Gardevoir (Update)

AromaFlora said:

Looking mainly for content additions or subtractions (like new sets maybe?) although some grammar checks, especially flow, are welcomed. I think the Dual Screen Team Options needs some more fat, but I don't know what to put there.

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/gardevoir

[Overview]

<p>At first sight, Gardevoir may seem outclassed by Uxie due to its better defenses, Speed, and other support moves including Stealth Rock, but Gardevoir has a few niches of its own that can make it interesting. Gardevoir's Base 125 Special Attack anticipates that Gardevoir is not a sitting duck like Uxie, who carries Base 75 offenses, and can easily go on the offensive side and, at the same time, the defensive side. Not only that, but Gardevoir owns a few other useful support moves, such as Encore, Will-O-Wisp, Wish, and Taunt.</p>

<p>Ability-wise, Gardevoir may not have the Ground immunity that Uxie has from Levitate, but its own Trace ability merits a huge amount of possibilities. Gardevoir can easily switch into a handful amount of troublesome Pokemon and turn the tables upon themselves, such as weather-abusing Pokemon, Intimidate users, and a few selected others.</p>

[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
move 2: Wish / Pain Split
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Heal Bell
item: Leftovers
ability: Trace
nature: Calm
evs: 236 HP / 176 Sp Def / 96 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Gardevoir's vast supportive movepool and grand Base 115 Special Defense allows it to aid its team in a handful of ways. At the same time, Gardevoir is able to dish out enormous damage with Psychic despite the lack of any Special Attack investments. Though the amount of pressure from attacks have increased vastly in this generation, Gardevoir can still switch in on weak attacks from the likes of support Blastoise, special Venusaur, and special Claydol. When Gardevoir is switched in, be sure to fire off a Will-O-Wisp to cripple the dangerous physical-inclined Pokemon that may switch in, such as Absol, Scyther, and Ambipom. After that, Gardevoir can start restoring its HP back with Pain Split or the team with Wish and Heal Bell.</p>

<p>With 236 HP and 176 Special Defense EVs, Gardevoir reaches 336 HP, a Leftovers numbers, and 341 Special Defense, a bonus point mark, allowing it to survive dangerous attacks from the likes of Life Orb Dark Pulse from a +2 Modest Toxicroak, Choice Specs Shadow Ball from a Rotom, and Life Orb Surf in the rain from a Omastar. 96 Speed EVs allow Gardevoir to hit the 220 mark, outspeeding neutral Base 91 Pokemon and the others below, such as Lead Nidoqueen, ResTalk Rotom, and support Venusaur. Gardevoir can then proceed to destroy the mentioned Pokemon with Psychic, 2HKOing them with Stealth Rock support.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>Due to not having a completely reliable recovery move, like Clefable and Chansey, one should not switch Gardevoir as freely compared to the mentioned two. Unless the foe is a Pokemon that cannot dish out damage well or is harmless to a good amount of your team, take advantage of Gardevoir's Trace ability to switch into or revenge kill potentially troublesome foes, such as Hypnosis Hypno, Swift Swim and Chlorophyll users, and Claydol.</p>

<p>Support Gardevoir will usually run into trouble against Flash Fire Pokemon, namely Houndoom and Arcanine, switching in to absorb the incoming Will-O-Wisp. Pokemon that can deal with these Pokemon would be extremely beneficial to the survival of Gardevoir; against these Fire-types, Water-type Pokemon like Ludicolo and Milotic can switch in and proceed to destroy them with Surf. Not only are Flash Fire Pokemon harsh, but Pokemon with Calm Mind and/or Taunt or Substitute, like Mismagius and Alakazam, are just as cruel. Encore as an alternative move over Heal Bell on this set can solve this weakness if the foe isn't using Taunt, but note that Will-O-Wisp is illegal with Encore so Thunder Wave or Hypnosis will have to substitute. Besides swapping moves, the use of Iron Head Registeel against Mismagius and physical priority users, like Azumarill and Scyther, against Alakazam may help out, but note that the Pokemon will be taking a good chunk of damage in return.</p>

<p>Strong physical attackers that have not been burned by Will-O-Wisp and outspeed Gardevoir will be a problem, especially Pursuit users. Venusaur, Scyther, and Leafeon all fall in this problematic category. In assistance, a strong physical tank or wall would be worthwhile to use, such as Registeel, Rotom, and Weezing. Registeel has the benefit of Thunder Waving these threats while the other two can burn them if Gardevoir couldn't earlier.</p>

[SET]
name: Choice
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Signal Beam / Shadow Ball
move 4: Trick / Focus Blast
item: Choice Specs / Choice Scarf
ability: Trace
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 12 Def / 252 Sp Atk / 244 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Though Gardevoir is primarily seen as a defensive Pokemon due to its great supportive movepool, one should not forget about Gardevoir's Base 125 Special Attack and wide attacking movepool. Psychic is Gardevoir's main STAB attack that also has a 10% chance to lower the foe's Special Defense. Thunderbolt offers great neutral coverage with Psychic, being resistant or immune to by namely Shedinja, Steelix, Magneton, and Exeggutor. Signal Beam goes well on the third slot to hit even more targets neutrally or super effectively, especially Dark- and Psychic-type Pokemon. Shadow Ball can be used here if Focus Blast comes in the fourth slot for unresistant coverage. Trick is the primary fourth slot option due to its crippling factor against a vast amount of troublesome Pokemon, such as Clefable, Chansey, and Drapion.</p>

<p>It should also be noted that this is one of the best sets to take advantage of Trace due to the constant switching the Choice sets offer. Gardevoir can switch in on a handful amount of Pokemon and use their abilities against themselves while destroying them with its respectful super effective attacks, such as Magneton, Rain Dance Omastar, and Sunny Day Exeggutor.

<p>The EVs listed are if Gardevoir is Timid. 244 Speed EVs allow Gardevoir to reach 420 Speed, outrunning Electrode, Modest Choice Scarf Rotom and those dwelling under. If Modest is the chosen nature, a small change of EVs will need to happen; 18 Def / 240 Spe / 252 Sp Atk should be used. 240 Speed EVs enable Gardevoir to reach 384 Speed, outrunning max Speed positive nature Base 125 Pokemon, namely Swellow.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>Choice Gardevoir has a rough time with Pursuit users, especially those that resist or are immune to Psychic. Drapion, Absol, and Spiritomb all crumple down on this mess. Unfortunately, there is not much that can be done especially if Gardevoir finishes off a target Pokemon and a Pursuit user comes. If keeping Gardevoir alive throughout the match is a goal because the foe is trying to keep an important Pokemon from dying from Gardevoir, then be wary of what Pokemon Gardevoir may be attacking at the start. Double switching Gardevoir out to a Pokemon that can take on the mentioned three, such as Donphan and Venusaur, may seem like a lousy waste of a turn, but doing this is great scouting material in what Pursuit user the foe could have.</p>

<p>Gardevoir, with and without Trick, will still have problems with special walls, primarily Chansey. Dugtrio will automatically solve any Chansey problem existing with its Arena Trap ability and Earthquake. If Dugtrio is not the cup of tea, ironically, Pursuit users will do well. Drapion, Absol, and Spiritomb, despite getting statused by any of Chansey's moves, are some users of Pursuit with STAB in tact. Defensive Fighters like Hitmontop and Hariyama will also help out against Chansey problems although there must be a "check-mate" scenario happening to let the foe leave Chansey in to be hit by their Fighting-type moves.</p>

[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt
move 3: Focus Blast / Signal Beam
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
ability: Trace
nature: Timid
evs: 18 Def / 252 Sp Atk / 236 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Despite having only a Base 80 Speed, Gardevoir can use a Calm Mind set, given the scenario. Its Base 115 Special Defense and Base 125 Special Attack give it an immediate defense and offense at the same time, something that Uxie and Alakazam do not have. Mesprit may rival Gardevoir and have Levitate, but Gardevoir's Trace ability and higher special stats make a difference. Moveset-wise, Psychic is the main attacking move of the set, with the others providing coverage. Shadow Ball and Focus Blast together create the best coverage one can get with two moves, although Thunderbolt and Signal Beam can be used as well for reliability if the 70% accuracy of Focus Blast is not welcomed.</p>

<p>The listed Speed EVs give Gardevoir 280 Speed, outrunning neutral max Speed Base 90 Pokemon and under, such as Moltres, Hitmonlee, and Nidoking. All three of these Pokemon can be slaughtered by Psychic (or Thunderbolt in Moltres's case).</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>As Gardevoir's Base 80 Speed and Base 65 Defense are extremely vulnerable, faster physical attackers, such as Dugtrio, Drapion, and Scyther, can switch in on a Calm Mind and threaten with their most damaging move or Pursuit (not in Dugtrio's case). Scouting for these Pokemon beforehand and burning or paralyzing them with Pokemon such as Rotom, Registeel, Venusaur, and Clefable would be beneficial for Gardevoir to destroy these Pokemon when they switch back in.</p>

<p>Encore users and/or dedicated special walls, such as Clefable, Chansey, and Spiritomb, also pose as extreme problems for this set as they can lock Gardevoir into one move, which Calm Mind Gardevoir does not like to do, or just plainly wall Gardevoir. Gardevoir can use a different move in place of an attack, such as Substitute, Encore, Pain Split, or Taunt, to help against these Pokemon; losing coverage will be something Gardevoir will have to deal with. If replacing a move isn't in mind, using physical-minded Pokemon such as Guts Hariyama, Aggron, and Arcanine can help Gardevoir out. Guts Hariyama can pummel the two Normal-type special sponges while absorbing status from the three; Stone Edge or Payback will eventually destroy Spiritomb. Aggron must watch out for status from the three Pokemon, but if it can get in on an attack, it will deal devastating damage against them with its Head Smash. Non-Rest Talk Arcanine plays much more conservative with Morning Sun and Flash Fire, but watch out for Thunder Wave when using it.</p>

[SET]
name: Dual Screen
move 1: Taunt / Will-O-Wisp / Psychic
move 2: Reflect
move 3: Light Screen
move 4: Memento
item: Light Clay
ability: Trace
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 22 Def / 236 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Gardevoir can be a prime user of dual screen with Memento ensuring a sweep for a set-up sweeper of yours. However, there is another user of the same strategy: Uxie. Gardevoir has a few merits of its own to distinguish itself from the pixie. Taunt or Will-O-Wisp allow Gardevoir to stop or weaken the foe from being disruptive while creating the screens. If the feeling of a sitting duck is not great, then the usage of Psychic off 125 Base Special Attack is always there. Trace is a welcomed ability for Gardevoir as it allows Gardevoir to pull off some odd switch-ins and use them as set-up bait, such as against Houndoom, Arcanine, and Poliwrath. Reflect should be used first when executing the dual screen strategy to neglect Gardevoir's weak Defense stat unless you are against an attacker that hits Gardevoir for super effective on the special side. Continue off with Light Screen or the other screen if you didn't use it to have both barriers down and use Memento to weaken the foe offensively so they do not do as much damage to your set-up sweeper as they are suppose to do.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>Fast Taunt and Encore users can prove to be annoying to Dual Screen Gardevoir as they can stop Gardevoir from doing its job or lock it in one useless move. Ambipom, Mismagius, and Alakazam are all part of this crew, but note their fragility as well. Choice Band Spiritomb can easily switch into any of these Pokemon and remove them with Pursuit. Swellow, on the Taunt or Encore, can OHKO all three of these Pokemon with Brave Bird or Facade, with a Flame or Toxic Orb in effect.</p>

<p>Although not really necessary, Healing Wish can be used in place of Memento if one of your sweepers is extremely weakened. Memento proves to be the most useful due to its ability to weaken and scare the foe into switching.</p>

[TEAM OPTIONS]

<p>On the supportive side, if Gardevoir does not carry Will-O-Wisp or did not burn a Pokemon, Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave users such as Arcanine, Rotom, and Chansey greatly help Gardevoir out in the long run. Stealth Rock, Spikes, and/or Toxic Spikes can help Calm Mind Gardevoir strike down weakened Chansey and Registeel. Chansey will especially suffer from two layers of Toxic Spikes and a Taunting, Substituting, or Pain Splitting Gardevoir.</p>

<p>For a selection of offensive Pokemon to use, most Pokemon that can benefit from burnt Pokemon and Wish support are welcomed in Gardevoir's team. Aggron can switch into Bug, Ghost, and Dark attacks and smack their respectful owners with a Head Smash. Set-up users that are somewhat physically weak, such as Mismagius, Houndoom, and Scyther, appreciate both Gardevoir's Will-O-Wisp and Wish so they can continually use their respectful set-up moves.

<p>With all these Dark-, Steel-, and Psychic-types floating around, Gardevoir appreciates Pokemon that can remove such Pokemon so it can further support its team. When a majority of these Pokemon switch in, however, they risk being burned by a Will-O-Wisp, making it easier for Gardevoir to switch into a counter. Sadly, Houndoom is a vicious pest to Gardevoir with its higher Base Speed and access to Pursuit. To aid Gardevoir in its defense, defensive Pokemon such as Hariyama and Registeel can be of great help. Hariyama can switch into a majority of Dark- and Steel-types, such as the aforementioned Houndoom and not including Spiritomb, and slay them down with a Force Palm or Close Combat. Houndoom's Nasty Plotted Hidden Power Flying will not OHKO a Careful Hariyama, so Houndoom is forced to dent the sumo hard and get defeated or switch out; this will greatly help Gardevoir out so it doesn't die right away. Houndoom will also suffer from bulky Waters such as Milotic and Azumarill. For Registeel, it has the honor of resisting Dark-, Steel-, Psychic-, Bug-, and Ghost-type attacks, all of which plague Gardevoir. Setting up Stealth Rock and Thunder Wave is also a great plus for Registeel's aid for Gardevoir as its Base 80 Speed is pitifully below average and residual damage can aid it in changing 2HKOs to OHKOs.</p>

<p>Gardevoir's Base 65 Defense is also one of the most vulnerable areas that must be concealed to ensure its survivability. Threats such as Absol, Scyther, and even strong physical users like Donphan and Azumarill with a STAB attack can be annoying if not burnt on the switch or another scenario. Defensive Rotom can take on three out of four of these Pokemon (Absol being the one out), burning them with Will-O-Wisp or attacking respectively with Shadow Ball or Thunderbolt. Absol is the more trickier one to counter due to its deadly high Attack and critical hits; Hitmontop can be considered to strike down the dark wolf with its Intimidate ability, resistance to Dark attacks, and Mach Punch.</p>

[OPTIONAL CHANGES]

<p>Gardevoir has an incredible movepool to behold, making gimmicky and unusual sets very welcome in its disposal. Trick Room can be very valuable for Gardevoir to support Pokemon with low Speed; a Quiet nature and 0 Speed IVs coupled with its below average Base 80 Speed makes Gardevoir quite a comfortable Trick Room user. Thunder Wave, Toxic, and Hypnosis can be used to conjure even more status upon Gardevoir's enemies. Encore is mentioned throughout the analysis because it's, in general, a wonderful move, but Gardevoir is strapped for moveslots. Torment could be an interesting move, but the lack of resistances Gardevoir has is not a great view for the move. Taunt with Calm Mind could prove to be a sufficient wall-breaking combination against the likes of Chansey and Clefable; in general, Taunt could be useful to stop set-up users from using Gardevoir as set-up bait. Safeguard could be a neat option to use if you don't like using Heal Bell frequently. A combination of Mean Look, Hypnosis, Substitute, and Nightmare can be a fun moveset to play with, but the lack of team support it provides can be futile. Grass Knot or Energy Ball can be used if you really hate Water/Ground, Rock/Ground, or Rock/Water Pokemon. As a last resort, Destiny Bond could prove useful to take an annoying enemy down, but the Base 80 Speed Gardevoir has makes the idea mildly lackluster. Confuse Ray with Thunder Wave can be an annoyance to your enemy.</p>

[COUNTERS]

<p>Any Pokemon that generally strikes hard on the physical side will usually bring down Gardevoir; however, these Pokemon should beware of Will-O-Wisp. Houndoom makes a great counter to any Gardevoir set due to its Flash Fire ability, which absorbs Will-O-Wisp for enhanced Fire-type damage, and Pursuit, which will destroy Gardevoir if it switches. Dark-type Pursuit users in general, such as Drapion, Absol, and Spiritomb, will usually end Gardevoir's life immediately. These Dark-types, excluding Spiritomb, should all beware of Signal Beam and Focus Blast.</p>

<p>On the defensive side, Clefable and Chansey both wall Gardevoir endlessly, although Clefable is suspect to Focus Blast at times. Clefable can come in and Encore any support move that Gardevoir uses, not to mention that Gardevoir's offensive attacks will not easily penetrate the fairy. If Gardevoir Tricks Clefable, a Toxic/Flame Orb will usually end up in its hands, hindering it with a damaging status. Chansey can come in on any move except for Trick and wall Gardevoir with her massive HP and Special Defense while draining its HP with Seismic Toss; however, Chansey should watch out for Pain Split stealing her massive HP. Clefable also doesn't mind Will-O-Wisp due to Magic Guard while Chansey has Natural Cure to heal the burn off on the switch.</p>

<p>In addition to the specially inclined Normal-types, Steel-types that can survive a Focus Blast will be a nuisance to Gardevoir. Registeel can switch into a Psychic, Shadow Ball, or Signal Beam and cripple Gardevoir with Thunder Wave and strike it down with flinching Iron Heads, although it must be wary of Will-O-Wisp; having a user of Aromatherapy or Heal Bell, such as Chansey, Uxie, or Umbreon, is a great way to avoid having your precious Pokemon afflicted by Gardevoir's plentiful amount of status moves.</p>

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AromaFlora said:

[Overview]

<p>At first sight, Uxie may seem to outclassed by Gardevoir (make sure the "it" fits the subject) due to its better defenses, Speed, and other support moves including Stealth Rock, but Gardevoir has a few niches of its own that can make it interesting. Gardevoir's base 125 Special Attack anticipates (did you mean "means"?) that it is not a sitting duck like Uxie, who carries base 75 offenses, (throws off the subject of the sentence and can be easily thrown out) and can easily play offensively and defensively simultaneously. Not only that, but Gardevoir owns a few other useful support moves, such as Encore, Will-O-Wisp, Wish, and Taunt. Gardevoir does have a couple of problems though, mainly its mediocre Speed, low HP, and low Defense, making it very vulnerable to Pursuit users and physical attackers in general.</p>

<p>Ability-wise, Gardevoir may not have the Ground immunity that Uxie gets from Levitate, but its own Trace ability merits a huge amount of possibilities. Gardevoir can easily switch into a handful amount of troublesome Pokemon and turn the tables upon themselves, such as weather-abusing Pokemon (careful with this, not all weather abusers utilize their natures to do so), Intimidate users, and a few selected others.</p>

[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
move 2: Wish / Pain Split
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Heal Bell
item: Leftovers
ability: Trace
nature: Calm
evs: 236 HP / 176 Sp Def / 96 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Gardevoir's vast supportive movepool and grand (Ctrl+F -->) base 115 Special Defense allows it to aid its team in a handful of ways. At the same time, Gardevoir is able to dish out enormous (hyperbole) damage with Psychic despite no Special Attack investments. Though the amount of pressure from attacks has increased vastly in this generation, Gardevoir can still switch in on weak attacks from the likes of support Milotic, special Venusaur, and special Claydol. When Gardevoir is switched in, be sure to fire off a Will-O-Wisp to cripple the dangerous physical-inclined Pokemon that may switch in, such as Absol, Scyther, and Ambipom (you'll want to get rid of "be sure to" and want to mention that this is situational -- the situation being that you know the enemy is going to switch). After that, Gardevoir can start restoring its HP back with Pain Split or the team with Wish and Heal Bell.</p>

I don't think Pain Split should be used when you have a move like Wish that can help the team, but that's just me. What have your experiences been with it?

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>With 236 HP and 176 Special Defense EVs, Gardevoir reaches 336 HP, a Leftovers numbers, and 341 Special Defense, a bonus point mark (bonus point?), allowing it to survive dangerous attacks from the likes of Life Orb Dark Pulse from a +2 Modest Toxicroak, Choice Specs Shadow Ball from a Timid Rotom, and Life Orb Surf in the rain from a Omastar. 96 Speed EVs allow Gardevoir to hit the 220 mark, outspeeding neutral (neutral refers to their nature, rephrase to say no speed or something like that) Base 91 Pokemon and the others such as Lead Nidoqueen, ResTalk Rotom (this is implied by the "base 91", so you should replace it with something else), and support Venusaur. Gardevoir can then proceed to destroy the aforementioned Pokemon with Psychic, 2HKOing them with Stealth Rock support.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>Due to not having a completely reliable recovery move like Clefable and Chansey, one should not switch in Gardevoir as freely by comparison. Unless the foe is a Pokemon that cannot dish out damage well or is harmless to a good amount of your team (I don't quite get this part, maybe it's just me, but you might want to try rewording it. The entire paragraph feels a little disparaging toward Gardy, but IDK), take advantage of Gardevoir's Trace ability to switch into or revenge kill potentially troublesome foes, such as Hypnosis Hypno (Hyp who? :P), Swift Swim and Chlorophyll users, and Claydol.</p>

<p>Support Gardevoir will usually run into trouble against Flash Fire Pokemon -- namely Houndoom and Arcanine -- switching in to absorb the incoming Will-O-Wisp. Teammates that can deal with these Pokemon would be extremely beneficial to the survival of Gardevoir; against these Fire-types, Water-type Pokemon like Ludicolo (Ludicolo doesn't fare too well here) and Milotic can switch in and proceed to destroy them with Surf. Not only are Flash Fire Pokemon harsh, but Pokemon with Calm Mind and/or Taunt or Substitute, like Mismagius and Alakazam, are just as cruel. Encore as an alternative move over Heal Bell on this set can solve this weakness if the foe isn't using Taunt, but note that Will-O-Wisp is illegal with Encore so Thunder Wave or Hypnosis will have to replace it. Alternatively, the use of Iron Head Registeel against Mismagius and physical priority users, like Azumarill and Scyther, against Alakazam may help out, but note that the Pokemon could be taking a good chunk of damage in return (if you mispredict and switch into an attack).</p>

<p>Strong physical attackers that outspeed Gardevoir and have not been burned by Will-O-Wisp will be a problem, especially Pursuit users. Venusaur, Scyther, and Leafeon all fall in this problematic category. In assistance, a strong physical tank or wall would be worthwhile to use, such as Registeel, Rotom, or Weezing. Registeel has the ability to Thunder Wave these threats while the other two can burn them if Gardevoir fails to do so on the switch.</p>

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AromaFlora said:

@Lady Gaga, thanks, but I went with Diesel's suggestion on that part.

@Diesel, thanks for what you've done so far! I've edited in all of the stuff you noted. And, I'll check your post whenever you add in those newer edits.

Pain Split is cool to use when Chansey switches in; usually, when I use Wish, it does support the team, but Gardevoir will sometimes be left with around 30%ish of HP, so it's basically dead the next time it switches in. Pain Split seemed to be an alright substitute to keep Gardevoir around more.

The "bonus point" thing was when the stat advances by 2 instead of 1. Like, putting Timid and 216 Speed on any Pokemon.

At the comparing Gardy to Clefable/Chansey part, Gardevoir is more like a special tank than a special wall like those two. It'll easily be wore down from repeated switches due to the lack of a instant 50% recovery move.

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<p>Gardevoir will usually run into trouble against Flash Fire Pokemon—namely Houndoom and Arcanine—switching in to absorb the incoming Will-O-Wisp. Teammates that can deal with these Pokemon would be extremely beneficial to the survival of Gardevoir; against these Fire-types, Water-type Pokemon like Blastoise and Milotic can switch in and proceed to destroy them with Surf.

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Darkmalice said:

Also, Protect deserves a slash with Heal Bell for reliable 50% recovery alongside Wish in the first set. Whilst it may appear to make Gardy outclassed by Chansey and Clefable, a strong STAB off 125 SpA, Will-O-Wisp (which works nicely alongside Protect), and Trace make this far from the truth. Heal Bell only appears to be a luxury in the set which is useful but not necessary, especially considering that there are other viable and better Cleric supports and there are status absorbers that make Cleric support less useful.

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coolking49 said:

I think destiny bond should have a slash in the choice set, as with a scarf it could get a KO. Also, in the screens set, healing wish deserves a mention next to memento, to make it differ from uxie more and to heal the next pokemon. Lastly, gardevoir could set up rain dance or sunny day, which might go in the other options.

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[Overview]

<p>At first sight, Alakazam and Uxie seems to outclass Gardevoir offensively and defensively respectively, but Gardevoir distinguishes itself by being able to go both offensive and defensive at the same time. Gardevoir's support movepool, including Encore, Will-O-Wisp, Wish, and Taunt, allows her to disrupt the enemy's team while aiding her own side. Offensively, Gardevoir has base 125 Special Attack, along with Psychic, Shadow Ball, Focus Blast and Thunderbolt to deal massive damage to incoming foes. Gardevoir also comes with the rare Trace ability, allowing her to copy an opponent's ability and turn the tables on them.</p>

<p>Gardevoir has a few problems to address, however. Being a balance of offense and defense, Gardevoir may not be suited for a task and, as such, you may want another Psychic-type who's better suited for pure defense or offense, such as the aforementioned Uxie and Alakazam (this entire section is unclear to me: what task? Why is being a balance of offense and defense not suitable? I suggest rewriting to something like, "She is a balance of offense and defense, so if you're looking for a pure defensive or offensive Psychic-type, she is inferior to the aforementioned Uxie and Alakazam"). As with Alakazam, Gardevoir has low Defense and HP stats, meaning that she is vulnerable to Pursuit-wielding physical attackers. Gardevoir's 80 base Speed is also rather average, allowing many other Pokemon to outpace her. Nevertheless, Gardevoir's Trace ability, great movepool, and spectacular special stats all do her a favor.</p>

[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
move 2: Wish / Pain Split
move 3: Protect / Heal Bell
move 4: Psychic
item: Leftovers
ability: Trace
nature: Calm
evs: 236 HP / 176 SpD / 96 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>This set aims to support your team by burning and cutting the opponent's Attack stat in half while providing overall healing.</p>

<p>Will-O-Wisp allows Gardevoir to cripple enemy physical attackers, such as Absol, Drapion, and Spiritomb, with a damaging burn. To restore Gardevoir's health, you can use Wish and Protect; the combination essentially gives Gardevoir a 56% (should factor in Leftovers imo) recovery move. Protect also helps increase the damage Will-O-Wisp does by essentially skipping a turn. If you need a cleric to restore status, Gardevoir can do that with Heal Bell, but note that Wish will become much more difficult to use. Therefore, using Pain Split to restore health with Heal Bell is recommended.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>If you opt to use Pain Split and Heal Bell together, note that there will be several cases where such moves perform better (or worse)than Wish and Protect. Against the two Normal-type special sponges, Clefable and Chansey, both pairs of attacks both have their ups and downs. Pain Split fails to hurt (but might want to check this, since the Magic Guard analysis page says Pain Split works normally against a Pokemon with Magic Guard) Clefable due to her Magic Guard ability, and thus Gardevoir is unable to fully restore her HP. Against Clefable, Wish and Protect or Heal Bell would be the superior option. However, if Pain Split is used on Chansey, expect a massive amount of health stolen due to her massive base 250 HP.</p>

<p>The EVs in this spread allow Gardevoir to be specially bulky and, at the same time, retain enough Speed to outrun certain foes. With 96 Speed EVs, Gardevoir reaches 220 Speed, outspeeding minimum Speed base 91 Pokemon and the others below, such as Nidoqueen, Poliwrath, and support Venusaur. Gardevoir can then proceed to destroy the aforementioned Pokemon with Psychic, 2HKOing them with Stealth Rock support. On the other hand, the 236 HP and 176 Special Defense EVs allow Gardevoir to reach 336 HP (a Leftovers number) and 341 Special Defense (a bonus point mark), allowing her to survive dangerous attacks like a Life Orb Dark Pulse from a +2 Modest Toxicroak, Choice Specs Shadow Ball from Timid Rotom, and Life Orb Surf in the rain from Omastar.</p>

<p>Gardevoir will usually run into trouble against Flash Fire Pokemon — namely Houndoom and Arcanine — switching in to absorb her Will-O-Wisp. Teammates who can deal with these Pokemon are extremely beneficial to Gardevoir. Against these Fire-types, Water-type Pokemon like Blastoise and Milotic can switch in and destroy them with Surf. Pokemon with Calm Mind and Taunt or Substitute, like Mismagius and Alakazam, are equally threatening. Encore can be used over Heal Bell on this set to solve this weakness if the foe isn't using Taunt, but note that Will-O-Wisp is illegal with Encore, so Thunder Wave or Hypnosis will have to be used instead. Alternatively, Registeel deals with Mismagius, Alakazam, and even certain physical priority users like Ambipom and Scyther, but note that Registeel may take a good chunk of damage in return, especially if you mispredict and switch into the wrong attack.</p>

<p>Strong physical attackers who outspeed Gardevoir and have not been burned by Will-O-Wisp will be a problem, especially Pursuit users. Venusaur, Scyther, and Absol all fall in this problematic category. Therefore, a strong physical tank or wall will be worthwhile to use such as Registeel, Rotom, or Weezing. Registeel can Thunder Wave these threats, while the other two can burn them if Gardevoir fails to do so on the switch.</p>

[SET]
name: Choice
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Trick / Shadow Ball
item: Choice Specs / Choice Scarf
ability: Trace
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 12 Def / 252 SpA / 244 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>With a Choice item, Gardevoir becomes either an efficient revenge killer or an extreme damage dealer. A great offensive movepool including Trick and decently placed base stats allow Gardevoir to become a dangerous threat for the foe to deal with.</p>

<p>Psychic, combined with Thunderbolt, gives Gardevoir the ability to hit every Pokemon in UU for neutral damage except Steelix, Magneton, Shedinja, and Exeggutor. Steel-types like Steelix, Magneton, and Registeel are hammered by Focus Blast. To top the set off, Trick allows Gardevoir to cripple an incoming wall with an unwanted item, such as Chansey, Clefable, and Registeel. Against other Psychic- and Ghost-types, such as the aforementioned Shedinja and Exeggutor, Shadow Ball is a great alternative move over Trick.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>The EVs listed apply if Gardevoir is using a Timid nature. 244 Speed EVs allow Gardevoir to reach 420 Speed with a Choice Scarf, outrunning Electrode, Modest Choice Scarf Rotom, and those dwelling under. If Modest is the chosen nature, 18 Def / 240 Spe / 252 SpA should be used. 240 Speed EVs enable Gardevoir to reach 384 Speed, outrunning max Speed positive nature base 125 Pokemon, namely Swellow. As for the choice of item, the Choice Scarf is the main option as it gives Gardevoir's base 80 Speed a grand boost in conjunction with its already-high base 125 Special Attack. On the other hand, Choice Specs does nothing for Gardevoir's Speed, but it gives an incredible power boost to every attack, giving Gardevoir the chance to 2HKO standard Registeel and OHKO 252/252 Calm Clefable with Focus Blast.</p>

<p>Choice Gardevoir has a rough time with Pursuit users, especially those who resist or are immune to Psychic. Drapion, Absol, and Spiritomb all crumple down on this mess (I don't understand this expression?). Unfortunately, there is not much that can be done, especially if Gardevoir finishes off a target Pokemon and a Pursuit user switches in. If you need to keep Gardevoir alive throughout the match to KO an important Pokemon, then be wary of what Pokemon Gardevoir may be attacking at the start. Double switching Gardevoir out to a Pokemon that can take on the mentioned three Dark-types, such as Donphan and Venusaur, may seem like a lousy waste of a turn, but this scouts what Pursuit user the foe could be using.</p>

<p>With and without Trick, Gardevoir will still have problems with special walls, primarily Chansey. Dugtrio will solve any Chansey problems with his Arena Trap ability and Earthquake unless Chansey holds Shed Shell. If Dugtrio is not your cup of tea, ironically, Pursuit users on Gardevoir’s side work as well. Drapion, Absol, and Spiritomb, despite being vulnerable to status by Chansey, are some STAB users of Pursuit who can trap and kill her. Defensive Fighting-types like Hitmontop and Hariyama will also help out against Chansey, although to force the foe to leave Chansey in against these Fighting types, there must be a "check-mate" scenario happening. Hitmontop also comes with a Technician-boosted Pursuit should you want to use it.</p>

[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt
move 4: Psychic / Taunt
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
ability: Trace
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>With Calm Mind, Gardevoir can sweep teams given the scenario. With certain moves providing overall neutral coverage as well as the ability to stop walls or tanks from being annoying, Gardevoir can prove to be a stable Calm Mind sweeper.</p>

<p>Calm Mind is the key to this set, allowing Gardevoir to increase her special stats to astounding levels. Focus Blast and Shadow Ball together hit every Pokemon for neutral damage, especially Pokemon that Gardevoir cannot harm with her STAB Psychic, such as Registeel, Uxie, and Absol. Thunderbolt is a great alternative move over Shadow Ball to provide more damage over a different group of Pokemon, such as Milotic, Moltres, and Drifblim. Psychic is Gardevoir's best STAB attack to use, but its coverage may be redundant. As such, Taunt is a great replacement over Psychic to block status from incoming walls while also preventing them from restoring their health.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>If you opt to use Taunt in place of Psychic, note that you will sometimes be forced to rely on Focus Blast's shaky accuracy. For example, a Clefable at around 30% HP will die to Focus Blast, but it will also die to Psychic. In this case, Psychic's 100% accuracy makes it the better attack. Against Pokemon that take neutral damage from both Shadow Ball and Focus Blast, such as Arcanine and Lanturn, STAB Psychic does more damage than both Shadow Ball and Focus Blast.</p>

<p>Maxing Gardevoir's Speed stat gives 284 Speed, outrunning neutral max Speed base 90 Pokemon and under, such as Moltres, Hitmonlee and Nidoking. All three of these Pokemon are slaughtered by Psychic (or Thunderbolt if present in Moltres's case). Max Speed also allows Gardevoir to Speed tie with Jolly Venusaur, a common Pokemon in the metagame, and destroy him with a STAB Psychic. As for the item, Life Orb allows Gardevoir to dish out more damage at the cost of being more fragile. If that is not to your liking, Leftovers can be used to give Gardevoir move survivability.</p>

<p>Because Gardevoir has only base 80 Speed and base 65 Defense, faster physical attackers such as Dugtrio, Drapion and Scyther, can switch in on a Calm Mind and threaten with their most damaging move or Pursuit (or plain trap Gardevoir in Dugtrio's case). Scouting for these Pokemon beforehand and burning or paralyzing them with Pokemon such as Rotom, Registeel, Venusaur, and Clefable would help Gardevoir destroy these Pokemon when they switch back in.</p>

<p>Encore users and dedicated special walls, such as Clefable, Chansey, and Spiritomb, also pose extreme problems for this set as they can lock Gardevoir into one move, which Calm Mind Gardevoir does not like to do, or just plainly wall and wear down Gardevoir. Gardevoir can use a different move in place of an attack, such as Substitute, Encore, Pain Split, Will-O-Wisp, or Taunt, to help against these Pokemon; losing coverage will be something Gardevoir will have to deal with. If the coverage is too important to lose, using physically-minded Pokemon such as Guts Hariyama, Aggron and Arcanine can help Gardevoir out. Guts Hariyama can pummel the two Normal-type special sponges while absorbing status from all three. Stone Edge or Payback will also eventually destroy Spiritomb without Rest. Aggron must watch out for status from the three Pokemon, but if he can get in on an attack, he will deal devastating damage to them with his Head Smash. Non-RestTalk Arcanine plays much more conservatively with Morning Sun and Flash Fire, but watch out for Thunder Wave when using him.</p>

[SET]
name: Dual Screen
move 1: Reflect
move 2: Light Screen
move 3: Memento
move 4: Taunt / Will-O-Wisp / Psychic
item: Light Clay
ability: Trace
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>The goal of this set is to reliably set up dual screens for your sweepers to enjoy, then Memento giving one of your sweepers an essential free switch-in.</p>

<p>Reflect should be used first to patch up Gardevoir's weaker Defense stat with Light Screen tagging along afterward. Once both screens have been set up, you can use Memento, fainting Gardevoir while weakening the opponent down on both attacking sides. This allows you to switch in your sweeper without fear of being damaged greatly while also forcing your opponent to switch out his Pokemon. To help Gardevoir set up the screens and support the sweepers waiting under Gardevoir's wings, Taunt can be used to safeguard against annoying status moves, especially sleep, as well as support moves such as Stealth Rock, Wish and Toxic Spikes. Will-O-Wisp is a great alternative to cripple physical attackers; together with Reflect, physical attackers will no longer be a problem. Lastly, Psychic allows Gardevoir to avoid being set up bait when Taunted.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>Healing Wish can be used over Memento if the protection from dual screens is generally enough. This allows you to use a sweeper early-game and use it again in late-game. However, if Gardevoir did not take the attack beforehand, make sure that when switching in the sweeper won't be KOed by the incoming attack.</p>

<p>This particular Gardevoir is meant to partner dedicated set up sweepers that can make use of the dual screens and Memento. Sweepers that are resistant or take little damage from Gardevoir's weaknesses should be considered, such as Swords Dance Drapion, Rock Polish Aggron, Dragon Dance Altaria, and Swords Dance or Agility Blaziken.</p>

<p>Fast Taunt and Encore users can prove to be annoying to Dual Screen Gardevoir as they can stop Gardevoir from doing its job or lock it into one useless move. Ambipom, Mismagius, and Alakazam are able to do this, but they are all fragile. Choice Band Spiritomb can easily switch into any of these Pokemon and remove them with Pursuit. Toxic Orb Swellow, on the Taunt or Encore, can outspeed and OHKO all three of these Pokemon with Brave Bird or Facade but be careful not to switch into an attack.</p>

[Team Options]

<p>On the support side, Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave users such as Arcanine, Rotom and Chansey can greatly help Gardevoir out in the long run. Stealth Rock, Spikes, and/or Toxic Spikes can help Calm Mind Gardevoir strike down weakened Chansey and Registeel. Chansey will especially suffer from two layers of Toxic Spikes and a Taunting, Substituting, or Pain Splitting Gardevoir.</p>

<p>For offensive partners, any Pokemon who benefits from burnt Pokemon and Wish support are welcome on Gardevoir's team. Aggron can switch into Bug-, Ghost-, and Dark-type attacks aimed at Gardevoir and smack their respective users with a Head Smash. Set-up users who are somewhat physically weak, such as Mismagius, Houndoom, and Scyther, appreciate both Gardevoir's Will-O-Wisp and Wish so they can continually use their respective set up moves. Ground-type Pokemon such as Dugtrio, Donphan, and Rhyperior are all viable offensive partners as well due to their ability to switch into Registeel, Clefable and Chansey. They can then proceed to trap and kill, set up Stealth Rock, or Rock Polish respectively.</p>

<p>With all the Dark-, Steel-, and Psychic-types floating around, Gardevoir appreciates Pokemon who can remove such Pokemon so she can further support her team. If Gardevoir can burn these Pokemon when they switch in, it will be easier for her to switch to a counter. Unfortunately, Houndoom is a vicious pest to Gardevoir with his higher base Speed, access to Pursuit, and immunity to both Psychic and Will-O-Wisp. To aid Gardevoir, defensive Pokemon such as Hariyama and Registeel can be of great help. Hariyama can switch into the majority of Dark- and Steel-types, such as the aforementioned Houndoom (not Spiritomb, however), and slay them with Force Palm or Close Combat. Houndoom's Nasty Plotted Hidden Power Flying will not OHKO a Careful Hariyama, so Houndoom is forced to dent the sumo hard and get defeated or switch out. Houndoom will also suffer from bulky Water-types, such as Milotic and Azumarill, as well as Stealth Rock. Against Spiritomb, defensive Fire-type Pokemon such as Moltres and Arcanine take little damage from his attacks and can pummel the ghost with STAB Fire attacks. Registeel resists Dark-, Bug-, and Ghost-type attacks, all of which plague Gardevoir. Setting up Stealth Rock and Thunder Wave is also a great plus as Gardevoir's base 80 Speed is average and residual damage can change many 2HKOs to OHKOs for Gardevoir's offensive sets.</p>

<p>Gardevoir's base 65 Defense is one of her most vulnerable areas that must be covered to ensure her survivability. Threats such as Absol, Scyther, and even strong physical users like Nidoking and Leafeon with a STAB or super effective attack can be annoying if not burnt on the switch. Defensive Rotom can take on three out of four of these Pokemon (Absol being the one out), burning them with Will-O-Wisp or attacking them respectively with Shadow Ball or Thunderbolt. Absol is trickier to counter due to his deadly high Attack and critical hits. Hitmontop can strike down the dark wolf with his Intimidate ability, resistance to Dark-type attacks, and Mach Punch. Weezing is also a great Pokemon to consider as he has the typing, stat distribution, Will-O-Wisp and Pain Split to annoy the four threats constantly.</p>

[Optional Changes]

<p>Gardevoir has an incredible movepool, making gimmicky and unusual sets possible. Signal Beam is a great move to consider for offensive sets, striking Dark- and Psychic-type Pokemon for super effective damage. Trick Room can be valuable for Gardevoir to support Pokemon with low Speed; a Quiet nature and 0 Speed IVs coupled with her average base 80 Speed makes Gardevoir quite a good Trick Room user. Thunder Wave, Toxic, and Hypnosis can be used to inflict even more status upon Gardevoir's enemies. Encore is mentioned throughout the analysis because it's a wonderful move in general, but Gardevoir is strapped for moveslots; it is also illegal with Will-O-Wisp. Torment is an interesting move, but because of the lack of resistances Gardevoir has she is not a great user of the move. Taunt can be useful in general to stop set up users. Safeguard is an option if you don't like using Heal Bell frequently. A combination of Mean Look, Hypnosis, Substitute, and Nightmare can be a fun moveset to play with, but it doesn't provide team support. Grass Knot or Energy Ball is available if you really hate Water / Ground, Rock / Ground, or Rock / Water Pokemon. As a last resort, Destiny Bond can take an annoying enemy down, but the base 80 Speed Gardevoir has makes the idea mildly lackluster. Confuse Ray with Thunder Wave can be annoy your enemy. For weather support, Sunny Day and Rain Dance are possible, but there are better users out there.</p>

[Counters]

<p>Any Pokemon which strikes hard on the physical side will usually bring down Gardevoir; however, these Pokemon should beware of Will-O-Wisp. Houndoom, although weak to Focus Blast, deserves a special mention due to his Flash Fire ability, which absorbs Will-O-Wisp for enhanced Fire-type damage, and Pursuit, which will destroy Gardevoir if she switches. Other Dark-type Pursuit users, such as Drapion, Absol, Skuntank and Spiritomb, will usually end Gardevoir's life immediately if they avoid switching into Will-O-Wisp (or Focus Blast, in Absol's case).</p>

<p>On the defensive side, Chansey, and to a lesser extent, Clefable, both wall Gardevoir comfortably, although Clefable is susceptible to Focus Blast at times. Clefable can come in and Encore any support move that Gardevoir uses, not to mention that Gardevoir's offensive attacks will not easily hurt the fairy. If Gardevoir Tricks Clefable, she may end up with a Toxic Orb, hindering herself. Chansey can come in on any move except Trick and wall Gardevoir with her massive HP and Special Defense while draining Gardevoir’s HP with Seismic Toss; however, Chansey should watch out for Pain Split stealing her massive HP. Clefable also doesn't mind Will-O-Wisp due to Magic Guard while Chansey has Natural Cure to heal the burn off on the switch. Both must watch out for Taunt, which can turn both into set up bait for Gardevoir.</p>

<p>In addition to the specially-defensive Normal-types, Steel-types who can survive a Focus Blast will be a nuisance to Gardevoir. Registeel can switch into a Psychic or Shadow Ball and cripple Gardevoir with Thunder Wave and strike her down with repeated Iron Heads, although it must be wary of Will-O-Wisp. Having a user of Aromatherapy or Heal Bell, such as Chansey, Uxie, or Umbreon, is a great way to heal your precious check from Gardevoir's status moves.</p>

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Banedon said:

Other notes:

1. This analysis is really verbose. I'd suggest rewriting for conciseness.
2. I think Wish should be an option on the CM set - it's a heal, after all.

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Alternatively, Registeel deals with Mismagius, Alakazam, and even certain physical priority users (just wondering, but isn't Mismagius immune to Fake Out and Quick Attack, which are the priority moves I think you're talking about? Also, you might want to note that Fake out doesn't flinch either of them because of a normal-immunity and Inner Focus, respectively.)

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<p>Gardevoir's many options mean she has different good teammates for different situations as well.</p>

<p>As a support Pokemon, Gardevoir pairs well with almost every Pokemon in the game. Gardevoir's support movepool is so wide that there is no Pokemon (aside from Shedinja) that cannot make some use of it. Walls that lack reliable recovery, like Registeel, will especially appreciate Gardevoir's Wish. Other Pokemon, like Mismagius, can make good use of Gardevoir's Will-O-Wisp to cover their weaker defensive side.</p>

<p>On the defensive side, Gardevoir's pure Psychic typing leaves it with a deadly Pursuit weakness, especially if Gardevoir is unable to catch the Pursuit user with Will-O-Wisp. Houndoom in particular is extremely dangerous - not only does it have access to Pursuit, it is immune to Gardevoir's Psychic attacks AND uses Garedvoir's Will-O-Wisp to power its own attacks with Flash Fire. Stealth Rock makes a good first line of defense against Houndoom. After Houndoom has switched in, a specially-defensive Hariyama can survive a +2 Life Orb HP Flying and OHKO back with Force Palm or Close Combat. Bulky Water types like Milotic and Azumarill make for good switch ins against Houndoom as well, especially Milotic, whose high special defense means it won't take much from Houndoom's Dark Pulse as well. Another deadly threat to Gardevoir is Spiritomb, who is immune to both Psychic and Focus Blast. Defensive Fire types like Moltres and Arcanine make good switch ins to Spiritomb, taking little damage if Spiritomb attacks and recovering off the damage with Roost and Morning Sun respectively. Immunity to Spiritomb's Will-O-Wisp is a plus as well. </p>

<p>Aside from Pursuit, Gardevoir's low defense means she is vulnerable to strong physical attacks, even if they are not super effective. As such, you may want to consider a physical wall to partner Gardevoir. Weezing is a good option; its high physical defense and access to Will-O-Wisp makes it an excellent general-purpose physical wall. Furthermore, it does not share a weakness with Gardevoir, instead resisting one of Gardevoir's weakness (Bug). Registeel is another good choice as it easily takes Dark, Ghost and Bug attacks for Gardevoir, supports Gardevoir's average 80 speed with Thunder Wave and aids a sweep with Stealth Rock.</p>

<p>Depending on choice of moves, offensive Gardevoir may have trouble sweeping through Steel, Dark and Psychic types, all of which resist her Psychic STAB. Gardevoir's options for sweeping through these Pokemon are Focus Blast, Signal Beam and Shadow Ball. If Gardevoir cannot fit all three moves into a moveset, then Gardevoir's teammates must pick up the slack. Fighting types, such as Guts Hariyama or Hitmonlee, resist Dark-type attacks and can absorb Registeel's Thunder Wave as well. Both Pokemon can also strike back hard with Close Combat. If you can safely switch it in, Dugtrio is another option to remove these Pokemon, being capable of outspeeding and seriously hurting Absol, Houndoom, Drapion and Registeel (but beware Sucker Punch from Absol and Houndoom). As for Gardevoir's Psychic brethren, what works on Gardevoir works on them as well: Pursuit. Not surprisingly, Gardevoir's worst enemies are also the best users of Pursuit. If all else fails, Stealth Rock, Spikes and Toxic Spikes can help wear Gardevoir's counters down as well.</p>

<p>In addition to Dark, Steel and Psychic types, Chansey causes problems for an offensive Gardevoir. Unfortunately, Gardevoir cannot move the pink blob alone - Chansey shrugs off Gardevoir's Focus Blast in spite of her 125 base special attack and 120 base power. Therefore, Chansey should be weakened before a sweep attempted. You can also try Pokemon like Rhyperior or Kabutops, who can safely set up on Chansey. Finally, you can use a different Gardevoir set. A Substituting, Taunting or Pain Splitting Gardevoir gives Chansey major problems.</p>

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AromaFlora said:

<p>With a Choice item, Gardevoir becomes either an efficient revenge killer or an extreme damage dealer. A great offensive movepool including Trick and decently placed base stats allow Gardevoir to become a dangerous threat for the foe to deal with.</p>

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