What Beats Gyarados?
Gyarados is 4× weak to Electric and weak to Rock
Gyarados Weaknesses
Lead with Electric attacks — Gyarados's Water/Flying typing stacks the weakness to 4× damage.
Gyarados Resistances
Avoid these attack types — Gyarados takes reduced damage from them.
Gyarados Immunities
These attack types do nothing at all to Gyarados — never lead with them.
Best Gyarados Counters
The strongest attackers among the types that hit Gyarados for 4× and 2× damage. Pick the game you're playing to only see Pokémon you can actually get:
Your Party vs Gyarados
Your party is empty — add some Pokémon! Open any Pokémon's page and tap ♥ Add to Party (and star up to 4 of its moves), then come back to see exactly which of your Pokémon — and which attack — beats Gyarados.
Gyarados Weakness Q&A
- What is Gyarados weak to?
- Gyarados takes extra damage from Electric (4×) and Rock (2×) type attacks.
- What is Gyarados 4× weak to?
- Gyarados takes 4× damage from Electric attacks — its Water/Flying typing doubles the weakness twice, so these are the fastest way to take it down.
- What attacks does Gyarados resist?
- Gyarados takes reduced damage from Steel (½×), Fire (½×), Water (½×), Fighting (½×), and Bug (½×) type attacks.
- What is Gyarados immune to?
- Gyarados is completely immune to Ground type attacks — they deal no damage at all.
- What is the best counter to Gyarados?
- Strong Electric attackers like Zekrom, Iron Hands, and Iron Thorns beat Gyarados — their attacks hit it for 4× damage.