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Synchronize
- When afflicted with status, the enemy is afflicted also. Can pass nature to wild Pokemon.
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Trace
- Copies foe's ability.
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Telepathy
- Does not take damage from allies' attacks.
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Level 50 Statistics (see level 5, 50, 100)
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Min- |
Min |
Max |
Max+ |
| HP |
68
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- |
143 |
175 |
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| Atk |
65
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76 |
85 |
117 |
128 |
| Def |
65
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76 |
85 |
117 |
128 |
| SpA |
125
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130 |
145 |
177 |
194 |
| SpD |
115
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121 |
135 |
167 |
183 |
| Spe |
80
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90 |
100 |
132 |
145 |
Overview
Gardevoir is the embodiment of class; just look at that dress and hairstyle! With Mesprit saying its farewells from NU, Gardevoir has a chance to be in the spotlight as a Psychic-type supporter, filling in the hole that Mesprit left in our hearts. Don't let that pretty face fool you; Gardevoir is not a Pokemon to be messed with. Equipped with an incredibly high base 125 Special Attack stat, the ever so useful Trace ability, a splendid base 115 Special Defense stat, and versatility that extends even farther than the length of her gown, Gardevoir will keep you guessing what she will do next. Even in a tier where the most dangerous threats include Dark-type Pokemon and weather abusers such as Skuntank, Charizard, Exeggutor, Gorebyss, and Ludicolo, Gardevoir can find a way in her purse of tricks to deal with them. Sadly not everything is sunshine and rainbows for our dainty little dancer. Her HP, Defense, and Speed stats are a little disappointing, and allow faster physical attackers to prey on her. However, her positive traits are so great that they usually overshadow her negatives and if played right, she will provide irreplaceable support to her trainer. Overall, Gardevoir is a solid choice for any team, who many will consider for her unique qualities that no other Pokemon in NU can claim to possess.
With Jynx being banned from NU, nobody 'shed a manly tear'; instead, they looked for the most suitable replacement regardless, and this is what they found. Gardevoir is a powerful Pokemon with her base 125 Special Attack stat, good base 80 Speed, great coverage, bulk perfectly fitting for Calm Mind, and the right ability to abuse these traits in Trace. With an excellent base 115 Special Defense stat and the Trace ability, Gardevoir can find many opportunities to set up a Calm Mind on weaker special attackers or attackers whose own abilities can be used against them, such as Vileplume, Raichu, Altaria, or Flareon. From there Gardevoir can use her amazing coverage to sweep the opponent's team. To illustrate the power behind this set, +1 Gardevoir is capable of OHKOing specially defensive Lickilicky with Focus Blast. Another extremely specially defensive Pokemon, Hypno, is forced to choose between either geting a Wish or status off on Gardevoir before being 2HKOed.
Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
This set appreciates entry hazard support to help take down Flareon, Hypno, and other special walls much more easily and provide much more trouble and devastation than all of Team Rocket combined. Unfortunately, Gardevoir has enormous trouble dealing with Dark-type Pokemon such as Skuntank which can force her into a checkmate position, so good teammates include Fighting-type Pokemon such as Sawk or Gurdurr to dispose of them and provide Gardevoir a free window to set up and sweep. Unlike the Choice Scarf set, this Gardevoir runs Timid because Pokemon with base 80 Speed and lower tend to run positive a Speed nature when not using Choice Scarf. Pairing Gardevoir with special attackers such as Gorebyss, Altaria, or Serperior that generally get walled by Gardevoir's traditional counters appreciate her ability to lure in traditional counters and take them down. Although the moves listed are the best for the job, Gardevoir can still mix and match some of them. Signal Beam is usable on this set, but because Gardevoir is boosting her damage output, a Shadow Ball will take down Exeggutor regardless. Psyshock is also an option over Psychic to take down specially defensive Altaria with Stealth Rock on the field.
With an incredible base 125 Special Attack stat, a decent base 80 Speed, and the amazing Trace ability, Gardevoir has everything she needs to succeed with a Choice set. Trace allows Gardevoir to copy a foe's Tangela's Regenerator, a Flareon or Rapidash's Flash Fire, a Raichu's Lightningrod, or even a weather abuser's Swift Swim or Chlorophyll, and use it against them. Alongside Trace, Gardevoir also has a base 115 Special Defense and can use them both to get many free switchins and wreak havoc on an enemy team. What's more fun than switching in your bulky Gardevoir into a weak Tangela's attack, forcing it out and getting a free hit on something, then switching out and healing 33% of her health? Did your Gardevoir happen to accidentally switch into a Thunder Wave? Trace an Altaria's Natural Cure and getting rid of it, fearing nothing but the uncommon Specs Draco Meteor. As you can see, Trace has many uses, but the most prominent one would be using it to check the horde of weather teams that Ludicolo, Charizard, and Sawsbuck have popularized. By having Trace copy their weather-based ability Gardevoir can outspeed and take out dangerous opponents such as Victreebel, Sawsbuck, Charizard, Ludicolo, Shiftry, Gorebyss, and Exeggutor.
Gardevoir has a massive movepool, many different moves to choose from, and many ways for her to achieve desirable coverage. Psychic and Focus Blast provide excellent coverage together, are only walled by Psychic-type Pokemon, and hit many weather sweepers very hard. The only weather sweeper not hit super effectively by Psychic and Focus Blast is Exeggutor, which can easily be taken down regardless of investment with Signal Beam, something Shadow Ball cannot do against even an Exeggutor with no investment in HP or defenses. With such fantastic coverage, Gardevoir is given a free choice for her last move: Trick or Thunderbolt. Trick allows Gardevoir to dump her Choice item on troublesome special walls such as Lickilicky or Flareon who can status and take advantage of our poor maiden. Thunderbolt on the other hand gives Choice Scarf Gardevoir a weapon against Gorebyss and Huntail. While Choice Scarf is the recommended item, Choice Specs is also viable and can check the slower weather sweepers such as Victreebel, Shiftry, Seismitoad, Armaldo, Carracosta, Gorebyss, and Exeggutor.
Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
As with any offensive Pokemon, Gardevoir highly appreciates entry hazard support as the extra damage can allow a Choice Scarf set to OHKO Gorebyss, Ludicolo, or Huntail without using Thunderbolt. The Choice Specs set appreciates Stealth Rock and Spikes, which give it the ability to 2HKO even defensive behemoths such as Hypno, Altaria, and Flareon. Psychic-, Bug-, and Fighting-type attacks achieve perfect coverage in NU—barring the uncommon Shedinja—but if you feel that Shedinja is a huge threat to your team, or if you are using Choice Specs, Shadow Ball is a perfect alternative to Signal Beam, as Gardevoir retains the awesome coverage while hitting Shedinja and OHKOing Exeggutor. Thunderbolt should only be considered on sets using Choice Scarf because it is only used to take down Gorebyss and Huntail in one hit without any prior damage. Choice Specs sets on the other hand have the ability to OHKO those threats cleanly with just Psychic. Most Pokemon under base 80
Speed that use Choice Scarf do not run Speed boosting natures, so Modest is the way to go, but Timid can be used to ensure that Gardevoir always outpaces these foes, and is the preferred nature for Choice Specs sets. Like any other Psychic-type Pokemon in NU, Gardevoir absolutely hates Dark-type Pokemon and nothing sucks more than to have Skuntank switch into your Psychic and trap Gardevoir with Pursuit. Fighting-type Pokemon such as Sawk, Throh, and Gurdurr make quick work of Skuntank and have good offensive synergy with Gardevoir, as they can remove each other's counters.
In a world where Mesprit has left the NU tier, one Pokemon now holds the key to tier supremacy. Gardevoir stars in "Rise to the Top" and plays the important role of the protagonist capable of taking a multitude of special attacks from the likes of Samurott, Rotom-S, and Altaria and passing on her 'Wishful' sentiments to her friends in need. While the NU tier is not the stage for a Hollywood movie, all of Gardevoir's mentioned qualities are absolute fact. With an amazing base 115 Special Defense stat backed by a decent base 68 HP stat, Gardevoir is more than capable of taking hits from some of NU's scariest special attackers while being capable of healing herself and her teammates with Wish. However, there are two main things that differentiate Gardevoir from her only remaining competitor, Hypno: Gardevoir sports a much higher Special Attack stat and can deal significant damage to anything that doesn't resist Psychic, and holds access to Will-O-Wisp, a move Hypno could not get even in its dreams. Even while backed up by Will-O-Wisp, Gardevoir's Defense is not the greatest and physically defensive partners such as Tangela who can take on the physical attackers in NU and provide Sleep Power and Leech Seed support are recommended, while Gardevoir can return the favor with Heal Bell.
Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
With her excellent Special Attack stat, Gardevoir can take advantage of moves such as Psyshock to hit special walls such as Lickilicky, Altaria, or Flareon much harder than with Psychic. Thunder Wave is useful, as with good bulk and Wish, Gardevoir will last a long time and can spread paralysis throughout your opponent's team, allowing for slow, powerful Pokemon such as Marowak or Golem to have an easier time breaking down teams. Providing a secondary Heal Bell user is recommended, as Gardevoir appreciates being able to run Protect for scouting enemy movesets and guaranteeing Gardevoir heals herself with Wish. For this reason, partners such as Lickilicky, Flareon, or Audino are recommended as they have generally good type synergy with Gardevoir and provide enormous support with Wish and Heal Bell. While far from being set up fodder, defensive Gardevoir tends to attract offensive Ghost- and Dark-types, so partners such as Skuntank and Sawk, respectively can do a number on those Pokemon, and any injuries Gardevoir's partners suffer as a result can be healed by Gardevoir's Wish. Alternatively, this set can use a mixed spread such as 252 HP / 176 Def / 80 SpD with a Bold nature to handle Fighting-type Pokemon much better while still keeping good special defense.
By utilizing Gardevoir's superb defenses, good Speed, and awesome movepool consisting of rare moves such as Memento, you get one of the best offensive supporters that NU has to offer. With this set's EV spread Gardevoir can use her great base 80 Speed to quickly set up Reflect and Light Screen, further augmenting her already sturdy defenses and support her teammates by giving them a much easier time setting up. As the best Pokemon with access to Reflect, Light Screen, and Memento in NU, only facing competition from Jumpluff—which would have more potential running other sets—Gardevoir doesn't have to 'Wish' to get chosen for a team slot. This is because of this set's ability to support teams of any kind, giving offensive teams a cushion against attacks allowing for a swiftly executed Swords Dance from the likes of Samurott to finish off a game, or even giving balanced teams the extra bulk needed to counter threats and still retain the power to hit back hard. Memento doesn't only act as a bulletproof vest that beefs up the effects of Dual Screens; as it sharply decreases an enemy's Attack and Special Attack, it essentially acts as a one turn Reflect and Light Screen, potentially giving a teammate the chance to set up. Taunt allows Gardevoir to prevent Pokemon such as Regirock, Probopass, and Musharna from setting up, all of which could otherwise use moves such as Thunder Wave, Stealth Rock, or Calm Mind, respectively. Gardevoir's Trace ability comes into play when using this set as well, giving her Regenerator from Tangela or Flash Fire from Flareon, which can aid her in setting up Reflect and Light Screen multiple times in a match.
Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
As with any Dual Screen user, Gardevoir seeks only to help her teammates, and without a proper offensive partner, she fails as a support Pokemon. Pairing Gardevoir up with Pokemon such as Samurott, Drifblim, Altaria, Linoone, Charizard, Gorebyss, Carracosta, Huntail, Zangoose, Sawsbuck, or Raichu that can boost their own stats but otherwise would find it difficult to set up will make the most out of Gardevoir's screens. While the last two moveslots on this set seem redundant with Psychic being slashed twice, this set can run a myriad of move combinations effectively. Memento should be used with either Taunt or Psychic, but can also be replaced to use both Psychic and Taunt on the same set. Gardevoir appreciates help from Alomomola to take on physical hits and provide Wish support to Gardevoir and her partners to allow her to rally a dual screens offense for much longer. This set can also run Thunder Wave or Focus Blast for additional support, as Thunder Wave can cripple any powerful attackers attempting to freely switch in while Gardevoir sets up a Reflect or Light Screen, and Focus Blast damages Skuntank on the switch.
Other Options
Gardevoir can utilize a neat Synchronize with Heal Bell set, but as long as you don't bring your Gardevoir in on a Regigigas or Slaking, Trace a much better ability as it is leagues more useful; Gardevoir should be avoiding status anyway. As Gardevoir has access to Encore and Destiny Bond, it would seem as though they could be used on some of her set. However, Gardevoir needs all the moveslots she has to attain sufficient coverage and to accomplish her goals. She can use Substitute with either Pain Split or Disable to disrupt the opponent. While both are viable (SubSplit focusing on beating special walls and SubDisable preventing the opponent from using a move to break Gardevoir's Substitute) the listed sets are are for a reason; they get the job done better than either SubSplit or SubDisable. Defensive and Offensive Calm Mind outclasses SubSplit in beating special walls and SubWisp disrupts the opponent better by not only helping Gardevoir keep her Substitute, but also burning the opponent.
Checks and Counters
While Gardevoir can be very hard to counter outright since you never know what set she could be using, Skuntank is the key exception and can take anything any Gardevoir set has, bar Will-O-Wisp, and Pursuit trap her. Scraggy can come in on Support or Defensive Calm Mind sets and set up Bulk Up freely, not minding Will-O-Wisp thanks to its access to Rest and Shed Skin. Potent special walls such as Lickilicky, Flareon, and Hypno fear nothing from Choice sets except Trick and can cripple Gardevoir with Toxic. Musharna can come in on Gardevoir and take advantage of her Support, Choice, or SubWisp sets and freely set up on her, but has to watch out for Trick, Taunt, and boosted Signal Beams.
