Gardevoir

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Gardevoir
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National
Kirlia - Gardevoir (#282) - Surskit
Hoenn
Kirlia - Gardevoir (#031) - Surskit
Japanese name サーナイト Sānaito
Stage Stage 2
Evolves from Kirlia
Evolves to None
Generation Third
Species Embrace Pokémon
Type Psychic
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight 106.7 lb (48.4 kg)
Ability Synchronize / Trace

Gardevoir (サーナイト Sānaito ?) is one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon Franchise - a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri.

Its main purpose in the games, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both "wild" Pokémon, which are untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and "tamed" Pokémon that are owned by Pokémon trainers.

The name "Gardevoir" is thought to originate from the French terms garde (guard, defence) and voir (to see). It may also be a portmanteau of the words guard and devoir, which is French for "duty" or "to have to", so that it could mean "duty to guard" or "it has to guard". Both refer to the fact that Gardevoir will protect its trainer regardless of risk to its own life and well-being. To pronounce the name Gardevoir, combine the main syllables of "garden" and the last syllable of "reservoir".

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[edit] Biology

Gardevoir has an appearance noteworthy both for its elegance and its humanlike femininity, regardless of what gender it actually is. It has a long, skinny body with a pair of thin white legs, both covered by an equally skinny billowing dress. It has a relatively large head with a pale, white face, large red eyes, and a green bouffant-like hairstyle. It has long green featureless arms and two red half-valentine-like outgrowths on its front torso and its back. These add up to a body that is rather frail.

Gardevoir carries a sense of concern for its trainer that is unmatched by any other Pokémon; it is said to do anything to help or aid its trainer, even at the risk of its own life. Its ability to do this is allowed by its perplexingly strong psychic powers. Gardevoir's brain is highly developed and surpasses that of a human, and it apparently allows it to see into the future (compare with Xatu). Using this ability, it can detect when its trainer will be in any possible danger and will then employ its psychokinetic powers at full force. A Gardevoir will risk its life not just for its trainer, but for its offspring as well. It is also one of the few Pokémon to fully understand the human language; whether or not it is capable of speaking it is unknown. (Most intelligent psychic pokemon can use telepathy to communicate with humans using human words, however)

Gardevoir’s adeptness at psychic power allows it to achieve other spectacular effects. With psychokinetic manipulation, it can literally distort the dimensions and create, in effect, a small black hole, which it can use as a weapon in battle. Also, it consistently uses small amounts of its reserves to support itself upright (compare with Alakazam) to the effect that it apparently does not feel gravity’s pull. This may also be what it's pre-evolved form, Kirlia, does, as it is always on its tip-toes.

[edit] In the video games

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Gardevoir must be evolved from a level 30 Kirlia, which in turn must have been evolved from a Ralts. Ralts can only be captured in the wild in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Emerald. A trade must be performed in order for a Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen or Pokémon Colosseum player to obtain one. It can be obtained in Pokémon XD by evolving the Kirlia from the shadow Ralts. Gardevoir appears in the Pokémon XD retail store demo as a playable Pokémon. In Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, the trainer Wally has a Ralts that eventually evolves into a Gardevoir. In Colosseum however, Nascour has one.

Gardevoir has high Special Attack and Special Defense, average Speed and low hit points (HP), Attack and Defense. Its Special Attack after evolution from its predecessor Kirlia is a high 125 points. Gardevoir is frequently used in the Battle Tower as a Special Sweeper with her signature attack, Psychic. Gardevoir can be used as an annoyer or a sweeper. Some Trainers prefer Gardevoir over Alakazam for this reason: Gardevoir evolves twice from it's lower forms, Ralts, and Kirlia through naturally leveling up and and gaining experience, whereas Alakazam evolves only once from Abra into Kadabra at Level 16, then must be traded to evolve again. Gardevoir is also stronger in hit points, defense and special defense, and though Gardevoir is slower its Special Attack is nearly as high.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, players may choose to evolve male Kirlia into Erlade, a new male-only Psychic/Fighting Pokémon instead of Gardevoir. Erlade has the exact same stats as Gardevoir with Attack and Special Attack switched, making him a premier physical attacker as opposed to Gardevoir's special strength.

With Diamond and Pearl's new system of classifying moves (Physical moves are ones that involve physical contact between the Pokemon or with a solid attack [Rock Slide, Earthquake], Special moves are elemental in nature and/or do not involve physical contact [Bubblebeam, Solarbeam], Other moves are ones that don't do direct damage or are support/defensive in nature [Swords Dance, Toxic]. The types of the moves no longer determine Physical or Special, Gardevoir's effective movelist has changed considerably. The Elemental Punches are no longer viable options, being Physical Attacks, but Hyper Beam and Shadow Ball are now Special Attacks giving Gardevoir two very powerful new attacks. It can learn Magical Leaf as a Kirlia via the Move Maniacs in Fallarbor Town and on Two Island, and the new Grass-type move Energy Ball via TM.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Gardevoir belongs to a human that grabbed one of Ninetales's tails. Before the human received the curse, Gardevoir jumped in the way and took the full force of the curse. Gardevoir is a spirit who tells the player why he or she has become a Pokémon. After the main plot ends, the player has an option to help Team Meanies' Gengar to talk to Ninetales on Mt. Freeze. Ninetales reveals that he is the human from the legend. Gengar wants to reverse the curse on Gardevoir, but does not fully reveal it to the player, and Ninetales gives him the 9-Tailed Crest and then tells him to go to the Murky Cave. At the end of the cave, a mysterious voice tells the player to speak for Gengar, and the curse is not broken. Gengar speaks for himself and tells the voice why he came. The voice finally accepts Gengar's wishes and releases Gardevoir's physical form, but it erases her memory of Gengar being her former trainer. The player then has the option of Gardevoir joining the Rescue Team, starting at Level 5.

[edit] In the animé

Gardevoir in Pokémon Advanced Battle , Episode 329. "Do I Hear A Ralts?".
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Gardevoir in Pokémon Advanced Battle , Episode 329. "Do I Hear A Ralts?".

Gardevoir's first and only appearance is in the episode "Do I Hear A Ralts?", in which a Gardevoir is the mother of a Kirlia, and the Ralts referred to by the title. Gardevoir looses her Ralts, which is injured. Ash and his friends soon discover the Ralts, then take it to help it recover and heal. Gardevoir is mistaken by this, and thinks they are trying to steal Ralts. In this episode, not only are they persued by Team Rocket, but also by Gardevoir.

In the Japanese opening for Pokémon Advanced Challenge, May's Combusken is shown fighting a Gardevoir.

[edit] In the trading card game

In the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Gardevoir is one of the top ranked cards by many. It makes four Stage-2 Psychic-type appearances in EX Ruby and Sapphire, EX Sandstorm (as Gardevoir EX), EX Emerald and EX Delta Species (as a steel/psychic dual-type).

The first two are especially good with Boost Energy attached. Boost adds an extra 30 damage to their attacks, making them quite deadly indeed. In addition, the Ruby/Sapphire Gardevoir's Poke-Power allows it to attach an extra Psychic energy to it at the cost of 20 damage. The Sandstorm Gardevoir has a very potent Psystorm attack which does 10 damage for every energy in play, on either player's side. Emerald Gardevoir has the Heal Dance ability, which can remove both damage counters from the Ruby/Sapphire Gardevoir, making this Gardevoir combo even deadlier.

However, in δ species, Gardevoir's attacking power becomes unstable, not very in control at its owner's hand. Both attacks' power can be altered by the opponent, e.g. putting benched Pokémon and how many damage counters on Gardevoir σ is to the opponent's decision. On the other hand, the ability of energy transfer can reach its maximum potential in a deck that has multi-colored energy cards, unlike Metagross, Gardevoir can transfer any basic energy.

Gardevoir also appears in EX Dragon Frontiers alongside nine other Delta Species Pokémon-ex. Gardevoir was originally in the Seal theme deck in Japan. Gardevoir boasts the new "Imprison" Poké-power, allowing Gardevoir to stop both Poké-powers and Poké-bodies of opposing pokémon once during the player's turn by placing a marker on the selected Pokémon. The markers stay, but can only be placed once a turn.

[edit] References

Publications
  • Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
  • Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
  • Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

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