Gallade
[SET]
Name: Parafusion
Move 1: Thunder Wave
Move 2: Confuse Ray
Move 3: Zen Headbutt
Move 4: Drain Punch
Item: Leftovers / Lum Berry
Nature: Impish
Ability: Steadfast
EVs: 252 HP / 208 Def / 48 SpD
[Why this set should be on site]
- Most people will be expecting a Bulk Up or Swords Dance variant of Gallade, and this set can allow you to throw off opponents easily
- Parafusionflinch is a really great set to run if you want to completely tick off your opponent
- This Gallade set is a great counter to sweepers and can easily wear them down quickly to prevent those scary sweeps
[Set Comments]
- Thunder Wave + Confuse Ray + Zen Headbutt allows you to stall out sweepers and prevent them from putting a dent in your team
- Drain Punch allows you to recover off damage as well as get some damage on the opponent's Pokémon
- 208 EVs in Defense to boost Gallade's subpar Defense stat
- Impish nature allows Gallade to boost its Defense stat even more
- 48 SpD EVs give Gallade a little bit of extra special bulk to take attacks from Pokémon such as Rotom-A better
- Speed investment is not needed as Gallade can easily outspeed any Pokémon in the tier if they are paralyzed and start the Confuse Ray + Zen Headbutt combo to wear it down
- Gallade pairs well with Rotom-A as Rotom does not mind the burn from defensive Ghost types and can eliminate them fairly quickly with its decent Sp. Atk stat and also deal with Pokémon such as Slowking and Sigilyph that give Gallade problems
[Checks and Counters]
- Bulky Ghost-types such as Cofagrigus, Dusknoir, and Spiritomb (especially Spiritomb as it is not affected by Zen Headbutt nor Drain Punch) will have no problem dealing with being paralyzed and can all burn Gallade with Will-o-Wisp
- Slowking can take attacks from Gallade all day and threaten with a Scald burn
- Golurk is not affected by Thunder Wave nor Drain Punch and can quickly wear down Gallade with Ghost STAB
- Sigilyph with Flame Orb activated can burn Gallade and set up Cosmic Powers on it