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gallade
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Gallade

Blade Pokémon

PsychicFighting

Because it can sense what its foe is thinking, its attacks burst out first, fast, and fierce.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Blade Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 52.0 kg
Base Exp 233
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat

Sprites

gallade Front Front
gallade Back Back
gallade Front Shiny Front Shiny
gallade Back Shiny Back Shiny
gallade Official Art Official Art
gallade Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Setup Sweeper
Item
Lum Berry / Life Orb / Scope Lens
Ability
Sharpness
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Tera Type
SteelFire
Choice Band
Moves
Knock Off / Shadow Sneak / Trick
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Sharpness
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Tera Type
SteelDark
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Sharpness
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Tera Type
SteelDark

Strategy Overview

Gallade is a very threatening wallbreaker that uses its Sharpness-boosted offensive coverage options to threaten big damage on most of the metagame. It can notably 2HKO walls like Hippowdon, Slowbro, and Chesnaught, making it an excellent tool at dealing with defensive teams in particular, as nothing can reliably take its hits. It is, however, held back by its average bulk. While its special bulk can let it tank some pretty big hits like Gengar's Shadow Ball, Armarouge's Armor Cannon, and Magnezone's Discharge, its physical bulk is terrible, and it will have trouble taking hits it doesn't resist from any mildly threatening foes such as Bisharp's Sucker Punch and Mamoswine's Earthquake. Its biggest weakness is its mediocre Speed leaving it vulnerable to revenge killing attempts from faster threats like Krookodile, Gardevoir, and Noivern; Choice Scarf users such as Gardevoir; and priority users like Mimikyu and Bisharp. It therefore struggles against more offensive teams containing more of these fast threats.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
17.1%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
23.3%
Life Orb
17.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc