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The "Gyarados" IconGyarados Tera Raid is one of two supporting raids for the Cinderance Tera Raid event, with Gengar coming along for the ride too. It comes in 4 and 5-Star flavors and in various sinister Tera Types and moves. The Gyrados Tera Raid is available from from midnight on the 30th of December to the end of 1st of January 2023, and then again from midnight on the 13th of January to the end of 15th of January 2023. Let’s get into the Gyarados Tera Raid movesets, stats and drops.

Poison Tera Type Gyrados getting ready to faint in a Gyrados Tera Raid event battle.

Gyarados Tera Raid Event

Gyarados is a popular Water Water and Flying Flying type that’s been around since the original generation of Pokémon games. Evolving from a "Magikarp" IconMagikarp at level 20, it’s only major weaknesses are Rock Rock and Electric Electric types.

When using its standard typing, Gyarados is strong against the following types:

Type - -
BugBug FightingFighting FireFire
GroundGround SteelSteel WaterWater

Like the Gyarados Tera Raid event, the Gyarados Tera Raids Tera-Typing is random, so Gyarados gets to keep it’s type-advantages whilst hiding behind a new Tera-Type. Unless it’s Water Water or Flying Flying that is, in that case the above applies. The best strategy here is having a good spread of Pokémon prepared to deal with all Tera Typings, which sounds ridiculous, but it’s just the standard Pokémon team strategy.

The Gyarados Tera Raid event will be throwing Dragon Dragon, Dark Dark, Flying Flying and Water Water attacks at trainers, which means picking a Pokémon with a good resistance against all of the aforementioned is a good start.

The Azumaril Tera Raid Build knocking around right now is brilliant and should take all of these types with a pinch of salt, given its only weak against Electric Electric, Grass Grass and Poison Poison types.

It uses Belly Drum to max out its Attack stat then drive damage home with "Play Rough" iconPlay Rough, Superpower or any physical attack its trainer chooses. It’s also going to be super effective against "Cinderace" IconCinderace too, although it will be spamming the move "Bulk Up" iconBulk Up that raises its Attack Stat, so hitting hard and fast is the way forward.

Gyarados Tera Raid - Moveset

Here’s the full moveset Gyarados will be utilizing in Gyarados Tera Raid battles:

4-Star Gyarados Tera Raid

Moves Description
Aqua Tail Water Water - A physical attack
Bite Dark Dark - A physical attack that can make a target flinch
"Dragon Dance" iconDragon Dance Dragon Dragon - A status move that raises Attack and Speed one stage
"Waterfall" iconWaterfall Water Water - AA physical attack that makes the target flinch

5-Star Gyarados Tera Raid

Moves Description
Aqua Tail Water Water - A physical attack
"Dragon Dance" iconDragon Dance Dragon Dragon - A status move that raises Attack and Speed one stage
"Hurricane" iconHurricane Flying Flying - A powerful Sp. Atk that can confuse its target
"Hydro Pump" iconHydro Pump Water Water - A Sp. Atk that deal 110 damage
"Rain Dance" iconRain Dance Water Water - Causes rain for five turns that powers up water attacks and lowers the effects of Fire-type attacks

Tyranitar faces off against a Flying Tera Type Gyrados Tera Raid

Gyarados Tera Raid - Stats

Here are the stats for Gyarados taken from in-game Tera Raid conditions and the Gyarados stat screens after capturing:

4-Star Gyarados Tera Raid

Stat Description
Mark None
Shiny Chance Yes, Standard Chance
Catch Rate Can be caught multiple times
Level 45
Type
Tera Type Random
Caught Moves Aqua Tail, Bite, "Dragon Dance" iconDragon Dance and "Waterfall" iconWaterfall
Ability Standard and Hidden possible
Nature Random

5-Star Gyarados Tera Raid

Stat Description
Mark None
Shiny Chance Yes, Standard Chance
Catch Rate Can be caught multiple times
Level 75
Type
Tera Type Random
Caught Moves Aqua Tail, "Dragon Dance" iconDragon Dance, "Hurricane" iconHurricane and "Hydro Pump" iconHydro Pump
Ability Standard and Hidden possible
Nature Random

We caught a Tera Raid event Gyrados!

Gyarados Tera Raid - Item Drops and Drop Rates

The Gyarados Tera Raid will have plenty of awesome items to farm. Here’s what Gyarados is giving out to trainers:

4-Star Gyarados Tera Raid

Guaranteed Drops Amount
"Exp. Candy M" iconExp. Candy M 2
"Exp. Candy L" iconExp. Candy L 1
"Magikarp Scales" iconMagikarp Scales 4
"Magikarp Scales" iconMagikarp Scales 2 (Guest)
"Resist Feather" iconResist Feather 2
Tera Shard 1
Tera Shard 2 (For Host)
Bonus Drops Amount / Chance
"Exp. Candy M" iconExp. Candy M 1 15% Chance
"Exp. Candy M" iconExp. Candy M 1 14% Chance
"Exp. Candy L" iconExp. Candy L 2 5% Chance
"Resist Feather" iconResist Feather 1 10% Chance
"Sitrus Berry" iconSitrus Berry 1 7% Chance
"Lum Berry" iconLum Berry 1 7% Chance
"Tamato Berry" iconTamato Berry 3 8% Chance
"Big Mushroom" iconBig Mushroom 1 15% Chance
"Nugget" iconNugget 1 5% Chance
Tera Shard 1 3% Chance
"Magikarp Scales" iconMagikarp Scales 2 9% Chance

5-Star Gyarados Tera Raid

Guaranteed Drops Amount
"Exp. Candy L" iconExp. Candy L 1
"Exp. Candy XL" iconExp. Candy XL 1
"Magikarp Scales" iconMagikarp Scales 5
"Magikarp Scales" iconMagikarp Scales 3 (For Guest)
"Resist Feather" iconResist Feather 3
Tera Shard 2
Tera Shard 2 (For Host)
Bonus Drops Amount / Chance
"Exp. Candy L" iconExp. Candy L 1 23% Chance
"Exp. Candy L" iconExp. Candy L 2 18% Chance
"Rare Candy" iconRare Candy 1 4% Chance
"Resist Feather" iconResist Feather 2 10%
"Tamato Berry" iconTamato Berry 3 8% Chance
"Big Mushroom" iconBig Mushroom 1 15% Chance
"Balm Mushroom" iconBalm Mushroom 1 2% Chance
"Nugget" iconNugget 1 5% Chance
"Relaxed Mint" iconRelaxed Mint 1 2% Chance
"PP Up" iconPP Up 1 3% Chance
"Bottle Cap" iconBottle Cap 1 2% Chance
Tera Shard 1 4% Chance
"Gastly Gas" iconGastly Gas 5% Chance
"Ability Capsule" iconAbility Capsule 1 2% Chance

(1 of 2) 1 of 2: Drops from a 4-Star Gyrados Tera Raid Event

1 of 2: Drops from a 4-Star Gyrados Tera Raid Event (left), 1 of 2: Drops from a 4-Star Gyrados Tera Raid Event (right)

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Nintendo, Pokemon Company International
  • Platforms,
    Switch
  • Genre
    RPG
  • Guide Release
    17 November 2022
  • Last Updated
    3 January 2024
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