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Gliscor, a Ground and Flying type Pokémon, official artwork

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Gliscor: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Gliscor is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (125) and Attack (95), with a base stat total of 510. Competitively it is a staple of OverUsed, the main competitive singles tier. It currently appears on 12.9% of OU teams.

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What is Gliscor weak to?

How much damage Gliscor takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toIce
2×Weak toWater
0.5×ResistsBugFightingPoison
0×Immune toElectricGround

Gliscor takes super-effective damage from Ice, Water (Ice hit it for 4x damage). It resists Bug, Fighting, Poison and is immune to Electric, Ground.

Best moveset for Gliscor

The most-used moves on Gliscor in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • ProtectNormal-23.9%
  • EarthquakeGround10016.1%
  • Knock OffDark6515.6%
  • ToxicPoison-12.3%
  • Swords DanceNormal-11.7%
  • FacadeNormal7010.7%

Best nature for Gliscor

Careful. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Careful with 244/0/36/0/228/0 EVs (44.1% of sets).

Abilities

  • Hyper CutterPrevents other Pokemon from lowering this Pokemon's Attack stat stage.
  • Sand VeilIf Sandstorm is active, this Pokemon's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to Sandstorm.
  • Poison HealThis Pokemon is healed by 1/8 of its max HP each turn when poisoned; no HP loss.

Evolution line

Gligar
Gliscor

Best counters for Gliscor

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Gliscor:

Best teammates for Gliscor

Pokémon most often paired with Gliscor on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (70 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Gunk ShotPoison12080%Physical
CrabhammerWater10090%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Sludge BombPoison90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Psychic FangsPsychic85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
LungeBug80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
VenoshockPoison65100%Special
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
Poison TailPoison50100%Physical
Struggle BugBug50100%Special
Dual WingbeatFlying4090%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
FlingDark?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
Baton PassNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HardenNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TailwindFlying--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Toxic SpikesPoison--Status