Competitive Information for Glaceon [Sword/Shield]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Glaceon? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Glaceon is a spectacular Ice-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Glaceon out in the 8th generation battlefield. Glaceon is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Salac Berry / Weakness Policy
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball
- Freeze-Dry / Blizzard
- Detect
- Mirror Coat
Special Sweeper Glaceon (Popular/Trending)
Glaceon is a stupendous Special Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Weakness Policy activates if Glaceon is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Snow Cloak, if hail is active Glaceon's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to hail. With a Salac Berry equipped to it, raises Glaceon's speed by 1 stage when at 1/4 max hp or less then the Salac Berry gets consumed.
◆ Freeze-Dry is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. Super effective on water).
◆ Blizzard is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze foes. Can't miss in hail).
◆ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Glaceon this turn).
◆ Mirror Coat is a special 0-base power Psychic-type move (if hit by special attack, returns double damage).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Weather Ball / Ice Beam
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Glaceon (Snow Cloak)
Glaceon is an outstanding Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and increases Glaceon's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Glaceon cannot move next turn).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Glaceon? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Icy Wind / Weather Ball
- Shadow Ball
- Water Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Glaceon (Snow Cloak)
Glaceon is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and boosts Glaceon's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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.
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Glaceon cannot move next turn).
◆ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ 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).
◆ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the 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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS 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, Baby-Doll Eyes, Ice Shard, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Toxic
Moves that boost Glaceon's stats
- Curse
- Skull Bash
- Work Up
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Glaceon
- Baton Pass
- Blizzard
- Detect
- Freeze-Dry
- Hyper Voice
- Ice Beam
- Ice Shard
- Mirror Coat
- Mud-Slap
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Stored Power
- Toxic
- Weather Ball
Common Effort Values for Glaceon in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/0/236/20/0 )
- Optimize Glaceon's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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