Competitive Information for Gardevoir [Sword/Shield]
Psychic / Fairy
Abilities:
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.
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Gardevoir is a decent Psychic and Fairy-typed Pokemon. Gardevoir is a pretty standard Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Gardevoir is weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel-typed attacks.
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 a decent Physical Wall. It tries to take a large 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.
♦ 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).
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.
♦ 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).
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 an outstanding 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.
♦ 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.
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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 an astounding Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed 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 boosts 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.
♦ 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).
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 a remarkable 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.
♦ 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.
Damage Modifiers:
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
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