Gallade vs. Medicham?
Same typing, but which is better overall? Ok, Medicham has a mega but forget the Mega for now, which one is better in their original form?
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feel free to add stuff josh.
first: look at this picture
lets take a quick lock
as you can see, theres huge differences in these pokés stats. ballade has high125 base attack, and a interesting 115 sp.def, while medichan has much lower attack and lower stats overall. then if we look at the movepool: medichan learns some useful moves like elemental punches, high jump kick, stab, coverage blah blah blah, while gallade has a movepool of whopping88 movesgiving it the hugest move pool after mew, smeargle and arceus I thjnk. it has some really useful STABS with close combat and phsycho cut + many nice supporting moves including thunder wave, will’o and encore to sum up.
if we look at the text above, will ballade seem like the superior choice. however, the trick lies in medichans ability: pure power, doubling its attack stat. you might think, “o well, 120 compared to 125. I’m still using ballade.buuutpure power doesn’t double base stat, but the actually attack giving it480 attackat max with a positive nature. this is only bypassed by deoxys-a (if we choose to not include metas). this makes medichan an extremely useful revenge killer (low defense stat unables it to take a hit) with a choice scarf equipped.lets look at the pros and cons with everything we have now:
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you might hate this, but it depends on what you want. ballade is safer with better defensive stats and good moves. medichan is more yolo. definition of glass canon, unable to take a hit but hard to stop if it has start with the sweep. I prefer gallade with more well rounded stats, but its many opinions. let me give you some sets:
Medicham @ Choice ScarfAbility: Pure PowerEVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 SDefJolly Nature- High Jump Kick- Psycho Cut- Thunder Punch- Ice Punch
Ballade (M) @ Lum BerryAbility: your choice, prefer justifiedEVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDefAdamant Nature- Swords Dance- Drain Punch- Night Slash/ shadow sneak- Psycho Cut/ shadow sneak
Both Pokemon can be important parts of a team, but it really depends on its teammates to decide which Pokemon is better for you.
Base Stats
Gallade’s base stats are higher overall, boiling down to a total of 518 versus 410.
Offensive Stats
Gallade’s Attack stat is over double Medicham’s at base 125 versus 60. However, Medicham’s Ability choice is very important to the effectiveness of its physical moves. Gallade was designed to be a dominantly physical attacker, while Medicham can play the role of special or physical sweeper, as its typing suggests. However, Gallade’s Special Attack also beats out Medicham’s at 65 versus 60. Gallade’s neutrally-damaging moves will be more powerful than Medicham’s. Gallade and Medicham are tied up at 80 for base Speed, making them both equally suited to running fast sets.
Defensive Stats
Neither Gallade nor Medicham have exceptionally impressive bulk. Gallade’s HP is 8 points above Medicham’s at 68 versus 60, but Medicham’s Defense is greater at 75 versus 65. Gallade’s Special Defense trumps Medicham’s at an impressive 115 versus 75 (however, this high Special Defense stat is less than useful with base HP of 68). Neither Gallade nor Medicham are well-suited for resisting a particular type or tanking.
Gallade and Medicham’s offensive potential depends largely on the moveset you would be using, so read up on their movepools below.
Movepools
Many players appreciate Medicham for its notably diverse movepool, which makes it difficult for any Pokemon to resist Medicham. Medicham’s physical movepool includes Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, High Jump Kick, Drain Punch, Psyshock, Psycho Cut, and Bullet Punch. This type diversity causes most players to choose a physical Medicham. Physical Medicham makes an excellent addition to a team for type coverage, making it very popular. Special Medicham’s movepool is less impressive, including Psychic, Focus Blast, and Shadow Ball. If you are choosing between these Pokemon for complete type coverage, Medicham would likely suit your team better.
Gallade’s physical movepool is not quite as diverse as Medicham’s, but its higher base Attack means that its moves will hit harder (if Medicham can’t land a supereffective move on everything it fights). Gallade’s still impressive physical movepool includes Leaf Blade, Close Combat, Night Slash, Fury Cutter, Stone Edge, Psycho Cut, and much more. Gallade’s movepool is large enough to help it cover for all of its weaknesses with Stone Edge for Flying-types, Poison Jab for Fairy-types, and Night Slash for Ghost-types. Gallade’s special movepool is smaller and less effective than its physical movepool, including Psychic, Thunderbolt, and Shadow Ball. Due to its smaller special base stat and smaller special movepool, a special Gallade is not recommended. If you are choosing between these Pokemon for something that hits hard and can take care of its weaknesses, Gallade is a good choice.
Abilities
Medicham’s standard Ability is Pure Power, which doubles its base 60 Attack stat to 120, which is almost as high as Gallade’s! This makes up for its low base stat and makes it even more viable as an option for type coverage. Its Hidden Ability, Telepathy, is only useful when playing battles with more than one teammate on the field, making Pure Power a much better choice (even in a double/triple/rotation battle).
Gallade’s Ability, Steadfast, causes it to get a Speed boost when it flinches, which can be useful, but only in certain situations. Its Hidden Ability, Justified, boosts its Attack when it is hit by a Dark-type move. If you play with good prediction, this can be a useful ability.
Medicham and Gallade can both make good teammates, but choose the one that suits your team best!
Base stats:
Medicham is nothing to write home about without its mega stone. Its highest base stat is its speed (80), and its lowest is a tie between HP, attack, and special attack (60). And for a Pokemon, what’s a good speed if you can’t dish out attacks?
Many of Gallade’s base stats aren’t that incredible either, but it does have a base attack of 125. That’s more than Medicham’s base attack and special attack combined. Its speed is also decent (80), so it would make a pretty nice sweeper. Its base special defense is pretty high, too (115), so it’d also make a great surprise special tank.
Movepool:
Both Medicham and Gallade have a fair amount of both physical attacks and special attacks at their disposal. Since Medicham’s base attack and special attack are equal, you can choose either attack or special attack as his main offensive power, and it won’t make much of a difference. Gallade isn’t as versatile as Medicham, but with an attack like his, who would give him too many special attacks?
So, yeah, Gallade is better than Medicham. Unless you throw in the mega, of course, but as you said, we’re disregarding that.
Here’s a nice Gallade for you, by the way:
Nature: AdamantAbility: Steadfast/Justified (either would work)Item: Scope LensEVs: 252 Atk,252 Spd,4 Hp/Sp. DefMovepool:Psycho CutNight SlashStone EdgeSwords Dance/Leaf Blade
Hope I helped!
