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gallade
#475

Gallade

Blade Pokémon

PsychicFighting

A master of courtesy and swordsmanship, it fights using extending swords on its elbows.

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

nu Usage: 2.9%
Swords Dance
Item
Psychium Z / Life Orb
Ability
Justified
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With a great STAB combination, great coverage options, and access to Swords Dance, Gallade differentiates itself from other Fighting-type wallbreakers by being able to beat many traditional checks to Fighting-types like Slowking, Weezing, and Dhelmise with its Psychic-type moves and Knock Off. It also has usable special bulk, giving it setup opportunities against Pokemon like Blastoise and defensive Decidueye. However, Gallade is outsped by many threats like Vivillon and Rotom because of its average Speed, and it cannot take even resisted physical hits like Passimian's Close Combat safely due to its lackluster bulk. Additionally, a Psychic / Fighting typing is quite bad defensively, making Gallade neutral to Dark while still having the same weaknesses as other Fighting-types. Being neutral to Dark also makes Gallade unable to switch into Dark-type attacks safely to utilize its ability Justified. Aside from this, other Fighting-types give it competition by providing better utility for the team, like U-turn from Passimian and priority from Pangoro. Scrafty also has higher overall bulk and better abilities in Shed Skin, which allows it to set up without fear of status, and Moxie, which allows it to snowball and sweep.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
55.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
17.4%
Life Orb
13.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc