Gyarados is a large dragon Pokémon, resembling dragons seen in Chinese mythology. Its serpentine body is mostly blue, but its underbelly and the spots along its body are yellow. It has a three-pointed, dark blue crest on its head and four white fins down its back. Its mouth is very large and gaping, bearing four canine teeth, but bears some resemblance to that of its pre-evolution Magikarp. Like Magikarp, it has one barbel on both sides of its face. Its pectoral and dorsal fins also resemble Magikarp's. Gyarados is rarely shown with its mouth closed.
Gender differences
A female has white barbels, while a male has blue. A Shiny male Gyarados will have red barbels.
Special abilities
Gyarados, like most dragon-like Pokémon, has a high Attack stat, causing it to rely more on physical attacks than special ones. It is one of the few Water-types able to wield both Fire-type and Electric-type attacks. Its fangs can crush stones and its scales are harder than steel. Despite the strength of its fangs, it cannot learn the move Crunch and can only learn one of the elemental fang moves.
Behavior
This Pokémon bears little resemblance to its docile pre-evolution. Gyarados is infamously known for its fierce temper and wanton destructive tendencies. Once it has worked itself into a frenzy, it will not calm until everything around it is destroyed—this tendency is attributed to the dramatic structural changes its brain undergoes during evolution. It seems attracted to violence. During times of human conflict, Gyarados are said to appear, burning entire cities down to the ground. In addition, Gyarados are also notoriously difficult to tame even after they are captured by the Trainer, usually requiring an exceptional amount of work in taming it until it can become loyal and obedient to its Trainer.
Gyarados usually live in large bodies of water, such as lakes and ponds or even seas and oceans. The Lake of Rage is the best known nesting area for Gyarados, however, they are still quite rare even in the Lake of Rage, as they are seldom found in the wild.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Generation I
Kanto
It has an extremely aggressive nature. The Hyper Beam it shoots from its mouth totally incinerates all targets.
Generation II
Johto
They say that during past wars, Gyarados would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake.
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No Pokédex data is available.
Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Generation I
Kanto
Rare
Routes4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, Pallet Town, Cerulean City, Viridian City, Fuchsia City, Vermilion City, Celadon City, Cinnabar Island, Seafoam Islands, Cerulean Cave and Safari Zone (Super Rod)
Generation II
Johto
Uncommon
Fishing at the Lake of Rage, Mt. Silver (Super Rod)
If Gravity is in effect, this Pokémon is given an Iron Ball or a Ring Target, or it is affected by Smack Down or Ingrain, the effectiveness of Ground-type moves is 1×.
