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gliscor
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Gliscor

Fang Scorpion Pokémon

GroundFlying

It observes prey while hanging inverted from branches. When the chance presents itself, it swoops!

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 95
Defense 125
Sp. Atk 45
Sp. Def 75
Speed 95
Total 510

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Fang Scorpion Pokémon
Height 2.0 m
Weight 42.5 kg
Base Exp 179
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 30
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

gliscor Front Front
gliscor Back Back
gliscor Front Shiny Front Shiny
gliscor Back Shiny Back Shiny
gliscor Official Art Official Art
gliscor Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Defensive
Moves
Earthquake / Knock Off
Toxic / Knock Off
Spikes / Toxic Spikes
Item
Toxic Orb
Ability
Poison Heal
Nature
Impish / Careful
EVs
0 [object Object]
1 [object Object]
Tera Type
WaterFairy

Strategy Overview

Gliscor has several qualities that make it extremely frustrating for balance and bulky offense teams to deal with. For one, the combination of Poison Heal and Toxic Orb gives it an immunity to status and great passive recovery. Gliscor's Ground / Flying typing offers a myriad of resistances, including an immunity to Spikes and a neutrality to Stealth Rock. When combined with Poison Heal, this essentially makes Gliscor almost entirely unaffected by opposing entry hazards. Additionally, Gliscor has access to a support movepool that most Pokemon could only dream of, featuring Spikes, Toxic, Toxic Spikes, and Knock Off. As such, Gliscor is a fantastic pivot in Ubers, notably taking Sacred Fire from Ho-Oh with ease and setting up hazards on staple threats like Choice Scarf Koraidon and Ting-Lu. This makes Gliscor one of the best Pokemon to take advantage of the lack of entry hazard removal options in Ubers. However, Gliscor is held back by its lackluster stats for Ubers standards; its Defense, while decent, is nowhere near good enough to take on titans like Scale Shot Koraidon, meaning Gliscor has limited use against hyper offense teams. Gliscor is also setup bait for one of the most common threats in the tier, Necrozma-DM, which is only 4HKOed by Earthquake. Gliscor's pathetic Special Defense by Ubers standards leaves it forced out by the vast majority of special attackers.

Most Used Moves

Protect
81.8%
Knock Off
73.9%
Spikes
73.8%
Toxic
53.2%

Most Used Items

Toxic Orb
99.9%
Nothing
0.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc