Edited sentence: All this makes Gyarados a powerful Pokemon.Gyarados also learns the new attack Ice Fang which helps it against Flying types which once walled it like Zapdos.Gyarados has surperb stats all around, his Hp, Attack, and Special Defense being the most notable.He also has the ability intimadate which lowers the opponent's attack by 50% when Gyarados is sent in.However, in the multiplayer online Pokemon battle game, Netbattle, Gyarados is not commonly used despite its massive stats.In Diamond and Peral, alot of attacks that were once special have become physical and vice versa.In the recently released Pokemon Diamond and Peral, Gyarados gets a massive upgrade making it one of the most dangerous and commonly used Pokemon; putting it on tier with other powerful Pokemon like Salamence and Tyranitar.Since Gyarados and Waterfall are both the water type, Waterfall gets a 50% power boost making more powerful.The move Taunt, a support move that prevents the opponent from using support moves, got an upgrade, making it last 2-4 turns now instead of only 2.This allowing Gyarados to freely use the move Dragon Dance, a support attack that increases the user's Attack and Speed by 50%, a few more times without the opponent using support moves that would stop Gyarados like Roar and Will-o-wisp.This is because Gyarados mostly learned Special Attacks, making it unable to abuse his high Attack stat; his Special Attack however is below average.This switch finally gave Gyarados a powerful physical attack of the same type, Waterfall, to abuse his high Attack stat