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[overview]
**Draft Order**: Round 7 onwards

**Price Range**: 1-2 points

**Overview**: Glaceon is a niche special attacker that is capable of occasionally providing offensive value with its high Special Attack stat and access to Freeze-Dry. However, it is largely held back by its low Speed stat, lack of coverage, and its Ice typing's poor defensive profile.

[strategy comments]

Common Roles
========
**Wallbreaker**: Glaceon often uses four attacking moves, usually paired with Choice Specs or Heavy-Duty Boots, to trade for damage early- to mid-game.

**Defensive Utility**: With Wish to stay healthy, a bulkier Glaceon can come in several times throughout the game to pressure out offensive Pokemon that are weak to Freeze-Dry. Roar, Haze, and Yawn can be used to prevent foes from setting up on it.

**Setup Sweeper**: Glaceon can attempt to use Calm Mind and occasionally Trailblaze, usually paired with Tera, to sweep.

Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Ice Beam, Freeze-Dry

**Setup Moves**: Calm Mind

**Utility Moves**: Roar, Haze, Substitute, Yawn, Wish

**Coverage**: Shadow Ball, Alluring Voice, Tera Blast

Niche Moves
========
**Blizzard**: Blizzard can be used as a primary STAB move in battles where snow is expected to be up, such as when Glaceon is paired with a Slowking forme or when facing a snow team.

**Mud Shot / Water Pulse**: Mud Shot and Water Pulse are Glaceon's best coverage options against Steel- and Fire-types without Terastallizing.

**Ice Shard**: Despite being a Special Attacker, Ice Shard gives Glaceon an option to pick off faster weakened targets, making it a good option as a filler move.

**Stored Power**: On setup sets, Stored Power gives Glaceon another spammable move option other than its STAB moves.

**Trailblaze**: Trailblaze can help mitigate Glaceon's issues with Speed, although it needs multiple Speed boosts to outspeed the fastest threats.

**Mirror Coat**: With enough bulk investment, a resistance Berry, or a Focus Sash, Glaceon can trade for damage or KOs against strong special attackers with Mirror Coat.

Common Items
========
**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Since Glaceon is an Ice-type, it appreciates Heavy-Duty Boots preventing the entry damage from Stealth Rock.

**Choice Specs**: Choice Specs can turn Glaceon into a terrifying wallbreaker in the right situations.

**Other Damage-boosting Items**: Items such as Expert Belt and Never-Melt Ice give Glaceon a damage boost on sets that don't want to lock into a move by running Choice Specs.

Niche Items
========
**Weakness Policy**: Glaceon's passable bulk and numerous weaknesses occasionally makes Weakness Policy a viable option. When positioned correctly, Weakness Policy allows it to fire back at the attacker for massive damage or set up for a sweep with Trailblaze.

**Resistance Berries**: Resistance Berries such as a Chople and Occa Berry let Glaceon trade for damage more effectively against Pokemon with a favorable type matchup or good coverage options.

**Focus Sash**: Like Resistance Berries, a Focus Sash helps Glaceon guarantee damage against offensive threats with its STAB move of choice or Mirror Coat.

**Choice Scarf**: Choice Scarf allows Glaceon to outrun certain threats to get hits off more reliably.

**Leftovers**: Since setup sets struggle to fit Wish for recovery, they most often rely on Leftovers for healing.

Tera
========
Because of its low Speed and unfavorable defensive type, Glaceon appreciates the ability to Terastallize. However, its low cost means that it is typically outclassed by more expensive secondary Tera Captains. If made a Captain, defensive Tera types such as Tera Fairy and Water allow Calm Mind sets to set up more effectively, and offensive Tera types such as Tera Ground and Fire give it the secondary STAB typing necessary to hit foes that would otherwise wall it. Tera Ice can also be used, allowing Ice Beam to get 2HKOs on certain Ice-resistant foes when paired with Choice Specs.

Draft Strategy
========
Glaceon is an overall niche pick as an Ice-type wallbreaker with access to Freeze-Dry, which fits best on teams that need cheap offensive support against Ice-weak Pokemon.

**Entry Hazard Removal**: Because Glaceon is at its most threatening when not using Heavy-Duty Boots, entry hazard removal options such as Great Tusk, Corviknight, and Iron Treads are practically required for it to be useful at all.

**Strong Primary Offense**: Due to its inconsistency, Glaceon is only supplementary for the primary offense on a draft. Strong, faster offensive pivots and wallbreakers such as Iron Moth, Meowscarada, and Greninja that benefit from Glaceon forcing damage in the early-game or allow it to position for a win in the late-game are needed for it to perform.

Checks and Counters
========
**Entry Hazards**: Entry hazards, especially Stealth Rock, keep Glaceon from entering the field safely, barring Heavy-Duty Boots sets, which tend to be easier to beat due to lower damage and longevity.

**Steel- and Fire-types**: Since they are able to resist Glaceon's STAB moves and threaten it out with super effective STAB moves of their own, Steel- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Chi-Yu, Metagross, Scizor, and Blaziken often keep it in check.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Specially bulky Pokemon that are neutral to Glaceon's Ice-type moves, such as Galarian Slowking, Tyranitar, and Hisuian Goodra, are able to switch in many times over to course of the game to force it out, especially if they have access to disruption moves to interfere with Calm Mind sets.

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[overview]

**Draft Order**: Round 7 onwards 8


**Price Range**: 1-2 points


**Overview**: Glaceon is a niche special attacker, capable of occasionally providing offensive value with its high Special Attack stat and access to Freeze Dry. However, it is largely held back by its low Speed stat, lack of coverage, and the Ice typing’s poor defensive profile. Because of its low speed and unfavorable defensive type, Glaceon can be difficult to bring in and consistently impact the game with. Glaceon appreciates the ability to terastallize, but its low cost means that it is typically outclassed by more expensive secondary Tera captains. Move this part to the Tera section


[strategy comments]

Common Roles

========

**All-Out Attacker Wallbreaker**: Glaceon often uses four attacking moves, usually paired with Choice Specs or Heavy-Duty Boots, to trade for damage early- to mid-game.

**Scarfed Cleaner**: Choice Scarf allows Glaceon to circumvent its low speed to a degree, allowing it to clean up endgames. However, even with a scarf, Glaceon is still outsped naturally by the faster Pokemon in the meta, so it needs a lot of support to fill this role.

**Setup Sweeper**: Glaceon can attempt to use Calm Mind (and occasionally Trailblaze), usually paired with Tera, to sweep weakened teams.

**Trick Room**: Under trick room, Glaceon’s low speed becomes an advantage, allowing it to force major progress against fast offensive teams. Can't set up trick room on its own, not viable as a trick room sweeper


Common Moves

========

**Primary STAB Moves**: Ice Beam, Blizzard, Freeze Dry

**Setup Moves**: Calm Mind, Trailblaze Move to Niche

**Utility Moves**: Roar, Haze, Substitute, Yawn

**Coverage**: Shadow Ball, Alluring Voice, Tera Blast


Niche Moves

========

**Mud Shot and Water Pulse**: Mud Shot and Water Pulse are Glaceon’s best coverage options against Steel and Fire types without Terastallizing.

**Ice Shard**: Despite being a Special Attacker, Ice Shard gives Glaceon an option to pick off faster, weakened targets, making it a good option as a filler move.

**Stored Power**: On setup sets, Stored Power gives Glaceon another spammable move option other than its STAB.

**Weather Ball**: Under rain or sun, Weather Ball gives Glaceon a better option to hit Fire- or Steel-types, respectively.

**Copycat**: On pivot-based teams, Copycat gives Glaceon the ability to copy a teammate’s U-Turn, Volt Switch, etc. This makes it a decent option as a filler move on choiced set.

Both of these options are far too niche

**Wish**: Wish is an option on setup sets for longevity, although with the moveslot requirement makes it difficult to fit on most sets (especially if Protect is used as well). Glaceon’s pitiful HP stat also means that it will not be able to provide meaningful healing to its teammates with Wish. Isn't going to have time to click wish, nor is it going to be passing it to anyone with its low HP


Common Items

========

**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Since Glaceon is an Ice type, it appreciates Heavy-Duty Boots preventing the entry damage from Stealth Rock.

**Choice Specs**: Choice Specs can turn Glaceon into a terrifying breaker in the right situations.

**Choice Scarf**: Choice Scarf allows Glaceon to outrun certain threats, allowing it to get hits off more reliably.

**Leftovers**: Since setup sets struggle to fit Wish for recovery, the most often will rely on Leftovers for healing.

**Other damage-boosting items**: Items such as Expert Belt and Never-Melt Ice gives Glaceon a damage boost on sets that don’t want to lock into a move by running Choice Specs.


Niche Items

========

**Weakness Policy**: Glaceon’s passable bulk occasionally makes Weakness Policy a viable option. When positioned correctly, Weakness Policy allows Glaceon to fire back at the attacker for massive damage or set up for a sweep with Trailblaze.

**Resist Berries**: Resist berries (such as a Chople or Occa berry) let Glaceon trade for damage more effectively against Pokémon with a favorable type matchup or good coverage options.

**Blunder Policy**: Blunder Policy gives Glaceon an inconsistent method of doubling its speed when running Blizzard. Setup sets don't have room for Blizzard, and non setup sets would rather have the immediate impact of a Choice item

Tera

========

Glaceon benefits greatly from Tera, although its low cost means there will always be a significant amount of the Tera budget that goes unused if it’s drafted as a Tera Captain. Defensive Tera types such as Fairy or Water allow Calm Mind sets to set up more effectively, and offensive Tera types such as Ground or Fire gives Glaceon the secondary STAB necessary to hit types that would otherwise wall it. A Tera type of Ice can also be used, allowing Glaceon’s Ice Beam to even 2-hit KO its way through certain resists when paired with Choice Specs.


Draft Strategy

========

There should be a paragraph here describing when to draft Glaceon (as a niche wallbreaker and for Ice coverage)

**Entry Hazard Removal**: Because Glaceon is at its most threatening when not using Heavy Duty boots, entry hazard removal options are practically required for it to be useful at all. Reliable removers such as Great Tusk, Corviknight, and Iron Treads can help keep entry hazards off for Glaceon.

**Strong Offense**: Due to its inconsistency, Glaceon is only supplementary for the primary offense on a draft. Strong, faster offensive pivots and breakers such as Iron Moth, Meowscarda, and Greninja that benefit from Glaceon forcing damage in the early-game or allow Glaceon to position for a win in the late-game are needed for Glaceon to perform.

**Weather**: While not a necessity, Glaceon does benefit from weather, primarily snow and rain. Snow’s Defense boost allows Glaceon to match up better into physical attackers, and the additional longevity from Ice Body is appreciated, especially on Calm Mind sets. Glaceon can fill this niche most effectively when paired with a Slowking form. Under rain, Glaceon gains access to what is effectively a 150 base power coverage move in Weather Ball and turns off its Fire weakness, flipping its matchup against most Fire types and giving it a much stronger neutral hit into other Pokémon that resist its Ice moves. Not sure about this, seems a bit too niche but will leave for QC1 to look at.

**Slow Pivot**: Glaceon really does not want to take hits due to middling bulk bad typing, should make mention here. Esp. Slowking/Glowking chilly reception for def boost


Checks and Counters

========

**Stealth Rock**: Stealth Rock keeps Glaceon from entering the field safely, barring Heavy-Duty Boots sets (which tend to be easier to beat due to lower damage and longevity). Pokémon that don’t struggle to fit Stealth Rock such as Landorus-Therian, Skarmory, or Iron Treads can fill this role easily.

**Steel- and Fire-types**: Able to resist Glaceon’s Ice STAB and threaten Glaceon out with super-effective STABs of their own, Steel- and Fire-type Pokémon such as Chi-Yu, Metagross, Scizor, and Blaziken often keep Glaceon in check.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Specially bulky Pokémon neutral to Glaceon’s Ice STAB (such as Galarian Slowking, Tyranitar, and Hisuian Goodra) are able to switch in many times over to course of the game to force Glaceon out, especially if they have access to disruption moves to interfere with Calm Mind sets.

**Fast Pivots**: Can wear down Glac with U-turn/Volt switch and bring in pokemon that shrug off its attacks, Glaceon wants to take few hits over course of match

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[overview]
**Draft Order**: Round 7 onwards

**Price Range**: 1-2 points

**Overview**: Glaceon is a niche special attacker, capable of occasionally providing offensive value with its high Special Attack stat and access to Freeze Dry. However, it is largely held back by its low Speed stat, lack of coverage, and the Ice typing’s poor defensive profile.

[strategy comments]

Common Roles
========
**Wallbreaker**: Glaceon often uses four attacking moves, usually paired with Choice Specs or Heavy-Duty Boots, to trade for damage early- to mid-game

**Scarfed Cleaner**: Choice Scarf allows Glaceon to circumvent its low speed to a degree, allowing it to clean up endgames. However, even with a scarf, Glaceon is still outspeed naturally by the faster Pokemon in the meta. Too niche, it can't really do this reliably

**Setup Sweeper**: Glaceon can attempt to use Calm Mind (and occasionally Trailblaze), usually paired with Tera, to sweep.

Add a defensive set - it can run bulk to check specific mons, typically water types, while still doing good damage with its high spa, & it can use wish to stay healthy

Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Ice Beam, Blizzard, Freeze Dry

**Setup Moves**: Calm Mind

**Utility Moves**: Roar, Haze, Substitute, Yawn, Wish

**Coverage**: Shadow Ball, Alluring Voice, Tera Blast

Niche Moves
========
**Mud Shot and Water Pulse**: Mud Shot and Water Pulse are Glaceon’s best coverage options against Steel and Fire types without Terastallizing.

**Ice Shard**: Despite being a Special Attacker, Ice Shard gives Glaceon an option to pick off faster, weakened targets, making it a good option as a filler move.

**Stored Power**: On setup sets, Stored Power gives Glaceon another spammable move option other than its STAB.

**Trailblaze**: Trailblaze can help mitigate Glaceon's issues with speed, although it needs multiple speed boosts to outspeed the fastest threats.

Add Mirror Coat

Common Items
========
**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Since Glaceon it an Ice type, it appreciates Heavy-Duty Boots preventing the entry damage from Stealth Rock.

**Choice Specs**: Choice Specs can turn Glaceon into a terrifying breaker in the right situations.

**Choice Scarf**: Choice Scarf allows Glaceon to outrun certain threats, allowing it to get hits off more reliably. Move this to niche

**Leftovers**: Since setup sets struggle to fit Wish for recovery, the most often will rely on Leftovers for healing. Move to niche

**Other damage-boosting items**: Items such as Expert Belt and Never-Melt Ice gives Glaceon a damage boost on sets that don’t want to lock into a move by running Choice Specs.

Niche Items
========
**Weakness Policy**: Glaceon’s passable bulk occasionally makes Weakness Policy a viable option. When positioned correctly, Weakness Policy allows Glaceon to fire back at the attacker for massive damage or set up for a sweep with Trailblaze.

**Resit Berries**: Resit berries (such as a Chople or Occa berry) let Glaceon trade for damage more effectively against Pokémon with a favorable type matchup or good coverage options. Mention mirror coat here too

Add Sash - works well with mirror coat & can let it guarantee damage

Tera
========
Because of its low speed and unfavorable defensive type, Glaceon appreciates the ability to terastallize. However, its low cost means that it is typically outclassed by more expensive secondary Tera captains. although its low cost means there will always be a significant amount of the Tera budget that goes unused if it’s drafted as a Tera Captain. Defensive Tera types such as Fairy or Water allow Calm Mind sets to set up more effectively, and offensive Tera types such as Ground or Fire gives Glaceon the secondary STAB necessary to hit types that would otherwise wall it. A Tera type of Ice can also be used, allowing Glaceon’s Ice Beam to even 2-hit KO its way through certain resists when paired with Choice Specs.

Draft Strategy
========
Glaceon is an overall niche pick as an Ice-type wall breaker with access to Freeze Dry, best for teams that need cheap offensive support against Ice-weak Pokemon.

**Entry Hazard Removal**: Because Glaceon is at its most threatening when not using Heavy Duty boots, entry hazard removal options are practically required for it to be useful at all. Reliable removers such as Great Tusk, Corviknight, and Iron Treads can help keep entry hazards off for Glaceon.

**Strong Primary Offense**: Due to its inconsistency, Glaceon is only supplementary for the primary offense on a draft. Strong, faster offensive pivots and breakers such as Iron Moth, Meowscarda, and Greninja that benefit from Glaceon forcing damage in the early-game or allow Glaceon to position for a win in the late-game are needed for Glaceon to perform.

**Slow Pivots**: Glaceon appreciates the support of slow pivots such as Corviknight or a Slowking form to position it safely.

**Weather**: While not a necessity, Glaceon does benefit from weather, primarily snow and rain. Snow’s Defense boost allows Glaceon to match up better into physical attackers, and the additional longevity from Ice Body is appreciated, especially on Calm Mind sets. Glaceon can fill this niche most effectively when paired with a Slowking form. Under rain, Glaceon gains access to what is effectively a 150 base power coverage move in Weather Ball and turns off its Fire weakness, flipping its matchup against most Fire types and giving it a much stronger neutral hit into other Pokémon that resist its Ice moves. These are too niche, it's a glaceon, it should just be slapped onto teams to fill holes & shouldnt really rely on other pokemon much to enable it. (the other two are fine to keep since they're much more relevant)

Checks and Counters
========
**Stealth Rock Entry Hazards**: It's weak to all hazards, especially rocks but spikes / tspikes tear through it too Stealth Rock keeps Glaceon from entering the field safely, barring Heavy-Duty Boots sets (which tend to be easier to beat due to lower damage and longevity). Pokémon that don’t struggle to fit Stealth Rock such as Landorus-Therian, Skarmory, or Iron Treads can fill this role easily.

**Steel- and Fire-types**: Able to resist Glaceon’s Ice STAB and threaten Glaceon out with super-effective STABs of their own, Steel- and Fire-type Pokémon such as Chi-Yu, Metagross, Scizor, and Blaziken often keep Glaceon in check.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Specially bulky Pokémon neutral to Glaceon’s Ice STAB (such as Galarian Slowking, Tyranitar, and Hisuian Goodra) are able to switch in many times over to course of the game to force Glaceon out, especially if they have access to disruption moves to interfere with Calm Mind sets.

**Fast Pivots**: Fast pivots can wear down Glaceon with moves like U-turn and Volt Switch and bring in counters to prevent Glaceon from making progress. doesnt really do much damage esp since glaceon gets to run a lot of bulk for free usually

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[overview]
**Draft Order**: Round 7 onwards

**Price Range**: 1-2 points

**Overview**: Glaceon is a niche special attacker, capable of occasionally providing offensive value with its high Special Attack stat and access to Freeze-Dry. However, it is largely held back by its low Speed stat, lack of coverage, and the Ice typing’s poor defensive profile.

[strategy comments]
Common Roles
========
**Wallbreaker**: Glaceon often uses four attacking moves, usually paired with Choice Specs or Heavy-Duty Boots, to trade for damage early- to mid-game.

**Defensive Utility**: With Wish to stay healthy, a bulkier Glaceon can come in several times throughout the game to pressure out offensive Pokemon that are weak to Freeze-Dry. Roar, Haze, or Yawn can be used to prevent foes from setting up on it.

**Setup Sweeper**: Glaceon can attempt to use Calm Mind (and occasionally Trailblaze), usually paired with Tera, to sweep.

Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Ice Beam, Blizzard, Freeze-Dry

**Setup Moves**: Calm Mind

**Utility Moves**: Roar, Haze, Substitute, Yawn, Wish, Protect

**Coverage**: Shadow Ball, Alluring Voice, Tera Blast

Niche Moves
========
**Blizzard**: used when paired with slowking or fighting a snow team. you can mention ice body here

**Mud Shot and / Water Pulse**: Mud Shot and Water Pulse are Glaceon’s best coverage options against Steel and Fire types without Terastallizing.

**Ice Shard**: Despite being a Special Attacker, Ice Shard gives Glaceon an option to pick off faster, weakened targets, making it a good option as a filler move.

**Stored Power**: On setup sets, Stored Power gives Glaceon another spammable move option other than its STAB.

**Trailblaze**: Trailblaze can help mitigate Glaceon's issues with speed, although it needs multiple speed boosts to outspeed the fastest threats.

**Mirror Coat**: With enough bulk investment, a resist berry, or a Focus Sash, Glaceon can trade for damage or KOs against strong special attackers with Mirror Coat.

Common Items
========
**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Since Glaceon it an Ice type, it appreciates Heavy-Duty Boots preventing the entry damage from Stealth Rock.

**Choice Specs**: Choice Specs can turn Glaceon into a terrifying breaker in the right situations.

**Choice Scarf**: Choice Scarf allows Glaceon to outrun certain threats, allowing it to get hits off more reliably.

**Leftovers**: Since setup sets struggle to fit Wish for recovery, the most often will rely on Leftovers for healing.

**Other damage-boosting items**: Items such as Expert Belt and Never-Melt Ice gives Glaceon a damage boost on sets that don’t want to lock into a move by running Choice Specs.

Niche Items
========
**Choice Scarf**: Choice Scarf allows Glaceon to outrun certain threats, allowing it to get hits off more reliably.

**Leftovers**: Since setup sets struggle to fit Wish for recovery, the most often will rely on Leftovers for healing.

**Weakness Policy**: Glaceon’s passable bulk and numerous weaknesses occasionally makes Weakness Policy a viable option. When positioned correctly, Weakness Policy allows Glaceon to fire back at the attacker for massive damage or set up for a sweep with Trailblaze.

**Resist Berries**: Resist berries (such as a Chople or Occa berry) let Glaceon trade for damage more effectively against Pokémon with a favorable type matchup or good coverage options; Resist Berries can also help to enable Mirror Coat sets.

**Focus Sash**: Like Resist berries, a Focus Sash helps Glaceon guarantee damage against offensive threats with its STAB move of choice or Mirror Coat.

Tera
========
Because of its low speed and unfavorable defensive type, Glaceon appreciates the ability to terastallize. However, its low cost means that it is typically outclassed by more expensive secondary Tera captains. although its low cost means there will always be a significant amount of the Tera budget that goes unused if it’s drafted as a Tera Captain. Defensive Tera types such as Fairy or Water allow Calm Mind sets to set up more effectively, and offensive Tera types such as Ground or Fire gives Glaceon the secondary STAB necessary to hit types that would otherwise wall it. A Tera type of Ice can also be used, allowing Glaceon’s Ice Beam to even 2-hit KO its way through certain resists when paired with Choice Specs.

Draft Strategy
========
Glaceon is an overall niche pick as an Ice-type wall breaker with access to Freeze Dry, best for teams that need cheap offensive support against Ice-weak Pokemon.

**Entry Hazard Removal**: Because Glaceon is at its most threatening when not using Heavy Duty boots, entry hazard removal options are practically required for it to be useful at all. Reliable removers such as Great Tusk, Corviknight, and Iron Treads can help keep entry hazards off for Glaceon.

**Strong Primary Offense**: Due to its inconsistency, Glaceon is only supplementary for the primary offense on a draft. Strong, faster offensive pivots and breakers such as Iron Moth, Meowscarda, and Greninja that benefit from Glaceon forcing damage in the early-game or allow Glaceon to position for a win in the late-game are needed for Glaceon to perform.

Checks and Counters
========
**Entry Hazards**: Entry Hazards (especially Stealth Rock) keep Glaceon from entering the field safely, barring Heavy-Duty Boots sets (which tend to be easier to beat due to lower damage and longevity). Pokémon that don’t struggle to fit Stealth Rock such as Landorus-Therian, Skarmory, or Iron Treads can fill this role easily.

**Steel- and Fire-types**: Able to resist Glaceon’s Ice STAB and threaten Glaceon out with super-effective STABs of their own, Steel- and Fire-type Pokémon such as Chi-Yu, Metagross, Scizor, and Blaziken often keep Glaceon in check.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Specially bulky Pokémon neutral to Glaceon’s Ice STAB (such as Galarian Slowking, Tyranitar, and Hisuian Goodra) are able to switch in many times over to course of the game to force Glaceon out, especially if they have access to disruption moves to interfere with Calm Mind sets.

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[overview]
**Draft Order**: Round 7 onwards

**Price Range**: 1-2 points

**Overview**: Glaceon is a niche special attacker (RC) that is capable of occasionally providing offensive value with its high Special Attack stat and access to Freeze Dry Freeze-Dry. However, it is largely held back by its low Speed stat, lack of coverage, and the its Ice typing’s typing's fixed apostrophe, few more instances of this later on poor defensive profile.


[strategy comments]

Common Roles
========
**Wallbreaker**: Glaceon often uses four attacking moves, usually paired with Choice Specs or Heavy-Duty Boots, to trade for damage early- to mid-game. (AP)

**Defensive Utility**: With Wish to stay healthy, a bulkier Glaceon can come in several times throughout the game to pressure out offensive Pokemon that are weak to Freeze Dry Freeze-Dry. Roar, Haze, or and Yawn can be used to prevent foes from setting up on it.

**Setup Sweeper**: Glaceon can attempt to use Calm Mind (and occasionally Trailblaze), usually paired with Tera, to sweep.

Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Ice Beam, Freeze Dry Freeze-Dry

**Setup Moves**: Calm Mind

**Utility Moves**: Roar, Haze, Substitute, Yawn, Wish

**Coverage**: Shadow Ball, Alluring Voice, Tera Blast

Niche Moves
========
**Blizzard**: Blizzard can be used as a primary STAB move in battles where snow is expected to be up, such as when Glaceon is paired with a Slowking form forme or when facing a snow team.

**Mud Shot / Water Pulse**: Mud Shot and Water Pulse are Glaceon’s Glaceon's best coverage options against Steel- and Fire types Fire-types without Terastallizing.

**Ice Shard**: Despite being a Special Attacker, Ice Shard gives Glaceon an option to pick off faster (RC) weakened targets, making it a good option as a filler move.

**Stored Power**: On setup sets, Stored Power gives Glaceon another spammable move option other than its STAB moves.

**Trailblaze**: Trailblaze can help mitigate Glaceon's issues with Speed, although it needs multiple Speed boosts to outspeed the fastest threats.

**Mirror Coat**: With enough bulk investment, a resist resistance Berry, or a Focus Sash, Glaceon can trade for damage or KOs against strong special attackers with Mirror Coat.

Common Items
========
**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Since Glaceon it is an Ice type Ice-type, it appreciates Heavy-Duty Boots preventing the entry damage from Stealth Rock.

**Choice Specs**: Choice Specs can turn Glaceon into a terrifying breaker wallbreaker in the right situations.

**Other Damage-boosting Items**: Items such as Expert Belt and Never-Melt Ice gives give Glaceon a damage boost on sets that don’t don't want to lock into a move by running Choice Specs.

Niche Items
========
**Weakness Policy**: Glaceon’s Glaceon's passable bulk and numerous weaknesses occasionally makes Weakness Policy a viable option. When positioned correctly, Weakness Policy allows Glaceon it to fire back at the attacker for massive damage or set up for a sweep with Trailblaze.

**ResitResistance Berries**: Resit Resistance Berries (such as a Chople or and Occa Berry) let Glaceon trade for damage more effectively against Pokémon Pokemon with a favorable type matchup or good coverage options.

**Focus Sash**: Like Resist Resistance Berries, a Focus Sash helps Glaceon guarantee damage against offensive threats with its STAB move of choice or Mirror Coat.

**Choice Scarf**: Choice Scarf allows Glaceon to outrun certain threats (RC) allowing it to get hits off more reliably.

**Leftovers**: Since setup sets struggle to fit Wish for recovery, the they most often will rely on Leftovers for healing.

Tera
========
Because of its low Speed and unfavorable defensive type, Glaceon appreciates the ability to Terastallize. However, its low cost means that it is typically outclassed by more expensive secondary Tera Captains. although its low cost means there will always be If made a significant amount of the Tera budget that goes unused if it’s drafted as a Tera Captain (RP), (AC) defensive Tera types such as Tera Fairy or and Water allow Calm Mind sets to set up more effectively, and offensive Tera types such as Tera Ground or and Fire gives Glaceon give it the secondary STAB typing necessary to hit types foes that would otherwise wall it. A Tera type of Ice can also be used, allowing Glaceon’s Ice Beam to even 2-hit KO its way through certain resists get 2HKOs on certain Ice-resistant foes when paired with Choice Specs.

Draft Strategy
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Glaceon is an overall niche pick as an Ice-type wall breaker wallbreaker with access to Freeze Dry Freeze-Dry, which fits best for on teams that need cheap offensive support against Ice-weak Pokemon.

**Entry Hazard Removal**: Because Glaceon is at its most threatening when not using HeavyDuty Heavy-Duty Boots, entry hazard removal options are practically required for it to be useful at all. Reliable removers such as Great Tusk, Corviknight, and Iron Treads can help keep entry hazards off for Glaceon are practically required for it to be useful at all.

**Strong Primary Offense**: Due to its inconsistency, Glaceon is only supplementary for the primary offense on a draft. Strong, faster offensive pivots and breakers wallbreakers such as Iron Moth, Meowscarda Meowscarada, and Greninja that benefit from Glaceon forcing damage in the early-game or allow Glaceon it to position for a win in the late-game are needed for Glaceon it to perform.

Checks and Counters
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**Entry Hazards**: Entry hazards, (AC) (especially Stealth Rock), (AC) keep Glaceon from entering the field safely, barring Heavy-Duty Boots sets, (AC) (which tend to be easier to beat due to lower damage and longevity).

**Steel- and Fire-types**: Able Since they are able to resist Glaceon’s Ice Glaceon's STAB moves and threaten Glaceon it out with super-effective STABs super effective STAB moves of their own, Steel- and Fire-type Pokémon Pokemon such as Chi-Yu, Metagross, Scizor, and Blaziken often keep Glaceon it in check.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Specially bulky Pokémon Pokemon that are neutral to Glaceon’s Ice STAB ( Glaceon's Ice-type moves, (AC)such as Galarian Slowking, Tyranitar, and Hisuian Goodra), (AC) are able to switch in many times over to course of the game to force Glaceon it out, especially if they have access to disruption moves to interfere with Calm Mind sets.

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