Is Glalie Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilityInner Focus blocks flinch. Glalie has perfectly even base stats, which means it's decent at everything and great at nothing. Ice coverage handles Drake and the late-game Dragon trainers. Glacia uses two. Available late but Ice is exactly what the E4 demands.
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.
Wattson's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
Flannery's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
Norman's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Wallace's typing presses Snorunt's defenses.
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.
Glacia's typing presses Glalie's defenses.
Glalie resists most of Drake's coverage and hits back hard.
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Steven'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 26NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- 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
- LV 43IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
Evolve Snorunt to Glalie
Snorunt evolves into Glalie at Level 42. Your Snorunt should hit Level 42 before you reach Sidney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 42DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 53IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
How to Get Glalie in Ruby & Sapphire
A Snorunt reaches Glalie at level 42, which is the lone path to one. So getting a Glalie comes down to working that icy cave for a Snorunt first.
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 RS
- Step 2Glalie ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Snorunt egg.
How to Get Shiny Glalie in Ruby & Sapphire
Glalie exists only through evolution, so hunt a shiny Snorunt in Shoal Cave and raise it into Glalie. Compare Shiny Glalie odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire 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 2x156-183%KO Rock Tomb 2x36-43% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x156-183%KO Overheat 2x135-160%KO Rock Tomb 2x36-43% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x162-190%KO Rock Tomb 2x37-44% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x166-195%KO Iron Tail 2x74-87% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x133-157%KO Fire Blast 2x43-51% Rock Tomb 2x31-37% | ||
 Registeel Steel | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 120 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Registeel builds →Focus Punch 2x71-84% Metal Claw 2x38-45% Ancient Power 2x29-35% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x107-126%KO Iron Tail 2x48-57% | ||
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Medicham builds →Focus Punch 2x90-107%KO Fire Punch 2x31-37% Rock Tomb 2x21-25% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Camerupt builds →Overheat 2x129-152%KO Rock Slide 2x45-54% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Torkoal builds →Overheat 2x109-129%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 2x89-105%KO Ancient Power 2x54-64% | ||
 Magcargo FireRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Magcargo builds →Overheat 2x115-136%KO Rock Tomb 2x28-33% Rock Smash 2x9-11% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Armaldo builds →Ancient Power 2x67-79% Iron Tail 2x72-86% Rock Smash 2x16-19% | ||
 Lairon SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Glalie View Lairon builds →Iron Tail 2x83-98% Rock Tomb 2x42-50% Rock Smash 2x12-14% | ||
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.
RS Glalie Best Moveset
80 base stats everywhere with MoveIce Beam for Ice TermStab and MoveEarthquake for coverage. AbilityInner Focus prevents flinch and AbilityIce Body heals in hail. MoveExplosion for the massive finisher. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Balanced Ice attacker with a self-destruct option.
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
GLALIE has a body made of rock, which it hardens with an armor of ice. This POKéMON has the ability to freeze moisture in the atmosphere into any shape it desires.
GLALIE has the ability to freely control ice. For example, it can instantly freeze its foe solid. After immobilizing its foe in ice, this POKéMON enjoys eating it in leisurely fashion.
Glalie Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Glalie is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Snorunt under specific conditions.
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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