Gallade/Erureido: The next great Physical Sweeper?

Gallade Dex Entry

When I first saw Gallade, I immediatley marked him off as useless. But a closer look at his moves and stats, something told me this may be a great Physical Sweeper used to counter many enemies.
Interestingly enough, Gallade seemed like a pointless Kirlia evolution in the first place. It turned out to be a hard-edged attacker, learning two excellent moves called Leaf Blade and Blade Test when evolved. Both have high critical hit ratios, and so do attacks like Psycho Cutter and Slash. So many critical hit moves, and a Pok'emon screams for Scope Lens for even higher chances. EV's maxed out into attack and speed, any left in HP/(Sp.)Def, can make a deadly PS. Check it out...

Gallade w/ Scope Lens/Adamant Nature

Psycho Cutter
Leaf Blade
Blade Test
Slash/In Fight(Max PP)/Stone Edge

Blade Test protects against Ghost types, one weakness of Gallade. Psycho Cutter for STAB, Leaf Blade for power and taking down various types, Slash for power, In Fight for STAB, huge power and makes the enemy even more vulnerable, and Stone Edge to take out flying types eager to capitalize on Gallade's fighting type. Scope Lens to make all attacks hit hard, and EV's in the right places and the right nature for a deadly Poke'mon.
So... there's my opinion... I'll definitely be using Gallade online. What about you?

« Last edited by a blind kid on Mar 16th 2007 »

Yes. Erureido is definitely one of the best Physical Sweepers. Only he wants Leftovers. How will it recover damage?

I originally thought the same thing about Gallade. I thought he would indeed fail in comparison to the original Ralts chain. I'll definitely be getting one, and most likely be using it in most battles.

Heh, I didn't think much of gallade at first, but my sister, the psychic lover always had her eyes on it.

Gallade looks sweet, defenitly getting one. At first glance it looks like a pokemon just to fill up some space, but as it turns out it's actualy pretty good.