[OVERVIEW]
- Excellent choice for a special attacker considering its good speed tier and high special attack
- Strong STAB moves such as the spread move Hyper Voice and Psyshock
- Has a good movepool with a lot of utility moves and some coverage
- Pixilate allows it to deal heavy damage to basically anything that doesn't resist its attacks
- Subpar speed tier pre Mega Evolution
- Has big trouble hitting Steel-types as they often times just wall it
- Very frail physically
[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Hyper Voice
move 2: Psychic / Psyshock
move 3: Hidden Power Ground / Focus Blast / Trick Room
move 4: Protect
item: Gardevoirite
ability: Trace / Telepathy
nature: Modest
evs: 72 HP / 108 Def / 220 SpA / 108 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Hyper Voice is a strong spread STAB move that gets boosted by Pixilate as well
- Psyshock and Psychic hit Poison-types such as Gengar and Amoonguss that would take less damage from Hyper Voice
- Mega Gardevoir can use Hidden Power Ground to deal damage to Steel-types, most notably Heatran
- Focus Blast can also be used to hit Steel-types super effectively, most notably Ferrothorn which normally wouldn't take much damage from your other attacks. You deal with Mega Kangaskhan as well.
- Mega Gardevoir is also an okay Trick Room setter, being able to deal heavy damage, as well as checking other Pokemon such as Amoonguss which normally would be threatening in Trick Room.
- Protect is a staple move in Doubles that is used to stall out field conditions such as Sun, or to protect yourself from taking damage while your partners deal with the threat
Set Details
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- Gardevoirite allows it to Mega evolve
- Trace allows you to switch in on Intimidate users such as Landorus-Therian and Scrafty and use the Intimidate against them so they'll do less damage. It is also useful for facing weather teams, if it traces Chlorophyll from Venusaur or Swift Swim from Kingdra or Ludicolo Gardevoir will be fast on its first turn out.
- Telepathy allows Gardevoir to switch into Earthquakes from your own Landorus-Therian.
- Modest allows it to deal more damage, whilst Timid allows it to outspeed neutral-natured base 100s such as Mega-Kangaskhan, as well as outspeeding any non-Choice Scarf Landorus-Therian.
- The given EVs allow Mega Gardevoir to live a Life Orb Talonflame Brave Bird, an Aegislash Shadow Ball and Flash Cannon, while also outspeeding 252 Breloom. The rest is put into Special Attack.
- If using Icy Wind support on the team, Mega Gardevoir can also outspeed Landorus-Therian
- If using Trick Room, 240 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpA with a Quiet Nature is much more effective as it allows Mega Gardevoir to live a Life Orb Talonflame Brave Bird, and maximizing Special Attack.
Usage Tips
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- Mega Gardevoir can be used both in the early game to heavily dent your opponent, or in the late game where it can clean up teams by spamming Hyper Voice after all the checks are gone
- As Mega Gardevoir gains 20 extra base Speed upon Mega evolution, it often needs to Protect turn 1 to gain the speed advantage.
- If a potential Wide Guard user such as Conkeldurr is on the field, and it can get a KO with either Hyper Voice or its Psychic STAB-move, use the non-spread move.
Team Options
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- Pokemon that can get rid of Steel-types such as Heatran and Talonflame are good partners for Mega Gardevoir, as it has difficulties dealing damage to Steel-types.
- Pokemon with Tailwind such as Talonflame or Zapdos are good because Mega Gardevoir doesn't have to fear taking damage from faster threats if Tailwind is up.
- Jirachi is a strong redirector because it can redirect Returns from Mega Kangaskhan as well as Steel-typed attacks such as Iron Head from Mega Metagross, or other heavy attacks such as Return from Mega Kangaskhan, as Jirachi doesn't take as much damage from this while these attacks threaten Mega Gardevoir.
- Amoonguss is also a strong partner for Mega Gardevoir as combined with Trick Room, Amoonguss can easily Spore threats and give free turns for Gardevoir to spam Hyper Voice
- Feint users such as Weavile, Infernape, and Chesnaught are good partners as it can break Wide Guard, which allows Mega Gardevoir to use Hyper Voice more easily.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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- Shadow Ball can also be used to hit opposing Psychic-types such as other Mega Gardevoir, but also to deal damage to Aegislash which normally would also take no damage from Focus Blast.
- Mega Gardevoir can use Substitute to protect itself from status moves such as Thunder Wave from Thundurus as well as becoming an extremely scary threat to break.
- Ally Switch can be used to catch the opponent offguard, and put your partner in safety.
- Taunt can be used to disrupt Trick Room setters such as Cresselia and Reuniclus from setting up Trick Room
- Will-O-Wisp cripples physical attackers such as Mega Kangaskhan and Landorus-Therian
- Encore cripples Pokemon such as Aegislash or Heatran, locking them into King's Shield and Substitute, respectively. It can also cripple Protect users by locking them into it.
- Imprison prevents the opponent from using Protect as well as opposing Hyper Voice users such as Sylveon. It is fairly niche but works well if there is no Sylveon or Mega Gardevoir switch in on the team.
Checks and Counters
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**Typing Advantage**: Mega Gardevoir has a lot of trouble dealing damage to Steel-types such as Aegislash as they can easily switch in and take little damage from Hyper Voice. Fire-types also deal with Mega Gardevoir. Especially Mega Charizard Y and Victini are strong picks because they have high Special Defense and Attack, respectively.
**Speed**: Mega Gardevoir has a lot of trouble with Pokemon that outspeed it, especially faster Pokemon such as Mega Metagross and Landorus-Therian. Mega Gardevoir also struggles with priority users such as Bullet Punch Mega Metagross or Brave Bird Talonflame
**Strong Physical Attackers**: Due to Mega Gardevoirs low base Defense, attacks such as Mega Kangaskhan Return or Landorus-Therian Earthquake will KO it.
- Excellent choice for a special attacker considering its good speed tier and high special attack
- Strong STAB moves such as the spread move Hyper Voice and Psyshock
- Has a good movepool with a lot of utility moves and some coverage
- Pixilate allows it to deal heavy damage to basically anything that doesn't resist its attacks
- Subpar speed tier pre Mega Evolution
- Has big trouble hitting Steel-types as they often times just wall it
- Very frail physically
[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Hyper Voice
move 2: Psychic / Psyshock
move 3: Hidden Power Ground / Focus Blast / Trick Room
move 4: Protect
item: Gardevoirite
ability: Trace / Telepathy
nature: Modest
evs: 72 HP / 108 Def / 220 SpA / 108 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
- Hyper Voice is a strong spread STAB move that gets boosted by Pixilate as well
- Psyshock and Psychic hit Poison-types such as Gengar and Amoonguss that would take less damage from Hyper Voice
- Mega Gardevoir can use Hidden Power Ground to deal damage to Steel-types, most notably Heatran
- Focus Blast can also be used to hit Steel-types super effectively, most notably Ferrothorn which normally wouldn't take much damage from your other attacks. You deal with Mega Kangaskhan as well.
- Mega Gardevoir is also an okay Trick Room setter, being able to deal heavy damage, as well as checking other Pokemon such as Amoonguss which normally would be threatening in Trick Room.
- Protect is a staple move in Doubles that is used to stall out field conditions such as Sun, or to protect yourself from taking damage while your partners deal with the threat
Set Details
========
- Gardevoirite allows it to Mega evolve
- Trace allows you to switch in on Intimidate users such as Landorus-Therian and Scrafty and use the Intimidate against them so they'll do less damage. It is also useful for facing weather teams, if it traces Chlorophyll from Venusaur or Swift Swim from Kingdra or Ludicolo Gardevoir will be fast on its first turn out.
- Telepathy allows Gardevoir to switch into Earthquakes from your own Landorus-Therian.
- Modest allows it to deal more damage, whilst Timid allows it to outspeed neutral-natured base 100s such as Mega-Kangaskhan, as well as outspeeding any non-Choice Scarf Landorus-Therian.
- The given EVs allow Mega Gardevoir to live a Life Orb Talonflame Brave Bird, an Aegislash Shadow Ball and Flash Cannon, while also outspeeding 252 Breloom. The rest is put into Special Attack.
- If using Icy Wind support on the team, Mega Gardevoir can also outspeed Landorus-Therian
- If using Trick Room, 240 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpA with a Quiet Nature is much more effective as it allows Mega Gardevoir to live a Life Orb Talonflame Brave Bird, and maximizing Special Attack.
Usage Tips
========
- Mega Gardevoir can be used both in the early game to heavily dent your opponent, or in the late game where it can clean up teams by spamming Hyper Voice after all the checks are gone
- As Mega Gardevoir gains 20 extra base Speed upon Mega evolution, it often needs to Protect turn 1 to gain the speed advantage.
- If a potential Wide Guard user such as Conkeldurr is on the field, and it can get a KO with either Hyper Voice or its Psychic STAB-move, use the non-spread move.
Team Options
========
- Pokemon that can get rid of Steel-types such as Heatran and Talonflame are good partners for Mega Gardevoir, as it has difficulties dealing damage to Steel-types.
- Pokemon with Tailwind such as Talonflame or Zapdos are good because Mega Gardevoir doesn't have to fear taking damage from faster threats if Tailwind is up.
- Jirachi is a strong redirector because it can redirect Returns from Mega Kangaskhan as well as Steel-typed attacks such as Iron Head from Mega Metagross, or other heavy attacks such as Return from Mega Kangaskhan, as Jirachi doesn't take as much damage from this while these attacks threaten Mega Gardevoir.
- Amoonguss is also a strong partner for Mega Gardevoir as combined with Trick Room, Amoonguss can easily Spore threats and give free turns for Gardevoir to spam Hyper Voice
- Feint users such as Weavile, Infernape, and Chesnaught are good partners as it can break Wide Guard, which allows Mega Gardevoir to use Hyper Voice more easily.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
- Shadow Ball can also be used to hit opposing Psychic-types such as other Mega Gardevoir, but also to deal damage to Aegislash which normally would also take no damage from Focus Blast.
- Mega Gardevoir can use Substitute to protect itself from status moves such as Thunder Wave from Thundurus as well as becoming an extremely scary threat to break.
- Ally Switch can be used to catch the opponent offguard, and put your partner in safety.
- Taunt can be used to disrupt Trick Room setters such as Cresselia and Reuniclus from setting up Trick Room
- Will-O-Wisp cripples physical attackers such as Mega Kangaskhan and Landorus-Therian
- Encore cripples Pokemon such as Aegislash or Heatran, locking them into King's Shield and Substitute, respectively. It can also cripple Protect users by locking them into it.
- Imprison prevents the opponent from using Protect as well as opposing Hyper Voice users such as Sylveon. It is fairly niche but works well if there is no Sylveon or Mega Gardevoir switch in on the team.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Typing Advantage**: Mega Gardevoir has a lot of trouble dealing damage to Steel-types such as Aegislash as they can easily switch in and take little damage from Hyper Voice. Fire-types also deal with Mega Gardevoir. Especially Mega Charizard Y and Victini are strong picks because they have high Special Defense and Attack, respectively.
**Speed**: Mega Gardevoir has a lot of trouble with Pokemon that outspeed it, especially faster Pokemon such as Mega Metagross and Landorus-Therian. Mega Gardevoir also struggles with priority users such as Bullet Punch Mega Metagross or Brave Bird Talonflame
**Strong Physical Attackers**: Due to Mega Gardevoirs low base Defense, attacks such as Mega Kangaskhan Return or Landorus-Therian Earthquake will KO it.
[OVERVIEW]
Mega Gardevoir is a good choice for a special attacker, considering its good speed tier and special attacks, which allows it to make good use of its strong STAB attacks, Hyper Voice and Psyshock. It has a wide movepool consisting out of a bunch of utility and coverage moves, making it a very versatile attacker. Its ability, Pixilate, allows it to spam Hyper Voices easily. Despite having a good speed tier in its Mega forme, before Mega evolution Gardevoir hits a subpar speed. Mega Gardevoir also has a tough time breaking Steel-types with its STABs. Also, Mega Gardevoir is physically extremely frail, can't really switch in to anything, and provides basically no defensive value.
[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Hyper Voice
move 2: Psychic / Psyshock
move 3: Hidden Power Ground / Focus Blast / Trick Room
move 4: Protect
item: Gardevoirite
ability: Trace / Telepathy
nature: Modest
evs: 72 HP / 108 Def / 220 SpA / 108 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Hyper Voice is a very spammable move, as it is a spread move which gets boosted by Mega Gardevoir's Pixilate. Psychic and Psyshock hit Poison-types such as Gengar and Amoonguss, which normally would resist Hyper Voice. Mega Gardevoir has a lot of other coverage moves, such as Hidden Power Ground, which can deal a lot of damage to Steel-types, Heatran in particular. A different move to hit Steel-types could be Focus Blast, which also deals heavy damage, to Ferrothorn in particular, but is held back by its shaky accuracy. Focus Blast also has a big chance to OHKO Mega Kangaskhan with full investment, so Timid can't do this. Mega Gardevoir is also an okay Trick Room setter. It is very frail, but inside of Trick Room it can deal massive amounts of damage with easily spammable Hyper Voices. Lastly Protect, which is a staple move in Doubles that is used to stall out field conditions such as weather, or to protect yourself from taking damage while your partners deals with the threat.
Set Details
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Mega Gardevoir carries Gardevoirite, which is necessary for Mega evolution. Trace allows you to obtain a random ability from the opposing two Pokemon, which can be quite disruptive to the opponent. You could Trace a Landorus-T's Intimidate, or speed boosting abilities such as Chlorophyll from Venusaur, Swift Swim from Kingdra and Ludicolo, or Speed Boost from Blaziken. Telepathy allows it to switch in and even attack alongside partners using spread moves that attack allies as well, such as Landorus-T's Earthquake. However, Trace is more commonly useful. A Modest nature allows Mega Gardevoir to deal more damage, whilst a Timid nature allows it to outspeed neutral-natured base 100s such as Mega-Kangaskhan, as well as outspeeding any non-Choice Scarf variants of Landorus-T. However, if you choose for a Timid nature, you should use 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HP, as that allows it to be faster. The given EVs, which are for a Modest nature, allow Mega Gardevoir to live a Life Orb Talonfame Brave Bird and an Aegislash Shadow Ball and Flash Cannon, while also outspeeding Jolly Breloom. If using Trick Room, it is better to use 240 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpA with a Quiet Nature, as this allows Gardevoir to take more hits in general. This still lives Talonflame's Brave Bird and Aegislash' Shadow Ball and Flash Cannon.
Usage Tips
========
Mega Gardevoir can be used in the early game to heavily dent the opponents team, but it is also useful in the late game as a cleaner, as it can easily spam Hyper Voice after all the checks are gone. As Mega Gardevoir gains 20 base speed upon Mega evolution, it often needs to Protect on the first turn it is out on the field to gain a speed advantage. If a potential Wide Guard user such as Conkeldurr is on the field, and Mega Gardevoir can get a KO with either Hyper Voice or its Psychic STAB, use the Psychic STAB.
Team Options
========
As Mega Gardevoir struggles with dealing damage against Steel-types, Fire-types that can get rid of them such as Heatran and Talonflame are good partners. Fighting-types such as Terrakion, Keldeo, and Scrafty beat Steels too, and threaten Mega Kangaskhan with its Fighting STAB moves, and Intimidate in Scrafty's case. Landorus-Therian also beats Steel-types with powerful Earthquakes, as well as having Intimidate to dismantle physical attackers. Hoopa-Unbound also does well at beating Steel-types, while it can break Wide Guards with its Hyperspace STAB moves. Pokemon with Tailwind, such as Talonflame, Zapdos, and Suicune are good choices as well as Mega Gardevoir doesn't have to fear taking damage from faster threats once Tailwind is up. Another speed control user could be Thundurus, which can easily spread paralyzes with Prankster Thunder Wave. Jirachi is a strong partner as well, as it can redirect heavy attacks such as Mega Kangaskhans Return and Mega Metagross' Iron Head with Follow Me, but also because Jirachi can provide speed control with Icy Wind or Trick Room. Feint useres such as Weavile, Infernape, and Chesnaught are good partners as it can break Wide Guard, which allows Mega Gardevoir to use Hyper Voice more easily. Amoonguss is a great partner as well, especially when using a Trick Room Mega Gardevoir, as Amoonguss can easily Spore threats.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Mega Gardevoir has a bunch of other moves that it can use, such as Shadow Ball to hit opposing Psychic-types such as Mega Gardevoir, but also to deal damage to Aegislash, which normally would take very little damage from your STAB attacks. It can also use Substitute to protect itself from status moves such as Thundurus' Thunder Wave, as well as making it an extremely scary threat to break down once Substitute is up. Ally Switch can be used to catch your opponent offguard, and to put your teammate in safety. Taunt can be used to disrupt Cresselia and Reuniclus from setting up Trick Room. Encore cripples Pokemon such as Aegislash or Heatran, locking them into King's Shield and Substitute, respectively. It can also cripple Protect users by locking them into it. Will-O-Wisp cripples physical attackers such as Mega Kangaskhan and Landorus-Therian. And lastly Imprison, which prevents the opponent from using Protect as well as opposing Hyper Voice users such as Sylveon. It is fairly niche but works well if there is no Sylveon or Mega Gardevoir switch in on the team.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Typing Advantage**: Mega Gardevoir has a lot of trouble dealing damage to Steel-types such as Aegislash as they can easily switch in and take little damage from Hyper Voice. Fire-types also deal with Mega Gardevoir. Especially Mega Charizard Y and Victini are strong picks because they have high Special Defense and Attack, respectively.
**Speed**: Mega Gardevoir has a lot of trouble with Pokemon that outspeed it, especially faster Pokemon such as Mega Metagross and Landorus-Therian. Mega Gardevoir also struggles with priority users such as Sucker Punch Bisharp, Sucker Punch Kangaskhan, and Brave Bird Talonflame. Mega Kangaskhan is one of the biggest issues to go up against, because of its high physical damage and because it can outspeed Mega Gardevoir.
**Strong Physical Attackers**: Due to Mega Gardevoirs low base Defense, attacks such as Mega Kangaskhan Return or Landorus-Therian Earthquake will heavily damage it.
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