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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

Swords Dance
Item
Toxic Orb
Ability
Poison Heal
Nature
Jolly / Careful
EVs
HP 248
SpD 240
Spe 20
Utility
Moves
Defog / Stealth Rock
Toxic / U-turn / Knock Off
Item
Toxic Orb
Ability
Poison Heal
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 248
Def 64
SpD 60
Spe 136

Strategy Overview

Gliscor has proven to be one of the most defining Pokemon within the metagame, owing to its great typing, vast movepool, and incredible ability in Poison Heal, which not only grants it incredible passive recovery but also prevents it from being statused due to its constant state of being poisoned. These traits allow it to act as a valuable check to the prominent Heatran and to freely switch into Toxapex's Scald, not fearing a potential burn. Gliscor's Swords Dance variant is a premier setup sweeper, using its naturally good bulk and passive recovery to be difficult to pressure by defensive Pokemon. The aforementioned qualities also make it a utility powerhouse, being a great, consistent user of both Stealth Rock and Defog, as well as supporting its team with the momentum-grabbing U-turn. The downside to Gliscor's typing is its glaring 4x weakness to Ice leaving it threatened out by both Ice-types, like Kyurem-B and Weavile, and Pokemon carrying Ice-type coverage, like Mega Latias and Mega Latios. Additionally, Gliscor faces competition from the omnipresent Landorus-T, which is much more versatile due to being able to hold many different items like Rocky Helmet, Choice Scarf, and various Z-Crystals, unlike Gliscor, which must hold Toxic Orb.

Most Used Moves

Roost
91.5%
Defog
50.2%
Facade
31.2%
Toxic
29.0%

Most Used Items

Toxic Orb
100.0%
Nothing
0.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc