Competitive Information for Glameow [X/Y]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Glameow? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Glameow is an extraordinary Normal-typed Pokemon. Glameow is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Glameow can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Glameow's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Limber
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Slash
- Knock Off / Sucker Punch
- Shadow Claw
- Play Rough
Physical Sweeper Glameow (Limber)
Glameow is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Glameow from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Glameow's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Limber, Glameow cannot be paralyzed. gaining this ability while paralyzed cures it.
♦ Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Limber
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 236 Atk / 236 SpD / 18 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw
- Feint Attack
- Protect / Thief
- Dig
Glameow Physical Tank (Physical Cat)
Glameow is an outstanding Physical Tank. This moveset attempts to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Glameow's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Limber, Glameow cannot be paralyzed. gaining this ability while paralyzed cures it.
♦ Feint Attack is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Glameow this turn).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Glameow has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Glameow? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Limber
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Slash
- Knock Off / Sucker Punch
- Shadow Claw
- Play Rough
Doubles Physical Sweeper Glameow (Limber)
Glameow is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Glameow from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Glameow's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Limber, Glameow cannot be paralyzed. gaining this ability while paralyzed cures it.
♦ Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Glameow 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 Glameow can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Glameow
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Fake Out, Quick Attack, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Glameow's stats
- Hone Claws
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Glameow
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Glameow in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Glameow's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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