The Pokémon Magikarp goes from being the weakest to one of the strongest creatures, and here's what you need to know about it ...

For many Pokémon players, Magikarp is synonymous with the word useless. Magikarp's signature move is Splash, which literally does nothing. Really, Magikarp can't do much until it evolves into Gyarados ...

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.

Poor Magikarp. At best, tolerated as a necessary step in obtaining a Gyarados. At worst, the unwanted refuse of the Pokémon kingdom. While the leviathan that Magikarp eventually evolves to is alluring ...