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Gallade

PsychicFighting Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Gallade is #75 on the ladder, on 0.9% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 68
Atk 125
Def 65
SpA 65
SpD 115
Spe 80

Base stat total 518

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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194
87
85
135
90

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 Def · Brave Nature

Types and weaknesses

PsychicFighting
Weak ×2
FlyingGhostFairy
Resists ×½
FightingRock

Abilities

Steadfast
If this Pokemon flinches, its Speed is raised by 1 stage. · used by 1%
Sharpness
This Pokemon's slicing moves have their power multiplied by 1.5. · used by 99%
Justified
This Pokemon's Attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a Dark-type move. · used by 0%

Speed tier

Most common
90 (Brave, 0 Spe SP, 56% of spreads)
Fastest
145 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
100 (0 SP)
Slowest
90 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 90, it outspeeds 9 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Milotic 101
  2. Sylveon 95
  3. Indeedee-F 94
  4. Gallade (this) 90
  5. Politoed 90
  6. Sinistcha 90
  7. Armarouge 85
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #75 · on 0.9% of teams · 48,128 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Sacred Sword 99.3%
  2. Psycho Cut 87.9%
  3. Trick Room 64.3%
  4. Wide Guard 57.6%
  5. Leaf Blade 28.6%
  6. Protect 26.2%
  7. Night Slash 16.8%
  8. Shadow Sneak 1.9%
  9. Solar Blade 1.8%
  10. Triple Axel 1.7%

Items

  1. White Herb 19.8%
  2. Focus Sash 17.4%
  3. Life Orb 15.6%
  4. Sitrus Berry 14.2%
  5. Iron Ball 10.2%
  6. Expert Belt 5.8%

Abilities

  1. Sharpness 99.1%
  2. Steadfast 0.8%
  3. Justified 0.1%

Spreads

  1. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 90 23.1%
  2. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 90 13.6%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 132 12.3%
  4. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 100 11.3%
  5. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 145 9.8%
  6. Brave 21/32/13/0/0/0 · Spe 90 4.4%
  7. Sassy 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 90 2.6%
  8. Adamant 24/32/0/0/0/10 · Spe 110 1.0%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 55.4%
  2. Hatterene 28.6%
  3. Armarouge 27.2%
  4. Mega Camerupt 27.1%
  5. Torkoal 26.6%
  6. Kingambit 23.6%
  7. Farigiraf 20.0%
  8. Mega Golisopod 15.4%
  9. Mega Salamence 13.4%
  10. Incineroar 12.7%
  11. Mega Mawile 11.5%
  12. Mega Crabominable 10.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #68 · on 1.2% of teams · 48,128 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Sacred Sword 98.1%
  2. Psycho Cut 90.0%
  3. Wide Guard 55.8%
  4. Trick Room 54.1%
  5. Protect 28.1%
  6. Leaf Blade 26.6%
  7. Night Slash 16.7%
  8. Shadow Claw 2.7%
  9. Coaching 2.6%
  10. Rock Slide 2.1%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 21.4%
  2. Sitrus Berry 14.9%
  3. Life Orb 13.3%
  4. White Herb 11.9%
  5. Choice Scarf 8.8%
  6. Iron Ball 8.6%

Abilities

  1. Sharpness 97.9%
  2. Steadfast 1.5%
  3. Justified 0.6%

Spreads

  1. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 90 16.2%
  2. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 90 14.9%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 132 10.8%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 145 10.7%
  5. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 100 6.3%
  6. Brave 22/32/12/0/0/0 · Spe 90 1.7%
  7. Brave 21/32/13/0/0/0 · Spe 90 1.3%
  8. Brave 0/32/32/0/2/0 · Spe 90 1.0%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 45.1%
  2. Hatterene 22.9%
  3. Torkoal 18.9%
  4. Mega Golisopod 17.7%
  5. Mega Camerupt 17.6%
  6. Farigiraf 17.5%
  7. Armarouge 17.3%
  8. Incineroar 13.7%
  9. Kingambit 13.4%
  10. Mega Gardevoir 11.7%
  11. Mega Salamence 11.6%
  12. Rillaboom 10.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #75 · on 1.3% of teams · 48,128 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Sacred Sword 96.8%
  2. Psycho Cut 89.1%
  3. Wide Guard 52.1%
  4. Trick Room 48.3%
  5. Protect 28.8%
  6. Leaf Blade 26.4%
  7. Night Slash 18.0%
  8. Aqua Cutter 3.9%
  9. Shadow Claw 3.3%
  10. Coaching 3.2%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 18.1%
  2. Sitrus Berry 16.4%
  3. Life Orb 13.8%
  4. Choice Scarf 10.2%
  5. White Herb 10.1%
  6. Expert Belt 7.2%

Abilities

  1. Sharpness 96.9%
  2. Steadfast 1.7%
  3. Justified 1.5%

Spreads

  1. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 90 14.4%
  2. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 90 12.9%
  3. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 145 12.5%
  4. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 132 10.5%
  5. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 100 5.1%
  6. Brave 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 118 2.4%
  7. Brave 2/32/32/0/0/0 · Spe 90 1.5%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 100 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 40.2%
  2. Hatterene 19.3%
  3. Mega Golisopod 16.3%
  4. Torkoal 16.2%
  5. Farigiraf 14.7%
  6. Armarouge 14.7%
  7. Mega Camerupt 14.2%
  8. Mega Salamence 14.0%
  9. Kingambit 11.8%
  10. Incineroar 11.7%
  11. Mega Gardevoir 10.3%
  12. Rillaboom 9.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 37 of 4,641 teams (0.8%) · win rate 51.7% (95% interval 44.3%–59.1%, n = 172 games) · 3 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Mega Camerupt +25.3 pp n = 13,062 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Gallade teams; Mega Camerupt is on 2% of all teams (14.54× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Crabominable +10.2 pp n = 5,068 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Gallade teams; Mega Crabominable is on 0% of all teams (28.92× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Hatterene +26.0 pp n = 13,750 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Gallade teams; Hatterene is on 3% of all teams (11.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Mawile +10.3 pp n = 5,549 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Gallade teams; Mega Mawile is on 1% of all teams (9.09× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Torkoal +21.5 pp n = 12,807 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Gallade teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (5.22× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Armarouge +20.9 pp n = 13,105 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Gallade teams; Armarouge is on 6% of all teams (4.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Indeedee-F +35.2 pp n = 26,673 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 55% of Gallade teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (2.73× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Farigiraf +4.3 pp n = 9,640 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Gallade teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.28× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Mega Golisopod -0.3 pp n = 7,412 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Gallade teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (0.98× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Kingambit -1.7 pp n = 11,353 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Gallade teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.93× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Salamence -14.7 pp n = 6,444 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Gallade teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -19.0 pp n = 6,112 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Gallade teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 68
Atk 165
Def 95
SpA 65
SpD 115
Spe 110

Base stat total 618

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66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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135
178

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe · Jolly Nature

Types and weaknesses

PsychicFighting
Weak ×2
FlyingGhostFairy
Resists ×½
FightingRock

Abilities

Inner Focus
This Pokemon cannot be made to flinch. Immune to Intimidate. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Gallade holding Galladite .

Speed tier

Most common
178
Fastest
178 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
130 (0 SP)
Slowest
117 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 178, it outspeeds 35 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Tyranitar 186 (Scarf)
  2. Whimsicott 184
  3. Maushold 179
  4. Mega Gallade (this) 178
  5. Mega Metagross 178
  6. Mega Staraptor 178
  7. Ninetales-Alola 177
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #211 · on 0.1% of teams · 10,876 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Psycho Cut 69.1%
  2. Protect 67.9%
  3. Drain Punch 42.8%
  4. Sacred Sword 40.2%
  5. Rock Slide 28.6%
  6. Wide Guard 18.9%
  7. Night Slash 18.6%
  8. Close Combat 16.9%
  9. Shadow Sneak 13.1%
  10. Swords Dance 12.6%

Items

  1. Galladite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Inner Focus 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 23.0%
  2. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 130 16.7%
  3. Careful 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 130 9.5%
  4. Impish 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 130 4.5%
  5. Jolly 30/2/2/0/0/32 · Spe 178 3.9%
  6. Impish 32/15/10/0/0/9 · Spe 139 3.1%
  7. Jolly 26/15/0/0/0/25 · Spe 170 2.9%
  8. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 117 2.6%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 32.1%
  2. Mega Gardevoir 25.6%
  3. Torkoal 25.2%
  4. Armarouge 25.0%
  5. Rillaboom 22.8%
  6. Whimsicott 21.8%
  7. Maushold 20.0%
  8. Incineroar 19.8%
  9. Gholdengo 15.8%
  10. Farigiraf 15.0%
  11. Glimmora 14.4%
  12. Archaludon 13.3%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #195 · on 0.2% of teams · 10,876 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 69.2%
  2. Psycho Cut 65.7%
  3. Drain Punch 41.5%
  4. Sacred Sword 40.8%
  5. Rock Slide 25.5%
  6. Wide Guard 19.4%
  7. Shadow Sneak 16.8%
  8. Close Combat 16.3%
  9. Ice Punch 11.7%
  10. Trick Room 11.3%

Items

  1. Galladite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Inner Focus 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 33.7%
  2. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 130 7.3%
  3. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 4.0%
  4. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 117 3.4%
  5. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 162 3.3%
  6. Adamant 9/32/0/0/0/25 · Spe 155 2.7%
  7. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 178 2.1%
  8. Jolly 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 2.0%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 22.9%
  2. Maushold 22.1%
  3. Rillaboom 19.1%
  4. Whimsicott 18.7%
  5. Gholdengo 15.4%
  6. Milotic 15.3%
  7. Incineroar 14.1%
  8. Kingambit 10.9%
  9. Mega Gardevoir 10.7%
  10. Armarouge 9.7%
  11. Torkoal 9.6%
  12. Farigiraf 8.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #183 · on 0.3% of teams · 10,876 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Psycho Cut 66.0%
  2. Protect 63.6%
  3. Drain Punch 45.1%
  4. Sacred Sword 42.0%
  5. Rock Slide 22.6%
  6. Wide Guard 19.6%
  7. Shadow Sneak 18.5%
  8. Close Combat 13.6%
  9. Leaf Blade 10.4%
  10. Night Slash 9.3%

Items

  1. Galladite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Inner Focus 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 37.7%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 162 7.4%
  3. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 130 4.1%
  4. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 178 2.9%
  5. Jolly 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 2.2%
  6. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 117 2.0%
  7. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 1.8%
  8. Adamant 9/32/0/0/0/25 · Spe 155 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Maushold 23.2%
  2. Whimsicott 21.2%
  3. Indeedee-F 18.5%
  4. Gholdengo 13.5%
  5. Milotic 13.5%
  6. Rillaboom 13.2%
  7. Incineroar 12.6%
  8. Sneasler 10.2%
  9. Weavile 9.4%
  10. Kingambit 9.3%
  11. Sinistcha 9.1%
  12. Mega Gardevoir 8.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 2 of 4,641 teams (0.0%) · win rate 16.7% (95% interval 3.0%–56.4%, n = 6 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Glimmora +12.7 pp n = 1,562 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Gallade teams; Glimmora is on 2% of all teams (8.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Maushold +17.2 pp n = 2,170 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Gallade teams; Maushold is on 3% of all teams (7.13× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Torkoal +20.1 pp n = 2,744 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Mega Gallade teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (4.95× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Armarouge +18.7 pp n = 2,716 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Mega Gallade teams; Armarouge is on 6% of all teams (3.97× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Whimsicott +14.2 pp n = 2,372 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Mega Gallade teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (2.88× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Gardevoir +16.2 pp n = 2,786 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Mega Gallade teams; Mega Gardevoir is on 9% of all teams (2.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Indeedee-F +11.8 pp n = 3,490 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 32% of Mega Gallade teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Farigiraf -0.7 pp n = 1,632 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Gallade teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.96× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Gholdengo -3.3 pp n = 1,713 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Gallade teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.83× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Archaludon -3.9 pp n = 1,451 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Gallade teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (0.78× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Incineroar -11.9 pp n = 2,153 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Gallade teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.63× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -23.8 pp n = 2,484 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Mega Gallade teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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