Battle profile
#0475 · Generation 4
Gallade
The Blade Pokémon
A master of courtesy and swordsmanship, it fights using extending swords on its elbows.
Traits
Abilities
Steadfast
The Pokémon raises its Speed stat every time it flinches.
Sharpness
Powers up the Pokémon's slicing moves.
Justified
HiddenWhen the Pokémon is hit by a damaging Dark-type move, it raises its Attack stat.
Battle matchups
Type effectiveness
Damage matchups for Gallade based on its Psychic and Fighting typing. Abilities may change some matchups.
Weak against
Takes increased damage
Resists
Takes reduced damage
Immune to
Takes no damage
None
Evolution family
Evolution chain
Learnset
Level-up moves
Moves Gallade learns by gaining levels in Pokemon Nova.
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evolution | Slash The target is attacked with a slash of claws, scythes or the like. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Night Slash The user slashes the target the instant an opportunity arises. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Aqua Cutter The user expels pressurized water to cut at the target like a blade. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit. | Water | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Sacred Sword The user attacks by slicing with a sword. The target's stat changes don't affect the damage inflicted by this move. | Fighting | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Leaf Blade The user handles a sharp leaf like a sword and cuts the target. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit. | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Growl The user growls in an endearing way, making opposing Pokémon less wary. This lowers their Attack stats. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Disarming Voice Letting out a charming cry, the user does emotional damage to opposing Pokémon. This attack never misses. | Fairy | Special | 40 | — | 15 |
| 1 | Hypnosis The user employs hypnotic suggestion to make the target fall asleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 1 | Draining Kiss The user steals the target's HP with a kiss. The user's HP is restored by over half the damage taken by the target. | Fairy | Special | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Imprison If opposing Pokémon know any move also known by the user, they are prevented from using it. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Psybeam The target is attacked with a peculiar ray. This may also confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Life Dew The user scatters mysterious water around and restores the HP of itself and its ally Pokémon currently in the battle. | Water | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Charm The user gazes at the target rather charmingly, making it less wary. This harshly lowers the target's Attack stat. | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Calm Mind The user quietly focuses its mind and calms its spirit to raise its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Psychic The target is hit with a strong telekinetic force to inflict damage. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Dream Eater The user eats the dreams of a sleeping target. The user's HP is restored by up to half the damage taken by the target. | Psychic | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Future Sight Two turns after this move is used, a hunk of psychic energy attacks the target. | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Leer The user gives opposing Pokémon an intimidating leer that lowers their Defense stats. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Fury Cutter The user attacks by slashing the target with scythes, claws, or the like. This attack becomes more powerful if it hits in succession. | Bug | Physical | 40 | 95 | 20 |
| 1 | Double Team By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Confusion The target is hit with a weak telekinetic force to inflict damage. This may also confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 9 | Helping Hand The user assists an ally by boosting the power of that ally's attack. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 12 | Feint This attack can hit a target using a move such as Protect or Detect. This also lifts the effects of those moves. | Normal | Physical | 30 | 100 | 10 |
| 15 | Teleport The user switches place with a party Pokémon in waiting, if any. This can also be used to warp to the last Pokémon Center visited. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 18 | Aerial Ace The user confounds the target with speed, then slashes. This attack never misses. | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 23 | False Swipe A restrained attack that prevents the target from fainting. The target is left with at least 1 HP. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| 28 | Protect This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 35 | Swords Dance A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. This sharply raises the user's Attack stat. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 42 | Psycho Cut The user tears at the target with blades formed by psychic power. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit. | Psychic | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 49 | Heal Pulse The user emits a healing pulse that restores the target's HP by up to half its max HP. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 56 | Wide Guard The user and its allies are protected from wide-ranging attacks for one turn. | Rock | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 56 | Quick Guard The user protects itself and its allies from priority moves. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 63 | Close Combat The user attacks by fighting the target up close without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def stats. | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
Breeding learnset
Egg moves
0 moves available
Breeding learnset
Egg moves
0 moves available
No egg moves are available for Gallade.
Extended learnset
Compatible moves
132 moves available
Extended learnset
Compatible moves
132 moves available
- Aerial Ace PhysicalFlying
- Agility StatusPsychic
- Air Slash SpecialFlying
- Alluring Voice SpecialFairy
- Ally Switch StatusPsychic
- Attract StatusNormal
- Aura Sphere SpecialFighting
- Body Slam PhysicalNormal
- Brick Break PhysicalFighting
- Bulk Up StatusFighting
- Bulldoze PhysicalGround
- Calm Mind StatusPsychic
- Captivate StatusNormal
- Charge Beam SpecialElectric
- Charm StatusFairy
- Close Combat PhysicalFighting
- Coaching StatusFighting
- Confide StatusNormal
- Confuse Ray StatusGhost
- Cut PhysicalNormal
- Dazzling Gleam SpecialFairy
- Defense Curl StatusNormal
- Disarming Voice SpecialFairy
- Double Team StatusNormal
- Draining Kiss SpecialFairy
- Drain Punch PhysicalFighting
- Dream Eater SpecialPsychic
- Dual Chop PhysicalDragon
- Earthquake PhysicalGround
- Echoed Voice SpecialNormal
- Encore StatusNormal
- Endure StatusNormal
- Energy Ball SpecialGrass
- Expanding Force SpecialPsychic
- Facade PhysicalNormal
- False Swipe PhysicalNormal
- Fire Punch PhysicalFire
- Flash StatusNormal
- Fling PhysicalDark
- Focus Blast SpecialFighting
- Focus Punch PhysicalFighting
- Frustration PhysicalNormal
- Fury Cutter PhysicalBug
- Future Sight SpecialPsychic
- Giga Impact PhysicalNormal
- Grass Knot SpecialGrass
- Headbutt PhysicalNormal
- Helping Hand StatusNormal
- Hex SpecialGhost
- Hidden Power SpecialNormal
- Hyper Beam SpecialNormal
- Hyper Voice SpecialNormal
- Ice Punch PhysicalIce
- Icy Wind SpecialIce
- Imprison StatusPsychic
- Knock Off PhysicalDark
- Laser Focus StatusNormal
- Leaf Blade PhysicalGrass
- Light Screen StatusPsychic
- Low Kick PhysicalFighting
- Low Sweep PhysicalFighting
- Magical Leaf SpecialGrass
- Magic Coat StatusPsychic
- Magic Room StatusPsychic
- Mega Kick PhysicalNormal
- Mega Punch PhysicalNormal
- Metronome StatusNormal
- Mimic StatusNormal
- Misty Terrain StatusFairy
- Natural Gift PhysicalNormal
- Night Shade SpecialGhost
- Pain Split StatusNormal
- Poison Jab PhysicalPoison
- Power-Up Punch PhysicalFighting
- Protect StatusNormal
- Psybeam SpecialPsychic
- Psychic SpecialPsychic
- Psychic Terrain StatusPsychic
- Psycho Cut PhysicalPsychic
- Psych Up StatusNormal
- Psyshock SpecialPsychic
- Rain Dance StatusWater
- Recycle StatusNormal
- Reflect StatusPsychic
- Rest StatusPsychic
- Retaliate PhysicalNormal
- Return PhysicalNormal
- Revenge PhysicalFighting
- Reversal PhysicalFighting
- Rock Slide PhysicalRock
- Rock Smash PhysicalFighting
- Rock Tomb PhysicalRock
- Round SpecialNormal
- Safeguard StatusNormal
- Secret Power PhysicalNormal
- Shadow Ball SpecialGhost
- Shadow Claw PhysicalGhost
- Shock Wave SpecialElectric
- Signal Beam SpecialBug
- Skill Swap StatusPsychic
- Sleep Talk StatusNormal
- Snatch StatusDark
- Snore SpecialNormal
- Solar Blade PhysicalGrass
- Stone Edge PhysicalRock
- Stored Power SpecialPsychic
- Strength PhysicalNormal
- Substitute StatusNormal
- Sunny Day StatusFire
- Swagger StatusNormal
- Swift SpecialNormal
- Swords Dance StatusNormal
- Take Down PhysicalNormal
- Taunt StatusDark
- Telekinesis StatusPsychic
- Tera Blast SpecialNormal
- Thief PhysicalDark
- Throat Chop PhysicalDark
- Thunderbolt SpecialElectric
- Thunder Punch PhysicalElectric
- Thunder Wave StatusElectric
- Torment StatusDark
- Trick StatusPsychic
- Trick Room StatusPsychic
- Triple Axel PhysicalIce
- Upper Hand PhysicalFighting
- Vacuum Wave SpecialFighting
- Will-O-Wisp StatusFire
- Wonder Room StatusPsychic
- Work Up StatusNormal
- X-Scissor PhysicalBug
- Zen Headbutt PhysicalPsychic
Species information
Training and breeding
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Gender ratio
- Always Male
- Egg groups
- Humanlike, Amorphous
- Hatch steps
- 5,120
- Base happiness
- 35
- Color
- White
- Shape
- Bipedal
- Habitat
- None
Alternate appearances
Gallade forms
Choose a form to compare its appearance, typing, stats, and abilities.

Gallade
Base stats
Total 518Abilities
The Pokémon raises its Speed stat every time it flinches.
Powers up the Pokémon's slicing moves.
When the Pokémon is hit by a damaging Dark-type move, it raises its Attack stat.

Mega Gallade
Base stats
Total 618Abilities
The Pokémon's force of will prevents it from flinching or being intimidated.