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Overview
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Name: Swords Dance
Move 1: Swords Dance
Move 2: Earthquake
Move 3: Roost
Move 4: Knock Off / Facade / Ice Fang
Ability: Poison Heal
Item: Toxic Orb
EVs: 244 HP / 200 SDef / 56 Spd / 8 Def
Nature: Careful
Moves
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Set Details
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Name: Stallbreaker
Move 1: Taunt
Move 2: Earthquake / Knock Off
Move 3: Toxic
Move 4: Roost
Ability: Poison Heal
Item: Toxic Orb
EVs: 244 HP / 200 SDef / 56 Spd / 8 Def
Nature: Careful
Set Details
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Name: SubToxic
Move 1: Substitute
Move 2: Toxic
Move 3: Protect / Roost
Move 4: Earthquake / Knock Off
Ability: Poison Heal
Item: Toxic Orb
EVs: 244 HP / 208 Def / 56 Spd
Nature: Impish
Moves
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Team Options
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Checks & Counters
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Overview
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- Resistance to fighting and immunity to Ground
- Poison heal gives it excellent recovery, immunity to status, and makes it a great Knock Off switch-in
- Great stall breaker because of its access to Swords Dance, Taunt, and Poison Heal ability.
- Weakness to Water/Ice
- Limited offensive movepool
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Name: Swords Dance
Move 1: Swords Dance
Move 2: Earthquake
Move 3: Roost
Move 4: Knock Off / Facade / Ice Fang
Ability: Poison Heal
Item: Toxic Orb
EVs: 244 HP / 200 SDef / 56 Spd / 8 Def
Nature: Careful
Moves
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- Swords Dance boosts your two attacks and makes Gliscor an immediate threat instead of a passive defensive Pokemon.
- Taunt can be used to stop entry-hazards, recovery, set-up moves, and Baton-Pass chains in their tracks
- Earthquake is Gliscor's strongest and most reliable attack.
- Roost gives Gliscor some reliable recovery to go along with Poison Heal to outlive a lot of defensive Pokemon
- Knock-Off pairs up very well with both Swords Dance and Earthquake. It enables Gliscor to hit pokemon like Latios and Gengar, so they're not free switch ins.
- Facade is a bit stronger than Knock-Off, but it has poor coverage with Earthquake. It deals with opposing Flying-type Pokemon and levitators a bit better.
- Ice Fang is an option to OHKO bulky Garchomp, opposing Gliscor, and Altaria before it mega evolves.
Set Details
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- Because of Gliscor's excellent typing and ability it becomes a very difficult Pokemon to take down. Defensive teams often struggle dealing chunks of damage so Gliscor really shines against them
- Gliscor along with a Mega-Pokemon deter opposing Pokemon from spamming Knock-Off.
- 8 Def EVs allow you to always live a Bisharp's + 2 Sucker Punch.
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- Do not let Gliscor take too much damage before it is forced to roost. Some Pokemon that Gliscor usually counters may be able to overcome it like Gengar if it is not kept healthy.
- If Gliscor uses Facade, it is unable to beat Gengar so be sure to utilize a Pokemon that can handle it.
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Name: Stallbreaker
Move 1: Taunt
Move 2: Earthquake / Knock Off
Move 3: Toxic
Move 4: Roost
Ability: Poison Heal
Item: Toxic Orb
EVs: 244 HP / 200 SDef / 56 Spd / 8 Def
Nature: Careful
Set Details
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- Instead of using Swords Dance to power through defensive Pokemon, this set uses Taunt and Toxic to wear those Pokemon down. Taunt prevents them from recovering, setting up hazards or boosts, and it stops Gliscor from getting Taunted as well.
- The choice of Knock Off or EQ is dependent on your team. Knock Off is a great utility move, hits a wide variety of Pokemon, but has low damage output. Earthquake is your consistent STAB move, but you fail to hit key switch ins to Gliscor like Gengar.
- Defensive teams have trouble dealing damage to Gliscor as they cannot damage it. However, if you are running Earthquake, have a pokemon that can deal damage to Pokemon like Venusaur, Skarmory, opposing Gliscor etc. You will be stuck in a PP Stall War against Skarmory, and Venusaur will normally beat Gliscor.
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- Talonflame and Pinsir benefit greatly from Gliscor's help. Facade variants can bait in Rotom-W and beat it for Talonflame/Pinsir to have a field day against the opposing team.
- Bulky waters and Grass types are useful for switching in on expected Water and Ice type attacks aimed at Gliscor. Pokemon capable of setting up like Slowbro, Celebi, and Suicune are even more effective with this set as they serve as win conditions that have completely different counters to Gliscor.
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Name: SubToxic
Move 1: Substitute
Move 2: Toxic
Move 3: Protect / Roost
Move 4: Earthquake / Knock Off
Ability: Poison Heal
Item: Toxic Orb
EVs: 244 HP / 208 Def / 56 Spd
Nature: Impish
Moves
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- Toxic hits all non-Magic Guard, non-steel and non-poison types and can rack up damage faster than Ghetsis's Hydreigon. Toxic KOs the opponent in 6 moves if not hit by any other attack, 5 after stealth rock. This is the main form of damage for Gliscor. Can be used on a set-up sweeper to make them lose additional HP over time
- Earthquake is your attack of choice. It's needed to hit Pokemon like Bisharp, Mega-Metagross, and Tyranitar which Gliscor likes to come in on.
- Protect is helpful for the poison heal recovery, stall a turn for poison, and helps scout against choice Pokemon like Keldeo.
- Substitute allows Gliscor to take super effective hits and heal it off. The 25% of HP lost turns into a net of only -12.5% due to Poison Heal. Between substitute and protect you can stall certain moves with low PP like Rotom-W's Hydro Pump.
- Roost allows immediate and reliable recovery when Gliscor forces a switch on physical attackers.
- Knock Off is a great utility move. Removing leftovers from bulkier mons helps Toxic stall them much easier. It ensures you do not get walled by Gengar as well.
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- 244 HP is a Poison Heal number [Max HP can be used but 244 HP EVs improves Gliscor's special bulk]. EVs will be wasted if you utilize 244 HP and have defense investment.
- 56 speed allows you to outspeed base 70s with a neutral nature. 156 EVs can be utilized to outspeed those pokemon with a Positive nature.
- The combination of Substitute and Protect allows you to stall out PP from very important attacks like Rotom and Keldeo's Hydro Pump, while retaining the ability to Toxic Stall. Additionally, Poison Heal and Protect cancels out the 25% cost of Substitute.
- Because of how popular and strong the Swords Dance set is, you can lure bulky waters, Whirlwind Hippowdon, and Unaware users and punish them with Toxic.
Team Options
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- Mega Altaria is a great partner for Gliscor. They are both very difficult to take down and have great set up opportunities on a lot of the tier. Use Refresh over Heal Bell on Altaria if you are using a mono attacking set, just in case Gliscor's Toxic Orb is Knocked Off.
- Magnezone can trap Bronzong (for facade variants) or Skarmory which are problematic for Gliscor. It also pairs up well with Mega-Altaria to deal with Ferrothorn.
- Ferrothorn can set up on a lot of Gliscor switch ins. Gliscor's weakness to water lures in many water types such as Suicune, choiced Keldeo, Rotom-W, Starmie which allow Ferrothorn to set up on them with Spikes.
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- Gliscor also has access to two great moves in U-turn and Taunt, which can replace any other support move. U-turn and taunt both have the ability to scout a pokemon's moveset
- Taunt turns the Klefki and other Utility Pokemon into set-up fodder for sweepers
- Acrobatics can be used to absorb and punish Knock Off users.
- Stone Edge is an alternative to hit Charizard and Talonflame
- Baton Pass could help pass substitutes, attack or speed boosts. It faces competition from Scolipede but with Poison Heal's recovery and Gliscor's bulk and typing it can do it multiple times.
- Gliscor is a decent Stealth Rock user with its speed and bulk.
Checks & Counters
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- Gengar is immune to Toxic, Earthquake, and Facade and can hit Gliscor pretty hard with Shadow Ball. If Gliscor is at 91%, Gengar has a chance to 2HKO it with Shadow Ball with high damage rolls. Some also carry Icy Wind specifically for Gliscor.
- Skarmory is also immune to Toxic and Earthquake, and doesn't really mind losing its item. It can whirlwind out a + 2 Gliscor or one with a Substitute all while setting up spikes.
- Water types give Gliscor a lot of problem as they're usually bulky. Gyarados can Taunt to prevent set up or status, and takes nothing from Knock-Off if it's Mega-Gyarados. Rotom-W, Suicune, Starmie are all capable of taking hits from Gliscor and can 2hko back.
- Mega-Venusaur takes pitiful damage from EQ and can heal itself with Giga Drain. Serperior resists EQ and can 2hko back with Leaf Storm.
- Ice Types like Mamoswine, Kyurem, and Weavile can hit Gliscor with Super Effective STAB Ice attacks. Only Kyurem with recovery can really switch in on Gliscor however.
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