瀑布Gyarados和它的新地方

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Niantic終於做到了。他們把Vaporeon王座從他的基座上打下來，創造了一個新的“最佳水上攻擊者”。這個攻擊者來到新的瀑布/水泵Gyarados的形式。

我們中的一些人可能已經“固定”了我們的Gyarados，但是對於那些決定等待的培訓者來說，還有幾點要考慮Gyarados的其他動作組合，這些動作組合可能比水型組合更有用。為了進行分析，我們將在Raid元遊戲的背景下討論Gyarados。

瀑布Gyarados在襲擊

就目前而言，DPS水型攻擊者的需求並不是很高。 Ho-Oh襲擊在撰寫這篇文章的幾天之後就結束了，即使我們忽視了這一點，Ho-Oh也更好地被岩石類型（有雙重弱點）所抵制，而不是水類型。

然而，當面對可怕的太陽能光束Ho-Oh時，Gyarados由於雙水飛行打字而受到中性傷害，所以也許在那裡可以使用瀑布/水電泵Gyarados。

但是，面對太陽能電站Ho-Oh，我通常寧願與Raikou，Jolteon和Zapdos組隊在一起，僅僅是因為我有更多的人向Raid Boss投擲，最大化我的DPS以獲得額外的頂級球。

除Ho-Oh之外，相關的Raid Boss相對來說比較少，對於水的移動來說很弱，即Golem和Tyranitar。 Ninetales對水也很弱，但是我還沒有聽說過有人抨擊過這個（除了那些吹噓權利的人以外），所以我將把它放在這裡討論。

與Tyranitar

泰拉尼塔對水的運動很不敏感;然而，正如我們現在所知道的，當涉及到Tyranitar時，它就是“Machamp或者什麼都不是”。對於Tyranitar來說，Gyarados是一個可以接受的對手，但是在所有情況下都比Machamp弱。

與Golem

處理魔像更有趣就像現在這樣，瀑布/水泵Gyarados是一個GOlem raid老闆的最好的櫃檯。沒有其他的神奇寶貝交易成為高DPS，同時擁有超級有效的快速移動和收費移動。

然而，在對這個主題進行一系列PokeBattler（*）模擬之後，帶有Bullet Seed / Solar Beam的Exeggutor只在Gyarados下執行，甚至在某些情況下執行。

（*）所有的模擬都是假設一個40級完美的四級攻擊神奇寶貝，子彈種子/太陽能束為Exeggutor或瀑布/水泵為Gyarados。襲擊者被設置為“不躲閃”。我用一個30572 CP的魔像作為突襲老闆。也沒有增加天氣推動，使結果盡可能純淨。

在擲石/石頭魔像（最高DPS動作）方面，Exeggutor比Gyarados高出約6％，一個由6個Exeggutor組成的完整小組除去了Golem的HP的39.74％，而Gyarados則下降了33.18％。

在擲石/地震魔像中，第二高DPS動作，Gyarados跑贏Exeggutor幾乎8％ - 允許四捨五入 - 與49.88％的惠普採取對41.88％惠普採取。

在測試的動作組合中，出現了一個趨勢：
Gyarados在搖滾動作方面表現不佳，Exegutor在原始的無閃避DPS方面表現優於其他人。

在Golem具有地麵類型移動的情況下，Gyarados由於其對地面的免疫力和延長的壽命而優於Exeggutor。 Exeggutor是中立的搖滾，只有抵制地面，沒有一個完全的免疫力。

考慮到這些數據，我們看到Gyarados並不是對抗Golem的“終極目標”。

其他Gyarados移動設置

然而，還有其他一些場景 - 需要另外一個Gyarados的移動裝置 - 這對我來說似乎比高DPS水型攻擊者更有用：一個黑暗的攻擊者。 Gyarados最低的DPS動作是Bite / Crunch，所以人們會認為這個動作是無用的。

教練，這是不是這樣的情況：Gyarados恰好是最高的DPS黑暗型攻擊者抵制可怕的戰鬥移動焦點爆炸。

Gengar，Alakazam和Mewtwo，都可能帶來這種毀滅性的舉動。如果他們有任何其他動作，Tyranitar或Houndoom的軍團應該做的伎倆，但這兩個神奇寶貝不能忍受的焦點爆炸，Tyranitar特別是擊中。

另一方面，Gyarados由於其飛行打字而僅從Focus Flyst中獲得71％的全部傷害，而Houndoom的140％或Tyranitar的196％則相反。

這個延長的壽命可能是突襲嘗試的勝利和失敗之間的差異，無論是獨自一人或者是一個Alakazam或者Gengar，或者是在一次突襲中攻擊一個Mewtwo。

我記得看Mystic7瘋狂地把他的Gyarados變成咬/咬，因為Mewtwo在日本橫濱的發布會上有了Focus Blast。

以我個人的經驗來看，Gyarados在焦點爆炸中對Gengar或Alakazam會有很好的表現，而我還沒有嘗試過Mewtwo（我希望很快會改變）。

培訓師，選擇最終是你的。 無論是哪一種動作，Gyarados都具有驚人的實用性，並且是我們目前metagame中使用的一個很好的神奇寶貝。

我想我會在Vape列車上停留一段時間，並使用我的Gyarados來填補我的其他攻擊者無法填補的空白。

快樂的襲擊和節日快樂！

原文:
Niantic has finally done it. They’ve knocked King Vaporeon down from his pedestal, and created a new “Best Water Type Attacker”. This attacker comes in the form of the new Waterfall / Hydro Pump Gyarados.

Some of us may have already ‘fixed’ our Gyarados, but for those trainers who have decided to wait, there are a few points to consider about Gyarados’s other movesets that may possibly contain even more utility than its water type one. For the purpose of this analysis, we’ll be talking about Gyarados in the context of the Raid meta game.

Waterfall Gyarados in Raids

As it stands right now, there isn’t a huge demand for extremely high DPS water type attackers. Ho-Oh raids are ending in a few days of this article being written, and even if we disregard this, Ho-Oh is better countered by rock types (to which it has a double weakness) than by water types.

However, when facing the dreaded Solar Beam Ho-Oh, Gyarados takes neutral damage due to its dual water flying typing, so perhaps a Waterfall/Hydro Pump Gyarados would be useful there.

In the face of a Solar Beam Ho-Oh, however, I generally prefer to stack up with a team of Raikou, Jolteon and Zapdos, simply because I have more of them to throw at the Raid Boss and maximize my DPS for extra Premier Balls.

Aside from Ho-Oh, there are relatively few relevant Raid Bosses that are weak to water type moves, namely Golem and Tyranitar. Ninetales is also weak to water, but I haven’t heard of anyone chomping at the bit to raid one (excepting those soloing one for bragging rights, of course), so I will leave it out of our discussion here.

Versus Tyranitar

Tyranitar is weak to water moves; however, as we all know by now, it’s “Machamp or nothing” when it comes to Tyranitar. Gyarados is an acceptable counter for Tyranitar, but significantly weaker than Machamp in all scenariOS.

Versus Golem

Tackling Golem is more interesting. As it stands right now, Waterfall / Hydro Pump Gyarados is the best counter for a GOlem raid boss. No other pokémon deals as high DPS and has both a super effective quick move and charge move.

However, after running a series of PokeBattler (*) simulations on the topic, an Exeggutor with Bullet Seed/Solar Beam performs only slightly under Gyarados, and even above it on some occasions.

(*) All simulations were done assuming a level 40 perfect IV attacking pokémon with either Bullet Seed/Solar Beam for Exeggutor or Waterfall/Hydro Pump for Gyarados. The attackers were set to “No Dodging”. I used a Golem with 30572 CP as the raid boss. There was also no weather boosting added, to make the results as pure as possible.

Against a Rock Throw / Stone Edge Golem (highest DPS moveset), Exeggutor outperformed Gyarados by about 6%, a full team of 6 Exeggutor removed 39.74% of the Golem’s HP, while Gyarados removed 33.18%.

Against a Rock Throw/Earthquake Golem, the second highest DPS moveset, Gyarados outperformed Exeggutor by almost exactly 8% – allowing for rounding – with 49.88% HP taken versus 41.88% HP taken.

Among the movesets tested, a trend emerged:

    Gyarados is weak to rock moves, and as such is outperformed by Exeggutor in terms of raw, no-dodge DPS when faced with a rock charge move.

In cases where Golem has ground type moves, Gyarados outperforms Exeggutor due to its immunity to ground and increased longevity. Exeggutor is neutral to rock and only resists ground, not having a full immunity.

Taking this data into account, we see that Gyarados is not the “end-all and be-all” of countering Golem.

Other Gyarados movesets

However, there are other scenarios – requiring another of Gyarados’s movesets – which seem more useful to me than a high-DPS water type attacker: a dark type attacker. Gyarados’s lowest DPS moveset is Bite/Crunch, so one would think that this moveset would be useless.

Trainers, this is not the case at all: Gyarados happens to be the highest DPS dark-type attacker to resist the dreaded fighting move Focus Blast.

Gengar, Alakazam, and Mewtwo, may all carry this devastating move. If they have any other moveset, a legion of Tyranitar or Houndoom should do the trick, but both of these pokémon cannot stand to be hit by a Focus Blast, Tyranitar especially.

Gyarados, on the other hand, takes only 71% of full damage from a Focus Blast thanks to its flying typing, opposed to Houndoom’s 140% or Tyranitar’s 196%.

This increased longevity could be the difference between victory and failure for a raid attempt, whether it’s soloing or duo-ing an Alakazam or Gengar, or attacking a Mewtwo in an EX raid.

I remember watching Mystic7 frantically switch his Gyarados to Bite/Crunch because the Mewtwo at the release event in Yokohama, Japan had Focus Blast.

n my own personal experience, a Gyarados will do quite well against a Gengar or Alakazam with Focus Blast, and I have yet to attempt it on a Mewtwo (which I hope to change soon).

Trainers, the choice is ultimately yours. With either one of these movesets, Gyarados has amazing utility and is a great pokémon for use in our current metagame.

I think I’ll stay on the Vape Train for a little while longer, and use my Gyarados to fill the niche none of my other attackers can fill.

Happy raiding and Happy Holidays!