Is Gligar Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 206 at level 16, freely available without Dual Slot in Platinum. Ground/Flying with AbilityHyper Cutter preventing Attack drops. Gliscor at Razor Fang plus night leveling is the Gen 4 evolution. A mid-game Ground option leading to one of Sinnoh's best defensive Pokemon.
Gligar has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gligar trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Gliscor trades roughly evenly with Fantina'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 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 has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Gliscor trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Gliscor resists most of Flint's coverage and hits back hard.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Gliscor resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Gliscor has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
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 16, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- After Maylene
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 90Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- 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 Fantina.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- 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 Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 90Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Gligar in Platinum
Gligar shows up at a single area, common by day and uncommon at night, levels 16 to 18. The time you visit changes the rate, so a daytime trip gives you the best odds.
1 location to catch Gligar
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Where To Catch Gligar in Pt
- 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 Platinum for Gligar.
How to Get Shiny Gligar in Platinum
Gligar glides across the grass on Route 206, so run a Poké Radar chain to 40 there for a 1 in 200 shiny. Compare Shiny Gligar odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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 →Icy Wind 4x158-187%KO Water Pulse 2x58-70% | ||
 Prinplup Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
 Buizel Water | C | |
 Omanyte RockWater | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Shellos Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing | ||
 Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing | ||
 Lombre WaterGrass | D | |
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
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.
Pt Gligar Best Moveset
Gliscor evolves from Gligar now, and the moveset here previews the Ground/Flying defensive combination. 105 Defense takes physical hits, and 85 Speed outruns some threats. AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops.
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 Earth Power 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
45 of 47 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It glides as if sliding. It startles foes by clamping on to their faces, then jabs with its poison stinger.
Gligar Platinum Guide
In Platinum, 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 Platinum, use Gligar as a support. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Platinum, 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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