How to Build a Mega Gyarados Team for VGC | Pokémon Champion
Summary
The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments community discusses effective strategies for building teams around Mega Gyarados. This discussion covers essential team synergies, including the use of Sneasler and Sinistcha, while debating the viability of secondary mega evolutions. It serves as a helpful resource for players looking to optimize their competitive VGC lineups and understand the tactical role of Gyarados in modern battles.
Hi I'm new to the game and need help building team around my fav Gyarados. I don't know what to do please guide me 
🙈
help me 
Heh ill look soon ive made a gyarados team
Gyarados mega is aura
Underrated af
I'll send my idea later
I'm thinking about pairing zard x, Gyarados and coaching sneasler 🤔
Xard is too much
You don't want two Mons doing the same job
I like the Sneasler idea though
Same
Ah. What do you think will suit for the 2nd mega
Let me think for a moment
Well first of all sinistcha is needed here
It just fits
Alright what about we build the team without a second mega
That's what I personally like to do
And then add the second mega as 6th slot
For what I'm weak in
Much easier imo
Can definitely look at a metagross angle
Ah. I just love having option.what I thought is m Gyarados have a lot of type weakness. 🤔
Metagross seems like a good one
And with dd I thought u can bring the other mega with regular Gyarados(?)
Ah ok2. That will do
Not really
Gyarados doesn't really wanna come without mega
MasterChef 🙈
If you are dd
Regular gyara is more support
Ah ic. I never use Gyarados b4, I thought we can bring him without megaing like ttar
Yesss
No not really
That doesn't seem intuitive
Well
It has the immediate rod thing
If you want it as side support potential mega
But I'd think if we focus the team around gyara is will mega T1 or 2
So you aren't even that weak to ele
I'd lowk look at lorb Sneasler even if you want sash
Sash might be too much to give up
Gourgeist is kinda trolling
This 3? 🤔
Lash out over eq
Lash out or eq?
Ah ok2
Sinistcha and Sneasler seems to be absolutely needed with gyarados
From what I am seeing gholdengo/mega metagross and Incineroar/alo9 seem to be usual trends
Mega Raichu seems to also be a Mon used interestingly enough
What the idea with gambit(?)
And weirdly pelipper
Peliper is needed here?
So we have tailroom team with peli and sinischa(?)
Should we added Raichu now or wait for our primary Mon?
Wait I was looking at bo3
Metagross seems to be way more common on ladder
As a pairing
Aka metagross has a bigger spike currently in usage
Than raichu
I hate Raichu tbh
Hahahah
Hmmmmm
I am seeing like one or two usual teams in high usage according to a showdown stats website
It's regular Raichu with lightning rod?
There is Sneasler Sinistcha Gholdengo Gyarados Garchomp slot
no offense but Im trying not to copy anyone's team.
Like I want something new hahaha 🙈
Ah ok2 👍
Will see the video once I got home
I like gholdengo
But he's nerfed right? Like make it rain drop 2 stages now
Goldhengo
- make it rain
- shadow ball
- nasty plot
- protect
This set?
This is single team, will it work? 🤔
I did this pretty sure
Is it too much? I would love to see your team hehe
I was wrong i had Victreebell gyardos 😭
That's even more interesting
Is it mega victreebell?
Yeah yeah one sec
2 underused mega sounds cool
Its old
This was old season team
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYB14fvCe_o/?igsh=d29ncDk3ZGx6bTlk
There's like a write up here on basically how to play the team
Is crunch better than lash out? 🤔
Ok2 I'll check later. I have to go home for now
Thankyou valk
I also made a quick mega zard gyarados team
https://pokepast.es/d3e45d4cf91a9501
Obviously a work in progress
I like this team tbh. I tested it in showdown. Min max on gholdengo, Gyarados and char x... But it's so fragile
Like if I guess something wrong, my Mon die
🤣
Gya/zard can't survived until the rest of the battle, I depend on either gholdengo or Sylveon to sweep later
Or do I played it wrong? 🤔
are you able to dragon dance the megas?
the idea is kind of turn blastoise delphox set up into these megas
perhaps add more support?
My main game plan is
Turn 1
Zard/gya dd + fake out sneasler
Turn 2
Coaching + atk
yeah exactly what i would think
then something like sini can help support and heal
can also rage powder DD if needed
Yes2. I think the problem is if opponent have like 2 dmg dealer Mon? Or opponent bring powerful spread move
Like bot zard & gya is too fragile. Or should I dump ev to hp instead of atk? 🤔
yeah
try maxing their bulk
Ok2 will try later 👍
I also thought about that hahaha..
But the downside is both zardx and gya don't have strong reliable spread like them 🤔
It have eq and breaking swipe tho
EQ is kinda all you got yeah, other issue with zard is the only fire move he has work anything is flare blitz.. doesnt help when your killing youself
Hehe... Should I burry my fav Gyarados until lord arceus buff him 🙈
