National Dex Mega Gyarados [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
Dragon Dance (Gyarados) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Substitute / Earthquake / Taunt

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Gyarados's fantastic Attack stat, solid defenses, and great offensive typing make it a strong wallbreaker against defensive Pokemon such as Gholdengo, Landorus-T, and Moltres. Its typing before and after Mega Evolution provides it many setup opportunities for the hyper offense teams it belongs on, especially when combined with Intimidate. It performs particularly well against threats such as Urshifu-R and Great Tusk prior to Mega Evolution and against Hisuian Samurott and Gholdengo after Mega Evolution. Mold Breaker allows Mega Gyarados to break past Dondozo, Dragonite, and Terapagos more easily, enhancing its wallbreaking capabilities. However, Mega Gyarados faces competition from other Dark-types such as Kingambit and Hisuian Samurott, since they are typically more consistent for hyper offense teams, with the latter providing valuable Spikes support for its teammates. Substitute blocks status moves such as Thunder Wave from Gholdengo and Slowbro or Toxic from Alomomola, turning all three into setup fodder; it also limits revenge killing efforts from Mega Lopunny and Raging Bolt. Earthquake allows Mega Gyarados to cleave straight through Toxapex, Raging Bolt, and Melmetal, preventing them from trading with it safely. Taunt shuts down opposing setup from Pokemon such as IronPress Zamazenta, as well as preventing entry hazards from going up from Ferrothorn and defensive Garchomp. Similarly to Substitute, it also shuts down status conditions such as paralysis and Toxic poison from defensive Pokemon such as Slowbro and Gliscor.

While it has a decent defensive profile, Mega Gyarados's lack of longevity means it primarily fits on hyper offense teams that want to capitalize off of its power and unique ability to break past stall teams with ease while not being slowed down by Dragonite and Terapagos due to Mold Breaker. Mega Gyarados usually works best mid-game, helping to overwhelm defensive staples such as Ferrothorn, Toxapex, and Clefable; this is heavily appreciated by offensive teammates such as Ogerpon-W, Kingambit, and Dragonite. Specially offensive partners such as Gholdengo, Volcarona, and Raging Bolt can support Mega Gyarados in taking down these physically defensive foes, while Mega Gyarados does well against opposing specially defensive walls such as Moltres and Ting Lu. Suicide leads are necessary on the hyper offense teams that Mega Gyarados belongs to. Landorus-T and the more niche Glimmora can set up entry hazards to assist in Mega Gyarados's wallbreaking capabilities; for example, by letting it OHKO Serperior with boosted Crunch after Stealth Rock. Dual screens leads such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl improve Mega Gyarados's longevity and bulk, notably letting Mega Gyarados survive +1 Garchomp's Devastating Drake with Reflect, allowing it more opportunities to set up. All of these suicide leads can deny opposing Stealth Rock from going up with either Taunt or Mortal Spin, which makes up for base Gyarados's weakness to Stealth Rock. Although Mega Gyarados has Dragon Dance, it is still prone to being revenge killed by faster Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Tapu Lele and Urshifu-R due to its mediocre Speed, making teammates such as Gholdengo and Dragonite, which can punish these revenge killing attempts, valuable partners.

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really good analysis, I was really nitpicking for the most part

[SET]
Dragon Dance (Gyarados) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Substitute / Earthquake / Taunt

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Gyarados's fantastic Attack stat coupled with a great offensive typing would also mention bulk here ngl, it can take a lot of attacks easily and set up makes it a strong wallbreaker against defensive backbones such as Gholdengo, Landorus-T, and Moltres. Its typing before Mega Evolution provides it with additional setup oppurtunities, especially combined with Intimidate, against Ground- and Fighting-types such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Urshifu-R, as well as against Mega Charizard Y. Mega Evolution replaces this Flying-type with a Dark-typing, offering more setup oppurtunities against opposing Dark-, Ghost- and Psychic-types, such as Gholdengo, Hisuian Samurott, and Mega Latios. Remvoing its quad-weakness to Electric-types means it avoids the OHKO from Tapu Koko's Thunderbolt and Raging Bolt's Thunderclap, letting it trade against them more safely. Mold Breaker turns Mega Gyarados into a fearsome stallbreaker too, being able to break past Dondozo for its teammates to capitalize off later. I would also mention how it prevents Pokemon like Dragonite and Terapagos to use it’s abilities to take a hit and revenge kill it, or preventing Zapdos, Moltres, and volc trying to proc static/flame body to stop it Dragon Dance prevents faster threats such as Tapu Koko and Mega Lopunny from reliably revenge killing Mega Gyarados, with the damage boost enabling it to OHKO the former with Waterfall. Mega Gyarados's last slot is rather flexible though. Substitute blocks status moves such as Thunder Wave from Gholdengo and Galarian Slowking there’s really no reason to go for the thunder wave as you outspeed and die to crunch anyway, maybe name something like slowbro, or Toxic from Alomomola, turning all three into setup fodder; it also limits revenge killing efforts from Mega Lopunny and Raging Bolt. Earthquake allows Mega Gyarados to cleave straight through Toxapex, Raging Bolt, and Melmetal, preventing them from trading with it safely. Taunt shuts down opposing setup from Pokemon such as IronPress Zamazenta, while shutting down status conditions such as paralysis and bad poisoning from defensive Pokemon such as Slowbro and Gliscor, similarly to Substitute.

While it has a decent defensive profile, Mega Gyarados's lack of longevity means it primarily fits on hyper offense teams that want to capitalize off of its power and unique ability to break past stall teams with ease. Mega Gyarados usually works best during the mid-game, helping to overwhelm defensive staples such as Ferrothorn, Toxapex, and Clefable, which is heavily appreciated by offensive teammates such as Ogerpon-W, Kingambit, and Dragonite. Specially offensive partners such as Gholdengo, Volcarona, and Raging Bolt, can support Mega Gyarados in taking down these physically defensive foes, while Mega Gyarados does well against opposing specially defensive walls such as Moltres and Ting Lu. Suicide leads are necessary on the hyper offense teams that Mega Gyarados belongs to. Landorus-T and the more niche Glimmora, can setup hazards to assist in Mega Gyarados's wallbreaking capabilities, notably letting it OHKO Serperior with boosted Crunch after Stealth Rock. Dual screens leads such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl improve Mega Gyarados's longevity and bulk, notably letting Mega Gyarados survive Garchomp's boosted Devastating Drake after Intimidate, allowing it more opportunities to setup. All of these suicide leads can deny opposing Stealth Rock from going up with either Taunt or Mortal Spin, which makes up for base Gyarados's weakness to Stealth Rock. Although Mega Gyarados has Dragon Dance, it is still prone to being revenge killed by faster Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Tapu Lele and Urshifu-R due to its mediocre Speed, making teammates such as Gholdengo and Dragonite, that can punish these revenge killing attempts, valuable partners.

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[SET]
Dragon Dance (Gyarados) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Substitute / Earthquake / Taunt

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Gyarados's fantastic Attack stat, solid defenses, and great offensive typing makes it a strong wallbreaker against defensive Pokemon such as Gholdengo, Landorus-T, and Moltres. Its typing before Mega Evolution provides it with additional setup oppurtunities, especially combined with Intimidate, against Ground- and Fighting-types such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Urshifu-R, as well as against Mega Charizard Y. Mega Evolution replaces this Flying-type with a Dark-typing, offering more setup oppurtunities against opposing Dark-, Ghost- and Psychic-types, such as Hisuian Samurott, Gholdengo, and Mega Latios. Additionally, removing its quad-weakness to Electric upon Mega Evolution allows Mega Gyarados to trade against Zapdos and Raging Bolt more effectively. While this stuff about changing typing is important to Gyarados’ game plan, I think this first part ruNs far too long. I would ahoeten it to something like “Gyarados is granted many setup opportunities thanks to its typing before and after Mega Evolving and Intimidate, making it a great fit on hyper offense teams. Obtaining Mold Breaker allows Mega Gyarados to break past Dondozo, Draognite, and Terapagos more easily, enhancing its wallbreaking capabilities, while avoiding status conditions from Zapdos and Moltres as well. this is wrong Dragon Dance prevents faster threats such as Tapu Koko and Mega Lopunny from reliably revenge killing Mega Gyarados, with the damage boost enabling it to OHKO the former with Waterfall. Mega Gyarados's last slot is rather flexible though. Substitute blocks status moves such as Thunder Wave from Gholdengo and Slowbro, or Toxic from Alomomola, turning all three into setup fodder; it also limits revenge killing efforts from Mega Lopunny and Raging Bolt. Earthquake allows Mega Gyarados to cleave straight through Toxapex, Raging Bolt, and Melmetal, preventing them from trading with it safely. Taunt shuts down opposing setup from Pokemon such as IronPress Zamazenta, as well as preventing entry hazards from going up from Ferrothorn and defensive Garchomp. Similarly to Substitute, it also shuts down status conditions such as paralysis and bad poisoning from defensive Pokemon such as Slowbro and Gliscor.

While it has a decent defensive profile, Mega Gyarados's lack of longevity means it primarily fits on hyper offense teams that want to capitalize off of its power and unique ability to break past stall teams with ease. Mega Gyarados usually works best during the mid-game, helping to overwhelm defensive staples such as Ferrothorn, Toxapex, and Clefable, which is heavily appreciated by offensive teammates such as Ogerpon-W, Kingambit, and Dragonite. Specially offensive partners such as Gholdengo, Volcarona, and Raging Bolt, can support Mega Gyarados in taking down these physically defensive foes, while Mega Gyarados does well against opposing specially defensive walls such as Moltres and Ting Lu. Suicide leads are necessary on the hyper offense teams that Mega Gyarados belongs to. Landorus-T and the more niche Glimmora, can setup hazards to assist in Mega Gyarados's wallbreaking capabilities, notably letting it OHKO Serperior with boosted Crunch after Stealth Rock. This isn’t wrong, but it feels weird to mention this specifically, can probably throw a “for example” in somewhere Dual screens leads such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl improve Mega Gyarados's longevity and bulk, notably letting Mega Gyarados survive Garchomp's boosted Devastating Drake after Intimidate, allowing it more opportunities to setup. All of these suicide leads can deny opposing Stealth Rock from going up with either Taunt or Mortal Spin, which makes up for base Gyarados's weakness to Stealth Rock. Although Mega Gyarados has Dragon Dance, it is still prone to being revenge killed by faster Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Tapu Lele and Urshifu-R due to its mediocre Speed, making teammates such as Gholdengo and Dragonite, that can punish these revenge killing attempts, valuable partners.

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Want to give this another look, also because this is a lower ranked mon i think it is worth emphasizing some of its flaws in the first paragraph
 
[SET]
Dragon Dance (Gyarados) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Substitute / Earthquake / Taunt

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Gyarados's fantastic Attack stat, solid defenses, and great offensive typing makes it a strong wallbreaker against defensive Pokemon such as Gholdengo, Landorus-T, and Moltres. Its typing before and after Mega Evolution provides it many setup opportunities for the hyper offense teams it belongs on, especially when combined with Intimidate, against threats such as Urshifu-R and Great Tusk, and against Hisuian Samurott and Gholdengo after Mega Evolution. Obtaining Mold Breaker allows Mega Gyarados to break past Dondozo, Draognite, and Terapagos more easily, enhancing its wallbreaking capabilities. Might be worth mentioning some flaws here, notably how Gyara is limited to HO due its lack of longevity, as well as its 4mss Mega Gyarados's last moveslot is rather flexible though. Substitute blocks status moves such as Thunder Wave from Gholdengo and Slowbro, or Toxic from Alomomola, turning all three into setup fodder; it also limits revenge killing efforts from Mega Lopunny and Raging Bolt. Earthquake allows Mega Gyarados to cleave straight through Toxapex, Raging Bolt, and Melmetal, preventing them from trading with it safely. Taunt shuts down opposing setup from Pokemon such as IronPress Zamazenta, as well as preventing entry hazards from going up from Ferrothorn and defensive Garchomp. Similarly to Substitute, it also shuts down status conditions such as paralysis and bad poisoning from defensive Pokemon such as Slowbro and Gliscor.

While it has a decent defensive profile, Mega Gyarados's lack of longevity means it primarily fits on hyper offense teams that want to capitalize off of its power and unique ability to break past stall teams with ease. HO is also annoyed by Dragonite and Terapagos (at least as stopgaps), which MGyara has no issue with Mega Gyarados usually works best during the mid-game, helping to overwhelm defensive staples such as Ferrothorn, Toxapex, and Clefable, which is heavily appreciated by offensive teammates such as Ogerpon-W, Kingambit, and Dragonite. Specially offensive partners such as Gholdengo, Volcarona, and Raging Bolt, can support Mega Gyarados in taking down these physically defensive foes, while Mega Gyarados does well against opposing specially defensive walls such as Moltres and Ting Lu. Suicide leads are necessary on the hyper offense teams that Mega Gyarados belongs to. Landorus-T and the more niche Glimmora, can setup hazards to assist in Mega Gyarados's wallbreaking capabilities, for example, letting it OHKO Serperior with boosted Crunch after Stealth Rock. Dual screens leads such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl improve Mega Gyarados's longevity and bulk, notably letting Mega Gyarados survive Garchomp's boosted Devastating Drake after Intimidate, allowing it more opportunities to setup. All of these suicide leads can deny opposing Stealth Rock from going up with either Taunt or Mortal Spin, which makes up for base Gyarados's weakness to Stealth Rock. Although Mega Gyarados has Dragon Dance, it is still prone to being revenge killed by faster Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Tapu Lele and Urshifu-R due to its mediocre Speed, making teammates such as Gholdengo and Dragonite, that can punish these revenge killing attempts, valuable partners.

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Good Work 2/2
 
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1/1 GP Team done
[SET]
Dragon Dance (Gyarados) @ Gyaradosite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Substitute / Earthquake / Taunt

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Gyarados's fantastic Attack stat, solid defenses, and great offensive typing makes make it a strong wallbreaker against defensive Pokemon such as Gholdengo, Landorus-T, and Moltres. Its typing before and after Mega Evolution provides it many setup opportunities for the hyper offense teams it belongs on, especially when combined with Intimidate (RC). (AP) It performs particularly well the original sentence is too long; the preceding phrase is my suggestion, but feel free to change as appropriate against threats such as Urshifu-R and Great Tusk (RC) prior to Mega Evolution and against Hisuian Samurott and Gholdengo after Mega Evolution. Obtaining Mold Breaker allows Mega Gyarados to break past Dondozo, Draognite Dragonite, and Terapagos more easily, enhancing its wallbreaking capabilities. However, Mega Gyarados faces competition from other Dark-types such as Kingambit and Hisuian Samurott, since they are typically more consistent for hyper offense teams, with the latter providing valuable Spikes support for its teammates. Substitute blocks status moves such as Thunder Wave from Gholdengo and Slowbro (RC) or Toxic from Alomomola, turning all three into setup fodder; it also limits revenge killing efforts from Mega Lopunny and Raging Bolt. Earthquake allows Mega Gyarados to cleave straight through Toxapex, Raging Bolt, and Melmetal, preventing them from trading with it safely. Taunt shuts down opposing setup from Pokemon such as IronPress Zamazenta, as well as preventing entry hazards from going up from Ferrothorn and defensive Garchomp. Similarly to Substitute, it also shuts down status conditions such as paralysis and bad poisoning Toxic poison from defensive Pokemon such as Slowbro and Gliscor.

While it has a decent defensive profile, Mega Gyarados's lack of longevity means it primarily fits on hyper offense teams that want to capitalize off of its power and unique ability to break past stall teams with ease (RC) while not being slowed down by Dragonite and Terapagos due to Mold Breaker. Mega Gyarados usually works best during the mid-game, helping to overwhelm defensive staples such as Ferrothorn, Toxapex, and Clefable (RC) which; (ASC) this is heavily appreciated by offensive teammates such as Ogerpon-W, Kingambit, and Dragonite. Specially offensive partners such as Gholdengo, Volcarona, and Raging Bolt (RC) can support Mega Gyarados in taking down these physically defensive foes, while Mega Gyarados does well against opposing specially defensive walls such as Moltres and Ting Lu. Suicide leads are necessary on the hyper offense teams that Mega Gyarados belongs to. Landorus-T and the more niche Glimmora (RC) can setup set up entry hazards to assist in Mega Gyarados's wallbreaking capabilities (RC); (ASC) for example, by letting it OHKO Serperior with boosted Crunch after Stealth Rock. Dual screens leads such as Tapu Koko and Grimmsnarl improve Mega Gyarados's longevity and bulk, notably letting Mega Gyarados survive +1 Garchomp's Devastating Drake with Reflect, allowing it more opportunities to setup set up. All of these suicide leads can deny opposing Stealth Rock from going up with either Taunt or Mortal Spin, which makes up for base Gyarados's weakness to Stealth Rock. Although Mega Gyarados has Dragon Dance, it is still prone to being revenge killed by faster Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Tapu Lele and Urshifu-R due to its mediocre Speed, making teammates such as Gholdengo and Dragonite, that which can punish these revenge killing attempts, valuable partners.

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