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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Gardevoir

Base Stats for Gardevoir

Psychic / Fairy

Abilities:
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,

Evolutions / Family:
Ralts
Kirlia
Gallade
Gardevoir

Weakness Chart for Psychic/Fairy-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0x

0.25x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

2x

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Gardevoir? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.

Common single-battle team mates for Gardevoir in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

CinderaceIndeedee-FExcadrillUrshifuDracovishPolitoedPikachuArcanineTalonflameMilotic

Gardevoir is a pretty decent Psychic and Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Gardevoir when battling in the 8th generation meta. Gardevoir is weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel-typed attacks.

Species: Gardevoir
Item: Safety Goggles / Wiki Berry
Ability: Trace
Nature: Hardy
EVs: 252 Hp / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 12 SpD / 68 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Imprison
- Trick Room / Expanding Force

Physical Wall Gardevoir (Popular/Trending)

Gardevoir is an extraordinary Physical Wall. It was designed to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Gardevoir copies a random adjacent foe's ability.

♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Imprison is a status move (no foe can use any move known by your Gardevoir).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Gardevoir on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).

Species: Gardevoir
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Mystical Fire / Hyper Voice
- Energy Ball

Special Sweeper Gardevoir (Synchronize)

Gardevoir is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Gardevoir's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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. Mystical Fire was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Gardevoir faints. Gardevoir on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Gardevoir on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Mystical Fire is a special 75-base power Fire-type move (100% 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).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).

Species: Gardevoir
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 wonderful Special Sweeper. It's primary 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.

♦ Heal Pulse is a status move (heals the target by 50% of its max hp).
♦ 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 Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.

Common double-battle team mates for Gardevoir in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

AegislashCinderaceMewHydreigonGyaradosToxicroakDarmanitanMiloticToxtricityRoserade

Species: Gardevoir
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Misty Explosion
- Hyper Voice
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Icy Wind

Doubles Special Sweeper Gardevoir (Synchronize)

Gardevoir is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and increases Gardevoir's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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.

♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Gardevoir faints. Gardevoir on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
♦ 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).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Gardevoir on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).

Species: Gardevoir
Item: Focus Sash / Pixie Plate
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 180 Hp / 76 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Mystical Fire / Hyper Voice
- Trick Room

Offensive Trick Room Gardevoir (Synchronize)

Gardevoir is pretty popular 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. Mystical Fire was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Gardevoir faints. Gardevoir on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Gardevoir on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Mystical Fire is a special 75-base power Fire-type move (100% 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).
♦ 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Gardevoir can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS 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, Helping Hand, Shadow Sneak, Ally Switch

Optimize Gardevoir's EVs for Sword/Shield

Competitive Information for Gardevoir [Sword/Shield]