Gyrarado Bite/Twister

Give up twister gyarados useless

I wouldn't power it up any more, but twister gyarados isn't useless. It's actually a pretty decent charge move for gym defense, although Gyarados is only a decent defender by virtue of the high Max CP. It's annoying to dodge compared to HP and DP, and is a solid option especially if you've got the "legacy" Dragon Breath quick attack.

I sent my to Prof Willow, it had 93% IVs. I know it's CP is great but I don't care.

Do what suits you best, since you already invested a lot keep doing it, it's annoying if anything against Jolteon and not completely useless.

Keep it at level 30 and just put it into gyms when you run out of other better defenders.

My first two Gyarados have Bite / Twister... tried again and finally got Bite / HP. Just got my 4th and Bite / Twister again. Keep trying! Third time is a charm!

Bite/Twister isn't a bad defensive moveset - much more annoying to fight against than the others. Any half-decent electric will finish it off, but you'll weaken attackers more.

Bite / Twister is the WORST attacking and defending moveset, that's the truth. I am sorry but I won't keep power him up, if you get a Pulse or Pump one you will regret expending dust on him for sure.

Just keep trying to evolve another, there is no rush, gym position is not all, a lot of people only see the CP, gym position is important but I don't think it is that much, being 1st or 2nd can be bad as you will kicked out fast, but for me personally there is no much difference being in the middle of the gym or the top, if someone starts taking down and removes the first 2 mons it will mostly take it all the way down.

It's all about you and the game you want to play. Good luck ;)

I only have 1 but with the same moveset and 98℅ iv. I haven't maxed it. Currently it's at level 30.5. (I'm at lv 32). I would power it till lv 30 for gym placement if nothing else. Also spamming bite against most mons below 2500 with a 2800 cp gyrarados
Works way better than I thought it would. Granted if u need to dodge / short on revives / potions it probably isn't worth it

Still pretty weak to electric.

Any Electric is going to destroy a defending Gyrados.

So by that logic, no move set is good for defending.

But yet, look at Defenders list, you see Gyrados, you also see Rhydon which has the same issue vs waters.

Twister Gyrados tends to do more damage to Jolteon than Hydropump or Dragon Pulse one does.

Yes, Hydropump has the potential to kill my Jolteon if I don't dodge, and Twister has zero potential to kill my Jolteon. But realistically I do dodge, and so Twister > Hydropump.

A good trick for Gyrados incidently is to intermix it with Rhydon especially in a 7+ Gym.. A determined attacker is going to beat both anyway. But you can at least force the attacker to have to switch and spread his damage (ie more potions) among more pokemon.

2788 is high enough for most gyms...I'd take it to 30 (if not already) and just work on the next one...No need to go over 30 IMO.