HGSS Did you use the Red Gyarados?

[Birthday Thunder]

Nah, I never used it in Soul Silver. I did however, use it back in the old days when i played the original gold version. Funny story btw, I was on serebii looking at the newly announced HG/SS games, and I was playing my platinum version at the same time, fishing for lanturns to trade to my diamond version. Take a wild guess what randomly pops up after I reeled in my catch? A shiny freaking gyarados. I was so excited at first, but then I realized that with the newly announced gold/silver remakes, I had just caught the most common shiny in 4th gen. Suffice to say, I cursed my game for playing me like a fool.

[KingSquirtle]

i too had a feraligatr that had surf lol. i almost never require a water hm slave cuz surf itself is such a good water move. and as for whirlpool and waterfall well i happened to have a dratini that for some reason i taught those to xD i was hoping to make it a dragonair before the elite 4 but alas nope

[Ultimate PKMN Trainer Red]

he was very useful with his water and dragon moves

[RenegadeClyde]

I never found any interest in it. Also, I already had a water pokémon at that time (Either a Poliwrath or a Starmie) I only used it as HM Slave.

[Shayminlover123]

No.I wanted to run though the game with one Pokemon and that was my Feraligatr.

[JohnnyJ773]

Nah just added him to the collection. Never saw the outside of that pc again..

[Aerilyn]

By the time I got to the Red Gyarados, either I already had my Water type with me or I knew what it was going to be; usually it wasn't going to be Gyarados. So after I caught it, I'd either use it as my temporary Surf / Waterfall HM slave or put it in my PC Box. After that, well, you know...

[Kurapika]

Waterfall Slave, then kept it imprisoned in a Box. :v

[Isseubnida]

Yep, mostly as an HM slave, and for my Dream shiny Team, I will use it.

[Shiny Electivire]

I left it in my Pokewalker. So I sort of use it?

[Ðelta]

I'm not a fan of Gyarados, even if it IS shiny. I'm pretty sure I boxed it and forgot about it completely. It loses all of its value as a shiny since everyone can get it.

[Jirachi504]

I think red Gyarados is cool, but when I played I never used it a lot.

[TwilightBlade]

In my first run, I caught it and temporarily used it as an HM slave. I later boxed it since I had no intention of using him on my team. I already had a water type, anyways. In my next run, I was doing a challenge, so I fainted the Red Gyarados. I used it way more in the original games, though. I was far more attracted to shiny rare things as a kid. :P

[PowerArmor34]

I never used it, because my pokemon at that point were ridiculously overleveled at like 45-49 and that gyrados was only 30 so not worth the training. :L

[warship]

i usually use the red gyarados for battling but only until i beat the main storyline. then i just box it and take better pokemon

[Zorogami]

I usually pick totodile, which means i already have a water type, so i usually box it too

[Charzar]

Who doesn't want a shiny beast on his team?
One who already planned his team

Anyways, Charizard ftw

[R.F.]

In the old games, I think I used one, but not in the remakes. Gyarados may be a really good pokemon and a shiny one may be cool to have in a team, but I like to have an individual team and so I use shinys only if I have the luck to catch a random one. Unfortunatle in SS it never happened "

[Google2.0]

I always used him in the old games, simply because it´s a powerfull pokemon.
However in soul silver i didn´t.

[Oshy]

Noo. When I encountered it my pokemon inflicted a critical hit ad it fainted and fled. I threw my DS at the wall and never touched it for about 2 weeks. lolwut

[Sabrewulf238]

No I didn't, I prefer to catch the first form of a pokemon and then train it up.

Also I didn't like using the gyarados because it felt like the game was giving me a boost and I didn't need a boost. (besides I think at that stage of the game my team was locked down, so no room for the gyarados anyway....I think in Soul Silver I was already using a Starmie.)

and as somebody else stated, it's nicer using shinys in your team when it's one you actually came across rather than something scripted that everyone will get.

[Curious.]

Originally Posted by Oshy

Noo. When I encountered it my pokemon inflicted a critical hit ad it fainted and fled. I threw my DS at the wall and never touched it for about 2 weeks. lolwut

That's why you should save before any important battles! At least, that's what I do. :p

[Diversion]

I actually did use that Gyarados,
it wasn't very good at first. But later it became useful.
Though it's not a part of my team now. I never used it since beating the game.
But I might use it, if it's necessary that is.