Is Gardevoir Good in X & Y Playthrough?
Psychic/Fairy at level 30 with AbilitySynchronize. Mega Gardevoir gains AbilityPixilate, turning Normal moves into boosted Fairy attacks. The new Fairy typing handles Drasna's Dragons and Diantha's Goodra. Handles Korrina and Drasna. Diantha uses Mega Gardevoir as her ace. One of the best Pokemon in X/Y.
Ralts trades roughly evenly with Viola's team.
Kirlia trades roughly evenly with Grant's team.
Gardevoir resists most of Korrina's coverage and hits back hard.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Ramos's team.
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Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Clemont's team.
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Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Valerie's team.
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Olympia's team hits Gardevoir's weaknesses hard.
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Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Wulfric's team.
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Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Malva's team.
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Wikstrom's team hits Gardevoir's weaknesses hard.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Drasna's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Siebold's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Diantha's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Diantha:
Catch Ralts
Catch Ralts on Route 4 (walking, Lv 8, rare). Red flower patch.
Evolve Ralts to Kirlia
Ralts evolves into Kirlia at Level 20. Your Ralts should hit Level 20 before you reach Grant, at typical leveling pace.
Evolve Kirlia to Gardevoir
Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir at Level 30. Your Kirlia should hit Level 30 before you reach Korrina, at typical leveling pace.
Evolve Kirlia to Gallade
Kirlia evolves into Gallade with a Dawn Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Korrina.
How to Get Gardevoir in X & Y
You're catching Ralts first, not Gardevoir. Ralts appears at moderate rates in the encounters below. The step cards map the full 3-stage chain with evolution methods between each stage.
How to Obtain Gardevoir in XY
To get Gardevoir, start by catching Ralts through walking and trade encounters at Lv. 5-8. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Evolve into KirliaBREEDINGAvailableLeave Gardevoir with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Ralts egg.
- Step 3Gardevoir ✓
How to Get Shiny Gardevoir in X & Y
Gardevoir begins as a Route 4 Ralts, so hold a Poke Radar chain in that grass and evolve your shiny the whole way up. Compare Shiny Gardevoir odds across every game
Shiny distribution event
X & Y Shiny Gardevoir Calculator
4 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 100 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Friend Safari: Friend Safari slots roll at a fixed boosted rate near 1 in 512. The Shiny Charm does not raise it further.
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 |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 11 |
| 25%one in four | 29 |
| 50%coin flip | 69 |
| 90%very likely | 230 |
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 X & Y shiny odds calculator with Gardevoir already selected.
Gardevoir Weakness
Type-wise, Gardevoir takes extra damage from Poison, Ghost, and Steel. Dragon moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Gardevoir's special bulk (base 115 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Poison, Ghost, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Psychic |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Dragon |
What is Gardevoir Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Gardevoir
 Doublade SteelGhost | B | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gardevoir View Skuntank builds →Poison Jab 2x85-100%KO Shadow Claw 2x50-59% | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gardevoir View Nidoking builds →Poison Jab 2x92-108%KO Shadow Claw 2x53-63% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gardevoir View Toxicroak builds →Poison Jab 2x94-111%KO Astonish 2x24-29% | ||
 Scolipede BugPoison | B | |
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gardevoir View Nidoqueen builds →Poison Jab 2x85-100%KO Shadow Claw 2x50-59% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | B | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Lumiose City Gift) | ||
 Lucario FightingSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodTower Of Mastery Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gardevoir View Lucario builds →Poison Jab 2x66-77% Metal Claw 2x61-73% Shadow Claw 2x58-68% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gardevoir View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x66-78% Venoshock 2x55-65% | ||
Gardevoir Evolutions
Gardevoir is one of 2 ways Kirlia's chain can end. This one takes the level-up path, while the siblings go different directions. Breed through Ralts to get eggs. Gardevoir and Gallade share the same 518 total stats, but they're distributed differently. Check the comparison below to see where each one specializes. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Gardevoir to get Ralts eggs easily using 49 partners from the Amorphous and Human-Like egg groups. Notable egg moves include Ally Switch, Confuse Ray, Destiny Bond and 9 more.
XY Gardevoir Best Moveset
Psychic/Fairy typing this generation added Dragon immunity and Fairy TermStab from 125 Sp. Atk. The Mega form gains 165 Sp. Atk with AbilityPixilate converting Normal moves to boosted Fairy attacks. MoveHyper Voice becomes a Fairy nuke. The moveset transformed through both the type change and Mega access.
Best Build
Gardevoir best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Moonblast
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Shadow Ball
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Ally Switch and Confuse Ray aren't available any other way for Gardevoir, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Future Sight and Synchronoise 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
To protect its Trainer, it will expend all its psychic power to create a small black hole.
It has the power to predict the future. Its power peaks when it is protecting its Trainer.
Gardevoir Event Distributions
In X & Y, Gardevoir reaches players through several Mystery Gift distributions, though it is far from a regular.
Kimia's Shiny GardevoirXYOmega RubyAlpha SapphireAlways shiny
Pokemon New Episode Broadcast CommemorationXYOmega RubyAlpha SapphireNot shiny
Gardevoir X & Y Guide
In X & Y, yes. Mega Gardevoir hits 618 BST, a solid jump from the base 518. Hold the Mega Stone, trigger it in battle, and it lasts the whole fight. One Mega per team.
In X & Y, Gardevoir plays as a wallbreaker. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Moonblast is the primary attack.
In X & Y, Gardevoir pairs best with Breloom, Magnezone, and Gyarados Mega. Breloom has Decent synergy and covers what Gardevoir can't handle on its own.
Gardevoir's hidden ability is Telepathy. It protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves. Situational compared to Synchronize and Trace.
In X & Y, Timid is the go-to nature for Gardevoir. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the wallbreaker role.
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
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