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
Base friendship35
Growth rateslow
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
68
Attack
125
Defense
65
Sp. Atk
65
Sp. Def
115
Speed
80
Total
518
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Setup Sweeper
- Item
- Lum Berry / Life Orb / Scope Lens
- Ability
- Sharpness
- Nature
- Jolly
- EVs
- 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
- Tera
- SteelFire
Choice Band
- Item
- Choice Band
- Ability
- Sharpness
- Nature
- Jolly
- EVs
- 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
- Tera
- SteelDark
Choice Scarf
- Item
- Choice Scarf
- Ability
- Sharpness
- Nature
- Jolly
- EVs
- 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
- Tera
- SteelDark
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Gallade can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
17 sprites & renders for Gallade.






Across the games











Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Slash | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Aqua Cutter | Water | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Calm Mind | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Charm | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Confusion | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Disarming Voice | Fairy | Special | 40 | — | 15 |
| 1 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Draining Kiss | Fairy | Special | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Dream Eater | Psychic | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 40 | 95 | 20 |
| 1 | Future Sight | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Growl | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Hypnosis | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 1 | Imprison | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Leaf Blade | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Life Dew | Water | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Night Slash | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Psybeam | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Psychic | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Sacred Sword | Fighting | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Stored Power | Psychic | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 9 | Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 12 | Feint | Normal | Physical | 30 | 100 | 10 |
| 15 | Teleport | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 18 | Aerial Ace | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 23 | False Swipe | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| 28 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 35 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 42 | Psycho Cut | Psychic | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 49 | Heal Pulse | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 56 | Quick Guard | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 56 | Wide Guard | Rock | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 63 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |