Setup Sweeper
RUItem
Lum Berry / Life Orb / Scope Lens
Lum Berry / Life Orb / Scope LensAbilitySharpness
NatureJolly+Spe/−SpA
TeraSteelFire
EV spread
Atk252
SpD4
Spe▲252
Forms
#0475
Gallade
Blade Pokémon
The blades extending from its elbows are sharper than the finest swords. Its swordsmanship, albeit self-taught, is astonishingly impressive.
Details
Height1.6 m
Weight52.0 kg
Gender100.0% ♂ · 0.0% ♀
Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky
Base friendship35Low
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth rateslow
Base EXP233
Base stats
HP
68
Attack
125
Defense
65
Sp. Atk
65
Sp. Def
115
Speed
80
Total
518
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Choice Band
RU
Choice Scarf
RU
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Gallade
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Sword
Shield
Evolution
Dawn Stone
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Gallade can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Aqua Cutter | Water | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Calm Mind Raises the user’s Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Charm Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages. | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Disarming Voice Never misses. | Fairy | Special | 40 | — | 15 |
| 1 | Double Team Raises the user’s evasion by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Draining Kiss Drains 75% of the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Fairy | Special | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Dream Eater Only works on sleeping Pokémon. Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Psychic | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Fury Cutter Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, maxing out after five turns. | Bug | Physical | 40 | 95 | 20 |
| 1 | Future Sight Hits the target two turns later. | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 1 | Imprison Prevents the target from using any moves that the user also knows. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Leaf Blade Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Life Dew | Water | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Night Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Sacred Sword Ignores the target’s stat modifiers. | Fighting | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Stored Power Power is higher the more the user’s stats have been raised, to a maximum of 31×. | Psychic | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 9 | Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 12 | Feint Hits through Protect and Detect. | Normal | Physical | 30 | 100 | 10 |
| 15 | Teleport Immediately ends wild battles. No effect otherwise. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 18 | Aerial Ace Never misses. | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 23 | False Swipe Cannot lower the target’s HP below 1. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| 28 | Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 35 | Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 42 | Psycho Cut Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Psychic | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 49 | Heal Pulse Heals the target for half its max HP. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 56 | Quick Guard Prevents any priority moves from hitting friendly Pokémon this turn. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 56 | Wide Guard Prevents any multi-target moves from hitting friendly Pokémon this turn. | Rock | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 63 | Close Combat Lowers the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage after inflicting damage. | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
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Cite this page
“Gallade”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/gallade.
Species data from PokéAPI.