Competitive Information for Glastrier [Sword/Shield]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Glastrier? 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.
Glastrier is a spectacular Ice-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Glastrier when battling in the 8th generation meta. Glastrier is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Weakness Policy / Life Orb
Ability: Chilling Neigh
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- High Horsepower
- Icicle Crash / Icicle Spear
- Protect
Physical Tank Glastrier (Popular/Trending)
Glastrier is a notable Physical Tank in single battles. This moveset is designed to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Glastrier is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. Life Orb boosts the power of Glastrier's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chilling Neigh, Glastrier's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Icicle Spear is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Ice-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Glastrier this turn).
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Item: Shell Bell / Eject Pack
Ability: Chilling Neigh
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Close Combat / Double Kick
- Outrage
- Icicle Crash / Avalanche
Physical Sweeper Glastrier (Chilling Neigh)
Glastrier is a marvelous Physical Sweeper in single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Glastrier recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Chilling Neigh, Glastrier's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Eject Pack equipped, if Glastrier's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Glastrier's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Glastrier afterwards).
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Glastrier is damaged by the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Glastrier? 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: Assault Vest
Ability: Chilling Neigh
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 28 Atk / 68 Def / 156 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash
- Snarl
- Outrage
- High Horsepower
Doubles Double Wall Glastrier (Popular VGC)
Glastrier is an awesome Double Wall in double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. It's goal is to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. With Chilling Neigh, Glastrier's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Assault Vest equipped, Glastrier's sp. Def is 1.5x, but it can only select damaging moves.
♦ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Glastrier afterwards).
♦ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Item: Shell Bell / Eject Pack
Ability: Chilling Neigh
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Outrage
- Close Combat / Double Kick
- Icicle Crash / Avalanche
Doubles Physical Sweeper Glastrier (Chilling Neigh)
Glastrier is pretty popular Physical Sweeper in double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Glastrier recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Chilling Neigh, Glastrier's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Eject Pack equipped, if Glastrier's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Glastrier afterwards).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Glastrier's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Glastrier is damaged by the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Glastrier 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 Glastrier 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 Glastrier
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that boost Glastrier's stats
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Glastrier
- Close Combat
- Heavy Slam
- High Horsepower
- Ice Beam
- Icicle Crash
- Icicle Spear
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Taunt
Common Effort Values for Glastrier in Sword and Shield
- Brave Nature ( 252/252/0/0/4/0 )
- Brave Nature ( 252/252/4/0/0/0 )
- Optimize Glastrier's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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