Competitive Information for Glalie (mega) [Sun/Moon]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Glalie-mega? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Landorus-TherianTapu%20KokoMagearnaHawluchaTapu%20FiniSlowbroExcadrillKeldeoDragoniteWeavile
Glalie is an extraordinary Ice-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Glalie when battling in the 7th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Glalie is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Glalitite
Ability: Refrigerate
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Explosion / Return
- Earthquake
- Ice Shard
- Spikes
Physical Sweeper Glalie-Mega (Popular/Trending)
Glalie is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Refrigerate, Glalie's normal-type moves become ice type and have 1.2x power. With a Glalitite equipped to it, if held by a glalie, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ 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).
◆ Ice Shard is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ice-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. Max 3 layers).
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Item: Glalitite
Ability: Refrigerate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Ice Fang / Avalanche
- Crunch / Bite
- Iron Head / Gyro Ball
Physical Sweeper Glalie-Mega (Refrigerate)
Glalie is a spectacular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Refrigerate, Glalie's normal-type moves become ice type and have 1.2x power. With a Glalitite equipped to it, if held by a glalie, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ 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).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ 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: Glalitite
Ability: Refrigerate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Frost Breath
- Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Glalie-Mega (Refrigerate)
Glalie is an outstanding Special Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Refrigerate, Glalie's normal-type moves become ice type and have 1.2x power. With a Glalitite equipped to it, if held by a glalie, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Frost Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (always results in a critical hit).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hex is a special 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
◆ 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-mega? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Landorus-TherianTapu%20KokoMagearnaHawluchaTapu%20FiniSlowbroExcadrillKeldeoDragoniteWeavile
Item: Glalitite
Ability: Refrigerate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Ice Fang / Avalanche
- Crunch / Bite
- Iron Head / Gyro Ball
Doubles Physical Sweeper Glalie-Mega (Refrigerate)
Glalie is popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Refrigerate, Glalie's normal-type moves become ice type and have 1.2x power. With a Glalitite equipped to it, if held by a glalie, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ 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).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ 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: Glalitite
Ability: Refrigerate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Signal Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Glalie-Mega (Refrigerate)
Glalie is a wonderful Special Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Refrigerate, Glalie's normal-type moves become ice type and have 1.2x power. With a Glalitite equipped to it, if held by a glalie, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hex is a special 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
◆ 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-mega learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Glalie-mega can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Glalie-mega
- 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 (and combo with the move Hex): Toxic
Moves that boost Glalie-mega's stats
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Glalie-mega
- Body Slam
- Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Explosion
- Freeze-Dry
- Hidden Power
- Ice Beam
- Ice Shard
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Return
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Glalie-mega in Sun and Moon
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Hasty Nature ( 0/252/0/4/0/252/ )
- Optimize Glalie-mega's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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