How to get Gyarados in Pokemon GO, and can it be shiny?

Niantic is organizing a new Pokemon GO Raging Battle event featuring multiple Pocket Monsters, including Gyarados, which evoked conversations regarding its shiny availability. The event will start at 10 am local time on January 19 and conclude at 8 pm local time on January 24, 2024. Annihilape, the Rage Monkey Pokemon, will make its GO debut during the same event. There is no better time to capture robust monsters and the latest debutant than this exciting event.

Getting Gyarados is challenging as you need to collect 400 Candy and feed it to Magikarp to trigger the evolution. However, trainers want the critter without going through all the hassle. In this article, we will tell you how you can get Gyarados and if its shiny variant is available.

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How to get Gyarados in Pokemon GO

Beat the creature in its game (Image via TPC)

Gyarados will appear in Pokemon GO 3-star raids in Raging Battle, so you must defeat the critter during raids to get it. You can use the best raid counters to increase your chances of winning. Additionally, you’ll need details on its weaknesses, resistance, type, and the best battle party. Read on to learn everything about the Pokemon.

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Pokemon GO Gyarados: Type, weaknesses, and resistance

Know Type, Weaknesses, and Resistance (Image via TPC)

Since Gyarados is a Flying and Water-type Pokemon, it is weak and resistant to following moves.

Weaknesses:

• Electric
• Rock

Resistance:

• Ground
• Bug
• Fighting
• Fire
• Steel
• Water

Gyarados is 2x weak to Electric-type attacks, so build your team accordingly during the raid.

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Pokemon GO: Best Gyarados counters

Since the Pokemon is twice as vulnerable to Electric-type moves, your raid party should ignore Rock-type attacks.

Let’s look into some of the counters you can use to beat Gyarados in Pokemon GO 3-star raids.

• Shadow Raikou with Volt Switch and Volt Charge
• Mega Manectric with Mega Fang and Wild Charge
• Xurkitree with Thunder Shock and Discharge
• Shadow Maneczone with Spark and Wild Charge
• Shadow Electrivire with Thunder Shock and Wild Charge
• Thundurus Therian with Volt Switch and Wildbolt Storm
• Shadow Zapdos with Thunder Shock and Thunderbolt
• Zekrom with Charge Beam and Fusion Bolt
• Shadow Luxray with Spark and Wild Charge
• Mega Ampharos with Volt Switch and Zapcannon

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Gyarados as a raid boss: HP, CP, movesets, and more

As a raid boss, Gyarados will have the following battle stats in Pokemon GO.

• Health Points (HP): 3600
• Combat Power (CP): 10,345
• Attack: 237
• Defense: 186
• Stamina: 216
• Fast Move: Bite, Dragon Breath, Dragon Tail, and Waterfall
• Charged Move: Aqua Tail, Twister, Dragon Pump, Hydro Pump, Outrage, and Crunch

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Can you get Shiny Gyarados in Pokemon GO?

Shiny Gyarados as seen in the anime (Image via The Pokemon Company)

Yes, Shiny Gyarados has previously been available in the game, and you can find it again in the Raging Battle event by completing the raid. Note that encountering Shiny Gyarados isn't an easy endeavor. Furthermore, you must beat the critter multiple times for a chance to find it near the Gym that hosts its raid.

You can use a Poke Ball to catch Shiny Gyarados whenever it appears in your map view.