Monotype Gardevoir (Fairy) [ORAS]

[roxie]

[OVERVIEW]

Fairy
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Gardevoir is a great revenge killer on Fairy teams because of its high Special Attack, Psychic-type STAB moves to deal with Poison-types, and support options in Healing Wish and Trick. Trace allows Gardevoir to check weather sweepers like Swift Swim Kingdra and Sand Rush Excadrill. However, due to its lackluster Speed for a revenge killer, faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Terrakion and Choice Scarf Victini can outspeed and OHKO it. Its poor Defense leaves it vulnerable to any physical attack. Despite its high Special Attack, Gardevoir has a hard time getting rid of specially defensive Pokemon like Chansey and Jirachi.

[SET]
name: Revenge Killer (Fairy)
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Healing Wish / Trick
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Trace
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Psychic helps with Poison- and Fire-types like Mega Venusaur, Nidoking, and Mega Charizard Y. Focus Blast targets Steel-types like Excadrill, Magnezone, Empoleon, and Skarmory. Healing Wish is a nice utility move that brings a teammate like Mega Diancie or Clefable back to full health. Trick can be used to cripple walls like Chansey and Zapdos. Choice Scarf allows Gardevoir to outspeed Pokemon like Thundurus, Keldeo, and Nidoking. Trace has many uses, such as checking weather sweepers like Excadrill and Mega Swampert and gaining immunities from Pokemon like Heatran.

All of Gardevoir's teammates appreciate it to revenge kill threats like Choice Scarf Magnezone and Nidoking and provide Healing Wish support. Mega Diancie can set Stealth Rock to help Gardevoir pick up KOs and can get rid of Bug-, Fire-, and Flying-types like Volcarona, Mega Charizard Y, Tornadus-T, and Zapdos. Clefable is an alternative Stealth Rock setter that can use Babiri Berry + Fire Blast to survive a hit from and take out Choice Scarf Excadrill and Mega Scizor. It also has useful utility moves like Knock Off and Calm Mind. Togekiss can also use Babiri Berry + Fire Blast to take out the aforementioned Steel-types and break through walls like Porygon2 with Nasty Plot. Azumarill can revenge kill faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Excadrill and +1 Volcarona, sweep through Ground and Fire teams with Aqua Jet + Belly Drum, and muscle past specially defensive walls like Chansey that Gardevoir struggles to break through. It also provides Knock Off support to get rid of items like Eviolite from Pokemon like Porygon2 and Chansey. Klefki makes for a great support teammate because of its access to dual screens, Spikes, Thunder Wave, and Foul Play, and its part-Steel typing provides a neutrality to Steel and an immunity to Poison. Whimsicott's Grass typing allows it to come in on and force out Landorus and certain Water-types like Mega Swampert and Rotom-W that Gardevoir cannot immediately take out. It also has many support moves like U-turn to give Gardevoir opportunities to come in, Stun Spore to slow down faster threats like Choice Scarf Excadrill, and Knock Off. Sylveon is a powerful wallbreaker that can muscle past walls like Zapdos and Gastrodon that Gardevoir can't get past easily.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Fairy
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Psyshock is an alternative over Psychic to hit specially defensive Pokemon like Tentacruel for more damage. Energy Ball can be used to KO Water / Ground Pokemon like Mega Swampert and Gastrodon. Shadow Ball is an option to hit Psychic-types such as Jirachi and Victini. Choice Specs is an option for more power, but Gardevoir's role as Fairy's best revenge killer makes it difficult to replace Choice Scarf.

Checks and Counters
===================

Fairy
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**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Special walls like Jirachi, Chansey, and Zapdos can tank all of Gardevoir's attacks and wear it down. However, they do need to be wary of Trick.

**Paralysis**: Paralysis cripples Gardevoir's Speed, making it extremely susceptible to offensive threats.

**Revenge Killers**: Faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Darmanitan and +1 Mega Sharpedo can outspeed Gardevoir and OHKO it. Priority users like Bisharp, Diggersby, and Mega Scizor can weaken it due to its poor Defense.

**Residual Damage**: Status ailments in poison and burn as well as entry hazards reduce Gardevoir's longevity.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[roxiee, 481576]]
- Fairy analysis by: [[roxiee, 481576]]
- Quality checked by: [[Cell, 244276], [Izaya, 311872]]
- Grammar checked by: [[lotiasite, 302985], [Finland, 517429]]

 

[Cell]

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QC 1

[SET COMMENTS]

• Psychic helps with Poison- and Fire-types like Mega Venusaur, Nidoking, and Mega Charizard Y and physically defensive Pokemon like Hippowdon, Torkoal, and Avalugg for more damage.
• Focus Blast targets Steel-types like Ferrothorn Excadrill, Magnezone, Empoleon, and Skarmory. Ferrothorn doesn't pose a huge threat to Fairy teams, so Excadrill is more relevant. Empoleon deserves to be listed here since it walls all of Gardevoir's other moves and serves to impede Fairy teams from making progress, especially if it has Roar.
• Trace has many uses such as checking weather sweepers like Excadrill and Mega Swampert and gaining immunities like Flash Fire and Water Absorb from Pokemon like Heatran and Seismitoad. Seismitoad example seems irrelevant. Tracing Sheer Force from Landorus seems like a decent example if you want to add something else.
  
  
• All of Gardevoir's teammates appreciate its Healing Wish support to bring one of them back to full health. Gardevoir provides more for its teammates than just Healing Wish support.
• Mega Diancie can set Stealth Rock to make it easier for Gardevoir to pickup KOs and get rid of Fire-, Bug-, and Flying-types like Mega Charizard Y, Volcarona, Armaldo, Tornadus-T, and Zapdos. Armaldo doesn't seem all that relevant.
• Clefable is an alternative Stealth Rock setter that can use Babiri Berry + Fire Blast to survive and take out Choice Scarf Excadrill and Mega Scizor. It also has useful utility moves like Knock Off and Calm Mind. Gardevoir checks Choice Band Excadrill.
• Togekiss can also use Baibiri Berry + Fire Blast to take out the aforementioned Steel-types and break through walls like Porygon2 and Cradily with Nasty Plot.
• Azumarill can revenge kill faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Excadrill and +1 Volcarona with Aqua Jet. Talk more about this. Azumarill can sweep through Ground and Fire teams once certain conditions have been met. It has access to Knock Off and is the only real physical attacker on Fairy teams.
• Klefki provides support in dual screen to allow Gardevoir to survive attacks better and Spikes. I'd rephrase this. Also talk about the benefits that come along with its part Steel typing and access to Thunder Wave and Foul Play.
• Whimsicott deals with Water- and Ground-types like Mega Sharpedo and Gastrodon, and can pivot Gardevoir in throughout the battle. Mega Sharpedo is a threat to Gardevoir, but almost every other team member can deal with it. Gastrodon isn't an immediate threat either. You can briefly go over how its part Grass typing allows it to come in on and force out Landorus and certain Water-types that Gardevoir cannot immediately take out. Also, talk about its access to Knock Off, U-turn, and Prankster Stun Spore.

Other Options
=============
* Psyshock is an alternative over Psychic to hit specially defensive Pokemon like Tentacruel for more damage. Energy Ball can be used to KO Water / Ground Pokemon like Mega Swampert and Gastrodon. Hidden Power Fire is a lure for Mega Scizor since it can switch into its attacks and set up. Shadow Ball is an option to hit Psychic-types Jirachi and Victini. Mention Choice Specs somewhere. If HP Fire's only intended target is Mega Scizor, then you can probably get rid of it. I'll leave this up to your discretion and the next QC member.

Checks and Counters
===================

Fairy
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**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Special walls like Jirachi, Chansey, and Zapdos can tank all of Gardevoir's attacks and wear it down with Toxic, however, they do need to be wary of being crippled by Trick. I think that the Jirachi might actually appreciate the Choice Scarf.

**Status**: Paralysis cripples Gardevoir's Speed, making it extremely susceptible to offensive threats. I'm not the most experienced when it comes to this section, but shouldn't you just label this part as Paralysis if that is all you're going to be talking about?

[CREDITS]
- Quality checked by: [[Cell, 244276]

 

[Izaya]

"Although Gardevoir has Choice Scarf intact, faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Terrakion and Choice Scarf Victini can outspeed it and OHKO it."
- Say "However, due to its lacklustre Speed for a revenge killer," or something instead

"Moonblast is Gardevoir's most powerful STAB move, maximizing its damage output against a wide range of Pokemon."
- Fluff that can be removed imo

- Add Sylveon as a wallbreaking partner

- Group physical priority with revenge killers

Good job, QC 2/2

 

[lotiasite]

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[OVERVIEW]

Fairy
========

Gardevoir is a great revenge killer on Fairy teams because of its high Special Attack, Psychic-type STAB moves allowing it to deal with Poison-types, and support options in Healing Wish orand Trick. Trace allows Gardevoir to utilize Pokemon's abilities like gaining Sand Rush orand Swift Swim to check weather sweepers like Kingdra and Excadrill. However, due to its lacklustre Speed for a revenge killer, faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Terrakion and Choice Scarf Victini can outspeed it and OHKO it. Its poor Defense leaves it easily worn down byvulnerable to any physical attack. Despite its high Special Attack, Gardevoir has a hard time getting rid of specially defensive Pokemon like Chansey and Jirachi.

[SET]
name: Revenge Killer (Fairy)
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Healing Wish / Trick
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Trace
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Psychic helps with Poison- and Fire-types like Mega Venusaur, Nidoking, and Mega Charizard Y. Focus Blast targets Steel-types like Excadrill, Magnezone, Empoleon, and Skarmory. Healing Wish is a nice utility move that brings a teammate like Mega Diancie or Clefable back to full health. Trick can be used to cripple walls like Chansey and Zapdos. Choice Scarf allows Gardevoir to outspeed Pokemon like Thundurus, Keldeo, and Nidoking. Trace has many uses such as checking weather sweepers like Excadrill and Mega Swampert and gaining immunities like Flash Fire from Pokemon like Heatran.

All of Gardevoir's teammates appreciate it to revenge kill threats like Choice Scarf Magnezone and Nidoking and provide Healing Wish support. Mega Diancie can set Stealth Rock to make it easier for Gardevoir to pick(add space)up KOs and can get rid of Bug-, Fire-, and Flying-types like Volcarona, Mega Charizard Y, Tornadus-T, and Zapdos. Clefable is an alternative Stealth Rock setter that can use Babiri Berry + Fire Blast to survive a hit from and take out Choice Scarf Excadrill and Mega Scizor. It also has useful utility moves like Knock Off and Calm Mind. Togekiss can also use Baibiri Berry + Fire Blast to take out the aforementioned Steel-types and break through walls like Porygon2 with Nasty Plot. Azumarill can revenge kill faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Excadrill and +1 Volcarona, sweep through Ground and Fire teams with Aqua Jet + Belly Drum, and muscle past specially defensive walls like Chansey that Gardevoir struggles to break(add space)through. It also provides Knock Off support to get rid of items like Eviolite from Pokemon like Porygon2 and Chansey. Klefki makes for a great support teammate because of its access to dual screens, Spikes, Thunder Wave, and Foul Play, and its part Steel typing which provides a neutrality to Steel-type attacks and an immunity to Poison-type attacks. Whimsicott's Grass typing allows it to come in on and force out Landorus and certain Water-types like Mega Swampert and Rotom-W that Gardevoir cannot immediately take out. It also has many support moves like U-turn to give Gardevoir opportunities to come in, Stun Spore to slow down faster threats like Choice Scarf Excadrill, and Knock Off. Sylveon is a powerful wallbreaker that can muscle past walls like Zapdos and Gastrodon that Gardevoir can't get past easily.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Fairy
--------
Psyshock is an alternative over Psychic to hit specially defensive Pokemon like Tentacruel for more damage. Energy Ball can be used to KO Water / Ground Pokemon like Mega Swampert and Gastrodon. Shadow Ball is an option to hit Psychic-types such as Jirachi and Victini. Choice Specs is an option for more power, however, Gardevoir ibut Gardevoir's role as Fairy's best speed control option, making its role a makes it difficult task to replace.

Checks and Counters
===================

Fairy
--------

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Special walls like Jirachi, Chansey, and Zapdos can tank all of Gardevoir's attacks and wear it down, h. However, they do need to be wary of being crippled by Trick.

**Paralysis**: Paralysis cripples Gardevoir's Speed, making it extremely susceptible to offensive threats.

**Revenge Killers**: Faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Darmanitan and +1 Mega Sharpedo can outspeed Gardevoir and OHKO it. Physical priority users like Bisharp, Diggersby, and Mega Scizor can weaken it due to its poor Defense.

**Residual Damage**: Status ailments in poison and burn nullifies its longevity along with any form of entry hazardsas well as entry hazards nullify Gardevoir's longevity.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[roxiee, 481576]]
- Fairy analysis by: [[roxiee, 481576]]
- Quality checked by: [[Cell, 244276], [izaya, 311872]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>lotiasite, 302985], [<username2>, <userid2>]]

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[OVERVIEW]

Fairy
========

Gardevoir is a great revenge killer on Fairy teams because of its high Special Attack, Psychic-type STAB moves allowing it to deal with Poison-types, and support options in Healing Wish and Trick. Trace allows Gardevoir to utilize Pokemon's abilities like Sand Rush Swift Swim to check weather sweepers like Swift Swim Kingdra and Sand Rush Excadrill. However, due to its lackluster Speed for a revenge killer, faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Terrakion and Choice Scarf Victini can outspeed and OHKO it. Its poor Defense leaves it vulnerable to any physical attack. Despite its high Special Attack, Gardevoir has a hard time getting rid of specially defensive Pokemon like Chansey and Jirachi.

[SET]
name: Revenge Killer (Fairy)
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Healing Wish / Trick
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Trace
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Psychic helps with Poison- and Fire-types like Mega Venusaur, Nidoking, and Mega Charizard Y. Focus Blast targets Steel-types like Excadrill, Magnezone, Empoleon, and Skarmory. Healing Wish is a nice utility move that brings a teammate like Mega Diancie or Clefable back to full health. Trick can be used to cripple walls like Chansey and Zapdos. Choice Scarf allows Gardevoir to outspeed Pokemon like Thundurus, Keldeo, and Nidoking. Trace has many uses, (AC) such as checking weather sweepers like Excadrill and Mega Swampert and gaining immunities like Flash Fire from Pokemon like Heatran.

All of Gardevoir's teammates appreciate it to revenge kill threats like Choice Scarf Magnezone and Nidoking and provide Healing Wish support. Mega Diancie can set Stealth Rock to make it easier for Gardevoir to help Gardevoir pick up KOs and can get rid of Bug-, Fire-, and Flying-types like Volcarona, Mega Charizard Y, Tornadus-T, and Zapdos. Clefable is an alternative Stealth Rock setter that can use Babiri Berry + Fire Blast to survive a hit from and take out Choice Scarf Excadrill and Mega Scizor. It also has useful utility moves like Knock Off and Calm Mind. Togekiss can also use Baibiri Babiri Berry + Fire Blast to take out the aforementioned Steel-types and break through walls like Porygon2 with Nasty Plot. Azumarill can revenge kill faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Excadrill and +1 Volcarona, sweep through Ground and Fire teams with Aqua Jet + Belly Drum, and muscle past specially defensive walls like Chansey that Gardevoir struggles to break through. It also provides Knock Off support to get rid of items like Eviolite from Pokemon like Porygon2 and Chansey. Klefki makes for a great support teammate because of its access to dual screens, Spikes, Thunder Wave, and Foul Play, and its part-Steel (added hyphen) typing provides a neutrality to Steel-type attacks and an immunity to Poison-type attacks. Whimsicott's Grass typing allows it to come in on and force out Landorus and certain Water-types like Mega Swampert and Rotom-W that Gardevoir cannot immediately take out. It also has many support moves like U-turn to give Gardevoir opportunities to come in, Stun Spore to slow down faster threats like Choice Scarf Excadrill, and Knock Off. Sylveon is a powerful wallbreaker that can muscle past walls like Zapdos and Gastrodon that Gardevoir can't get past easily.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Fairy
--------
Psyshock is an alternative over Psychic to hit specially defensive Pokemon like Tentacruel for more damage. Energy Ball can be used to KO Water / Ground Pokemon like Mega Swampert and Gastrodon. Shadow Ball is an option to hit Psychic-types such as Jirachi and Victini. Choice Specs is an option for more power, but Gardevoir's role as Fairy's best speed control option revenge killer (or e.g. "answer to fast threats) makes it difficult to replace Choice Scarf.

Checks and Counters
===================

Fairy
--------

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Special walls like Jirachi, Chansey, and Zapdos can tank all of Gardevoir's attacks and wear it down. However, they do need to be wary of being crippled by Trick.

**Paralysis**: Paralysis cripples Gardevoir's Speed, making it extremely susceptible to offensive threats.

**Revenge Killers**: Faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Darmanitan and +1 Mega Sharpedo can outspeed Gardevoir and OHKO it. Physical Priority (unless vacuum wave gets more mileage in the format than i realize) users like Bisharp, Diggersby, and Mega Scizor can weaken it due to its poor Defense.

**Residual Damage**: Status ailments in poison and burn as well as entry hazards nullify reduce Gardevoir's longevity.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[roxiee, 481576]]
- Fairy analysis by: [[roxiee, 481576]]
- Quality checked by: [[Cell, 244276], [Izaya, 311872]]
- Grammar checked by: [[lotiasite, 302985], [Finland, 517429]]

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