[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Gallade is one of very few Pokemon who can both set up Trick Room and use it to sweep. With a mighty 125 base Attack stat and a 120 base power STAB move, your foe will have a difficult time countering Gallade. With max Hit Point investment, Gallade can even take a couple hits and find time to set up Trick Room. Zen Headbutt gives you secondary STAB and a 20% chance to flinch. It is your most powerful option against Gyarados and Machamp, but it leaves you walled against Cresselia and other bulky pure Psychic-types. Night Slash is a viable alternative to hit Cresselia and Starmie super effective, while also
guaranteeing (spelling mistake) you 2HKO Rotom-A. Ice Punch rounds out the set by giving you a way to maim Gliscor, Salamence, Flygon and other Pokemon weak to
(removed word)Ice-type
moves.</p>
<p>Gallade's Speed is as low as possible, hitting 148. The only Pokemon who will be going before you under Trick Room are base 55's and lower, as well as Relaxed Swampert. The EV spread guarantees Gallade survives a Life Orb Gengar's Shadow Ball and a Choice Specs Draco Meteor from Latias (not consectutively). The rest of the EVs power Gallade's Attack. Life Orb is the preferred item, but if the recoil is conflicting with Gallade's bulk then Expert Belt can be used.</p>
<p>Although it is best to use this set in a Trick Room team, that is not always necessary, as Gallade is deadly on his own. Trick Room functions similarly to (removed word) Agility, only instead of extremely fast Pokemon moving before you, extremely slow Pokemon will. The main Pokemon who will wall this set are defensive Cresselia and defensive Gyarados. Skarmory counters Gyarados well and does not fear Shadow Ball like Rotom-A or Starmie would. Although Slowbro shares a Ghost-type attack weakness with Gallade, Slowbro easily counters Gyarados with Psychic or Hidden Power Electric. Slowbro is also very good at setting up Trick Room, just in case Gallade doesn't find the time. Scizor counters Cresselia easily and functions well in Trick Room due to its low Speed. Tyranitar also overpowers Cresselia without much trouble and is a truly nasty mixed attacker in Trick Room. Since defensive Rotom-A cannot be OHKOed by any move Gallade can use, it threatens a burn which would end Gallade's sweep. Although Scizor and Tyranitar counter Rotom-A decently, they also face the threat of Will-O-Wisp. Heatran (removed word) enjoys switching in on Will-O-Wisp and thus makes a great counter to pesky Rotom-A. On a Trick Room team, Snorlax makes a superb partner to Gallade to reliably counter Gengar and Selfdestruct on Pokemon such as Hippowdon and Metagross who Gallade cannot easily defeat.</p>