Competitive Information for Glalie (mega) [Sword/Shield]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Glalie-mega? 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.
Glalie is a decent Ice-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to see Glalie show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Glalie is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Glalitite
Ability: Refrigerate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Steel Roller / Iron Head
- Icicle Crash / Ice Fang
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Crunch / Bite
Physical Sweeper Glalie-Mega (Refrigerate)
Glalie is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's 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.
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ 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).
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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
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Glalie-Mega (Refrigerate)
Glalie is pretty popular Special Sweeper for single battles. It is designed 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).
◆ 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 Glalie-mega? 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.
Item: Glalitite
Ability: Refrigerate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Steel Roller / Iron Head
- Icicle Crash / Ice Fang
- Crunch / Bite
Doubles Physical Sweeper Glalie-Mega (Refrigerate)
Glalie is a remarkable Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's 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).
◆ Steel Roller is a physical 130-base power Steel-type move (fails if there is no terrain active. Ends the terrain).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ 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).
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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
- Water Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Glalie-Mega (Refrigerate)
Glalie is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is 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).
◆ 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 Glalie-mega 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 Glalie-mega 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 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: 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
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Glalie-mega in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Glalie-mega's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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