Honestly I wish that more Pokemon also got sharpness. I know the Bisharp/Kinggambit line just got some nice buffs but I think Sharpness can easily replace Pressure for an HA.
@@jip0611Scyther likely didn't get Sharpness because Technician provides the same boost, only difference is that instead of slicing moves its moves that are 60 BP or lower
Gallade also learns Agility, which can be run in conjunction with Swords Dance for a 'Double Dance' sort of set where it can shift gears from a wallbreaker to a late-game cleaner. Admittedly this set needs more support than Choice Band or Scarf, such as a strong defensive pivot that can get Gallade the turn it needs to set up, and suffers choosing what it's going to be walled by with only two offensive moves, but the set is still extremely flexible and can compliment balanced teams that need to answer a variety of different threats.
Ay, I'm with ya. X was my first game, and it granted me my absolute favorite mon in Mewtwo. It happened to have the perfect Nature in Jolly for my preferred Mega Evolution for it: Jolly. Since then I maxed its Atk and Spe after learning about EV training, and of course gave it Drain Punch and Taunt for utility and longevity! Ever since it's been one of my most valued members, and I can't wait to bring it up to future generations once PokéBank becomes free on the 27th.
One set I have enjoyed using in Gen 9 is a scope lens set: Sacred sword, Psycho cut, Night slash, and Leaf blade; most of your moves have an increased crit rate and scope lens boosts it further. you can just crit your way through things and sacred sword is just a huge power move in general
Crazy how one Ability change makes base Gallade arguably better than its Mega Evolution, which has higher Atk and Spe but that's about it. Sharpness Gallade, though, gets a Sacred Sword and Psycho Cut more powerful than and without the accuracy/stat drop issues of Zen Headbutt or Close Combat. And I was instantly on board. Boy am I glad for when Samurott-H and Kleavor come and being Sharpness with them. Attacks that spread hazards on-hit are such a novel idea and I'm excited to see how the competitive scene takes them in.
@@SpeedyR11 That'd be something, hah. Though imo if they ever do such a thing it'd be a Mega Garchomp situation where the base form would already have its own outstanding utility to the point where it defeats the purpose of the Mega Evolution, especially when the Mega slot could go to more useful and deserving Megas. Then again, it could also be a Mega Blaziken situation where it's essentially the optimal version of the Pokémon but with better stats. Suppose only time will tell as far as Megas though. Them being included in the data mined sprite sheet alongside the Primals and Ultra Necrozma is reassuring, even if it was more than likely preparing for possible eventualities.
Gallade's been my favorite Pokemon ever since I first saw him in Platinum. I've always been sad that my all time favorite wasn't the strongest in competitive. Even though he got a mega in Gen 6, he was outclassed by Mega Medicham. Now look at my guy terrorizing the UU tier in Gen 9.
Personally, Gallade is a cool, underrated pokemon. A lot of people love Gardevoir because you know why, but I can't help but appreciate Gallade a little more, simply because his design and movepool are pretty great. He even has a sick ass mega form, but even a mega stone didn't make him good enough in competitive. Overall, I'm glad to see Gallade receiving good treatment in Gen 9.
When it comes down to it, Gardevoir had better defensive typing than gallade. The last time Gallade was better than gardevoir before this point was Gen 5; where Gardevoir had only one stab and more crippling weaknesses(Dark vs Gallade's Flying weakness).
Not giving Verizon internet sharpness in the same gen it was introduced was such a missed opp. Quark drive is so mid and all the violet players keep getting done dirty while the scarlet players get the all new broke af walter white.
@@rike971 Iron fist with boxing gloves still only have 1.32 boost, just slightly higher than Tough Claws without any item, This item boost just so stingy.
Meanwhile Gardevoir: - Lost Expanding Force - Outclass by Armarouge outside Trick Room - Outclass by Hatterene inside Trick Room - Outclass by Scream Tail as support
One thing of note: The pokemon with SWORD ARMS, didn't get Sacred Sword until the same gen it got Sharpness. Denied for 4 generations. Better late than never I guess.
my favorite old pokemon to use is noivern, not only because i just love noivern in general, but throat spray boomburst with tera stab goes crazy, and the coverage of dragon fire and ghost is great too
I love the buff they did with Gallade and definitely made it a staple on my gen 9 team and hope they treat other old pokemon the same. For example I can't help but feel a lot of the once mega evo Pokemon have really downgraded since mega evolution was removed. I mean Mawile for example only became viable because of its mega, and taking that away has made it useless.
I kinda hope gardevoir Gets some kind of better ability in the future like gallade does, gard is my 2nd favorite mon of all time, and now it has no mega, there are plenty of psychic fairies and lele is coming back. It needs something other than trace.
I used to run Mega Gallade and I found some success in OU those generations with a Bulk Up + Drain Punch + Shadow Sneak set (yes, I know Mega Medicham could do that job better, but I liked Mega Gallade's design more). Now that it has Sharpness, I wonder if that set would do better. A set with all cutting moves or a set with these extra tools...
Sharpness on sceptile ? 85 base attack won't get you far. Your only viable set is SD. Solar power, flare boost, regenerator would make it way better with still making sense considering the pokemon
Sharpness will not help the original Samurott when the Hisuian form would still outclass it due to Ceaseless Edge, dualSTAB, and better speed The original would benefit more from Tough Claws since it would boost moves like Aqua Jet, Waterfall/Liquidation, Megahorn, and Grass Knot Tough Claws Aqua Tail would also only be 3 BP weaker than Wave Crash which would be huge deal
That shows the difference when different mons rised. Garchomp being UU is just a mark of the Powercreep making victims, but for Torterra and Gallade, two mons previously PU-alike mons, being on UU is a great achievement.
Gallade is...interesting. It has one of the most stacked physical movepools any pokemon could want & a huge assortment of support moves. It was seemingly designed to be a pokemon that could on-paper punish most switch-ins because you never really know its coverage (which sharpness makes better) or surprise status move mindgames. Aside from the obvious flaws he has. He just wants Ddance, Recover, or a way to boost two usable stats of his at once. But on another hand, It can just run a randomly good support move like Will-O, T.wave, Reflect, D.Bond, Trick, TR, or Hypnosis (unreliable) that can turn the tide for his partners instantly. It's definitely one of the funnest physical attackers you can use this gen. You can run Scope Lens Sharpness boosted crit moves to ignore defensive boosts. Agility + Swords Dance, Shadow Claw Sacred Sword. Bulk Up, Drain Punish, x2 filler coverage moves. Bulldoze to punish faster switch-ins. Three attacks + random status move like T.Wave/Will-O. There's seemingly endless expression with how you can use gallade, but it's not toxic because you either spend 1 turn using a boost to patch up one questionable stat or you amplify an existing strength.
Honestly it deserves this buff, it fits it perfectly and its exactly what it needed. Sometimes I dont mega evolve gallade in national dex to be able to KO certain mons like toxapex
Ceruledge and Armarouge really should've had Sharpness and Mega Launcher as their hidden abilities instead of Weak Armor. Weak Armor could've been a normal ability for Ceruledge and Armarouge could have Battle Armor as a normal ability instead.
@@spamtong.spamton8416 Armarouge is bulkier on the physical side but not special and it’s only slower because it’s a psychic type and many of them have access to Trick Room
It only boosts "weapon" or "weapon possible" attacks, which shadow claw isn't by description. Pretty much all of the attacks boosted mention swords or blades, or "scythes and the like". Shadow claw clearly isn't using a weapon, because you conjure a claw made out of shadows. I understand the confusion, but I think it makes sense.
Me in gen 4: there is a new raltz line evolution? It's a psychic fighting -physical- attacker?! That sounds so cool ...oh wait it sucks. Anyway gallade is cool and deserves some love
Having galade with sharpness just makes sense and looks like he'd be most likely a type of mon that could sweep bad team builds, but even viability wise it looks like he'll still need swords dance to sweep.
i used him in my team for my playthrough, first time i DIDNT use Gardevoir ever, Sharpness plus his attack stat multiplied by His VERY good move pool equals one of the best Pokémon in a single play scenario.
I would not count on gallade outspeeding talonflame even when scarfed, given it can run gale wings, which gives it priority on flying-type attacks (seems like a bad gamble)
Ah yes, two things they did in Gen 9: Buff Gallade, which used to be my favourite Pokémon, and give me Ceruledge, my new favourite Pokémon. Still though, I’m extremely grateful that they buffed Gallade since they removed megas. Oh how I miss Megas…
In UU scarf gallade is is really fun and interesting wincon since adamant with scarf is just fast enough to outspeed jolly talonflame, so in conjunction with its own talonflame to burn all the priority users and something to beat scarf gengar it’s super threatening as a cleaner
What surprises me is the fact that we had to wait 6 gens to get an ability that boost slashing moves, now let's give punck rock to more pokemon, god knows that explound needs it.
I've had a lot of success with adamant life orb gallade with agility-- the damage is insane and I enjoy one shotting ting lu and out-speeding almost everything
Still surprising that neither Elecitivire nor Magmortar have Iron Fist and Mega Launcher repsectively. Granted it's kinda too little too late for the former (now that Pawmot exist) and even then it still needs Volt Tackle badly but better late then never
Some other Pokemon buff ideas i have in my mind: Meganium really needs something, so give it a combination of Draining Kiss (more on that later), Earth Power, Body Press, Wish, and maybe Strength Sap, also replace it's HA Leaf Guard with Triage Ampharos should've gotten at leas the Electric Surge ability (we could really use more Electric Terrain setters not named Koko or Miraidon), if not Tail Glow (which is absent for the past 2 gens since Dexit), and Energy Ball sprinkled in Sceptile, either give it an actual special movepool (Earth Power, Thunderbolt, Nasty Plot, and maybe Air Slash) or just switch it's 85 Atk and 105 Sp. Atk stats Aggron, all it takes is take 10 points from it's Sp. Atk (60 > 50) and move it to it's Sp. Def (60 > 70), add in another 10 points for Sp Def. (so from already boosted 70 > even further in 80), and then finally replace it's HA Heavy Metal with it's mega ability Filter/Solid Rock (same thing) Flygon also suffers for Gallade's former problem on top of being overshadowed by the likes of Salamence, Dragapult, and especially Garchomp, so it really needs to stand out. Let's increase it's Sp. Atk from 80 > 100 (don't have enough special ground types) and actually give it 2 more abilities in Sand Rush and Tinted Lens, now it can do something. Just give Torterra Shell Smash and it should actually do some work in the lower-tiers Just replace Drapion's HA Keen Eye (yes, it is Keen Eye) with Tough Claws Golurk could really use a stat increase specifically in HP and a bit more Def and Sp. Def since that's all it really needs now (since it has or at least had Poltergeist), so going from it's current 89/80/80 bulk to ideal say 115/85/85 or 100/90/90 or whatever could work Grapploct could really use Technichan boosted Storm Throw, Mach Punch, and Aqua Jet -if not Jet Punch-, especially since it's never gonna be Fighting/Water without a regional variant or evo knowing GF those are just a few of my suggested buffs
Personalmente yo creo que debio llevar esa habilidad desde que salió; los Pokémon que evolucionan con requisitos usualmente suelen llevar stats un poco más altos a los demás y bien repartidos o una habilidad que los hace rotos, sin embargo le dieron los mismos stats que gardevoir con la escusa de que son contrapartes y para colmo le dieron habilidades que son más defensivas que atacantes CUANDO GALLADE NO ES DEFENSIVO, ES ATACANTE🙄 Y si bien me alegra que le hayan dado por fin una habilidad digna, ya es algo tarde si lo comparamos con Pokémon del meta actual😔
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btw theres a terra fire kirlia in that same zone you fight orthworm (forget the name sorry) its male so it was my gallade for the latter half of the game :D it has mystical fire so can be gardevoir too but gallade has good offence for your playthrough! i invested in defense, atk and health mostly and didnt min-max anything with him but hes good still the fire terra can be ok defensively to resist fairy and maybe some other things tho it makes you weak to alot of common things it can still be used with terra blast as another coverage move, plus gallade gets leaf blade so if you can tank or out speed then you can deal with fires weaknesses also i heard someone say the scope lens plus high crit moves is about 50% to hit a crit on those moves and that with sharpness is really good at hitting hard psycho cut, night slash, leaf blade, aqua cutter and prob some more got high crit and are boosted by sharpness too so you can hit really dang hard (even if not scope lensed) sacred sword doesnt have a high crit but hey STAB is still good along with the reasons jimothy said in the video with getting past defense boosts :D sorry this is long but its a thing i wanted to share and hey gallade is good in my eyes! if not VGC then hes still great for a play through and has a good amount of coverage moves and options :D
