Gardevoir or Espeon?

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I want to put in a good Psychic type for my team. Gardevoir served me well in Emerald, and I’ve never actually used an Espeon, but it seems to have great stats. So I’m asking which is the better psychic to have.Oh, and I am an EXTREMELY offense based trainer, so please keep that in mind.

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well, they serve somewhat similar roles. as dual screeners or hyper offense. they have both different pros and cons, so I’m going to list some of them:___

pros:

cons:

generally outclassed by alakazam and other psychic types offensive___

pros:

its mega evolution is very useful, mainly thanks to the ability pixilate meaning it can use hyper voice for a 117 base power STAB hyper voice that can go through subs

cons

long story short: espeon is better than regular gardevoir and mega gardevoir is better than espeon (long story to be added, but I must shut to bed now)

Espeon. If you can get it with its Dream World Ability Magic Bounce, all Status moves ie Poison will be bounced back, as well as things such as Stealth Rocks. It is an amazing Pokemon.

Here is a set :D

Espeon (F) @ Light ClayTimid NatureEVs 252 HP 252 Speed 4 Def

ReflectLight ScreenPsyshockBaton Pass

(You may be wondering about baton pass, but it lets you switch without potentially being OHKO’d by common pursuit users such as Tyranitar. Since hard switching has +7 Priority, you can see what the opponent goes into, and then switch in the appropriate check/counter.)

I love using Gardevoir and since you’re offensively minded like I am, I’ll show you the move set I use.

Gardevoir (F) @ GardevoiriteAbility: Trace/PixelateNature: Modest/Timid (your preference)EV’s: 252 Special Attack and Speed, 6 HP

Psyshock lets you hit Specially Defensive Pokémon for physical damage, and helps deal with Poison types (one of her new weaknesses). Calm Mind is for boosting your already great Special Attack and to give you some Special Defense bulk. Thunderbolt and Shadow Ball both hit most Steel types for neutral damage, so it’s all based on preference. T-Bolt can paralyze and is stronger, but Shadow Ball deals with Ghosts (another weakness) and Psychic types, and the Special Defense drop can be useful. Hyper Voice gets a 30% boost in power (going from 90 to 117 base power), plus STAB (bringing it to 175 base power).