Gallade

Gallade is a strong option on Trick Room teams thanks to its high physical damage output, unique coverage and utility movepool. It can deal with many problematic matchups for Trick Room, such as set up sweepers via Sacred Sword and spread moves via Wide Guard.

Gallade is used on teams with Indeedee-F, as the Fighting-type coverage it provides is crucial in dealing with Incineroar, Ting-Lu and other Dark-types that give Trick Room sweepers such as Hatterene trouble. Sharpness-boosted Sacred Sword does massive damage, putting pressure on opponents from turn one, as well as checking several problematic matchups, such as Dondozo. Wide Guard removes the most common way to bypass Indeedee-F's Follow Me, spread moves, and presents mind games on opponents on whether Gallade will use Wide Guard or set up Trick Room.

Gallade's typing is amazing offensively, but defensively leaves much to be desired. Its Defense and HP are low, making it vulnerable to attackers like Rillaboom and Urshifu that can take one attack from Gallade while OHKOing it back. While its Special Defense is high, it is made moot by relevant special attackers such as Flutter Mane and Tornadus, which both resist Sacred Sword and hit it for super effective damage. However, it should be noted that Wide Guard blocks both Bleakwind Storm and Dazzling Gleam.