Gyarados VGC Build Guide — Regulation M-B 2026

Type: water / flying · Tier C · 1.5% usage

Gyarados is a Physical Water attacker / Intimidate in the Pokémon VGC Regulation M-B 2026 metagame, with 1.5% usage on the competitive ladder.

Top moves

• Waterfall — 53.2% win rate
• Dragon Dance — 48.1% win rate
• Protect — 47.8% win rate

Best partners

• glimmora — 54.5% win rate
• metagross — 53.9% win rate
• corviknight — 52.6% win rate
• floette — 52.6% win rate
• mamoswine — 51.8% win rate

Main counters

• dragonite
• gardevoir
• ninetales-alola

Coach tip: Gyarados brings Intimidate + physical power — alternative to Incineroar for teams preferring Water coverage

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