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gallade
#475

Gallade

Blade Pokémon

PsychicFighting

True to its honorable-warrior image, it uses the blades on its elbows only in defense of something or someone.

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

Swords Dance
Item
Protective Pads / Lum Berry / Life Orb
Ability
Justified
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Gallade sets itself apart from other Fighting-types in the metagame like Toxicroak and Passimian due to its part-Psychic typing, allowing it to threaten the tier's bulky Poison-types like Vileplume, Weezing, and Garbodor. It is an equally, if not even more, dangerous wallbreaker thanks to Knock Off and Swords Dance, letting it cripple and eventually muscle past common physically defensive Pokemon like Mudsdale and Quagsire. However, it matches up poorly against the tier's common offensive threats: Gallade's Speed tier is average at best and, considering its frailty, makes it very vulnerable to getting revenge killed by faster threats like Talonflame, Tauros, and Aerodactyl. It also faces tough competition from the aforementioned Toxicroak and Passimian, which have better defensive profiles and viable set diversity.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
93.2%
Trick
68.4%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc