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gardevoir
#282

Gardevoir

Embrace Pokémon

PsychicFairy

To protect its Trainer, it will expend all its psychic power to create a small black hole.

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

Wish + Protect (Psychic)
Item
Gardevoirite
Ability
Trace
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 248
Def 244
Spe 16
Choice Scarf (Fairy)
Moves
Psychic / Psyshock / Trick / Healing Wish
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Trace
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Choice Specs (Fairy)
Moves
Psychic / Psyshock / Trick / Healing Wish
Item
Choice Specs
Ability
Trace
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Choice Scarf (Psychic)
Moves
Psychic / Energy Ball / Trick
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Trace
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Psychic

Mega Gardevoir fills a supportive role as a Wish passer thanks to its part-Fairy typing, solid special bulk, and Will-O-Wisp. Because of its outstanding Special Attack, serviceable Speed tier, and Pixilate-boosted Hyper Voice, Mega Gardevoir also has a remarkable offensive presence that shines against Dark and Dragon teams. Mega Gardevoir's part-Fairy typing makes it immune to Dragon and neutral to Dark and Bug, allowing it to better take on Dragonite, Mega Sharpedo, and Heracross. However, it has low HP for a Wish user, and even with investment, Mega Gardevoir is still unable to deal with faster physical wallbreakers. It also competes with Mega Latias and Mega Gallade for a slot. Mega Latias can switch into special wallbreakers like Landorus, and Mega Charizard Y, while Mega Gallade poses a major threat to Normal, Steel, and Psychic teams with its STAB Fighting-type coverage and Knock Off + Shadow Sneak.

Fairy

Gardevoir is a great revenge killer on Fairy teams because of its high Special Attack, Psychic-type STAB moves to deal with Poison-types, and support options in Healing Wish and Trick. Trace allows Gardevoir to check weather sweepers like Swift Swim Kingdra and Sand Rush Excadrill. However, due to its lackluster Speed for a revenge killer, faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Terrakion and Choice Scarf Victini can outspeed and OHKO it. Its poor Defense leaves it vulnerable to any physical attack. Despite its high Special Attack, Gardevoir has a hard time getting rid of specially defensive Pokemon like Chansey and Jirachi.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
97.9%
Psyshock
61.8%
Psychic
28.9%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc