NationalDex
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

Choice Attacker
Item
Choice Scarf / Choice Specs
Ability
Trace / Telepathy
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 116
Def 52
SpA 144
SpD 4
Spe 192
Bulky Support
Moves
Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
Will-O-Wisp / Protect
Trick Room / Taunt / Protect
Item
Sitrus Berry / Safety Goggles
Ability
Trace / Telepathy
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 252
Def 124
SpA 108
SpD 20
Spe 4

Strategy Overview

Gardevoir has carved a solid niche in the metagame as a specially attacking Fairy-type due to the relative lack of ones that are legal. This makes it a great Dragon-type check, most notably being able to beat the common 'double dragon' core of Garchomp and Salamence. Add on to this its overdose of supportive options and access to two great abilities in Trace and Telepathy, along with just enough special bulk to switch into special hits once or twice, and you have a one of the best Pokemon in the format. However, its lackluster physical bulk means that it struggles to take moderately powerful physical hits while also being unable to handle any common priority move outside of Mach Punch, and it is weak to one of the more common of said moves in the format, Bullet Punch, meaning that it really struggles versus Scizor and Mega Lucario. In addition to its nonexistent physical bulk, Gardevoir's stats are overall middling, with a high Special Attack, moderately high Special Defense, and rather low numbers in the rest of its stats, most notably its underwhelming base 80 Speed for an offensive Pokemon.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc