Competitive Information for Glaceon [Diamond/Pearl]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Glaceon? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Glaceon is a pretty decent Ice-typed Pokemon. Glaceon is a pretty usual Pokemon to see in Generation 4. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Glaceon is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Shadow Ball
- Signal Beam
- Hyper Beam / Snore
Special Sweeper Glaceon (Snow Cloak)
Glaceon is an astounding Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Glaceon's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Glaceon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Snow Cloak, if hail is active Glaceon's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to hail.
♦ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Glaceon cannot move next turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Glaceon must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Glaceon? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Signal Beam
- Hyper Beam / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Glaceon (Snow Cloak)
Glaceon is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Glaceon's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Glaceon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Snow Cloak, if hail is active Glaceon's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to hail.
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Glaceon cannot move next turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Glaceon must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Glaceon learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Glaceon can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Glaceon
- Moves: Wish + Baton pass
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Ice Shard, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Toxic
Moves that boost Glaceon's stats
- Barrier
- Curse
Most notable and possible best moves for Glaceon
- Baton Pass
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Glaceon in Diamond and Pearl
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