Is Gardevoir Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilitySynchronize reflects status and AbilityTrace copies the opponent's ability. Gardevoir is one of RS's best Psychic-types with strong Special Attack and Speed. Handles Brawly, contributes against most of the E4, and the Trace ability creates situational advantages throughout. A top-tier native pick.
Ralts trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Ralts has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Kirlia's defenses.
Kirlia trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Kirlia's weaknesses hard.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Sidney's team hits Gardevoir's weaknesses hard.
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Ralts
Catch Ralts on Route 102 (walking, Lv 4, rare).
Recommended Moves
- LV 6PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 26PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 36PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 46PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Ralts to Kirlia
Ralts evolves into Kirlia at Level 20. Your Ralts should hit Level 20 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 26PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 40PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 54PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Kirlia to Gardevoir
Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir at Level 30. Your Kirlia should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 30PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 30PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- LV 42PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 60PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Gardevoir in Ruby & Sapphire
Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir at level 30, with no wild Gardevoir on the map. The grind comes earlier, in tracking down that scarce Ralts to begin with.
Catch Ralts at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Gardevoir.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
How to Obtain Gardevoir in RS
How to Get Shiny Gardevoir in Ruby & Sapphire
Gardevoir starts as a Ralts in the grass of Route 102, so find a shiny one and raise it through Kirlia into Gardevoir. Compare Shiny Gardevoir odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Gardevoir Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds calculator with Gardevoir already selected.
Gardevoir Weakness
Type-wise, Gardevoir takes extra damage from Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Gardevoir's special bulk (base 115 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Gardevoir Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Gardevoir
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gardevoir View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x69-82% Thief 2x13-17% | ||
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
 Nuzleaf GrassDark | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gardevoir View Ninjask builds →Leech Life 2x24-29% Thief 2x13-17% | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Gardevoir Evolutions
Gardevoir is the final form in a three-stage chain from Ralts through Kirlia. Breeding this form produces Ralts eggs (average hatch time). Evolving from Ralts gave Gardevoir the biggest boost in Sp.Atk (+80), bringing the total to 518 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Gardevoir to get Ralts eggs easily using 22 partners from the Amorphous and Human-Like egg groups. Notable egg moves include Destiny Bond, Disable, Mean Look and 2 more.
RS Gardevoir Best Moveset
125 Sp. Atk fires MovePsychic at top-tier power, and AbilitySynchronize bounces status back while AbilityTrace copies the opponent's ability. MoveThunderbolt and MoveCalm Mind add coverage and boosting. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Powerful Psychic with ability-based versatility.
Best Build
Gardevoir best EVs are HP and Speed
Bulky Support Moveset
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Thunderbolt
- Memento
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Destiny Bond and Disable aren't available any other way for Gardevoir, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Future Sight and Dream Eater for solid options.
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
26 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
GARDEVOIR has the ability to read the future. If it senses impending danger to its TRAINER, this POKéMON is said to unleash its psychokinetic energy at full power.
GARDEVOIR has the psychokinetic power to distort the dimensions and create a small black hole. This POKéMON will try to protect its TRAINER even at the risk of its own life.
Gardevoir Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Gardevoir is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Kirlia under specific conditions.
Game Availability
Gardevoir first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and spans 17 games across 7 generations. It later gained a Mega form in Generation 6, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
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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