Mega Gyarados vs Gyarados
Water
FlyingTypeSwapsWater
Dark- 95HP=95
- 125Attack+30155
- 79Defense+30109
- 60Sp. Atk+1070
- 100Sp. Def+30130
- 81Speed=81
- 540Total+100640
- IntimidateAbilityMold Breaker
- MoxieHidden
How to get the Gyaradosite in X & Y
FindCouriway TownRequires an upgraded Mega Ring
By the three waterfalls northeast of the Couriway Hotel (post-game, between 8:00 and 8:59 PM; requires an upgraded Mega Ring)
How to Get Mega Gyarados in X & Y
A few locations for Gyarados with high spawn rates across late-game fishing spots. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.
Where To Catch Gyarados in X & Y
To get Gyarados, start by catching Magikarp through trade and fishing encounters at Lv. 5-15. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch MagikarpParfum PalaceLv.15Old RodRate 100%Route 22Lv.15Old RodRate 100%Route 3Lv.15Old RodRate 100%Ambrette Town - HotelLv.5In-game tradeLimitedTuesday trade with HikerCamphrier Town - HotelLv.5In-game tradeLimitedWednesday trade with HikerCoumarine City - HotelLv.5In-game tradeLimitedFriday trade with HikerCouriway Town - HotelLv.5In-game tradeLimitedThursday trade with HikerCyllage City - HotelLv.5In-game tradeLimitedMonday trade with HikerGeosenge Town - HotelLv.5In-game tradeLimitedSunday trade with Hiker
- Step 2Gyarados ✓or evolve from Magikarp (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in X & Y for Gyarados.
How to Get Shiny Mega Gyarados in X & Y
A shiny Gyarados becomes a shiny Mega Gyarados when it Mega Evolves, so these are the routes to Shiny Gyarados.
In X & Y, the strongest route to a Shiny Gyarados is Chain Fishing, which reaches about 1 in 96 at full boosts. Shininess carries through evolution, so hunting an earlier stage and evolving it counts too. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Gyarados odds across every game
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4 MethodsThe best route is Chain Fishing at full boosts, about 1 in 96 on each try. Tune it below.
Chain Fishing: Fish one rippling spot and reel only when the rod rattles. The bonus tops out at a 20-reel chain.
Friend Safari: Friend Safari slots roll at a fixed boosted rate near 1 in 512. The Shiny Charm does not raise it further.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 11 |
| 25%one in four | 28 |
| 50%coin flip | 67 |
| 90%very likely | 220 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your X & Y shiny odds for Gyarados.
Mega Gyarados Weakness
Type-wise, Mega Gyarados takes extra damage from Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug, and Fairy. Psychic moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Mega Gyarados's overall bulk (95/109/130) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug, Fairy |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
What is Mega Gyarados Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Mega Gyarados
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Lumiose City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Venusaur builds →Petal Dance 2x63-75% Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Pinsir builds →X-Scissor 2x61-72% Brick Break 2x38-45% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Heracross builds →Brick Break 2x56-67% Pin Missile 2x20-24% Bullet Seed 2x13-16% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Hariyama builds →Vital Throw 2x52-62% | ||
 Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Pangoro builds →Vital Throw 2x52-62% X-Scissor 2x40-48% | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Ampharos builds →Thunderbolt 2x54-64% Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Gardevoir builds →Moonblast 2x61-72% Thunderbolt 2x39-46% Magical Leaf 2x27-32% | ||
 Scolipede BugPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Scolipede builds →X-Scissor 2x50-59% Rock Smash 2x18-21% | ||
 Bellossom Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Bellossom builds →Leaf Blade 2x47-56% Infestation 2x9-11% | ||
 Simisage Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Simisage builds →Seed Bomb 2x50-59% Low Sweep 2x27-32% | ||
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Jolteon builds →Thunderbolt 2x52-62% Rock Smash 2x13-16% Pin Missile 2x9-11% | ||
 Hawlucha Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Hawlucha builds →Flying Press 2x47-56% X-Scissor 2x31-38% | ||
 Florges Fairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Florges builds →Moonblast 2x56-67% Petal Dance 2x46-55% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mega Gyarados View Exeggutor builds →Seed Bomb 2x50-59% Infestation 2x10-13% | ||
Mega Gyarados Evolutions
Evolved from Magikarp. Gyarados is the final form in this two-stage line. Attack grew the most through evolution (+115 over Magikarp), and Gyarados peaks at 540 total stats. In battle, Gyarados holding Gyaradosite Mega Evolves into Mega Gyarados. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Mega Gyarados Moves in X & Y
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Mega Gyarados learns Hydro Pump and Aqua Tail naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Normal and Dragon and beyond give it real matchup play.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Mega Gyarados has 640 base stats in total. Attack leads at 155, and Sp. Atk is lowest at 70.
Mega Gyarados Event Distributions
In X & Y, Gyarados reaches players through several Mystery Gift distributions, though it is far from a regular.
These distributions give Gyarados. Mega Gyarados appears only in battle, through Mega Evolution with the Gyaradosite.
Red Gyarados GiftJan 2016XYOmega RubyAlpha SapphireAlways shiny
Hiroshima Red GyaradosJun 2015XYOmega RubyAlpha SapphireAlways shiny
Mega Evolving Pokemon GiftXYNot shiny
Mega Evolving Pokemon GiftXYNot shiny
Game Availability
Mega Gyarados first appeared in X & Y and is in 6 games: X & Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Sun & Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee and Legends: Z-A.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XYDebut
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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