Is Gallade Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Dawn Stone on male Kirlia. Psychic/Fighting with AbilitySteadfast boosting Speed when flinched. The physical/special split is critical: Gallade's high Attack now powers physical Fighting properly. Transfer-only since Ralts isn't native. If imported, handles Byron, Candice, and Bertha.
Kirlia trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Kirlia trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Kirlia has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Maylene:
Kirlia has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Fantina:
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Byron:
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Candice:
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Volkner:
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
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Gardevoir resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bertha:
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Flint:
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
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Catch Kirlia
Catch Kirlia on Route 203 (Poké Radar, Lv 6, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 6)
- LV 6PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Gardenia
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 31PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 39PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 53PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
Evolve Kirlia to Gallade
Kirlia evolves into Gallade with a Dawn Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Maylene.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 53FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Kirlia to Gardevoir
Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir at Level 30. Your Kirlia should hit Level 30 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 33PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 45PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 65PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Gallade in Diamond & Pearl
Gallade cannot be caught wild. Use a Dawn Stone on a male Kirlia, the blade Pokemon being the male-only branch of the Ralts line opposite Gardevoir.
Catch Ralts or Kirlia at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Gallade.
Badge 1How to Obtain Gallade in DP
To get Gallade, start by catching Ralts through special encounters at Lv. 4-6. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Kirliaor evolve from Ralts (Step 1)
- Step 3Gallade ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Ralts egg.
How to Get Shiny Gallade in Diamond & Pearl
Gallade needs a Dawn Stone on a male Kirlia, so chain a shiny Ralts on Route 203 at 1 in 200 and evolve it that way. Compare Shiny Gallade odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Gallade Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Gallade already selected.
Gallade Weakness
Gallade's Psychic/Fighting typing leaves it vulnerable to Flying and Ghost. Few weaknesses and 2 resistances make the typing clean. Gallade's special bulk (base 115 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Ghost |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Rock |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Gallade Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Gallade
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter | ||
 Giratina GhostDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodTurnback Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gallade View Giratina builds →Shadow Force 2x135-159%KO Fly 2x67-80% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gallade View Honchkrow builds →Fly 2x122-144%KO Shadow Ball 2x40-47% | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gallade View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x63-75% Aerial Ace 2x36-43% | ||
 Mismagius Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gallade View Mismagius builds →Shadow Ball 2x60-70% Aerial Ace 2x30-36% | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gallade View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x53-63% Fly 2x84-99% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gallade View Xatu builds →Fly 2x81-95% Shadow Ball 2x36-43% | ||
Gallade Evolutions
Out of 2 evolutions from Kirlia, Gallade comes from the Dawn Stone path. The method you use determines which form you end up with. Breed through Ralts to get eggs. Both Gallade and Gardevoir hit 518 total stats from Ralts. The difference is how those stats are split. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Gallade to get Ralts eggs using 31 partners from the Amorphous and Human-Like egg groups. Notable egg moves include Confuse Ray, Destiny Bond, Disable and 5 more.
DP Gallade Best Moveset
125 Attack on a Psychic/Fighting type with the physical/special split finally letting physical Psychic and Fighting moves work off that stat. AbilitySteadfast boosts Speed when flinched. The moveset runs physical coverage across multiple types, and MoveClose Combat at 125 Attack hits enormously hard.
Best Build
Gallade best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Close Combat
- Ice Punch
- Shadow Sneak
- Leaf Blade
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
STAB runs through Focus Punch and Close Combat for the basics, but Gallade's real strength is the 10-type coverage spread. Grass and Dark hit common defensive types, and the movepool keeps going.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
55 of 59 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
A master of courtesy and swordsmanship, it fights using extending swords on its elbows.
Gallade Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Gallade does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Gallade hits 618 BST.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Gallade as a wallbreaker. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Jolly on Gallade. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Gallade has appeared in 14 titles over 6 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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