2nd Gen The Red Gyarados

[Palamon]

What did you do with Red Gyarados at the lake of rage? Did you use it on your team, box it? What is your opinion on this Pokemon in general?

 

[Vagabond+]

I think the instinct is to find room on your team for it if you didn't start with Totodile. But even if not, it makes a great HM slave. I never knew as a kid you could trade its scale for the EXP Share though. Crystal was my first mainline pokemon game so I didn't know what the EXP Share was until gen 3 lol.

 

[Megan]

I remember a friend who put it into their party when they got it, but I think I just boxed it when I got to catch it. It is a good HM slave, though.

Idk, I just feel there's something severely lacking in terms of Gyarados in gen 2. Maybe it's the nerf they did in the transition from gen 1? Gen 2 Gyarados feels like the weakest it's ever been.

 

[Roni]

i always use Cyndaquil in HGSS so it'd fit my needs for a Water type, but at that point i probably already have one for my team thanks to needing Surf to get there. i stay loyal all throughout for my buddies, so stuff like Red Gyara gets caught and perma-boxed.

 

[Sheep]

It was my HM slave most of my runs hahaha. Tried training it a few times but Gyarados is just too slow to level up. :x

 

[XNaut]

I originally used the red Gyarados as an HM slave and when I went back to playing the 2nd gen a few years later I used it on my team leveling it up along with my other team.

 

[Pokemanz]

I usually pick Cyndaquil as my starter, so I end up using the red Gyarados most of the time when I play HGSS.

 

[Pokedream.su]

I remember a friend who put it into their party when they got it, but I think I just boxed it when I got to catch it. It is a good HM slave, though.

Idk, I just feel there's something severely lacking in terms of Gyarados in gen 2. Maybe it's the nerf they did in the transition from gen 1? Gen 2 Gyarados feels like the weakest it's ever been.

Axing the special stat really messed with Gyrados, at least in gen 1 surf, ice beam, and thunderbolt had a good strength to them.

Gyrados also kinda blew in gen 3, it didn't become OK again until gen 4.

 

[Janp]

I'm not really a fan of Gyarados, so I caught it on my first playthrough of Johto games and put it in my PC. Nowadays I either use it as HM slave or just beat it.

 

[TwilightBlade]

I kinda used it as an HM slave, but then I boxed it. I usually had a solid team at that point in the game so I never found a use for Gyarados. I tried breeding it in GSC to get a shiny, but I was never successful.

 

[Percy]

That shiny Gyarados was really interesting. Would've loved having it on my team because I always pick Cyndaquil as my starter in Johto (and Johto was lacking good water types imo). But, idk, it never felt right to use Gyarados. I think I remember using it once when I replayed HeartGold. But other than that, nope, I always used it as either HM slave, boxed it, or just didn't catch it at all