Is Gligar Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Emerald Dual Slot on Route 206. Ground/Flying with AbilitySand Veil for sandstorm evasion. Gen 4 adds the Gliscor evolution through Razor Fang at night. If you have Emerald, Gligar is one of the best Dual Slot gets. Gliscor handles Volkner, Maylene, and Byron.
Gligar has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gligar has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Gliscor resists most of Maylene's coverage and hits back hard.
Gliscor trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Gliscor resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Gliscor resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Gligar on Route 206 (walking, Lv 15, rare). Pokémon Emerald in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- After Fantina
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 100Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gligar to Gliscor
Gligar evolves into Gliscor with a hold Razor Fang. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Maylene.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22PoisonPoison JabPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Gligar in Diamond & Pearl
Gligar glides through six spots but stays rare in every one, level 7 climbing to 24. The scorpion is spread thin across the map, so expect a hunt no matter which area you pick.
6 locations to catch Gligar
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Gligar in DP
Gligar is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 7-24. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Evolve into GliscorBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Gligar egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Gligar.
How to Get Shiny Gligar in Diamond & Pearl
Gligar clings to the cliffs along Route 206, Route 207, Route 214, and Route 215, where a PokeRadar chain produces its shiny in time. Compare Shiny Gligar odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Gligar 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Gligar.
Gligar Weakness
Gligar's Ground/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Ice and Water. Ice hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Electric and Ground-type attacks completely. Gligar's physical bulk (base 105 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Water |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Poison, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Gligar Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Gligar
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Glaceon builds →Ice Beam 4x277-327%KO Water Pulse 2x59-70% | ||
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Gastrodon builds →Ice Beam 4x139-164%KO Water Pulse 2x66-78% | ||
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Floatzel builds →Ice Beam 4x131-155%KO Water Pulse 2x64-75% | ||
 Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Bibarel builds →Ice Beam 4x97-114%KO Water Pulse 2x45-55% | ||
 Prinplup Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Prinplup builds →Ice Beam 4x127-150%KO Bubble Beam 2x66-78% | ||
 Omanyte RockWater | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Omanyte builds →Ice Beam 4x139-164%KO Brine 2x72-85% | ||
 Lombre WaterGrass | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Lombre builds →Ice Beam 4x103-123%KO Water Pulse 2x49-58% | ||
 Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Psyduck builds →Ice Beam 4x108-127%KO Water Pulse 2x51-61% | ||
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Kabuto builds →Ice Beam 4x97-114%KO Water Pulse 2x45-55% | ||
 Surskit BugWater | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Surskit builds →Ice Beam 4x92-109%KO Bubble Beam 2x49-58% | ||
Gligar Evolutions
Evolving Gligar into Gliscor takes an evolution item. It's not a simple level-up, so check the chain details below. The evolved forms gain up to 80 total stats over Gligar. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Gligar easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Agility, Baton Pass, Counter and 8 more to offspring.
DP Gligar Best Moveset
Ground/Flying typing resists or blocks Electric, Fighting, and Poison, and 105 Defense handles physical hits. The moveset previews what Gliscor does with much better stats. Can evolve via Razor Fang held at night, and that's where the real competitive value starts.
Best Build
Gligar best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Taunt
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Agility and Baton Pass from the egg pool give Gligar something extra. Pair those with Earthquake and Dig for STAB and coverage across 8 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
46 of 47 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It sails on the winds with its limbs extended to strike from the sky. It aims for the prey’s face.
Gligar Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Gligar does the job early-game if you need a Ground/Flying type on your team. Evolve it into Gliscor before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Gligar as a support. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Impish on Gligar. +Defense is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Gligar has been available in 17 games since Gold & Silver, though obtaining it requires an item-based evolution. This extra step makes it less common than Pokemon found through standard wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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 6ORAS
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
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