thanks a lot guys, i really appreciate all the comments. means a lot to me that i could contribute to the community in my own little way
Gotta agree, this is the best warstory I've read in a long time. I loved seeing skymin being used well, too.
Could you please post your gyara set?
sure:
GYARADOS
impish w/ leftovers
252 HP/ 252 DEF/ 4 SpD
dragon tail
waterfall
rest
sleep talk
a couple of notes for him:
-he can survive most non-stab unboosted rock moves, which litter a lot of pokemon's movesets.
specifically-
max offense roobushin's stone edge will do 53.8-63.5%, but if you bring it in with intimidate, it only takes 36-42.6% damage. you'd be surprised at how many roobushin still go for stone edge after getting intimidated. also, it can survive 1 boosted stone edge, which does 80.2-94.9%, so if you really need to get rid of roobushin's boosts, he bulk ups when you bring in gya, which negates that bulk up, then d-tail it out.
-it takes zuruzukin's stone edges easier at only 40.1-47.2% if the zuru is max offense (adamant+252atk). it can survive even +2 attack stone edge from him, which does 79.2-93.4%, so you can use intimidate and then d-tail even after zuru's got 3 bulk ups
-dragonites are sticking around after it got multiscale, so you will see stone edges on it as well. they do 52.3-61.9% unboosted max offense. it can also survive +1 stone edge at 77.7-91.9%. so if dragonite got 2 dragon dances off, you bring in gya to intimidate it down to +1 attack, and then super effective d-tail it away.
- and finally, it can actually survive a SD dory's rock slide, which does 78.2-92.4% if it's max offense, or 71.6-84.3% if it's a speed nature. without SD, if you happen to d-tail a dory in, then it only does 39.6-46.7% and you can break it's balloon as you d-tail it out again, or you might catch it with a surprise waterfall, which on this gya's spread will do 88.1-103.6%, so 25% chance to OHKO dory if you d-tail him in and your opponent expects another d-tail and tries to take advantage of the negative priority to throw a rock move at you.
you'll likely be using this gya with entry hazards, so that makes everything even worse, and if you have stealth rock up, the chances of OHKOing dory with waterfall increase to 45%
don't try to take on an electric attack, even the smallest will almost cripple you, so it's good to pair this guy with chomp or some other ground pokemon. in the past i've used him with zapdos and lightning rod with good success since gya is easy bait for an electric attack and zapdos loves getting +1 SpA from any electric attack with Lrod. but using this pair leaves even more of a rock weakness on your team, so definitely build teams to cover that weakness.
EDIT: on second thought, i don't know if lightning rod zapdos is even released or not. i used that combo on the dream world ladder, so that's something to remember.