[VGC] Mega Gardevoir [QC 1/1] [GP 1/1]

[Eisenherz]

Gardevoir-Mega @ Gardevoirite
Ability: Trace
Level: 50
EVs: 236 HP / 164 Def / 12 SpA / 28 SpD / 68 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hyper Voice
- Psyshock
- Trick Room
- Protect

Mega Gardevoir is among the most favored Pokemon from the arrival of Intimidate Incineroar in the VGC 2018 metagame. Its lesser Defense stat is patched up by Incineroar’s Intimidate + Fake Out combo, helping it fire up those big Hyper Voices. Although Pixilate-boosted moves are slightly less powerful than before, very few Pokemon want to take repeated Hyper Voices from Mega Gardevoir’s base 165 Special Attack. Since Speed is Incineroar’s weakest point, Gardevoir can assist in return by setting up Trick Room, which also opens the door for slow sweepers such as Snorlax and Araquanid. However, with its high base Speed, Mega Gardevoir can also shine outside of Trick Room, benefitting from Tailwind support from the likes of Zapdos. Psyshock rounds out Mega Gardevoir's coverage to hit Snorlax on its weaker side, as well as Calm Mind Tapu Fini. Despite its rise in viability, Mega Gardevoir still needs to watch out for Mega Metagross, which heavily resists both of its attacking options; even more of a reason to pair it with Incineroar!

This Mega Gardevoir set was the centerpiece of Nathan Wright’s team on his way to a third place finish at the Charlotte Regionals; the given EV spread allows it to survive a Thunder-based Gigavolt Havoc from Tapu Koko and an Iron Head from Jolly Mega Metagross after Intimidate. Give his team a try with the following QR code! https://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/rentalteam/usum/BT-4CC3-AC6D

 

[Eisenherz]

Ready for QC Carbonific !

 

[Carbonific]

Apart from one instance of "Indimidate", this looks totally fine to me. You might need to trim it down a bit, though, as it's a little over the 1000 character limit.

1/1 QC

 

[Eisenherz]

Apart from one instance of "Indimidate", this looks totally fine to me. You might need to trim it down a bit, though, as it's a little over the 1000 character limit.

1/1 QC

Thanks! I trimmed it down as much as possible, the mini-analysis itself is now 1053 characters, hopefully that's close enough...!

 

[dhelmise]

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Gardevoir-Mega @ Gardevoirite
Ability: Trace
Level: 50
EVs: 236 HP / 164 Def / 12 SpA / 28 SpD / 68 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hyper Voice
- Psyshock
- Trick Room
- Protect

Mega Gardevoir is among the most favored Pokemon by after (wasnt too sure what you meant here; if this is change is wrong feel free to leave it) the arrival of Intimidate Incineroar in the VGC 2018 metagame. Its lesser Defense stat is patched up by Incineroar's Intimidate and + Fake Out combo, helping Gardevoir it fire up those big Hyper Voices. Although Pixilate-boosted moves are slightly less powerful than before, very few Pokemon want to take repeated Hyper Voices from Mega Gardevoir’s base 165 Special Attack. Since Speed is Incineroar's weakest point, Gardevoir can assist in return by setting up Trick Room, which also opening opens the door for slow sweepers such as Snorlax and Araquanid. However, with its high base Speed, Mega Gardevoir can also shine outside of Trick Room, benefitting from Tailwind support from the likes of Zapdos. Psyshock rounds out its Mega Gardevoir's coverage to hit Snorlax on its weaker side, as well as a Calm Mind Tapu Fini that has gone for Calm Mind. Despite its rise in viability, Mega Gardevoir still needs to watch out for Mega Metagross, which heavily resists both of its attacking options; even more of a reason to pair it with Incineroar!

This Mega Gardevoir set was the centerpiece of Nathan Wright’s team on his way to a third place finish at the Charlotte Regionals; the given EV spread allows it to survive a Thunder-based Gigavolt Havoc from Tapu Koko and an Iron Head from Jolly Mega Metagross after Intimidate. Give his team a try with the following QR code! https://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/rentalteam/usum/BT-4CC3-AC6D

GP 1/1

nice read

 

[Eisenherz]

Mega Gardevoir is among the most favored Pokemon by after (wasnt too sure what you meant here; if this is change is wrong feel free to leave it) the arrival of Intimidate Incineroar in the VGC 2018 metagame.

Thanks for the check!
I meant that M-Gardevoir is one of the Pokémon that benefits the most from the arrival of Intimiroar. Maybe replacing "by" with "from" would work better? I feel like "after" is a bit different, since it would mean M-Gardevoir is now one of the top Pokémon overall, which it isn't really.