Best Mega Gyarados Counters For Pokemon GO Raids: Weaknesses & Type Effectiveness

Mega Gyarados, one of the many Mega Evolutions currently available in Pokemon GO, is flying into the spotlight for a couple of weeks in May, and here is everything you need to know about taking down these Mega Raids.

Mega Gyarados Weaknesses & Type Effectiveness

Mega Gyarados is a Water/Dark-type Pokemon, leaving it vulnerable to Fighting, Bug, Grass, Electric, and Fairy-type moves. This is a lot more weaknesses than most raid bosses have, which makes it a fairly easy boss to counter.

Pokemon	Type	Vulnerable To	Strong Against	Resistant To
Mega Gyarados	Water/Dark	Bug Fighting Grass Electric Fairy	Fire Ground Rock Dragon Psychic Ghost	Fire Water Ice Steel Dark Ghost

Luckily, Mega Gyarados only knows Water, Dark, and Dragon-type moves. None of these are super effective against the types that Gyarados is weak to, so players have a bit more freedom when picking which of the five super-effective types they want to use.

However, we recommend using Fighting, Fairy, or Grass-type Pokemon as they resist some of Gyarados’ attacks.

Best Mega Gyarados Counters in Pokemon GO

Since Mega Gyarados isn’t a difficult boss, you don’t have to optimize your team to a T. That said, here are the top 10 Pokemon we recommend using against Mega Gyarados in Pokemon GO.

Pokemon	Moves
Kartana	Razor Leaf Leaf Blade
Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter Frenzy Plant
Raikou	Thunder Shock Wild Charge
Mega Heracross	Counter Megahorn
Machamp	Counter Dynamic Punch
Terrakion	Double Kick Sacred Sword
Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang Wild Charge
Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Discharge
Mega Gardevoir	Charm Dazzling Gleam
Mega Alakazam	Counter Dazzling Gleam

If players take full teams of Pokemon that are above 3,500 CP, it shouldn’t take more than two or three trainers to take down Mega Gyarados.

If you’re looking to get your hands on some of the all-around strongest Pokemon for PvE, check out our Pokemon GO Raid Tier List. And if you’re looking for which raids are on the horizon, stop over at our Pokemon GO Raid Schedule.