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glaceon
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Glaceon

Fresh Snow Pokémon

Ice

As a protective technique, it can completely freeze its fur to make its hairs stand like needles.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 60
Defense 110
Sp. Atk 130
Sp. Def 95
Speed 65
Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Fresh Snow Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 25.9 kg
Base Exp 184
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

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Competitive

uu Usage: 0.3%
Choice
Moves
Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Grass
Ice Beam / Shadow Ball
Item
Choice Scarf / Choice Specs
Nature
Timid / Modest
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Glaceon is a flawed Pokemon whose unique assets are somewhat overshadowed by its weaknesses. While STAB Ice attacks are very useful, Glaceon's limited movepool gives it few tools to abuse its huge Special Attack stat with. Glaceon's low Speed forces it to rely on its defenses, which, while decent, are largely wasted due to Glaceon's lack of resistances and multitude of weaknesses (including one from Stealth Rock).

It's not all bad news, however. Glaceon finds a niche on hail teams, where it can abuse its immensely powerful Blizzard and avoid some attacks thanks to its Snow Cloak ability. The fact that nothing is immune to Ice, together with Glaceon's lack of coverage, means that more often than not it is preferable to abuse the boosts of Choice items rather than maintain the ability to switch attacks. Overall, few teams specifically prepare for Glaceon, which may just lead to their frosty doom.

Most Used Moves

Blizzard
99.9%
Ice Beam
75.3%
Toxic
20.2%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc