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The OP doesn't say magic bounce is restricted or that HAs are restricted. Nothing implies anything else, only a restriction on what moves are allowed is mentioned.
Our standard assumptions state that a pokemon is allowed to have not just one or any ability, but all of the abilities it has been shown to have... Ex: Hatterene would have healer, anticipation and magic bounce. Gardevoir would have synchronize, trace and telepathy.
Yes. I haven't seen any pictures that depict Hatterene without the entire coat, but I do know that the actual pokemon is smaller than what it appears and is more Kirlia sized/shaped or something.
Even if Hatterene did have a way... Gardevoir more or less has most of Hatterene's moves, plus wish, double team, teleport and draining kiss for extra sustenance. All status inflictions are irrelevant due to magic bounce being traced.
Both of them would go for calm mind dazzling gleam, but gardevoir would have options that hatterene doesn't have, including wish which is a stronger healing tool than life dew.
I'm gonna use their Gen 8 movesets and abilities here.
Typing: Tie. They're both Fairy/Psychic
Abilities: Gardevoir stomps. They can instantly copy all of Hatterene's abilities while also having some of their own
Moveset: I'm gonna have to give an edge to Gardevoir here. Most of their moves are identical, so if both use Imprison, they won't matter. So we basically have to look at the other moves that they know.
Since I'm too lazy to list all of them out, I'm only going to list out the useful ones (meaning usable and effective):
Gardevoir: Double Team, Reflect, all the punches and kicks, Wish, Body Slam, Thunderbolt, , Destiny Bond, Shadow Sneak,
Hatterene: Brutal Swing, Dark Pulse, Shadow Claw, Psycho Cut, Play Rough, Power Whip, Swords Dance, Giga Drain
(I might have missed a few, don't @ me)
Overall, it's pretty clear to me that Gardevoir has a significant advantage here. The only advantage Hatterene has over Gardevoir is physical moves and physical attack boosts (plus draining moves), while Gardevoir also has other physical moves (which she can boost with Power Switch) priority moves, ultra instinct, better physical defense (via Reflect), and more acces to status moves (paralysis with Thunderbolt and Body Slam). Plus, Gardevoir literally can't lose. Once they sets up Destiny bond, either both of them are going to die, or Gardevoir wins. Simple as that.
Well, with level, up moves, it's honestly not much different
Abilities: Gardevoir FRA
Typing: Tie FRA
Moveset: Almost all of their status moves are useless due to lowering Attack (which they don't specialize), or healing the enemy. However, Gardevoir's access to sleep hax and Dream Eater should pull them the win. Plus, Gardevoir's attacks have a much higher Base Power, their Growl and Charm aren't completely useless (Hatterene has Brutal Swing and Psycho Cut), and Double Team will allow them to dodge everything