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 an outstanding Ice-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty regular sight to see Glastrier out in the 8th generation battlefield. 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 phenomenal Physical Tank. It's designed to take a decent 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 flinch the target).
♦ 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).
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 / Body Press
- Outrage
- Icicle Crash / Avalanche
Physical Sweeper Glastrier (Chilling Neigh)
Glastrier is popular Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Chilling Neigh, Glastrier's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ 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).
♦ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Glastrier's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
♦ 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 flinch the target).
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Glastrier is damaged by the target).
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: 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 / Body Press
- Icicle Crash / Avalanche
Doubles Physical Sweeper Glastrier (Chilling Neigh)
Glastrier is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Chilling Neigh, Glastrier's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ 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).
♦ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Glastrier's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Glastrier is damaged by the target).
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
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Most notable and possible best moves for Glastrier
- Close Combat
- Heavy Slam
- High Horsepower
- Icicle Crash
- Icicle Spear
- Protect
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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