4th Gen What did you do with the Red Gyarados?

[Kajini]

Killed him right off for some experience.

 

[Mortalis]

Restarted my HG awhile ago and actually attempted to use him. He's just hogging space, desperately trying to keep up with the rest of my team.

Lolnope.

 

[何贤豪]

For me...an HM slave at most times. I remember putting it in my team against the Elite Four, however, it didn't do much.

 

[RedViper1990]

Boxed, like I did in the original Gold version (and Crystal too btw)

 

[Absol]

I put him in a box and then I forgot he even existed or else I would have used him for something.

 

[User19sq]

Caught it, traded it to PT., took it to the move tutor in the Survival Area, gave it a powerful moveset, traded it back, and got through the Elite Four easily.

 

[Hydro Pumper]

My red Gyarados happened to have an Adamant Nature (+Att -SpA), which was really lucky haha~ :P It is currently residing in my PC Box, and I plan to EV train it when I am in the mood some time. :)

 

[Eclispe]

I caught it and boxed it, just as the poll says, lol, it never saw the light of day again. I could never find a use for it.

 

[Myungsoo]

It depends on what my team looked like that point in the game. If I needed a water type, I'd catch it. If I didn't really need it I would catch it and box it to never see the light of day.

 

[Weepinbell]

I left it in my box, crappy nature plus, my water type is Quagsire and Flying is Crobat

 

[Espeon96]

I used it in my team and it has spent a lot of time in the Pokeathlon when I was grinding to get evolution stones.

 

[DutchKid]

Sadly, he is my first and only shiny, in 10+ years of playing, and he has become my slave.

 

[Tachikaze]

If it has a good nature, (and if I didn't pick Totodile) I'll use it. Otherwise it ends up an HM slave or GTS fodder.

 

[Dialgamaster23]

Since I had a vacant spot on my team for Dratini I used it until Blackthorn, than it became my Whirlpool slave

 

[tabor62]

Even thought practically every owner of SS/HG has it, I caught it just because it was shiny.

 

[NamikazeBurst]

I killed it. Oh wait, I "fainted" it.

 

[Arcaray]

Temporarily he became a HM Slave, but he's nice and cosy in his box now. Being red means virtually nothing; everyone gets a Shiny Gyarados, which sort of defies the point if you think about it.

I've always had a bit of a beef with Gyarados. The whole Magikarp/Gyarados thing is a bit of a joke. Even though Gyarados is strong, by using Exp. Share or switching out your Magikarp it has no Effort Points, so it is a lot weaker than it could be. No, I've never really wanted a Gyarados in my team.

 

[Cyprium]

After catching it in Heart Gold I boxed it for the rest of my time playing it. However, once I was able to transfer Pokémon from Gen IV to V, I actually begun training it.

 

[Shiny Celebi]

I think I just stuck my Red Gyarados in my PC box, I already had my shiny Lapras as my Water type.

 

[ShinyUmbreon189]

I would catch it and train it. But, I would not include it in my team.