What is a good moveset for Gallade?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Gallade, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for any of its pre-evolutions can also be shared on this thread.

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Gallade Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Gen 9 NU Agility

Gallade @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sharpness
Tera Type: Dark / Poison
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Agility
- Sacred Sword
- Psycho Cut
- Knock Off / Poison Jab

An Agility set Gallade can use in Gen 9 NU. This set should be used as a late game cleaner. With the speed boost from Agility, Gallade outspeeds the entire metagame, including Choice Scarf users such as Flamigo and Tauros-Paldea-Aqua. Even without any boosts from Swords Dance, Gallade can deal out quite a bit of damage to most Pokemon with its STAB combination that is boosted by Sharpness. Knock Off rounds out this set's coverage by allowing Gallade to hit most Psychic-types in the tier that resist Sacred Sword and Psycho Cut. Knock Off is also nice to remove items from opposing Pokemon should you want Gallade to do something early game. If you use Knock Off, use Tera Dark to make Knock Off a STAB move. Poison Jab with Tera Poison is an option to hit Fairy-types such as Sylveon, Scream Tail, and Florges super effectively. Heavy-Duty Boots is used to prevent Gallade from taking hazards chip. Not taking hazards chip can let Gallade live a special attack from full HP to get off an Agility or attack opposing Pokemon. Adamant Nature gives Gallade more power since this set has Agility to boost its speed.

Answer 2

Gen 9 NU Assault Vest

Gallade @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sharpness
Tera Type: Steel / Dark
EVs: 160 HP / 252 Atk / 96 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Sword
- Psycho Cut
- Leaf Blade
- Knock Off

An Assault Vest set Gallade can use in Gen 9 NU. Assault Vest Gallade has been picking up in usage in Gen 9 NU thanks to its good special defense stat and Ability in Sharpness. Sharpness + Gallade's Assault Vest and good Special Defense stat allows Gallade to soft check the Special wallbreakers in the tier while using its Sharpness boosted attacks to slice and dice most of the Pokemon in the tier as if they were fruits and vegetables. Sacred Sword + Psycho Cut are used for Gallade's STAB moves since they are boosted by Sharpness, making most Pokemon not wanting to switch into to Gallade's STAB moves. Sacred Sword and Psycho Cut pair well with each other due to the coverage the moves provide. Leaf Blade is a useful coverage move that targets Water-types such as Slowbro, Swampert, and Quagsire, giving them a reminder on why Water-types don't like going outside to touch grass. Knock Off is a nice coverage and utility move that allows Gallade to remove crucial item from opposing Pokemon and hit Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Brambleghast, Reuniclus, Typhlosion-Hisui, Mew, Munkidori, and Chandelure super effectively. Tera Steel lets Gallade have a nice defensive typing, while Dark boosts the power of Knock Off and gives Gallade a Psychic immunity.

252 Attack EVs are used with an Adamant Nature to give Gallade as much power as possible. 96 Speed EVs allow Gallade to outspeed max speed Modest Sylveon. The rest of the EVs are used in HP to give Gallade some bulk so it can help tank special attacks better.

Answer 3

Gallade@galladite
Role: sweeper
Ability: Sharpness
EVs:252at 25
Hasty nature
-Sacred sword
-Aqua cutter
-Leaf blade
-Swords dance/drain punch/shadow sneak/agility
Gallade is a mega beast that can swipe all the legendaries
In generation 9 gallade gets new ability Sharpness that boosts slicing moves.
Swords dance is for extra sweeping the foe.shadow sneak is for priority and also for beating the ghost type Pokemon . Drain punch is for HP recovery. Agility is for. Overspending a fast Pokemon . Aqua cutter and leaf blade are used for elemental sweeping and sacred sword is a boosted stab that is useful against bulky foes. You can get gallade easily and these moves gallade learns at level 1 so you can easily beat the early game gym leaders and late game elite four.
These moves have high critical hit ratio .

Comments

Gallade can’t mega in gen 9. Try using life orb

Answer 4

Gen 9 NU Scope Lens + Sharpness

Gallade @ Scope Lens
Ability: Sharpness
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Psycho Cut
- Sacred Sword
- Night Slash
- Leaf Blade / Agility / Swords Dance

A Scope Lens set Gallade can use in Gen 9 NU. Some of Gallade's moves that are boosted by Sharpness have a high chance to crit, so with Scope Lens as the item, Gallade can deal out more damage with Sharpness boosted attacks that are a critical hit. Psycho Cut and Sacred Sword are the STAB moves since they are boosted by Sharpness, and most Pokemon don't like switching into Gallade's STAB moves. Most Pokemon that can switch into one STAB move don't want to switch into the other STAB move. Night Slash is used to hit Psychic- and Ghost-types such as Espeon, Munkidori, Cresselia, Brambleghast, and Chandelure. Leaf Blade targets the Water/Ground types named Swampert, Gastrodon, and Quagsire. If Leaf Blade crits, it can OHKO Vaporeon. Agility can be used instead to boost Gallade's speed so it can outspeed Pokemon it normally wouldn't. Swords Dance can be used to make Gallade's attacks that are already dangerous to switch into more powerful to break through teams. Adamant Nature is used to give Gallade as much power as possible, though you can consider Jolly for more speed. Tera Dark is used to allow Gallade to become immune to Psychic moves and makes Night Slash a STAB move so it can hit harder.

Answer 5

Gallade @ Choice Scarf (Gen 9 National Dex)
Ability: Steadfast
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 100 Atk / 56 Def / 100 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Psycho Cut
- Trick
- Drain Punch
- Thunder Punch

Steadfast is to get a speed boost from Fake Out or any flinching moves. Choice Scarf can be kept for more speed, or it can be tricked away to disrupt teams. Psycho Cut is STAB with a high crit chance and Drain Punch is for recovery. Tera Electric Thunder Punch can hit hard and stop Flying types. I hope you enjoy this set!

Comments

You won't be able to Tera Electric in Gen 9 National Dex since National Dex OU banned Tera recently. Also, is there any reason why you have the EV spread the way it is on your Gallade set?

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Thank you for the information on the Tera Type. I made the EV spread that way because I wanted a Gallade that could take hits better. Also, this is my first set.

Answer 6

Role: Sweeper / Tank

Gallade (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Steadfast
EVs: 96 HP / 144 Atk / 252 Def / 16 Spe
Impish Nature
- Destiny Bond
- Thunder Wave
- Leaf Blade
- Drain Punch

His speed is pretty bad, but Thunder Wave makes up for that, on top of the fact that it lets him strike first for a Destiny Bond!
Drain Punch is STAB and can keep him going for a while.
Leaf Blade is coverage.