Gallade
Blade Pokémon
Because it can sense what its foe is thinking, its attacks burst out first, fast, and fierce.
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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.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc