Is Glalie Good in Emerald Playthrough?
AbilityInner Focus blocks flinch on a Pokemon with perfectly even base stats. Glalie is decent at everything and great at nothing. Ice handles Drake and the late-game Dragon trainers. Glacia uses two on her E4 team. Available late but Ice is exactly what Emerald's endgame asks for.
Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Flannery's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Snorunt
Catch Snorunt in Shoal Cave (walking, Lv 26-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 28DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 34IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 43IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Snorunt to Glalie
Snorunt evolves into Glalie at Level 42. Your Snorunt should hit Level 42 before you reach Juan, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- TUTORNormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Pacifidlog Town
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 53IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Glalie in Emerald
Glalie comes only from a Snorunt raised to level 42. Catch the base in Shoal Cave and grind it up, since the floating ice head has no wild slot of its own anywhere in Emerald. The cavern catch is where the line starts.
Wild Glalie may be holding when caught:
Never Melt Ice (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of ICE-type moves.Catch Snorunt at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Glalie.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Snorunt
- 2Evolve Glalieat Lv.42
Badge 7How to Obtain Glalie in E
- Step 2Glalie ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Snorunt egg.
How to Get Shiny Glalie in Emerald
Glalie forms only from Snorunt, so catch a shiny Snorunt in the ice of Shoal Cave and raise it to level 42; the floating face keeps the sparkle straight through its evolution. Compare Shiny Glalie odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Glalie Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Emerald 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
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 Rock Tomb 2x36-42% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x153-180%KO Overheat 2x134-157%KO Rock Tomb 2x36-42% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x158-187%KO Rock Tomb 2x36-43% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x164-193%KO Iron Tail 2x73-87% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x131-155%KO Fire Blast 2x41-49% Rock Tomb 2x31-36% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Typhlosion builds →Overheat 2x131-155%KO Focus Punch 2x76-90% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x134-157%KO Iron Tail 2x55-64% Rock Smash 2x12-14% | ||
 Registeel Steel | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 120 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Registeel builds →Focus Punch 2x70-83% Metal Claw 2x37-44% Ancient Power 2x28-34% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x103-122%KO Iron Tail 2x48-56% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Camerupt builds →Eruption 2x137-162%KO Rock Slide 2x45-53% Rock Smash 2x13-15% | ||
 Aggron SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Aggron builds →Focus Punch 2x95-112%KO Iron Tail 2x96-113%KO Rock Tomb 2x50-59% Fire Blast 2x48-56% | ||
 Metagross SteelPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Metagross builds →Brick Break 2x57-67% Metal Claw 2x59-69% Rock Tomb 2x39-46% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Torkoal builds →Overheat 2x108-128%KO Iron Tail 2x52-62% Rock Smash 2x12-14% | ||
 Regirock Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 111 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Regirock builds →Focus Punch 2x87-103%KO Ancient Power 2x53-63% | ||
Glalie Evolutions
Glalie is what Snorunt becomes. Breed it for Snorunt eggs (average hatch time). A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Snorunt pushed Glalie to 480 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +30. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Glalie to get Snorunt eggs easily using 27 partners from the Fairy and Mineral egg groups. Notable egg moves include Block, Spikes.
E Glalie Best Moveset
80 across every stat gives Glalie no strengths and no standout role on a team. The moveset runs special Ice TermStab through MoveIce Beam and can use MoveExplosion as a last-resort physical nuke, but better Ice types exist in every category.
Best Build
Glalie best EVs are Sp. Def and Speed
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Spikes
- Explosion
- Ice Beam
- Taunt
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool tells the story here. Glalie learns Ice Beam and Blizzard naturally, plus enough variety that TMs feel like bonuses. Dark and Normal coverage and more extends the reach beyond that.
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
All 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A GLALIE has the power to instantaneously freeze moisture in the atmosphere. A dazzling cloud of diamondlike ice crystals forms around its body.
Glalie Emerald Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Emerald, but Glalie does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Glalie hits 580 BST.
In Emerald, Glalie plays as a hazard setter. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Emerald, Timid is the go-to nature for Glalie. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 40 HP / 252 SpD / 216 Spe EVs. Fits the hazard setter 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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