Competitive Information for Gardevoir [Black/White]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gardevoir? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
GyaradosVolcaronaConkeldurrHydreigonFerrothornWhimsicottCloysterRotomLapras
Gardevoir is popular Psychic-typed Pokemon. Gardevoir are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Gardevoir is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Expert Belt / Light Clay
Ability: Trace
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic / Calm Mind
- Shadow Ball
- Memento
Special Sweeper Gardevoir (Popular/Trending)
Gardevoir is a notable Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Gardevoir copies a random adjacent foe's ability.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Gardevoir's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Memento is a status move (lowers target's attack, special attack by 2 stages. Gardevoir faints).
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Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball / Hyper Voice
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Gardevoir (Synchronize)
Gardevoir is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Gardevoir from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Gardevoir's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Synchronize, if another pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes Gardevoir it also gets that status. Shadow Ball was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gardevoir? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
GyaradosVolcaronaConkeldurrHydreigonFerrothornWhimsicottCloysterRotomLapras
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice
- Synchronoise / Psychic
- Icy Wind
- Thunderbolt
Doubles Special Sweeper Gardevoir (Synchronize)
Gardevoir is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Gardevoir from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Gardevoir's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Synchronize, if another pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes Gardevoir it also gets that status.
♦ Synchronoise is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Gardevoir's type).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gardevoir learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Gardevoir can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Gardevoir
- Moves: Mimic + Imprison
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Snatch, Helping Hand, Shadow Sneak, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Hypnosis, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Gardevoir's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Gardevoir
- Calm Mind
- Destiny Bond
- Light Screen
- Memento
- Other
- Protect
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Rest
- Safeguard
- Shadow Ball
- Stored Power
- Taunt
- Teleport
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Gardevoir in Black and White
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/4/252/0/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 252/0/4/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Gardevoir's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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