[OVERVIEW]
At first glance, Mega Gardevoir seems to be a solid wallbreaker, tearing apart bulkier teams with its high powered STAB attacks, as well as shutting down walls such as Chansey, Slowking, and Blissey with Taunt, thereby easily breezing past common defensive cores. However, Mega Gardevoir is thoroughly outclassed by Tapu Lele as a wallbreaker. Tapu Lele is much more useful in matchups outside of bulky teams while still maintaining the ability to tear down balance teams, has the ability to hold items to further increase its power, and boasts a stronger Psychic-type STAB attack under Psychic Terrain. Mega Gardevoir also is unable to outperform Clefable, Reuniclus, Tapu Fini, or Mega Latias as a Fairy- or Psychic-type Calm Mind sweeper, due to their respective individual advantages over it such as an immunity to damage from status, access to recovery options, or better bulk. There is generally no reason to use Mega Gardevoir over Tapu Lele or any of the aforementioned Pokemon at any time, as even the slight Speed tier increase isn’t worth it.
[SET]
name: Taunt 3 Attacks
move 1: Hyper Voice
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Mystical Fire / Focus Blast
move 4: Taunt
item: Gardevoirite
ability: Trace
nature: Timid
evs: 252 Spa / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Hyper Voice, after being boosted by Pixilate, provides Mega Gardevoir with a strong Fairy-type STAB option, demolishing even targets hit for neutral damage with ease. Psyshock lets Mega Gardevoir break past specially defensive walls such as Chansey and Blissey, as well as being a strong Psychic-type STAB attack to break past the likes of Toxapex, Galarian Slowking, and Amoonguss. Mystical Fire allows Mega Gardevoir to hit Steel-type Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and Corviknight, which otherwise wall it. Focus Blast can be used to let Mega Gardevoir hit Heatran, which otherwise walls it; however, this choice leaves Mega Gardevoir struggling to break past Corviknight and Mega Scizor. Taunt is used to cripple Chansey, Blissey and Slowking by preventing their recovery, letting it break past these Pokemon, as well as preventing it from being statused, which can cut into its longevity and its nifty Speed tier. Trace is the chosen pre-Mega Evolution ability in order to potentially give Gardevoir a free switch in against the likes of Heatran or Gastrodon. Healing Wish and Will-O-Wisp can also be used to utilize Mega Gardevoir’s vast supportive options; however, running these moves severely limits Mega Gardevoir’s wallbreaking capabilities, and as a result it is greatly outperformed by Pokemon such as Clefable and Mew due to their superior recovery options and longevity. Pokemon that appreciate Mega Gardevoir wallbreaking early-game, such as Rillaboom and Bisharp, serve as great teammates. Mega Gardevoir should never be used on any serious team as the few advantages it has over its other competitors don't even come close to outweighing the cons. Teammates such as Volcarona and Manaphy who appreciate Blissey, Toxapex, and Chansey being broken down work well with it.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[adem, 529732]]
- Quality checked by: [[The Dragon Master, 521275], [Aurodian, 483087]]
- Grammar checked by: [[queez, 229690]]
At first glance, Mega Gardevoir seems to be a solid wallbreaker, tearing apart bulkier teams with its high powered STAB attacks, as well as shutting down walls such as Chansey, Slowking, and Blissey with Taunt, thereby easily breezing past common defensive cores. However, Mega Gardevoir is thoroughly outclassed by Tapu Lele as a wallbreaker. Tapu Lele is much more useful in matchups outside of bulky teams while still maintaining the ability to tear down balance teams, has the ability to hold items to further increase its power, and boasts a stronger Psychic-type STAB attack under Psychic Terrain. Mega Gardevoir also is unable to outperform Clefable, Reuniclus, Tapu Fini, or Mega Latias as a Fairy- or Psychic-type Calm Mind sweeper, due to their respective individual advantages over it such as an immunity to damage from status, access to recovery options, or better bulk. There is generally no reason to use Mega Gardevoir over Tapu Lele or any of the aforementioned Pokemon at any time, as even the slight Speed tier increase isn’t worth it.
[SET]
name: Taunt 3 Attacks
move 1: Hyper Voice
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Mystical Fire / Focus Blast
move 4: Taunt
item: Gardevoirite
ability: Trace
nature: Timid
evs: 252 Spa / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Hyper Voice, after being boosted by Pixilate, provides Mega Gardevoir with a strong Fairy-type STAB option, demolishing even targets hit for neutral damage with ease. Psyshock lets Mega Gardevoir break past specially defensive walls such as Chansey and Blissey, as well as being a strong Psychic-type STAB attack to break past the likes of Toxapex, Galarian Slowking, and Amoonguss. Mystical Fire allows Mega Gardevoir to hit Steel-type Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and Corviknight, which otherwise wall it. Focus Blast can be used to let Mega Gardevoir hit Heatran, which otherwise walls it; however, this choice leaves Mega Gardevoir struggling to break past Corviknight and Mega Scizor. Taunt is used to cripple Chansey, Blissey and Slowking by preventing their recovery, letting it break past these Pokemon, as well as preventing it from being statused, which can cut into its longevity and its nifty Speed tier. Trace is the chosen pre-Mega Evolution ability in order to potentially give Gardevoir a free switch in against the likes of Heatran or Gastrodon. Healing Wish and Will-O-Wisp can also be used to utilize Mega Gardevoir’s vast supportive options; however, running these moves severely limits Mega Gardevoir’s wallbreaking capabilities, and as a result it is greatly outperformed by Pokemon such as Clefable and Mew due to their superior recovery options and longevity. Pokemon that appreciate Mega Gardevoir wallbreaking early-game, such as Rillaboom and Bisharp, serve as great teammates. Mega Gardevoir should never be used on any serious team as the few advantages it has over its other competitors don't even come close to outweighing the cons. Teammates such as Volcarona and Manaphy who appreciate Blissey, Toxapex, and Chansey being broken down work well with it.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[adem, 529732]]
- Quality checked by: [[The Dragon Master, 521275], [Aurodian, 483087]]
- Grammar checked by: [[queez, 229690]]
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