Is Gligar Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Safari Zone Ground/Flying. Gligar with AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops. The dual typing gives Electric immunity through Ground and Ground immunity through Flying. Handles Wattson perfectly. No evolution in Gen 3 caps the ceiling, but the typing earns the slot.
Gligar trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Gligar has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Gligar has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Gligar resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Gligar has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Gligar trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Gligar trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Gligar trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Gligar has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Gligar trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Gligar trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Gligar trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Gligar trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Gligar in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 37-40, rare). Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, 500-step limit.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by the Tunnel Man in Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Battle Frontier
Emerald Gligar Locations
Few Safari finds sit as high as Gligar, which haunts the grass at levels 37 to 40. The flying scorpion lives only behind that fence in Emerald, and its rare slot puts it among the zone's harder pulls.
1 location to catch Gligar
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Gligar in Emerald
How to Get Shiny Gligar in Emerald
Gligar glides only through the Hoenn Safari Zone's upgraded areas in Emerald, appearing rarely in the grass, so keep circling those zones and scan each flying scorpion for the shiny variant. Compare Shiny Gligar odds across every game
Shiny Gligar Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Gligar 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Emerald 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Gligar Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Gligar
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Swampert builds →Ice Beam 4x131-154%KO Surf 2x98-116%KO | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Feraligatr builds →Ice Beam 4x122-144%KO Surf 2x91-108%KO | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Pelipper builds →Ice Beam 4x143-168%KO Surf 2x107-126%KO | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Ludicolo builds →Ice Beam 4x137-161%KO Surf 2x103-121%KO | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Petalburg City Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gligar View Azumarill builds →Ice Beam 4x101-119%KO Surf 2x75-89% | ||
Gligar Evolutions
Gligar is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with a decent partner pool. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 5 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Gligar easily with 37 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Counter, Metal Claw, Razor Wind and 2 more to offspring.
E Gligar Best Moveset
Ground/Flying removes the Water weakness that other Ground types hate, and AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops from AbilityIntimidate leads. The moveset leans on physical Ground TermStab with MoveSwords Dance setup when the opportunity appears.
Best Build
Gligar best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance
- Hidden Power Flying
- Rock Slide
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Counter and Metal Claw 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
All 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It glides without making a single sound. It grasps the face of its foe using its hind and large front claws, then stabs with its poison barb.
Gligar Emerald Guide
- Where in the Emerald Safari Zone can I find Gligar?
See the Locations section above for where to find Gligar in Emerald.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Gligar from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Gligar easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In Emerald, Gligar has 430 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Emerald, use Gligar as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Emerald, run Jolly on Gligar. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Gligar first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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
Winds & Waves
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