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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Gallade in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Gallade, as well as its strengths and weakness.
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Type | |
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Gallade | ||
Abilities | ||
Steadfast Sharpness Justified (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Steadfast | Increases the user's Speed by one stage each time it flinches. | |
Sharpness | Boosts the power of slicing moves by 50%. | |
Justified (Hidden) |
The user's Attack is increased by one stage whenever it gets hit by Dark-type moves. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 68 | 438 |
Atk | 125 | 59 |
Def | 65 | 454 |
SpAtk | 65 | 415 |
SpDef | 115 | 52 |
Speed | 80 | 302 |
Total | 518 | 228 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 175 | 175 | 143 | 143 | 128 |
Atk | 194 | 177 | 145 | 130 | 117 |
Def | 128 | 117 | 85 | 76 | 63 |
SpAtk | 128 | 117 | 85 | 76 | 63 |
SpDef | 183 | 167 | 135 | 121 | 108 |
Spd | 145 | 132 | 100 | 90 | 76 |
Best Natures | ||
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Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
Adamant (+Atk, -Sp. Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Choice Scarf Gallade | ★★★★★ |
Focus Sash Gallade | ★★★★★ |
Nature | Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 143 HP / 177 Atk / 86 Def / 135 Sp. Def / 145 Spe |
Ability | Sharpness |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Choice Scarf |
Moveset | ・
Sacred Sword
・ Psycho Cut ・ Knock Off ・ Leaf Blade |
Choice Scarf allows Gallade to outspeed most Pokemon, including a Speed EV trained Dragapult. This can catch your opponents off guard, since you can hit Dragapult early on with a Super Effective Knock Off.
Sacred Sword is Gallade's main damaging move, as it gains STAB, and is boosted further by its new Sharpness Ability. It also ignores the opponent's stat changes, so it is effective against Physical walls like Corviknight.
The Fighting Tera type further boosts the damage output of Sacred Sword, which will allow it to OHKO most Pokemon, even when dealing neutral damage.
Destiny Bond | A more niche alternative that allows Gallade to take a sweeper opponent down with it. |
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Damage Dealt by Gallade |
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Sacred Sword 134 ~ 162 (64.7 ~ 78.2%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
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Leaf Blade 56 ~ 66 (42.7 ~ 50.3%) 0.4% Chance to 2-Hit KO |
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Damage Received by Gallade |
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Dragon Darts 126 ~ 150 (88.1 ~ 104.8%) 18.8% Chance to OHKO |
Nature | Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 143 HP / 177 Atk / 86 Def / 135 Sp. Def / 145 Spe |
Ability | Sharpness |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Choice Scarf |
Moveset | ・
Sacred Sword
・ Psycho Cut ・ Shadow Sneak ・ Destiny Bond |
By giving Gallade a Focus Sash, it can stay in combat longer, and deal more damage against the enemy team. It also has the option to use Shadow Sneak, a priority move that allows it to move before the opponent.
Destiny Bond is its last resort, especially when going up against Pokemon with high firepower. If Gallade is faster than the enemy Pokemon, it can use Destiny Bond when it is low on HP, and take the enemy down with it.
The Fairy Tera type is adopted with a defensive play in mind. There are a lot of Dragon type Pokemon in the meta, and giving Gallade immunity from their STAB Dragon moves gives it more survivability, especially when your opponent does not expect it.
Leaf Blade | A good Grass type coverage move against Water type Pokemon. Also benefits from Sharpness. |
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Swords Dance | A setup move that will allow you to take down bulkier opponents when taking a more offensive approach. |
Knock Off | Can be taken instead of Psycho Cut for coverage against Ghost types like Dragapult. |
Damage Dealt by Gallade |
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Sacred Sword 134 ~ 162 (64.7 ~ 78.2%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
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Shadow Sneak 56 ~ 66 (42.7 ~ 50.3%) 78.9% Chance to 3-Hit KO |
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Shadow Sneak 56 ~ 68 (34.3 ~ 41.7%) Guaranteed 3-Hit KO |
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Damage Received by Gallade |
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Dragon Darts 126 ~ 150 (88.1 ~ 104.8%) 18.8% Chance to OHKO |
Gallade is essentially a Glass Cannon, since it has very high Attack and Speed, but has very low Defenses. Make use of its STAB moves against slower Pokemon, but remember to switch out when faced against an unfavorable matchup.
Gallade's high Speed and Attack makes it a formidable Offensive Lead, so start out with Gallade to deal as much damage as you can to make it easier for your sweepers later on.
Offensive Lead | Bulky Offense | Physical Sweeper |
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Gallade | Dragonite | Mimikyu |
Despite Gallade's high offensive capabilities, it suffers from very low durability. Using Pokemon that outspeed Gallade means that you can knock it out in 1~2 hits.
Pokemon | Description |
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Meowscarada | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Naturally outspeeds Gallade. ・Protean can remove Meowscarada's Fighting type weakness when using Flower Trick. ▶️ Meowscarada Best Movesets |
Dragapult | Ranking: ★★★★
・Naturally outspeeds Gallade ・Dragon Darts can OHKO Gallade if not holding a Focus Sash. ▶️ Dragapult Best Movesets |
Mimikyu | Ranking: ★★★★
・Can hit Gallade for x2 STAB Shadow Sneak ・Disguise Ability allows it to take one free hit from Gallade. ▶️ Mimikyu Best Movesets |
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