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Gallade in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Gallade’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Psychic/Fighting typing, base stats, original abilities, evolution requirements and exact Platinum moves.

Edition covered

Original Nintendo DS release; not Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl.

01

Generation IV identity and base stats

Gallade is Sinnoh #160 and National #475. Its Platinum typing is Psychic / Fighting. The stats below describe its standard Platinum form on the original Nintendo DS cartridge. Later Fairy typing, stat buffs and Hidden Abilities are excluded.

The existing Platinum sprite shows its standard Platinum form; gender, cloak or alternate forms can have different appearances.

Gallade
Gallade: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #160.
Gallade Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP68
Attack125
Defense65
Sp. Atk65
Sp. Def115
Speed80
Total518
02

Where to obtain it in Platinum

Check the location, method and conditions before travelling. A gift, trade, Honey Tree, daily replacement or stationary interaction is different from ordinary grass. Level ranges combine matching documented encounter slots.

No direct Platinum encounter is recorded in this dataset. Use its evolution family to plan evolution or breeding, or obtain a compatible external specimen where needed. An absent row is not proof that all possible acquisition methods are unavailable.

Encounter methods · Legendaries, gifts and historical requirements · Sinnoh map and routes

03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Gallade regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
RaltsKirliaLevel 20
KirliaGardevoirLevel 30
KirliaGalladeUse Dawn Stone on a male

Friendship evolution uses the original threshold of 220. Held-item trades need a compatible second game and system. Platinum uses special rocks, Mt. Coronet magnetic evolutions, learned-move requirements and Beauty rather than later replacement methods.

Evolution, forms and Pokédex completion

04

Original abilities, breeding and training

Gallade Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
SteadfastRegular ability slot 1

Hidden Abilities did not exist in Generation IV. The table restores original ability slots where a species changed in later games; an ability’s modern behavior must not be assumed to match Platinum.

Gallade breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratioMale only
Egg group(s)Human-Like / Amorphous
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthSlow
Base capture rate45 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedAttack +3

The Solaceon Town Day Care supports breeding before the League. Undiscovered species cannot produce Eggs. Some baby forms require the matching incense on a parent, while trade evolutions still need the trade rather than only a Day Care level.

Platinum breeding, EV, IV and nature rules

05

Platinum level-up moves

Gallade exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveConfusion
1 / starting moveDouble Team
1 / starting moveLeaf Blade
1 / starting moveLeer
1 / starting moveNight Slash
1 / starting moveTeleport
6Confusion
10Double Team
12Teleport
17Fury Cutter
22Slash
25Swords Dance
31Psycho Cut
36Helping Hand
39Feint
45False Swipe
50Protect
53Close Combat

Every row uses the Platinum version group. Level 1 moves include starting and reminder moves; a later caught specimen need not already know every entry. Evolution timing affects which stage learns a move. Pastoria’s Move Reminder charges a Heart Scale.

06

Compatible Platinum TMs and HMs

Gallade Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM01Focus PunchFightingPhysical
TM04Calm MindPsychicStatus
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM08Bulk UpFightingStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM12TauntDarkStatus
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial
TM16Light ScreenPsychicStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM20SafeguardNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM24ThunderboltElectricSpecial
TM26EarthquakeGroundPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM29PsychicPsychicSpecial
TM30Shadow BallGhostSpecial
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM33ReflectPsychicStatus
TM34Shock WaveElectricSpecial
TM39Rock TombRockPhysical
TM40Aerial AceFlyingPhysical
TM41TormentDarkStatus
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical
TM48Skill SwapPsychicStatus
TM49SnatchDarkStatus
TM52Focus BlastFightingSpecial
TM54False SwipeNormalPhysical
TM56FlingDarkPhysical
TM57Charge BeamElectricSpecial
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM60Drain PunchFightingPhysical
TM67RecycleNormalStatus
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical
TM70FlashNormalStatus
TM71Stone EdgeRockPhysical
TM73Thunder WaveElectricStatus
TM75Swords DanceNormalStatus
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM80Rock SlideRockPhysical
TM81X-ScissorBugPhysical
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM84Poison JabPoisonPhysical
TM85Dream EaterPsychicSpecial
TM86Grass KnotGrassSpecial
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
TM92Trick RoomPsychicStatus
HM01CutNormalPhysical
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical
HM06Rock SmashFightingPhysical

Platinum TMs are single-use: teaching one consumes that copy. HMs are reusable and require the Move Deleter to be forgotten. Defog is HM05 and Rock Climb is HM08; these are the Generation IV field moves, with their own badge requirements.

All Platinum TM/HM locations and field badges

07

Egg moves and Platinum Move Tutors

No Platinum Egg moves are recorded for this form.

Recorded Platinum tutor compatibility: Fire Punch, Fury Cutter, Helping Hand, Ice Punch, Knock Off, Mud Slap, Signal Beam, Snore, Swift, ThunderPunch, Trick, Vacuum Wave, Zen Headbutt.

Tutor compatibility does not mean every listed technique comes from the same shard tutor. Starter ultimate moves, Draco Meteor and other special services have their own requirements.

Tutor locations, shard costs, special tutors and the Move Reminder

08

Related species and return to the Pokédex

Return to Gallade in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Gallade’s exact Platinum method and condition. Daily encounters, counterpart-game species, original evolution rules and external Egg requirements need separate collection plans.

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