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gardevoir
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Gardevoir

Embrace Pokémon

PsychicFairy

GARDEVOIR has the ability to read the future. If it senses impending danger to its TRAINER, this POKéMON is said to unleash its psychokinetic energy at full power.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Embrace Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 48.4 kg
Base Exp 233
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Urban

Sprites

gardevoir Front Front
gardevoir Back Back
gardevoir Front Shiny Front Shiny
gardevoir Back Shiny Back Shiny
gardevoir Official Art Official Art
gardevoir Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Trace
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Choice Specs
Moves
Shadow Ball / Hidden Power Fire
Trick / Healing Wish
Item
Choice Specs
Ability
Trace
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Gardevoir's high Special Attack stat and good offensive typing of Psychic / Fairy make it a hard Pokemon to switch into, especially for teams that use less sturdy Fairy checks such as Forretress and Steelix as their sole Steel-type. In addition to its main attacking moves, Gardevoir gets access to useful support moves, mainly Healing Wish. Moreover, Trace is a great ability on Gardevoir, as it can copy useful abilities such as Levitate from Flygon, and Regenerator from Slowbro. However, it has pitiful Defense, which makes it revenge killed quite easily and 2HKOed by most neutral hits. Although it outspeeds most bulkier Pokemon, there are faster Choice Scarf users in the tier, such as Flygon, and its unboosted Speed stat makes it slower than most offensive Pokemon. Setup sweepers such as Barbaracle and Dragon Dance Zygarde-10% are also faster than Choice Scarf Gardevoir after boosting, making it imperfect at revenge killing.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
94.5%
Psyshock
81.1%
Trick
40.8%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc