http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/gallade
[SET]
name: Lead
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Zen Headbutt
move 3: Shadow Sneak
move 4: Ice Punch / Stone Edge
item: Life Orb / Lum Berry
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Against the top ten:
- Azelf: Shadow Sneak 2HKOes with Life Orb
- Machamp: Zen Headbutt kills 100% of the time with Life Orb, Machamp cannot OHKO back (Lum Berry would avoid confusion but you lose the guaranteed OHKO)
- Aerodactyl: Ice Punch + Shadow Sneak kills
- Metagross: 2HKOed by Close Combat, you win if they set up Stealth Rock
- Swampert: Close Combat 2HKOes while an Earthquake at -1 Def won't OHKO
- Jirachi: Close Combat 2HKOes but you will probably be flinched to death before that
- Infernape: Psycho Cut + Shadow Sneak kills
- Roserade: Need Lum berry to avoid sleep but Ice Punch + Shadow Sneak kills
- Heatran: They set up Stealth Rock but Close Combat easily OHKOes. Has a good chance to survive a Modest Life Orb Overheat (made to kill Machamp)
- Furthermore, Ice Punch OHKOs Dragonite, 2HKOs Celebi, and does about ~80% to Gliscor
- Stone Edge will severely hurt incoming Zapdos and Gyarados while also hitting Dragonite
- Lum Berry allows you to beat Roserade and Smeargle while avoid confusion from Machamp and Will-O-Wisp from Rotom-A late game
- X-Scissor + Shadow Sneak kills Azelf when you don't have Life Orb, while also OHKOing Celebi, and 2HKOes Uxie, and OHKOs Starmie
- Leaf Blade can OHKO Swampert, but has little use other than that
- Will-O-Wisp can burn unsuspecting Swampert and Metagross
- EVs are to outspeed defensive Rotom-A as well as most Metagross and Dragonite leads
- Hypnosis will put to sleep Forretress, Swampert, and Skarmory leads, albeit only 60% of the time
- Skarmory and Forretress set up on Jirachi, Metagross, and Swampert whom trouble Gallade. It can actually be GOOD to not beat these Pokemon
- Heatran can OHKO Metagross (w/o Occa or weakened by Close Combat) and Jirachi, while also setting up Stealth Rock
- Swampert counters Metagross and Jirachi while also setting up Stealth Rock
- Gyarados is a good offensive partner because Gallade often lures and severely weakens Rotom-A, whom Gyarados can finish off when Gallade leaves it at ~40% (if it's not dead)
- Breloom because it likes Rotom-A and Gliscor being dead / weakened enough for Seed Bomb to kill and can set up on Swampert leads no problem