Guide:Gardevoir Strategies

### Support

Gardevoir is a swift attacker who can negate status effects and inflict significant psychic damage across a wide region of the battlefield. Most of its attacks must be used with accuracy and excellent aim in order to be successful.

## Move List

### Ability

####  Synchronize

Due to Gardevoir's Ability, it can somewhat smooth out a battle against a Slow-inflicting Pokemon like Crustle and Greninja. Since Gardevoir already has  Moonblast, which enables it to jump back, this is less helpful.

Additionally, by applying the same impact to Pokemon that use damage-over-time moves, like Venusaur, the ability makes encounters with them a little simpler.

### Move List 1

####  Confusion

Early on, Confusion is your go-to harm play. Use its extended range and quick cooldown to torment or defeat your opponents in your lane. Don't neglect to use it to gather stray Pokemon as well.

####  Psychic

When you use Psychic on a gathering of enemies, it works best because it slows them and leaves them open to follow-up attacks from your friends. This works best against Pokemon in combat and untamed Pokemon. It can be thrown on the ground to zone out foes and hinder their ability to flee or used directly on a target.

####  Moonblast

Set up fights for your friends by using Moonblast, which will make it simpler for them to execute their techniques. The stun and stepback benefits of Moonblast are helpful for disengaging opponents, particularly when used against combat Pokemon. Be careful to remain in the backlines so you can use Moonblast to consistently strike opponents.

### Move List 2

####  Teleport

Use Teleport to change your position on the offensive or defence. It will always cause your next strike to be enhanced, so always follow it up with a basic attack. Whether you're fleeing or being pursued, you may manually aim it on the ground to acquire a better position.

####  Psyshock

It is best to set up Psyshock before utilising it in order to optimise its damage and cooldown reduction effects. As a setup, you can employ  Psychic,  Moonblast, or  Fairy Singularity. If you have friends with trustworthy stuns, use Psyshock as a follow-up for devastating damage.

####  Future Sight

It is best to build up Future Sight with other moves because it has a long delay before it activates. You can set up Future Sight with your own abilities, such as  Moonblast or  Psychic, or you can rely on the debilitating actions of your teammates. With Future Sight enhanced, this is more important because it resets its cooldown when it hits an enemy Pokemon. The option, though, is to manually aim it on the ground if you are unable to set up Future Sight. This is applicable in a variety of circumstances, but it is most helpful when pursuing foes whose Health is low enough for a single Future Sight blast.

### Unite Move

####  Fairy Singularity

Save Fairy Singularity as much as you can for teamfights to give your team the best chance of winning. This is important once Rayquaza spawns because Rayquaza is secured by the team who prevails in a decisive battle at that time. Casting Fairy Singularity on constrained areas, such as the edges of the top and bottom lanes and the jungle entrances, will enhance its effects. You can draw adversaries into small locations so that you can cast Fairy Singularity there. This works well against adversaries that are clustered together.

## Strengths / Weaknesses

* Long Standard Attack range.
* Moveset offers many stun and slow opportunities.
* Moves may be hard to hit for some players.
* Relies on stuns and slows to compensate for lack of mobility moves.

## Recommended Builds

### AOE Burst

You will have everything you need in this setup to make Gardevoir a potent ranged Pokémon. Your strategy should centre on utilising  Moonblast to stun long-range enemies before hitting them with  Future Sight to deal further damage. This combination makes it simpler for your buddies to obtain kills by stunning enemies. If you improve  Future Sight, you may continuously do long-range AoE damage because the cooldown is restored when an enemy is hit. In order to set up kills and win team battles, employ  Fairy Singularity as a whole. Your primary damaging weapons are Wise Glasses and Choice Specs. Gardevoir's Unite Move charge rate is accelerated by Energy Amplifier, enabling more frequent use of it. Moreover, it offers good move cooldown reduction.

Your primary survival gear for fast positioning changes is the Eject Button. For a comparable result, you may also use X Speed. Gardevoir is quite delicate and lacks the necessary mobility techniques, therefore these mobility items should only be utilised defensively. Depending on the make-up of your team, Slow Smoke may be a better choice and perhaps more effective.

To increase the damage of your moves, you need have 6 Green Emblems in your loadout along with 4 emblems of any colour. As the build is focused on providing high burst damage, equip emblems that increase Sp. Atk. Moves for Attack and Critical-Hit Rate are freely tradable.

Future Sight
**Any Colour (4)** | Choice Specs
Wise Glasses
Shell Bell | X Speed | **Positive Stats*** HP
* Sp. Atk
* Movement Speed

**Negative Stats**
* Attack
* Critical-Hit Rate
* **Cooldown**: -4.50%
* **Unite Move Charge Rate**: +6%

### Double-Psy

This setup supports both  Psychic and  Psyshock. The least number of cooldowns are available with this moveset, especially when improved. You should continually use  Psychic to saturate your opponent from a distance, then  Psyshock to finish them out. Make sure you make the most of your shots because the moveset might be challenging to target. Using Shell Bell and Energy Amplifier simultaneously results in a significant cooldown reduction in addition to their additional benefits. Your main source of damage will be your Choice Specs, which will provide each move you use to hit an opponent an adequate damage increase. The Eject Button allows Gardevoir to leave a battle or change his location. To get a comparable result, you may alternatively use X Speed.

Your Boost Emblem loadout should consist of **6** Green Emblems to maximize your moves' damage and **4** White Emblems for additional HP. Equip Emblems that improve Sp. Atk since you want to deal as much damage as you can with your moves. You can freely trade Attack and Critical-Hit Rate.

Psyshock
**Any Colour (4)** | Choice SpecsEnergy Amplifier
Shell Bell | X Speed
Eject Button | **Positive Stats*** HP
* Sp. Atk
* Movement Speed

**Negative Stats**
* Attack
* Critical-Hit Rate
* **Cooldown**: -9%
* **Unite Move Charge Rate**: +6%

### Full Sp. Atk

This is an all-damage build that sacrifices defensive gear in favour of more potent damage. Your strategy should involve employing  Moonblast to paralyse opponents and then  Psyshock to strike them with at least two pulses. Use your greater cast range to safely attack enemies from a distance while relocating when they approach. Choice Specs, Wise Glasses, and Shell Bell combine to offer Gardevoir a sizable amount of Sp. Atk, greatly increasing the damage output of its techniques. In particular, Shell Bell offers healing possibilities as well as a respectable cooldown reduction impact. You may go one step farther and use any item in place of a Sp. Atk specification. The finest option for your fighting equipment is Eject Button because it offers the sole way to leave or change positions when necessary. To further boost Gardevoir's lethality in combat, you can choose X Attack.

In order to maximise the damage of your moves, your boost emblem loadout should have 6 Green emblems and 4 emblems of any colour. As you want to maximise your special attack damage, equip emblems that increase your special attack. Both Attack and Critical-Hit Rate are freely tradable.

Psyshock
**White (4)** | Choice Specs
Wise Glasses
Shell Bell | Eject Button
X Attack | **Positive Stats*** HP
* Sp. Atk
* Movement Speed

**Negative Stats**
* Attack
* Defense
* Sp. Def
* Critical-Hit Rate
* **Cooldown**: -4.50%

## Recommended Held Items

 Shell Bell | Gardevoir's moves benefit from a respectable damage increase from Shell Bell, which also offers some type of healing. The reduced cooldown of the item also helps Gardevoir.

## Levelling Up

* Farm Indeedee first if you're in the bottom lane for greater experience.
 5-9
* Continue levelling up and hunting wild Pokemon until you acquire both your primary moveset and  Fairy Singularity.
 10+
* In order to obtain a greater  Psyshock or  Future Sight, try to reach Level 11 before or at the time Rayquaza spawns.
* Only use your Unite Move to push lanes and secure objectives; however, make sure it is ready for Rayquaza to spawn.
* Watch for the ideal moment to use  Fairy Singularity to secure Rayquaza, ideally when the majority of the opponent are near by.

## Hard Counters

A list of Pokemon Gardevoir users should be aware of.

 Urshifu | Danger Level: * Gardevoir's low HP may not let it to withstand even one strike from a charged  Wicked Blow.
 Blastoise | Danger Level: * Rapid Spin's ability to overcome obstacles enables it to safely narrow the gap with Gardevoir.
* The range of  Hydro Pump and  Water Spout is sufficient to reach Gardevoir.