Mega Gardevoir & Tsareena VGC Team Building Guide

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First things first, Tsareena is very good against prio moves, but I think the only one who can actually be hard for Gardevoir is Scizor, as Kingambit is not that safe against Gardevoir. Tsareena also learns Low Sweep so that's fine.

Scizor is not that played tbf, so don't think about it for now (at least).

Gardevoir + Tsareena is struggling like hell against sun teams -> Can't hit Zard and Venu chlorophyll tears down both of them with Sludge Bomb.

The first Pokemon I'd suggest is Incineroar. It has a good matchup against Kingambit (even tho defiant is tricky), Scizor, Venusaur and Zard Y. Incineroar struggles against bulky Chomp, Staraptor, Basculegion, and bulky water type, while Gardevoir and Tsareena destroys them. So you have a good trio here

Also I'd run choice scarf on Tsareena tbf, it is very good for revenge kill

Now you definetly need Speed Control, most likely Tailwind. Aerodactyl could be a good option, as a lead Aero + Gardevoir allows you to pressure turn 1 (chomp can't stay, zard can't stay)

Should i get a steel type Pokémon to prob deal w the poison types?

There's not that much poison type pokemon in the meta, the only ones are Venusaur and Sneasler, and Tsareena can kinda help you for that

32+ Atk Tsareena Zen Headbutt vs. 2 HP / 0 Def Sneasler: 288-340 (183.4 - 216.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
32+ Atk Tsareena Zen Headbutt vs. 32 HP / 0 Def Mega Venusaur: 80-96 (42.7 - 51.3%) -- 5.08% chance to 2HKO

but it's not enough, so you need something else

Garchomp is good against Sneasler, and pairs well with Aerodactyl (earthquake spam), but in that case I'd probably just go with Talonflame instead of Aerodactyl, as Garchomp already takes care of Sun and talonflame will help you against sneasler and venusaur

32 Atk Sharp Beak Talonflame Dual Wingbeat (2 hits) vs. 2 HP / 0 Def Sneasler: 184-220 (117.1 - 140.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
32 Atk Sharp Beak Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 32 HP / 0 Def Mega Venusaur: 152-180 (81.2 - 96.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
32 Atk Sharp Beak Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 2 HP / 0 Def Venusaur: 210-248 (133.7 - 157.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

also one pokemon that is very good with mega gardevoir is maushold, as it can redirect ghost moves with follow me and be completly immune to it

also have access to super fang (deals 50% of hp), as gardevoir is not that much of a OHKO attacker

There's a very popular team with Gardevoir Mega, it's Gardevoir + Talonflame + Basculegion + Maushold + Kingambit + Chomp

so yeah at the end of the day, I told you to use : Gardevoir, Talonflame, Maushold, Chomp, we're getting close to it haha

this team is weak to rain and mega swampert specifically, but gardevoir learns grass knot

redirect wave crash with maushold + grass knot the swampert will take care of this

32+ SpA Mega Gardevoir Grass Knot (100 BP) vs. 2 HP / 0 SpD Mega Swampert: 276-328 (155.9 - 185.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Can tsareena also take care of mega swampert?

Specifically trop kick

Obviously trop kick one shots, but Tsareena Speed BS is 72, Swampert Mega is 70

Swampert speed is doubled in rain, tsareena is 1,5 with scarf, so swampert outspeeds it

that's also why you wanna use talonflame instead of aerodactyl, with gale wings you make sure you have prio on tailwind

so tsareena can outpseed swampert

Speed x 1,5 (scarf) x 2 (tailwind)

but you should also run grass knot on Gardevoir tbf, having only one way to deal with a massive threat to your team is not enough

Swampert Mega will just 4-0 you otherwise

32+ Atk Mega Swampert Wave Crash vs. 32 HP / 2 Def Mega Gardevoir: 172-204 (98.2 - 116.5%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO

even tho at the end of the day you'll still be crashed by the wave, that's why redirect moves are super important

Either Maushold or Sinistcha

Volcarona is also a good redirect move users in my opinion, not getting enough credits tbh

Rage Powder + Flame Body, Struggle Bug to reduce SpA on both pokemons

its double type sucks tho, and most mainly attackers are super effective on him

but yeah, I'd go like this :

Gardevoir
Tsareena
Maushold
Talonflame
Garchomp
Late Game Sweeper (either Kingambit or Basculegion)

sry I was at the park workiing

https://pokepast.es/1b724d0a52204a59

You can also use Feint on Maushold to prevent protect / detect

and also change EVs on Kingambit for max bulk and trick room matchups