block incoming Explosions will be helpful. Screens support from Latias to improve Gyarados's overall bulk will also go a long way in supporting its Dragon Dance sweep. Snorlax appreciates Gyarados's Intimidate and helps it out by checking Raikou and Zapdos thanks to its superb special bulk.

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1/2 why is nobody using bulky thunder wave in this gen?

 

[Smudge]

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Hidden Power Flying / Hidden Power Rock
move 3: Dragon Dance
move 4: Protect
item: Lum Berry
ability: Intimidate
nature: Adamant
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

• Gyarados makes for an alternative Dragon Dance sweeper to Tyranitar, boasting better matchups against Metagross and Water-types like Swampert as well as Intimidate. However, it hits noticeably weaker than Tyranitar and is reliant on support from Marowak's Lightning Rod to keep it safe from Thunderbolts from Raikou, Zapdos, and Gengar as well as please re-check may's qc, forgot to fix this to "and requires" multiple Dragon Dance boosts to deal serious damage. It should be noted that this is difficult to pull off consistently due to the tier's fast pace.
• Earthquake is powerful spread damage, but takes a few Dragon Dance boosts to become truly scary. It OHKOs Raikou at +1 Attack and Tyranitar and Metagross at +2.
• Hidden Power Flying gives Gyarados a strong STAB attack, KOing Gengar and Sceptile at +1 and Starmie at +2 Attack. Hidden Power Rock is an option to hit Zapdos, but it will only OHKO after 2 Attack boosts. "at +2" for consistency with the rest of the analysis
• Gyarados requires an Adamant nature to OHKO 252 HP Metagross 100% of the time with a +2 Earthquake, though a Jolly nature will allow it to outspeed the rarely-seen Aerodactyl after a single Dragon Dance boost.
• Lum Berry temporarily keeps Gyarados safe from any Thunder Waves or Will-O-Wisp it might draw in to halt its attempts to sweep.
• Lightning Rod Marowak is an absolute requirement for Gyarados, as most serious can we just cut this to most teams teams will have either an Electric-type like Raikou and Zapdos or Electric coverage like Thunderbolt on Gengar and Latias. Metagross, Steelix, and Thunderbolt-less Gengar can really only pressure Gyarados with Explosion, so pairing it with Gengar or multiple Protect users to block incoming Explosions will be helpful. Screens support from Latias to improve improves Gyarados's overall bulk will also go a long way in supporting its Dragon Dance sweep. Snorlax appreciates Gyarados's Intimidate and helps it out by checking Raikou and Zapdos thanks to its superb special bulk.

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gyarados

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Hidden Power Flying / Hidden Power Rock
move 3: Dragon Dance
move 4: Protect
item: Lum Berry
ability: Intimidate
nature: Adamant
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

• Gyarados makes for can be an alternative Dragon Dance sweeper to Tyranitar, boasting better matchups against Metagross and Water-types like Swampert as well as Intimidate. However, it hits noticeably weaker than Tyranitar and is reliant on support from Marowak's Lightning Rod to keep it safe from Thunderbolts remove s from Raikou, Zapdos, and Gengar and requires multiple Dragon Dance boosts to deal serious damage. It should be noted that this is difficult to pull off consistently due to the tier's fast pace.
• Earthquake is powerful spread damage, but takes a few Dragon Dance boosts to become truly scary. It OHKOs OHKOes Raikou at +1 Attack and Tyranitar and Metagross at +2.
• Hidden Power Flying gives Gyarados a strong STAB attack, KOing Gengar and Sceptile at +1 and Starmie at +2 Attack. Hidden Power Rock is an option to hit Zapdos, but it will only OHKO at +2 Attack.
• Gyarados requires an Adamant nature to always OHKO 252 HP Metagross 100% of the time with a +2 Earthquake, though a Jolly nature will allow it to outspeed the rarely-seen Aerodactyl after a single Dragon Dance boost.
• Lum Berry temporarily keeps Gyarados safe from any Thunder Waves remove s or Will-O-Wisp it might draw in to halt its attempts to sweep.
• Lightning Rod Marowak is an absolute requirement for Gyarados, as most teams will have either an Electric-type like Raikou and Zapdos or Electric coverage like Thunderbolt on Gengar and Latias. Metagross, Steelix, and Thunderbolt-less Gengar can really only pressure Gyarados with Explosion, so pairing it with Gengar or multiple Protect users to block incoming Explosions remove s will be helpful. Dual screens Screens support from Latias to improve Gyarados's overall bulk will also go a long way in supporting its Dragon Dance sweep. Snorlax appreciates Gyarados's Intimidate and helps it out by checking Raikou and Zapdos thanks to its superb special bulk.

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