Gen 9 NU Agility
Gallade @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sharpness
Tera Type: Dark / Poison
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Agility
- Sacred Sword
- Psycho Cut
- Knock Off / Poison Jab
An Agility set Gallade can use in Gen 9 NU. This set should be used as a late game cleaner. With the speed boost from Agility, Gallade outspeeds the entire metagame, including Choice Scarf users such as Flamigo and Tauros-Paldea-Aqua. Even without any boosts from Swords Dance, Gallade can deal out quite a bit of damage to most Pokemon with its STAB combination that is boosted by Sharpness. Knock Off rounds out this set's coverage by allowing Gallade to hit most Psychic-types in the tier that resist Sacred Sword and Psycho Cut. Knock Off is also nice to remove items from opposing Pokemon should you want Gallade to do something early game. If you use Knock Off, use Tera Dark to make Knock Off a STAB move. Poison Jab with Tera Poison is an option to hit Fairy-types such as Sylveon, Scream Tail, and Florges super effectively. Heavy-Duty Boots is used to prevent Gallade from taking hazards chip. Not taking hazards chip can let Gallade live a special attack from full HP to get off an Agility or attack opposing Pokemon. Adamant Nature gives Gallade more power since this set has Agility to boost its speed.
