Level 20To Kirlia

Dawn Stone on male KirliaTo Gallade

GalladeLast stage shown

#0475 · GENERATION 4

Gallade Build Guide

PsychicFighting

Physical attacker with slicing moves

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMLife Orb

ABILITYSharpness

NATUREJolly

Sacred Sword

Psycho Cut

Leaf Blade

Swords Dance

How to play

Sharpness boosts the three slicing attacks in this example. Use a safe Swords Dance turn before attacking; Sacred Sword ignores the target’s relevant Defense and evasion stat changes.

Watch out for

Key risk. Life Orb costs HP. Sacred Sword does not remove type immunities or every defensive effect. Flying, Ghost and Fairy attacks are super effective, and boosting requires a safe opening.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Sharpness boosts the three slicing attacks in this example. Use a safe Swords Dance turn before attacking; Sacred Sword ignores the target’s relevant Defense and evasion stat changes.

A Ghost type blocks your Fighting move

Fighting moves cannot touch a Ghost, and Ghost hits Gallade for 2×. Leaf Blade is the option on this set, landing for neutral damage rather than breaking the immunity outright.

The target has raised its Defense

Sacred Sword is the answer to the boost, not to the typing — Fairy, Flying and Ghost each deal 2× to Gallade, and none of them are ignored by the sword.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Gallade in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Sacred Sword ignores the target’s Defense and evasion stat changes, which is the specific job no other move on this set does. Sharpness lifts the slicing attacks here, and a Swords Dance boost disappears the moment Gallade leaves the field.

Watch the tradeoff. Life Orb costs HP. Sacred Sword does not remove type immunities or every defensive effect. Flying, Ghost and Fairy attacks are super effective, and boosting requires a safe opening.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Gallade or Lucario?

Lucario offers Steel typing and Extreme Speed instead of Sharpness and Psychic attacks.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Gallade	Lucario
HP	68	70
Attack	125	110
Defense	65	70
Sp. Attack	65	115
Sp. Defense	115	70
Speed	80	90

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Steel teammate can resist Flying and Fairy. A Dark partner can help against Ghost attacks; add special damage elsewhere.

Empoleon

Resists Flying and Fairy and adds special damage with recovery.

Read Empoleon guide →Compare teammates →

Umbreon

Resists Ghost and offers delayed Wish support for a Life Orb attacker.

Read Umbreon guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Lucario

Lucario offers Steel typing and Extreme Speed instead of Sharpness and Psychic attacks.

Read Lucario guide →

Try Lucario →

Type matchups

Weak to

Flying2×Ghost2×Fairy2×

Resistances and immunities

Fighting0.5×Rock0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP68

Attack125

Defense65

Sp. Attack65

Sp. Defense115

Speed80

Evolution chain

Ralts#280
Level 20
Kirlia#281
Dawn Stone on male Kirlia
Gallade#475

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Gallade team

Start with Gallade. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#475

Gallade

PsychicFighting

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense89

Defense57

Coverage39

Synergy8

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Fairy attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Flying attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 7 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Gallade	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	1×	0	0
Water	1×	0	0
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	1×	0	0
Ice	1×	0	0
Fighting	½×	0	1
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	1×	0	0
Flying	2×	1	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	½×	0	1
Ghost	2×	1	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	1×	0	0
Fairy	2×	1	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

Normal✓ Super effective

FireNeutral

WaterNeutral

ElectricNeutral

GrassNeutral

Ice✓ Super effective

Fighting✓ Super effective

Poison✓ Super effective

GroundNeutral

FlyingNeutral

PsychicResisted

BugNeutral

Rock✓ Super effective

GhostNeutral

DragonNeutral

Dark✓ Super effective

Steel✓ Super effective

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.