HGSS Did you use the Red Gyarados?

[Deceit]

I kept the Gyarados because it had a good nature, and I wanted to EV it and use it for competitive battling. Otherwise I would have put it on my in-game team. It is really strong and also, who wouldn't like to use a shiny on their team?

[vapes]

I did. I felt kind of cheap for using it though since everyone uses, but it's a good Pokmeon, I think. With 4th gens special/physical split, it really got that needed boost in power.

Also this is the only shiny in the series, along with dratini and gible, that doesn't count

[brane]

I don't like using Pokemon I'm handed. I've only used it a few times and that was in the original games, I prefer to use Pokemon other people don't (Currently Slowking, Forretress, Miltank and soon Muk but that's besides the point).

But I think today the game really hit back at me because of my disregard of the red monster fish and my reluctance to use it by gifting me this http://i46.tinypic.com/29xd6yo.png. Many tantrums were had.

[kj3400]

I used it. I never had any good water pokemon by the time I got to it, and I sure enough wasn't going to fish for one. That would have taken some effort.

[Venitardus]

I used the Gyarados for my Heartgold runthrough. for Soulsilver, it rotted in my pc and for crystal, i killed it..

[.EJ]

Depended on my team. Gyarados is pretty much always a solid choice for an ingame team unless you have a glaring electric weakness.

[DavidtheDeadPhilosopher]

I used him...
as an HM slave because I'm evil.

[AWsquared]

I used him for most of the game until he was replaced by my Poliwrath. Now I just use him as my HM slave for Surf and Waterfall.

[redjacketalchemist]

I never used him in SS, but only because I almost always use him in the original games. Didn't help that I'd been using Lapras for so long by that point.

[Wind Heart]

I boxed my shiny Gyarados in PC because I was thinking of using another water Pokemon.

[AnonygooseD]

When I first saw the red Gyarados I never actually thought about capturing it, I thought it was some kind of challenge for me to kill it, so I did and way after that I realized it was worth catching...

[Eeveelution Co-ordinator]

I used it because a) it was a shiny and b) it helped me defeat Claire, before becoming a HM Slave after transferring it to Unova.

[hpstr]

If I didn't have a water type I'd use it, if I already had one it went into the PC.
I usually catch it when my pokemon are around level 30, so it's a timely addition.

[Crackin355]

Well on my first run through when I had little to no knowledge of Pokemon, all I knew was that my friend like Gyarados and he only liked strong Pokemon. And it was red so I thought I was special having it.

Now I usually just defeat it instead, since on my second play-through, when i have a lot more knowledge on the games, I already have a water type.

[Imperator161]

I dumped mine in the PC, as I already had plenty of water types by that point in the game. In HG, I started with Totodile, and I like Feraligatr better than Gyarados. In SS, I think I had a Quagsire on my team that I wanted to use instead (as I had one of those on my team back in Gold).

In general, I tend to have enough electric weaknesses as it is in-game, between a water-type starter (except in SS) and a flyer, so I tend to shy away from Pokemon later in the game that share that electric weakness. Also, I suppose I tend to feel that shiny Pokemon should be properly EV trained before use, and I wasn't in the mood to EV train the Red Gyarados when I got it, so I dumped it in my PC and figured I'd deal with it later. As it turns out, I still haven't gotten around to training it yet.

[ForeverDash]

Nah, didn't use it. I already had a water type and that Gyarados would be useless so... Besides, Gyarados' electric type weakness is 4x so thats not really good.

[Caelus]

I ended up keeping the red gyarados as part of my main team but I rarely used it. It takes awhile to level up and it's always weird using a shiny Pokemon, especially when you prefer the normal version's color scheme. I probably trained it about 10 levels before giving up on it; my other Pokemon were a lot more useful to me anyway.

[Urugamosu]

I think I used it like twice, then stopped using it in exchange for my Kingdra.

[Pillowing]

I loved my red gyarados! But I think I would have loved it a lot more if I caught it as a shiny magikarp tbh...

I do however try to use it in game or at least train it so it feels some loving before letting it chill in the PC.

[Jiperly]

I'm an oldschool pokemon player- I played Pokemon Silver a few days before it officially was released(never did find out why they did that), and yes, in that game, I did use my Red Gyarados.

In Soul Silver, however, I didn't care in the least. Let him die.

That been said, in all the years i played pokemon, i only found two shinys- and the first?

Magikarp.

I was so conflicted....the magikarp was rare, but useless, and the gyarados was powerful, but was the easiest and most common shiny to get.....i think i eventually evolved it.....i still regret that choice

[Letham]

Back in original Gold I already had Feraligatr by that point so I used him as an HM slave but I have always wanted to see if he would be any good.

[MonsterEevee]

i kept in the pc in crystal, in SS transferred it to my pokemon black and ev trained it and then i traded it off

[CursedCubone]

For quiet some time until I realized I had a Feraligator but these are his important battles...
-VS Clair
-VS Brock
-VS Erika
-VS Blue
-VS Red
-VS Silver (Mt.Moon)

[Mr Cat Dog]

"A wild GYARADOS appeared!"
"Go, Ampharos!"
"Ampharos used Thunderpunch!"
"It's super effective!"
"Wild GYARADOS fainted."
"Ampharos received 3472 Exp."

[ChocolateCrunch]

I think when I first played the game I used it once or twice but then I started using quagsires and I started fishing for my Pokemon. The only reason for me using it is - hey, it is shiny, I suppose.