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gardevoir
#282

Gardevoir

Embrace Pokémon

PsychicFairy

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

Forms

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

Wallbreaker
Moves
Will-O-Wisp / Taunt / Calm Mind
Item
Gardevoirite
Ability
Trace
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Mega Gardevoir is a defining force in the metagame, boasting the status of one of the most powerful wallbreakers in the tier thanks to a sky-high base 165 Special Attack stat as well as an incredible ability Pixilate, which makes her Hyper Voice dreadful to take. Although Mega Gardevoir is superb at breaking apart the tier's top walls, such as Tomohawk, it is no slouch against offensive Pokemon either with base 100 Speed and base 135 Special Defense. Gardevoir's non-attacking movepool includes Taunt and Calm Mind, which makes it even harder to stop with passive Pokemon such as Chansey.

However, Gardevoir's physical bulk is pathetic in comparison to its Special Defense, with most physical attacks taking huge chunks out of Gardevoir's HP. This is problematic in a metagame infested with powerful physical attackers, such as Colossoil, Mega Altaria, and Mega Scizor. Gardevoir's weaknesses to Steel, Ghost, and Poison prey on its weak Defense, making Gardevoir easy prey for the likes of Mega Metagross.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc