Is Gliscor Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Razor Fang evolution from Gligar at night. Ground/Flying with AbilitySand Veil for sandstorm evasion. Available through the Emerald Dual Slot. Gliscor handles Volkner, Maylene, and Byron. Fast physical attacker that synergizes with Hippowdon's sandstorm.
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.
Catch Gligar
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 Gliscor in Diamond & Pearl
Gliscor has no wild spawn. Give a Gligar a Razor Fang and level it at night, the fang scorpion only taking wing once it holds that item under the dark sky.
Catch Gligar at any of these 6 spots to eventually evolve into Gliscor.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Gligar
- 2Evolve GliscorHold Razor Fang, Nighttime
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Badge 8How to Obtain Gliscor in DP
The path to Gliscor starts with Gligar at Lv. 7-24 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Gliscor ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Gligar egg.
How to Get Shiny Gliscor in Diamond & Pearl
Gliscor takes a Razor Fang at night, so chain a shiny Gligar on Route 206 and evolve it after dark. Compare Shiny Gliscor odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Gliscor 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 Gliscor.
Gliscor Weakness
Gliscor is weak to Ice and Water. Watch out for Ice attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Electric and Ground-type moves entirely. Gliscor's physical bulk (base 125 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 Gliscor Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Gliscor
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gliscor View Glaceon builds →Ice Beam 4x233-274%KO Water Pulse 2x50-60% | ||
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gliscor View Gastrodon builds →Ice Beam 4x119-140%KO Water Pulse 2x56-67% | ||
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gliscor View Floatzel builds →Ice Beam 4x112-132%KO Water Pulse 2x54-64% | ||
 Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gliscor View Bibarel builds →Ice Beam 4x83-98% Water Pulse 2x40-48% | ||
 Prinplup Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gliscor View Prinplup builds →Ice Beam 4x104-123%KO Bubble Beam 2x56-67% | ||
 Omanyte RockWater | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gliscor View Omanyte builds →Ice Beam 4x115-136%KO Brine 2x60-70% | ||
 Lombre WaterGrass | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gliscor View Lombre builds →Ice Beam 4x86-102%KO Water Pulse 2x43-51% | ||
 Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gliscor View Psyduck builds →Ice Beam 4x90-106%KO Water Pulse 2x46-54% | ||
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gliscor View Kabuto builds →Ice Beam 4x83-98% Water Pulse 2x40-48% | ||
 Surskit BugWater | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gliscor View Surskit builds →Ice Beam 4x76-89% Bubble Beam 2x40-48% | ||
Gliscor Evolutions
Getting Gliscor requires an evolution item, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Gligar. Breed this form to get Gligar eggs (average hatch time). Attack grew the most through evolution (+20 over Gligar), and Gliscor peaks at 510 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Gliscor to get Gligar eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group. Notable egg moves include Agility, Baton Pass, Counter and 8 more.
DP Gliscor Best Moveset
Ground/Flying typing resists or blocks Fighting, Poison, Bug, and Ground, and 125 Defense blocks physical attackers. 95 Speed outruns a good chunk of the field, and AbilitySand Veil adds evasion in the sandstorm teams that define the meta. The moveset tanks while the sand chips opponents.
Best Build
Gliscor best EVs are HP and Speed
Support Moveset
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Taunt
- Ice Fang
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 10 types means almost nothing walls Gliscor cleanly, with Earthquake and Dig anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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
48 of 49 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It observes prey while hanging inverted from branches. When the chance presents itself, it swoops!
Gliscor Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Gliscor plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Earthquake is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Jolly is the go-to nature for Gliscor. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Obtainable through an item-based evolution, Gliscor appears in 12 titles across 6 generations since Diamond & Pearl. The evolution method adds a barrier that wild-catchable Pokemon don't have.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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