How To Find (& Catch) Mega Gyarados in Pokémon GO

To defeat and capture Mega Gyarados in Pokémon GO, Trainers must understand his elemental weaknesses and best counters to face him in a Mega Raid.

On October 8, 2022 at Pokemon GO, Mega Gyarados was given its own Raid Tag, giving Trainers around the world the chance to encounter this water-dark-type snake more often in Mega Raids. While Raid Day is over, Trainers who missed this event may still encounter Mega Gyarados as a random Raid Boss in any event Pokemon GO Gym of their regional AR area. So if you want to claim Mega Gyarados as your own, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of this beast is essential to success.

Due to Water and Darkness-type nature of Mega Gyarados, it is able to resist Ghost, Steel, Fire, Water, Ice, Darkness, and Psyche-type attacks. On the other hand, trainers can effectively damage this raid boss by using fighters with Fighting, Bug, Grass, Electric, and Fairy-type movesets. Since Mega Gyarados has 47,142 CP, the Raid Battle requires at least three or more high-level trainers to achieve victory Pokemon GO.

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When facing mega raid bosses like Mega Gyarados Pokemon GOBringing Shadow, Mega, and Legendary pocket monsters into battle is always the optimal approach. Of course, not everyone will have the rarest of counters to take down the raid boss Pokemon GObut there are many common Pokemon suitable for battle.

Best Shadow, Mega, and Legendary counters for Mega Gyarados

Below is Pokebattler’s list of the best rare counters for Mega Gyarados in Pokemon GO:

Best normal counters for Mega Gyarados

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Source: Pokebattler

• Pokemon GO

  Original release date:

  2016-07-06

  Developer:

  The Pokemon Company, Nintendo, Niantic

  Genre:

  expanded reality

  Platform:

  Android, iOS

  Publisher:

  Niantic, Nintendo

  ESRB:

  E