>>28120347I'd actually be very interested to see if it worked with Clawitzer actually. I might try that myself. The lack of Water Acceleration is what's holding it back and why you never see it making a splash (womp womp) in the Metagame. And Golduck is so slow.
You're not a million miles away from a Waterbox build so maybe google that term along with Googling Gyarados decks in general. They lose Toad to rotation, but a lot of the other parts still work just no lock.
I have a straight Palkia & Elixir build too, that works well. Along with Regice/Articuno/Archie's Empoleon. It's not what you're started at, and rotation kills it, but pic related might give you some ideas of a water build. Actually it's more of an Archie build so take it with a pinch of salt-water.