alakazam or gardevoir?

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i am planning to build a team with a pure psychic pokemon. i dont like legendaries, so all i could think of were alakazam and gardevoir. which one should i use?
gardevoirs max stats are:
340hp 251att 251def 383sp-att 361sp-def 284sp
alakazams are:
314hp 218att 207def 405sp-att 295sp-def 372sp

 

[GrassForStarter]

Well, I use to think of Alakazam as a Sweeper, as it has got more Speed and Special Attack. Gardevoir is more of the tactical psychic pokémon in my opinion because of it's higher Special Defence and Defence. It's more suited for tactical purposes- but both pokémon can really be a pain to have as opponents.
I like Sweepers more and would use Alakazam, but the question is which type you need the most to balance out your team.

 

[Shiney_Hunter_Tauros_Rule]

Id use Alakazam.
Gardevoir is really overrated and is worse than KAZAM!

 

[≈*Virulent Tsunami*≈]

It's down to preference. Alakazam just kills everything right away, while Gardevoir survives things while still doing good damage.

Personally, I like Alakazam more, but Gardevoir is more useful. Whichever suits your needs more, use it.

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The 8th Champion​

 

[Tazzler]

Gardevoir mainly because alakazam is too fragile and can be a pain to set up while gardevoir can stick around for a while and is much more supportive with status moves and wish and can annoy the enemy with her many disruptive moves. Plus, she is more prettiful.

 

[GeminiDragon]

gardevior because it lasts long in battle and alakazam can get beaten really easy. They are both good in battle but you choose whichever one suits your needs

 

[Souless_Heat]

Alakazam is so damn overrated. Everyone likes it for the offensive abilities, but a Mr. Mime using Theif will freaking own it.

Not to mention that ANY special wall has the upperhand on it, especially other Psychic types and CM's.

Gardevoir is able to take a hit, and slam back harder. Seriously after 1-2 Calm Minds you will never even want to use an Alakazam again. Don't forget that Gardevoir also gets Trace while Alakazam gets Inner Focus.

 

[blazemxx]

Gardevoir is an excellent supporter and has more staying power. So Gardevoir imo.

 

[Jhonny]

If something can take a hit from kazamo then theres a good chance that the old spoon mans gonna get knocked out whereas if you can keep gardevoir in the game for a few turns you can calm mind and reduce the chances of that happening. Plus its trait allows you to steal some pretty useful natures

 

[SwordofAeons]

Gardevior because its easily to set up than Zam.

 

[SapphireL]

Gardevoir can actually take a hit, so imo, you should use it.

 

[Eternity Absol]

Well, I would choose Gardevoir. I'm not sure which is better, but I have a Gardevoir on my team, and it's a great Pokemon. ^_^

 

[≈*Virulent Tsunami*≈]

Gardevoir is so damn overrated.

Fixed.

Because everyone wants to be a rebel and support Gardevoir, Alakazam is now underrated and Gardevoir is overrated. Soon people will support the newly underrated Alakazam and hate the overrated Gardevoir, and the roles will reverse. And again. And again.

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The 8th Champion​

 

[Tazzler]

They are both underrated pokemon and they are so different that some types of people prefer them over the other.

 

[Crypted Wolf]

Gardevoir>>>Zam.

Gardevoir Can take a hit. Zam cant.
If a Physical sweaper comes along Gardy can W-O-W em or Hypnosis em.

 

[DragonDance]

Alakazam has the highest non-uber Sp. Attack in the game. He dosn't need to set up to kill, where Gardy does.

Gardy is better for a support role, which is unneeded In-Game, so use Zam

Stop saying Zam is Overrated. He is ****ing underrated, ffs.

btw, they are BOTH stopped by Sp. Walls.

 

[reqy]

If you want to go on the straight offensive, go with Zam. It's Speed and Special Attack are insane doing serious damage to anyone not faster than you. And with it's big movepool as well as recover, you can damage almost all poke's. He's something really to be scared of especially if it shows up last and u already lost ur special eslld such as bliss. 405 Special attack is no laughing matter IMO especially when ur coupled with an awesome speed stat. It's sure to cause a switch to a Special Wall.

Gardevoir has a decent speed which can do alot of damage if u are going as a sweeper with a -Atk +Spd Nature. Can play more roles than Zam with it's decent defenses and other moves such as destiny bond, imprison.

They both kick some serious tail and can take down alot of pokes with the right movesets. You would have to post the rest of the team to help us give suggestions on what you should put down.

I think Gardevoir is more overrated because it's not as old as Alakazam. I barely see any Kanto Poke's in game or in netbattle. Alot of them became overshadowed by the later generations. Hera and Pinsir is a good example. Hera being a fighter with a Bug attack, while pinsir's is given alot of fighting type moves without STAB and not giving it a Bug-Type move. I don't hear much about Dragonites anymore because Salamence just took over with better offensive capabilities.

 

[Steel-Type Trainer]

Alakazam.

1) EXTREMELY HIGH SP. ATK.
2) EXTREMELY HIGH SP.
3) You can always switch out when you see soemthing that looks bad.
4) It can easily OHKO Poison and Fighting types, two of the hardest hitting physical hitters.
5) There's always Thunder/Ice/Fire punch to take out other physical sweepers. (Of course, Gardevoir is also able to learn these, but it has lower Sp. Atk.)

Gardervoir is also good, but I prefer Zam.

 

[pooheadkid]

zam all the way, gardvoir lacks speed and zam doesnt.

zam is my favorite pokemon, dont mess with him.

 

[Tazzler]

Alakazam has the highest non-uber Sp. Attack in the game. He dosn't need to set up to kill, where Gardy does.

Gardy is better for a support role, which is unneeded In-Game, so use Zam

Stop saying Zam is Overrated. He is ****ing underrated, ffs.

btw, they are BOTH stopped by Sp. Walls.

Ffs, there is only a 10 point difference.

That special walls thing is incorrect, let me go in more depth.

Blissey: Alakazam and Gardevoir both have recovery moves (recover and wish) so they can easily outstall blissey and kill it later. By that I mean, calm mind up, recover when low on health, then calm mind up to the max and then kill blissey with psychic. Gardevoir has two set variations to beat blissey. One is trapping it with mean look and then putting it to sleep with hypnosis. It can't switch out to heal itself and it has to snooze while gardevoir stats up and kills blissey. Another is taunting it from healing itself or paralyzing/poisoning you. Alakazam can do this, too. Alakazam can also encore blissey while it thunder waves (behind a substitute), ice beams, or uses one of its healing moves while alakazam stats itself up and kills blissey.

Snorlax: Snorlax has the attacking power to kill alakazam in one hit iirc and gardevoir in two iic. This is the hardest to bring down, but gardevoir can put it to sleep immobilising it or burning it making its attack power go down. Alakazam can encore its curses or such and the stats up, but that takes predicition.

Regice: Regice without psych up is immediatly owned by calm mind since its attacks will do **** to the boosted special defense while they stat up and kill you. If it does have psych up, then you can either attempt to outstall it (best by gardevoir) or encore its psych ups with alakazam which might prove harder than it looks.