Competitive Information for Gardevoir [Sun/Moon]
Psychic / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gardevoir? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Gardevoir is a fabulous Psychic and Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Gardevoir when battling in the 7th generation meta. Gardevoir is weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Salac Berry / Iapapa Berry
Ability: Trace
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Moonblast / Draining Kiss
- Thunderbolt
- Calm Mind
- Healing Wish / Psychic
Special Sweeper Gardevoir (Popular/Trending)
Gardevoir is a decent Special Sweeper. It's purpose is 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.
♦ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Gardevoir recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Gardevoir's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Healing Wish is a status move (Gardevoir faints. replacement is fully healed).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Item: Psychium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Synchronoise / Psychic
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Energy Ball
- Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Gardevoir (Synchronize)
Gardevoir is an astounding Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. 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.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
Item: Assault Vest
Ability: Trace
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heal Pulse
- Ally Switch
- Hyper Voice
- Psychic
Gardevoir Special Sweeper (House Wife)
Gardevoir is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's goal is 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. Support Set for a Tyranitar. Since Tyranitar is 4* weak to fighting, this set has Ally-Switch to troll opponents trying to hit Tyranitar with a fighting move. Heal pulse is also there to get back Tyranitars up while letting it keep attacking. Should also have a Gardevoirite as item but couldn't choose it for set on this site. Meet a Gardevoirs Pixelate will make Hyper Voice fairy type and a better aoe move than Dazzling gleam.
♦ Ally Switch is a status move (your Gardevoir swaps positions with its ally).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gardevoir? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Psychium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Synchronoise / Psychic
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Hyper Voice
- Icy Wind
Doubles Special Sweeper Gardevoir (Synchronize)
Gardevoir is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. 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.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
Item: Psychium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 180 Hp / 76 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Synchronoise / Psychic
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Energy Ball
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Gardevoir (Synchronize)
Gardevoir is an outstanding Offensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Gardevoir from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Synchronize, if another pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes Gardevoir it also gets that status.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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 Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Gardevoir
- Moves: Mimic + Imprison
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Pain Split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain Split + Will-O-Wisp
- Moves: Stored Power + Psych Up
- 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
Optimize Gardevoir's EVs for Sun/Moon
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