Glalie (GP 2/2)

[Overview]

<p>Since the advent of ADV, Glalie has been a largely forgotten Pokemon. Possessing totally average stats across the board, along with a rather sparse movepool, it's no wonder that Glalie has been either shunned or simply overlooked by most competitive players. However, thanks to a few niche moves, Satan's hockey mask still enjoys a relatively comfortable spot in the RU tier.</p>

[SET]
name: Spikes
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Explosion
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Focus Sash
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>With the introduction of Team Preview, aggressive suicide leads are usually frowned upon. However, due to its nearly unique combination of moves in Spikes, Taunt, and Explosion—shared with only Qwilfish—Glalie can pull off a suicide lead role very well. These three moves form the crux of this moveset; Spikes provides extremely useful team support, while Taunt shuts down many Pokemon trying to set up, and thanks to Glalie's decent Speed, also prevents slower Pokemon from laying Stealth Rock. Explosion is crucial to the moveset, despite its nerf, because it allows Glalie to set up Spikes and go out with a bang, allowing for a frail sweeper to switch in without fear. Ice Shard is essentially a filler move, but is useful for breaking Focus Sashes on Pokemon such as Scolipede, who will almost always use Taunt when faced with an opposing Glalie.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>Glalie has many decent move options over Ice Shard, such as Avalanche, Ice Fang, and Ice Beam. While these are all capable of significantly out-damaging Ice Shard, Ice Shard's ability to break Focus Sashes is far more important. Furthermore, Ice Beam requires Special Attack investment, which significantly weakens Explosion. These moves don't really help Glalie accomplish its goal of laying Spikes, possibly breaking a Focus Sash, and then going boom. Instead, they just complicate what is a simple and easy to use Pokemon.</p>

<p>Glalie can invest in its defenses in order to give itself slightly more survivability, but this is not recommended. This is because Glalie should be played more aggressively than other Spikes users, by setting Spikes right off the bat then Exploding, so as to grant a sweeper a free switch in. This is also why maximizing Speed and Attack is superior to investing in both Attack and Special Attack on the same set, since Glalie shouldn't be spending what few turns it has attacking; rather, it should just be setting up hazards and then departing the field for good.</p>

<p>In order to make full use of the team support it provides, Glalie needs to be paired with a spinblocker. Due to Glalie's ability to easily gain momentum for the team, defensive spinblockers, such as Misdreavus and Cofagrigus, are not recommended. Instead, it's better to use more offensively minded spinblockers, such as Rotom and Haunter, both of whom abuse Spikes well on top of blocking Rapid Spin. Likewise, Glalie also pairs well with most offensive Pokemon. Moltres, for example, is capable of 2HKOing the majority of the metagame with entry hazard support, as are Honchkrow and Lilligant, all of whom force switches easily. More offensive Water-types, such as Floatzel and Feraligatr, also partner well with Glalie, since they have excellent synergy as well as the ability to abuse Spikes to the fullest.</p>

[Other Options]

<p>In terms of decent STAB moves, Glalie gets Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Ice Fang, and Avalanche, although none of them are particularly useful considering Glalie's lackluster attacking stats. Glalie can run a fairly decent Choice Band set, with Ice Fang or Avalanche, Crunch, Earthquake, and Explosion, but it simply doesn't hit very hard. In a similar vein, Glalie can also pull off a Choice Specs set with Ice Beam, Hidden Power, Shadow Ball, and Explosion, although again, even with the Choice Specs boost, it's not breaking through many opponents.</p>

<p>Thanks to Ice Body, Glalie can effectively pull off defensive sets in hail, although these sets are usually outclassed by either Regice or Walrein, both of whom have significantly greater bulk. However, Glalie does have a niche in its ability to use Spikes, so it's not totally terrible in a defensive role. Just don't expect it to take many hits, even with investment. Pure defensive Spikes sets used outside of hail are almost always outclassed by Omastar though, and thus not a good option for Glalie.</p>

<p>Finally, Glalie does have a few decent support options, most notably Rain Dance and Light Screen, to complement Spikes. Glalie does not make a great fit on most rain teams, however, since they usually need more durable rain inducers and Glalie doesn't help eliminate threats to most rain teams anyways. Light Screen is also relatively useless, since Glalie doesn't get Reflect to complement it.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>Most Rapid Spinners, especially Kabutops, Hitmonchan, and Hitmonlee, all handle Glalie really well. They can Rapid Spin to blow away its hazards, have super effective moves to activate Focus Sash, and priority moves to bring down Glalie before it can Explode. In addition, Entei, Typhlosion, and Moltres are all capable of limiting Glalie to one layer of Spikes, since they outspeed Glalie and 2HKO it with ease. Strong Fighting-, Steel-, and Rock-types also pose problems for Glalie, as they're all capable of heavily damaging it. Lastly, just about any Pokemon with decent offenses can usually break through Glalie due to its relatively flimsy defenses.</p>

[Dream World]

<p>Glalie gets Moody via the Dream World; however, this ability is banned and thus cannot be used.</p>

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[Overview]

<p>Glalie is a Pokemon that has been forgotten since its advent in Adv. Possessing totally average stats across the board, along with having a rather sparse movepool has left it either shunned or simply skipped over by most competitive players. The combination of average stats and a shallow movepool has lead the majority of competitive players to overlook Glalie. However, Satan’s hockey mask still has a relatively comfortable spot in RU, with some useful niche moves and uses.</p>

[SET]
name: Spiker
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Explosion
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Focus Sash
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Although [captial W]ith the development of team preview, aggressive suicide leads such as Glalie are usually frowned upon,<add period>. it still can pull off a lead role pretty well. However, Glalie can still pull off the lead roll effectively in RU. This is because of its nearly unique combination of moves in Spikes, Taunt, and Explosion, which is possessed by no Pokemon other than Qwilfish. Spikes, Taunt and Explosion form the crux of this moveset. Spikes provides extremely useful team support, while Taunt shuts down many Pokemon trying to set up, and thanks to Glalie’s decent Speed, also prevents some slower Pokemon from laying Stealth Rock. Explosion is crucial to the moveset, despite its nerf, because it allows Glalie to set Spikes<add comma>, and then get out of the way fast, allowing for some sweeper to switch in without fear. Ice Shard is essentially a filler, but is useful for breaking Focus Sashes on Pokemon like Scolipede, who will almost always open against Glalie with a faster Taunt.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>Glalie has many relatively decent move options over Ice Shard, such as Avalanche, Ice Fang, and Ice Beam. However, while these are all capable of significantly out-damaging Ice Shard, they defeat the purpose of the set, since Glalie loses the ability to break Focus Sashes before getting hit with an attack, and using Ice Beam requires Special Attack investment, which significantly weakens Explosion. Continuing, they don’t really help Glalie accomplish its goal: lay Spikes, possibly break a Focus Sash, and then go boom. Instead, they just complicate what is a simple and easy to use Pokemon.</p>

<p>Glalie can use bulkier EVs, in order to give it slightly more survivability, but it is not recommended. Glalie can opt to run a more defensive EV spread to increase its survivability, but it isn't recommended due to its offensive nature. This is because one of the key points to using Glalie is to remembering that it has to play more aggressively than other Spikes users, setting Spikes right off the bat<add comma>, and then exploding for a free switch in for a sweeper. This is also why max Speed and max Attack is superior to investing in Attack and Special Attack on the same set, since Glalie shouldn’t be spending what few turns it has attacking, it should just be setting up hazards and then going boom. This is also why maximizing Speed and Attack is superior to running mixed offenses, since Glalie shouldn't be spending what few turns it has attacking. Instead, it should just be setting up hazards, then going boom.</p>



<p>In order to be used effectively and to the best of its ability, Glalie needs to be paired with a spinblocker. Due to Glalie being able to easily gain momentum for the team, defensive spinblockers, like such as Misdreavus and Cofagrigus, are not recommended. Instead, it’s best to use more offensively minded spinblockers, like such as Rotom and Haunter, both of whom abuse Spikes well on top of blocking Rapid Spin. Continuing, Glalie also pairs well with most offensive Pokemon that abuse Spikes. Moltres, for example, is capable of 2HKOing the majority of the metagame with entry hazard support, as are Honchkrow and Lilligant, all of whom force switches easily. More offensively minded Water-types, like such as Floatzel and Feraligatr also partner well with it, since they have excellent synergy as well as being able to abuse Spikes to the fullest.</p>

[Other Options]

<p>Glalie has a relatively shallow movepool, but it still has some options. In terms of decent STAB moves, it gets Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Ice Fang, and Avalanche, although none of them are particularly useful when backed by its lackluster attacking stats offensive capabilities. However, Glalie can run a fairly decent Choice Band set, with Ice Fang or Avalanche, Crunch, Earthquake, and Explosion, but it simply doesn’t hit very hard. While Glalie can run a Choice Band set consisting of: Ice Fang or Avalanche, Crunch, Earthquake, and Explosion, it lacks the raw power needed to use it effectively. In a similar vein, Glalie can also pull off a Choice Specs set with Ice Beam, Hidden Power, Shadow Ball, and Explosion, although again, even with the Choice Specs boost, it’s not breaking through much.</p>



<p>Thanks to Ice Body, Glalie can effectively pull off defensive sets in Hail, although they are usually outclassed by either Regice or Walrein, both of whom have significantly more overall bulk<add comma>, and can thus pull those sets off much better. However, Glalie does have a niche in its ability to use Spikes, so it’s not totally terrible with a defensive role. Just don’t expect it to take many hits, even with investment. Pure defensive Spikes sets used outside of Hail are almost always outclassed by Omastar though, and thus not a good option for Glalie.</p>



<p>Finally, Glalie does get has a few decent support options, most notably Rain Dance and Light Screen, to compliment Spikes. Glalie does not make a great fit on most Rain teams, however; since they usually need more durable setters and Glalie doesn’t particularly help eliminate threats to most Rain teams anyways. Light Screen is also relatively useless, since Glalie doesn’t get Reflect to compliment it.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>Most Rapid Spinners, especially Kabutops, Hitmonchan, and Hitmonlee all handle Glalie really well. They can Rapid Spin away its hazards, and have [lower case S]uper [lower case E]ffective moves and priority moves that allow them to bring Glalie down to its Focus Sash<add comma>, and then follow up and KO it before it can [lower case E]xplode on them. In addition, Entei, Typhlosion, and Moltres are all capable to limiting Glalie to one layer of Spikes, since they outspeed and 2HKO with ease. Strong Fighting-, Steel-, and Rock-types also pose problems for Glalie, as they’re all capable of heavily damaging it. Lastly,just hitting Glalie hard with something with decent offenses is enough to make its relatively flimsy defenses crumple without too much trouble.</p>

[Dream World]

<p>Glalie gets Moody via the Dreamworld, however; it is banned and thus cannot be used.</p>

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[Overview]

<p>Glalie is a Pokemon that has been largely / rather preferential - just thought an adjective here would make it flow better forgotten since its advent in Adv ADV. Possessing totally average stats across the board, along with having a rather sparse movepool has left it , it's no wonder that Glalie has been either shunned or simply skipped over overlooked preferential by most competitive players. However, thanks to a few niche moves, Satan’ 's hockey mask still has enjoys a relatively comfortable spot in the RU tier. , with some useful niche moves and uses.</p>

[SET]
name: Spiker
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Explosion
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Focus Sash
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Although With the development advent / introduction is a better word here imo because development seems to imply a gradual process of forming of team preview, aggressive suicide leads such as Glalie are usually frowned upon.<period> , it still can pull off a lead role pretty well. This is because ofits nearly unique combination of moves in Spikes, Taunt, and Explosion, which is possessed by no Pokemon other than Qwilfish. However, due to its nearly unique combination of moves in Spikes, Taunt, and Explosion—shared with only Qwilfish—Glalie can pull off a suicide lead role very well. Spikes, Taunt and Explosion These three moves if you're not changing this, note that you need a comma after 'taunt' form the crux of this moveset. Spikes provides extremely useful team support, while Taunt shuts down many Pokemon trying to set up, and thanks to Glalie’ 's decent Speed, also prevents some slower Pokemon from laying Stealth Rock. Explosion is crucial to the moveset, despite its nerf, because it allows Glalie to set Spikes and then get out of the way fast, allowing for some a frail sweeper to switch in without fear. Ice Shard is essentially a filler move, but is useful for breaking Focus Sashes on Pokemon like such as Scolipede, who will almost always open against Glalie with a faster Taunt use Taunt when faced with an opposing Glalie.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>Glalie has many relatively decent move options over Ice Shard, such as Avalanche, Ice Fang, and Ice Beam. However, While these are all capable of significantly out-damaging Ice Shard, they defeat the purpose of the set, since Glalie loses the ability to break Focus Sashes before getting hit with an attack, Ice Shard's ability to break Focus Sashes is far more important. and using Furthermore, Ice Beam requires Special Attack investment, which significantly weakens Explosion. Continuing, They don’ 't really help Glalie accomplish its goal: of laying Spikes, possibly breaking a Focus Sash, and then going boom. Instead, they just complicate what is a simple and easy to use Pokemon.</p>

<p>Glalie can use bulkier EVs, invest in its defenses in order to give it slightly more survivability, but it is not recommended. This is because one of the key points to using Glalie is to remember that it has to Glalie should be played more aggressively than other Spikes users, by setting Spikes right off the bat then exploding for , so as to grant a sweeper a free switch in for a sweeper. This is also why max Speed and max Attack maximizing Speed and Attack is superior to investing in both Attack and Special Attack on the same set, since Glalie shouldn’ 't be spending what few turns it has attacking; rather, it should just be setting up hazards and then going boom departing the field for good.</p>



<p>In order to be used effectively and to the best of its ability make full use of the team support it provides, Glalie needs to be paired with a spinblocker. Due to Glalie's ability being able to easily gain momentum for the team, defensive spinblockers, like such as Misdreavus and Cofagrigus, are not recommended. Instead, it’ 's best better to use more offensively minded spinblockers, like such as Rotom and Haunter, both of whom abuse Spikes well on top of blocking Rapid Spin. Continuing Likewise, Glalie also pairs well with most offensive Pokemon that abuse Spikes. Moltres, for example, is capable of 2HKOing the majority of the metagame with entry hazard support, as are Honchkrow and Lilligant, all of whom force switches easily. More offensively minded Water-types, like such as Floatzel and Feraligatr also partner well with it Glalie, since they have excellent synergy as well as being able the ability to abuse Spikes to the fullest.</p>

[Other Options]

<p>Glalie has a relatively shallow movepool, but it still has some options. filler :/ In terms of decent STAB moves, it Glalie gets Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Ice Fang, and Avalanche, although none of them are particularly useful when backed by its lackluster attacking stats. However, Glalie can run a fairly decent Choice Band set, with Ice Fang or Avalanche, Crunch, Earthquake, and Explosion, but it simply doesn’ 't hit very hard. In a similar vein, Glalie can also pull off a Choice Specs set with Ice Beam, Hidden Power, Shadow Ball, and Explosion, although again, even with the Choice Specs boost, it’ 's not breaking through much.</p>



<p>Thanks to Ice Body, Glalie can effectively pull off defensive sets in hail, although they are usually outclassed by either Regice or Walrein, both of whom have significantly more overall greater bulk and can thus pull those sets off much better. However, Glalie does have a niche in its ability to use Spikes, so it’ 's not totally terrible with in a defensive role. Just don’ 't expect it to take many hits, even with investment. Pure defensive Spikes sets used outside of hail are almost always outclassed by Omastar though, and thus not a good option for Glalie.</p>



<p>Finally, Glalie does get a few decent support options, most notably Rain Dance and Light Screen, to complement Spikes. Glalie does not make a great fit on most rain teams, however, since they usually need more durable setters rain inducers and Glalie doesn’ 't particularly help eliminate threats to most rain teams anyways. Light Screen is also relatively useless, since Glalie doesn’ 't get Reflect to complement it.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>Most Rapid Spinners, especially Kabutops, Hitmonchan, and Hitmonlee,<comma> all handle Glalie really well. They can Rapid Spin away its hazards, and have super effective moves and priority moves that allow them to bring Glalie down to its Focus Sash and then follow up and KO it before it can Explode on them. In addition, Entei, Typhlosion, and Moltres are all capable to limiting Glalie to one layer of Spikes, since they outspeed and 2HKO with ease. Strong Fighting-, Steel-, and Rock-types also pose problems for Glalie, as they’ 're all capable of heavily damaging it. Lastly, just hitting Glalie hard with something with decent offenses is enough to make just about any Pokemon with decent offenses can usually break through its relatively flimsy defenses crumple without too much trouble.</p>

[Dream World]

<p>Glalie gets Moody via the Dreamworld, Dream World; however, it this ability is banned and thus cannot be used.</p>

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Windsong said:

[Overview]

<p>Glalie is a Pokemon that has been largely forgotten since its advent in ADV. Since the advent of ADV, Glalie has been a largely forgotten Pokemon. past tense needed here Possessing totally average stats across the board, along with a rather sparse movepool, it's no wonder that Glalie has been either shunned or simply overlooked by most competitive players. However, thanks to a few niche moves, Satan's hockey mask WAAH! Hockey is cool! still enjoys a relatively comfortable spot in the RU tier.</p>

[SET]
name: Spiker
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Explosion
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Focus Sash
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>With the introduction of team preview, aggressive suicide leads are usually frowned upon. However, due to its nearly unique combination of moves in Spikes, Taunt, and Explosion—shared with only Qwilfish—Glalie can pull off a suicide lead role very well. These three moves form the crux of this moveset(semicolon)(remove period) Spikes provides extremely useful team support, while Taunt shuts down many Pokemon trying to set up, and thanks to Glalie's decent Speed, also prevents slower Pokemon from laying Stealth Rock. Explosion is crucial to the moveset, despite its nerf, because it allows Glalie to set up Spikes and then get out of the way fast go out with a bang, allowing for a frail sweeper to switch in without fear. Ice Shard is essentially a filler move, but is useful for breaking Focus Sashes on Pokemon such as Scolipede, who will almost always use Taunt when faced with an opposing Glalie.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>Glalie has many relatively decent move options over Ice Shard, such as Avalanche, Ice Fang, and Ice Beam. While these are all capable of significantly out-damaging Ice Shard, Ice Shard's ability to break Focus Sashes is far more important. Furthermore, Ice Beam requires Special Attack investment, which significantly weakens Explosion. They These moves don't really help Glalie accomplish its goal of laying Spikes, possibly breaking a Focus Sash, and then going boom. Instead, they just complicate what is a simple and easy to use Pokemon.</p>

<p>Glalie can invest in its defenses in order to give it itself slightly more survivability, but it this is not recommended. This is because Glalie should be played more aggressively than other Spikes users, by setting Spikes right off the bat then exploding, so as to grant a sweeper a free switch in. This is also why maximizing Speed and Attack is superior to investing in both Attack and Special Attack on the same set, since Glalie shouldn't be spending what few turns it has attacking; rather, it should just be setting up hazards and then departing the field for good.</p>


<p>In order to make full use of the team support it provides, Glalie needs to be paired with a spinblocker. Due to Glalie's ability to easily gain momentum for the team, defensive spinblockers(comma) such as Misdreavus and Cofagrigus(comma) are not recommended. Instead, it's better to use more offensively minded spinblockers, such as Rotom and Haunter, both of whom abuse Spikes well on top of blocking Rapid Spin. Likewise, Glalie also pairs well with most offensive Pokemon(period) that abuse Spikes. Moltres, for example, is capable of 2HKOing the majority of the metagame with entry hazard support, as are Honchkrow and Lilligant, all of whom force switches easily. More offensive Water-types(comma) such as Floatzel and Feraligatr(comma) also partner well with Glalie, since they have excellent synergy as well as the ability to abuse Spikes to the fullest.</p>

[Other Options]

<p>In terms of decent STAB moves, Glalie gets Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Ice Fang, and Avalanche, although none of them are particularly useful when backed by its considering Glalie's lackluster attacking stats. Glalie can run a fairly decent Choice Band set, with Ice Fang or Avalanche, Crunch, Earthquake, and Explosion, but it simply doesn't hit very hard. In a similar vein, Glalie can also pull off a Choice Specs set with Ice Beam, Hidden Power, Shadow Ball, and Explosion, although again, even with the Choice Specs boost, it’ 's it's not breaking through much many opponents.</p>


<p>Thanks to Ice Body, Glalie can effectively pull off defensive sets in hail, although they these sets are usually outclassed by either Regice or Walrein, both of whom have significantly greater bulk. However, Glalie does have a niche in its ability to use Spikes, so it's not totally terrible in a defensive role. Just don't expect it to take many hits, even with investment. Pure defensive Spikes sets used outside of hail are almost always outclassed by Omastar though, and thus not a good option for Glalie.</p>



<p>Finally, Glalie does get have a few decent support options, most notably Rain Dance and Light Screen, to complement Spikes. Glalie does not make a great fit on most rain teams, however, since they usually need more durable rain inducers and Glalie doesn't particularly help eliminate threats to most rain teams anyways. Light Screen is also relatively useless, since Glalie doesn't get Reflect to complement it.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>Most Rapid Spinners, especially Kabutops, Hitmonchan, and Hitmonlee,<comma> all handle Glalie really well. They can Rapid Spin to blow away its hazards, and have super effective moves to activate Focus Sash(comma) and priority moves that allow them to bring Glalie down to its Focus Sash and KO it down Glalie before it can Explode(period) on them. In addition, Entei, Typhlosion, and Moltres are all capable to of limiting Glalie to one layer of Spikes, since they outspeed and 2HKO with ease. Strong Fighting-, Steel-, and Rock-types also pose problems for Glalie, as they’ 're they're all capable of heavily damaging it. Lastly, just about any Pokemon with decent offenses can usually break through Glalie due to its relatively flimsy defenses(period) its relatively flimsy defenses without too much trouble.</p>

[Dream World]

<p>Glalie gets Moody via the Dream World; however, this ability is banned and thus cannot be used.</p>


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