Competitive Information for Glalie [Diamond/Pearl]
Ice
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Glalie? 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.
Glalie is pretty popular Ice-typed Pokemon. It's normal to see Glalie show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Glalie is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Razor Fang / Shell Bell
Ability: Ice Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang / Avalanche
- Iron Head / Gyro Ball
Physical Sweeper Glalie (Ice Body)
Glalie is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Ice Body, if hail is active Glalie heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn; immunity to hail.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Glalie is damaged by the target).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Glalie than the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Ice Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Weather Ball / Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Glalie (Ice Body)
Glalie is an awesome Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Glalie's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Glalie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Body, if hail is active Glalie heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn; 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).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Glalie? 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: Razor Fang / Shell Bell
Ability: Ice Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Double-Edge / Return
- Ice Fang / Avalanche
- Iron Head / Gyro Ball
Doubles Physical Sweeper Glalie (Ice Body)
Glalie is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Ice Body, if hail is active Glalie heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn; immunity to hail.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Glalie is damaged by the target).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Glalie than the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Ice Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Weather Ball
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Signal Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Glalie (Ice Body)
Glalie is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Glalie's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Glalie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Body, if hail is active Glalie heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn; immunity to hail.
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Glalie learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Glalie 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 Glalie
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Ice Shard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Glalie's stats
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Glalie
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Glalie in Diamond and Pearl
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