Is Glalie Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Ice with AbilityInner Focus preventing flinching and perfectly even stats. Transfer-only. If imported, handles Bertha and Cynthia's Garchomp. Froslass from the same Snorunt line is the better evolution in Gen 4 thanks to the Ice/Ghost typing.
Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Maylene's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Candice:
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Volkner:
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Aaron:
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bertha:
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Flint:
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lucian:
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Mars:
Glalie resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Jupiter:
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Saturn:
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Cynthia:
Catch Snorunt
Catch Snorunt on Route 216 (Poké Radar, Lv 33-34, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 33IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 33DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- LV 46IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Snorunt to Glalie
Snorunt evolves into Glalie at Level 42. Your Snorunt should hit Level 42 before you reach Volkner, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Given by the coin clerk at the Veilstone Game Corner once you string together ten bonus rounds in a row on the slot machines
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- LV 51IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Snorunt to Froslass
Snorunt evolves into Froslass with a Dawn Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Volkner.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 51IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Glalie in Diamond & Pearl
Level a Poke Radar Snorunt to 42 for Glalie, which never spawns wild. A female can branch toward Froslass with a Dawn Stone instead, the two forks the snow line can take.
Wild Glalie may be holding when caught:
Babiri Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Steel-type attack to halve the damage.Catch Snorunt at any of these 3 spots to eventually evolve into Glalie.
- 1Catch Snorunt
- 2Evolve Glalieat Lv.42
Badge 6How to Obtain Glalie in DP
To get Glalie, start by catching Snorunt through special encounters at Lv. 33-36. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Glalie ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Snorunt egg.
How to Get Shiny Glalie in Diamond & Pearl
Glalie caps the Snorunt line, so chain that shiny on Route 216 or the Acuity Lakefront and evolve it up. Compare Shiny Glalie odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Glalie Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Glalie already selected.
Glalie Weakness
Type-wise, Glalie takes extra damage from Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel. Not too many gaps in the chart, 4 weaknesses to account for.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Glalie Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Glalie
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x153-180%KO Stone Edge 2x69-81% | ||
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x153-180%KO Flash Cannon 2x88-104%KO Ancient Power 2x45-53% Rock Smash 2x22-26% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x164-193%KO Stone Edge 2x73-86% Iron Tail 2x73-86% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x159-187%KO Stone Edge 2x71-84% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x136-161%KO Overheat 2x127-149%KO Stone Edge 2x61-71% Iron Tail 2x61-71% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x138-163%KO Stone Edge 2x62-73% | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Empoleon builds →Flash Cannon 2x77-92% Brick Break 2x39-46% Rock Slide 2x39-46% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x131-155%KO Rock Slide 2x45-53% Fire Blast 2x41-49% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Rhydon builds →Focus Punch 2x109-129%KO Stone Edge 2x110-130%KO Iron Tail 2x73-86% Fire Blast 2x38-45% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x104-123%KO Iron Tail 2x47-55% | ||
 Metagross SteelPsychic | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Metagross builds →Meteor Mash 2x103-121%KO Hammer Arm 2x76-89% Rock Slide 2x57-68% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Arcanine builds →Overheat 2x123-145%KO Iron Tail 2x64-75% Rock Smash 2x26-31% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Kabutops builds →Stone Edge 2x99-117%KO Brick Break 2x49-58% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Camerupt builds →Eruption 2x136-161%KO Flash Cannon 2x49-58% Stone Edge 2x59-69% Rock Smash 2x24-28% | ||
Glalie Evolutions
Glalie is one of 2 ways Snorunt's chain can end. This one takes the level-up path, while the siblings go different directions. Breed through Snorunt to get eggs. Glalie and Froslass share the same 480 total stats, but they're distributed differently. Check the comparison below to see where each one specializes. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Glalie to get Snorunt eggs easily using 35 partners from the Fairy and Mineral egg groups. Notable egg moves include Bide, Block, Disable and 2 more.
DP Glalie Best Moveset
80 across every stat gives uniform mediocrity with no standout to build a moveset around. AbilityIce Body heals in hail, but the offensive stats aren't high enough to threaten and the defensive stats aren't low enough to justify as a sacrifice lead.
Best Build
Glalie best EVs are Speed and Attack
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Earthquake
- Ice Shard
- Payback
- Explosion
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Bide and Block aren't available any other way for Glalie, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Blizzard and Ice Beam for solid options.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
34 of 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
To protect itself, it clads its body in an armor of ice, made by freezing moisture in the air.
Glalie Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Glalie does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Glalie hits 580 BST.
In Diamond & Pearl, Glalie plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Glalie pairs best with Infernape, Abomasnow, and Rotom Frost. Infernape has Good synergy and covers what Glalie can't handle on its own.
In Diamond & Pearl, Jolly is the go-to nature for Glalie. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 64 HP / 212 Atk / 232 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Glalie appears in 17 games spanning 7 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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