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gardevoir
#282

Gardevoir

Embrace Pokémon

Psychic

To protect its Trainer, it will expend all its psychic power to create a small black hole.

Base Stats

HP 68
Attack 65
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 125
Sp. Def 115
Speed 80
Total 518

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Embrace Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 48.4 kg
Base Exp 233
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Urban

Sprites

gardevoir Front Front
gardevoir Back Back
gardevoir Front Shiny Front Shiny
gardevoir Back Shiny Back Shiny
gardevoir Official Art Official Art
gardevoir Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 12.0%
All-Out Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Trace
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
SubCM
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Trace
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Dual Screens
Item
Light Clay
Ability
Trace
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Gardevoir is one of the best offensive Psychic-types in the NU metagame. It stands out with its superb Special Attack stat and amazing ability, Trace, combined with a wide range of coverage options that make it a force to be reckoned with. It also has some support moves, such as Healing Wish, Memento, and Destiny Bond, that add to its usefulness and give it utility to help its team. In addition, it can also run unorthodox options such as Will-O-Wisp to cripple its would-be answers such as Mandibuzz or Skuntank. Do keep in mind, however, that Gardevoir is incredibly frail, and thus despite its versatility and usefulness, it cannot check the ever prominent Fighting-types as well as bulkier Psychic-types such as Duosion and Musharna. However, Gardevoir is an incredibly threatening and offensive Pokemon and is very much worth using if you need good offensive firepower or utility.

Most Used Moves

Psychic
99.7%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
73.0%
Leftovers
26.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc