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Mega Gyarados
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Best Mega Gyarados Build - Standard Attack Damage Guide
Intermediate
A-Tier current patch
Win Conditions
Secure critical objectives during Mega Evolution windows and eliminate priority targets in team fights before transformation expires, translating temporary power spikes into permanent advantages like Rayquaza or goal scores
Power Spikes
Level 9 Unite Move unlock is the primary power spike enabling Mega Evolution; subsequent levels improve base stats but transformation duration remains fixed, making level 9 the critical threshold for impact
Team Role
Aggressive dive initiator and sustained damage dealer during Mega Evolution, responsible for engaging team fights around objectives and pressuring enemy backline while teammates follow up on created opportunities
Game Strategy
Early Game
- Focus on farming efficiently before Mega Evolution is available, as standard Gyarados form requires safe positioning and consistent last-hitting to reach power spikes
- Prioritize reaching level thresholds quickly to unlock Unite Move, avoiding unnecessary trades that could delay your transformation timing
- Coordinate with teammates for first Drednaw or Rotom, as Mega Gyarados excels at securing objectives once Unite Move becomes available
Mid Game
- Activate Mega Evolution during critical team fights around objectives like Regieleki or contested goal zones where Waterfall and Dragon Breath can hit multiple enemies
- Position aggressively with Waterfall to engage priority targets, using the lunging attack mechanic to stick to mobile opponents while Dragon Breath provides area control
- Muscle Band's attack speed allows rapid auto-attack chains between move cooldowns—maximize DPS by weaving attacks consistently rather than spamming moves immediately
Late Game
- Save Unite Move for Rayquaza fights or final goal pushes where the temporary power spike can swing decisive team fights in your favor
- Use Full Heal proactively when diving backline targets to prevent interruption during critical damage windows, as crowd control wastes precious Mega Evolution duration
- Coordinate Mega Evolution timing with teammates' Unite Moves to create overwhelming pressure that enemies cannot disengage from safely
Advanced Tips
Item Synergies
- Muscle Band + Scope Lens creates a multiplicative damage increase where faster attacks generate more critical hit opportunities, dramatically increasing DPS against tanky opponents
- Weakness Policy's Attack boost activates naturally during aggressive dives, synergizing with Muscle Band's percentage-based damage to amplify both base attacks and on-hit effects
- Brown Emblems enhance Attack stat which scales with both Muscle Band's on-hit damage and Scope Lens's critical multiplier, creating exponential damage growth
Matchups
- Strong against: Squishy attackers and supporters who cannot escape Waterfall's engage range, allowing Mega Gyarados to eliminate high-value targets quickly
- Weak against: Heavy crowd control compositions with multiple stuns or displacements that can kite during Mega Evolution, wasting the limited transformation duration
- Struggles versus: Ranged poke compositions that can damage from safety before objectives spawn, forcing unfavorable Mega Evolution timing
Additional Notes
- The Standard Attack Damage Build maximizes Mega Gyarados's auto-attack potential through Muscle Band's attack speed and on-hit damage, synergizing perfectly with the Pokemon's lunging attack mechanic during Mega Evolution.
- Weakness Policy provides crucial HP and Attack stats while rewarding aggressive positioning, as Mega Gyarados will inevitably take damage when diving into enemy teams with Waterfall.
- Scope Lens amplifies critical hit damage to increase burst potential during extended trades, making each auto-attack more threatening when combined with Muscle Band's attack speed boost.
- Full Heal serves as essential counterplay against crowd control effects that would otherwise interrupt Mega Gyarados's damage windows, especially critical when the Unite Move is on cooldown.
- This build focuses on sustained DPS output rather than burst damage, requiring players to commit to fights and trust in the defensive stats from Weakness Policy and emblems to survive engagements.
Moves
Waterfall
Waterfall
Dragon Breath
Items
Muscle Band
Weakness Policy
Scope Lens
Battle Item
Full Heal
Emblems
Stat
Focus
6 Brown Emblems (Attack focus), 4 White Emblems (HP sustain)
