Gyarados 1v1 Piloswine, any tips?
I came across a Piloswine today, it had PS/Bulldoze, so I tried several times, still failed. Phantom charged moves are annoying, and dodging with Waterfall simply wastes too much DPS. Should I risk being hit by a Bulldoze in the middle of Hydro Pump, or use HP only after a Bulldoze?
Answers
According to Pokebattler, with a level 35 Gyarados, it is very challenging to 1v1 it. You found the only moveset where it appears possible, and you have to dodge all the bulldozes. The white flash and the late dodge window for bulldoze should make it a bit easier, but still difficult until you level up some more.
Waterfall is a high DPS low EPS move, which means that you should probably keep doing it until a Bulldoze happens and you can launch HP after dodging.
I don't have experience on the matchup but it could also be possible that if you launch HP right after seeing a fast move, you'd recover in time to dodge a BD that comes next. Lugia's SA works like that against C/CC Machamp, but you'll have to either do the math or experiment to see if it works.