>>33830953It's actually a weird pokemon whatsoever. If it was pure water type in gen one it would have been shit. Since all water moves were special in gen 1 and gyarados best stat is his immense attack he wouldn't be able to do a lot of damage, even with his STAB. Normal moves like Thrash and the still bugged hyper beam was actually the best way to use him in gen one in my opinion. I just don't think they wanted to make him that legendary or extraordinary powerful in the end so they chose this.
