I have already sent this, but I don't think it's going to get posted, so here's the new HW (Feraligatr and Blastoise are NOT listed; they're archetypes):

5. Wooper (Neo G.)-Slam's allright, and Quagsire's cool, but the main gist here is the first-turn Amnesia. You'll see why later on.

4. Magikarp (Rocket)-Hey, quit throwing the assorted medley of organic fruits and vegetables that have not been sprayed with pesticides (this is for all the environmentalists out there) at me! Think! R Magikarp here made the Genaration of the Gyardos Guild famous. One draw back about Gyardos which every one knows is having to go through Magikarp. As long as you can fend of attacks (Wooper, anyone?) long enough to get three waters on Magikarp, Rapid Evolution minimizes that magikarp risk factor.

3. Gyardos (Base)-Let's face it; ALL Gyardos rock (especially the Shiny one that's coming out with Neo 3). Some more than others, true, but they're all good to some degree. This one is only number 4 because its attacks are slow. But, even though I disapprove of archetypes, you could always use, cough, cough, Rain, cough, Dance, cough, cough...

2. Dark Gyardos: The 70 HP and attack stink, but the pokemon power (watch out for igglys; counter with, sigh, your own) is cool. Plus, its retreat cost is only 2 instead of 3. Works great if you can somehow get a bunch of water on it by way of some silly turtle, and if you can get enough damage that your opponent will be afraid to attack, as their weakest attack would knock out D Gyardos, or take a 50% chance that they'll be knocked out. Perhaps a Stage 2 psychic from the Base set whose always holding spoons could help. (Noctowl! I didn't let you do this one so you could poison the readers' minds with archetype filth! No articles for you!)

1. Misty's Gyardos-The best strategy here is to use Fossil Muk (nothing like taking out your opponent's powers while taking care of your own bad ones). After you've dished out enough, built up a biggy, or taken too much, use Hyper Devolution Spray, and try to get M's Gyardos to live to fight another day.

Dark Wartortle: Like Wobuffet, but it's not weak to its own type (Ditto, Venomoth, Confusion), easier to get, can still attack even when attacked with (guess what) amnesia. It's just that there are better waters out there.