Competitive Information for Gliscor [Diamond/Pearl]
Ground / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gliscor? 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.
Gliscor is a stupendous Ground and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to see Gliscor show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. Gliscor can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Gliscor's only type-related weaknesses are Ice and Water.
Item: Leftovers / Power Herb
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 40 Def / 216 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
- Roost / Wing Attack
- Taunt
Physical Wall Gliscor (Popular/Trending)
Gliscor is an interesting Physical Wall. It's meant to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Gliscor last longer regaining it's life every turn. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Gliscor's attack stat stage.
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Taunt is a status move (for 3-5 turns, the target can't use status moves).
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Item: Yache Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Sky Attack / Wing Attack
- Earthquake
- Night Slash
- Cross Poison / Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Gliscor (Hyper Cutter)
Gliscor is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Gliscor's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Gliscor's attack stat stage.
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Cross Poison is a physical 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gliscor? 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 / Yache Berry
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Sky Attack / Wing Attack
- Rock Slide
- Cross Poison
Doubles Physical Sweeper Gliscor (Hyper Cutter)
Gliscor is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Gliscor's attack stat stage.
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Cross Poison is a physical 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gliscor 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 Gliscor 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 Gliscor
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Feint, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog, Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Gliscor's stats
- Agility
- Harden
- Metal Claw
- Rock Polish
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Gliscor
- Baton Pass
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Thunder Fang
- Toxic
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Wing Attack
Common Effort Values for Gliscor in Diamond and Pearl
- Impish Nature ( 252/0/40/0/0/216/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 252/0/40/0/0/216/ )
- Optimize Gliscor's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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