Gardevoir is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon GO. Gardevoir is one of the strongest Fairy type Pokémon to use in the meta, complemented by having a powerful mega evolution.
Gardevoir can be caught with the following CP values:
- 1688 – 1767 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
- 2110 – 2209 CP at Level 25 with Windy or Cloudy weather boost
With its dual Psychic and Fairy typing, it is weak to the Ghost, Poison and Steel types. As it is a Tier 3 boss, high-level trainers can solo Gardevoir without much effort. One can add mega evolutions or powerful, high DPS mons for dishing out raw neutral damage. Other trainers of lower levels would need to be in numbers of 2-3 for ease.
- Gardevoir raids can be used to farm normal candies and XL candies. While being a spice addition in PvP, it is and will be meta relevant as a Fairy type PvE Pokémon
- Mega Gardevoir is slated to be one of the best fairies in the meta
- Gardevoir caught from a raid learns its legacy move: Synchronoise
- Gardevoir caught from a raid cannot be shiny.
Gardevoir Raid Counters
The best Raid Counters for Gardevoir are the following Pokémon:
# | Attacker | Fast Move | Charge Move | Faints | TTW |
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1. | Gengar (Mega) | Lick Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 5 | 113s |
2. | Banette (Mega) | Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 6 | 125s |
3. | Metagross | Bullet Punch Steel | Meteor Mash Steel | 3 | 134s |
4. | Rayquaza (Mega) | Air Slash | Dragon Ascent | 5 | 134s |
5. | Beedrill (Mega) | Poison Jab Poison | Sludge Bomb Poison | 7 | 137s |
6. | Gholdengo | Hex Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 4 | 146s |
7. | Alakazam (Mega) | Psycho Cut Psychic | Shadow Ball Ghost | 6 | 143s |
8. | Giratina (Origin) | Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Force Ghost | 5 | 147s |
9. | Nihilego | Poison Jab Poison | Sludge Bomb Poison | 4 | 148s |
10. | Chandelure | Hex Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 6 | 146s |
11. | Dialga | Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 4 | 151s |
12. | Melmetal | Thunder Shock Electric | Double Iron Bash Steel | 3 | 157s |
13. | Aggron (Mega) | Iron Tail Steel | Heavy Slam Steel | 3 | 159s |
14. | Scizor (Mega) | Bullet Punch Steel | Iron Head Steel | 3 | 156s |
15. | Gardevoir (Mega) | Magical Leaf Grass | Shadow Ball Ghost | 5 | 152s |
16. | Hoopa (Unbound) | Astonish Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 5 | 153s |
17. | Gengar | Lick Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 9 | 152s |
18. | Tyranitar (Mega) | Iron Tail Steel | Brutal Swing Dark | 3 | 162s |
19. | Hoopa (Confined) | Astonish Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 6 | 154s |
20. | Jirachi | Charge Beam Electric | Doom Desire Steel | 3 | 163s |
21. | Genesect (Shock) | Metal Claw Steel | Magnet Bomb Steel | 4 | 160s |
22. | Genesect (Normal) | Metal Claw Steel | Magnet Bomb Steel | 4 | 160s |
23. | Genesect (Douse) | Metal Claw Steel | Magnet Bomb Steel | 4 | 160s |
24. | Genesect (Chill) | Metal Claw Steel | Magnet Bomb Steel | 4 | 160s |
25. | Genesect (Burn) | Metal Claw Steel | Magnet Bomb Steel | 4 | 160s |
26. | Groudon (Primal) | Mud Shot Ground | Precipice Blades Ground | 4 | 166s |
27. | Mewtwo | Psycho Cut Psychic | Shadow Ball Ghost | 5 | 161s |
28. | Excadrill | Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 5 | 162s |
29. | Darkrai | Snarl Dark | Shadow Ball Ghost | 5 | 162s |
30. | Lunala | Air Slash | Shadow Ball Ghost | 5 | 165s |
Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.
*denotes a legacy move
Stats and Max CP
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | |||||
Max CP at Level 40 3093 | Max CP at Level 50 3497 | |||||
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ATK 237 | DEF 195 | HP 169 | |||
Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
Ghost Poison Steel | Dark Dragon Fighting Poison |
Movepool
Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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*Synchronoise is the Community Day exclusive move of Gardevoir.
Charm and Confusion are both hard-hitting STAB moves. Confusion hits your Poison type counters for super-effective damage while Charm hits extremely hard in general.
Top-notch counters like Mega Gengar and Metagross need to be wary of Shadow Ball.
Overall, it is a little tricky due to its movepool but nothing you can’t do with good counters.
All the best, trainers!