Gen 6 Gliscor (Done)

[OVERVIEW]

Gliscor is one of the best Pokemon to break bulkier team archetypes like stall and balance. Gliscor's ability Poison Heal allows it to be immune to status effects when poisoned while also providing it with passive recovery, which is useful alongside reliable recovery in Roost. Since Gliscor's low Attack makes it unable to threaten many Pokemon, it needs to run Sword Dance in order to break through bulkier threats. Gliscor acts as a solid switch-in to common foes like Excadrill, Assault Vest Tornadus-T, Heatran, Magnezone, and Clefable that lack Ice coverage. Gliscor does, however, struggle to deal with faster Pokemon that can threaten to KO it, which includes Keldeo, Mega Metagross, and Weavile.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance Wallbreaker
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Facade / Ice Fang
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 204 SpD / 56 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Swords Dance allows Gliscor to easily break through defensive cores while also becoming an immediate threat. Roost gives Gliscor a reliable method of healing, making it extremely hard to wear down, especially when paired with Poison Heal. Earthquake is Gliscor's strongest STAB move, hitting Pokemon like Clefable, Ferrothorn, and Mega Scizor for neutral damage and Heatran, Excadrill, and Bisharp for super effective damage. Facade is extremely strong when Gliscor is poisoned and is used to hit Pokemon that Earthquake cannot, which includes Flying-types like Tornadus-T and Zapdos and Pokemon with Levitate like Rotom-W and Latios. Ice Fang should be used if you feel like your team is weak to opposing Gliscor. Ice Fang is also able to hit Ground-types like Garchomp and Landorus-T and Dragon-types like Mega Altaria and Latios for super effective damage.

Set Details
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56 Speed EVs allow Gliscor to outspeed Adamant Bisharp. This is important, as 248 HP EVs allow Gliscor to always avoid an OHKO from +2 Life Orb-boosted Sucker Punch from it. More Speed Investment could be run to outpace other Gliscor. The rest of the EVs are thrown into Special Defense to make Gliscor harder to revenge kill while also making moves like Scald from bulky Water-types and Draco Meteor from Latios do little damage. An alternative EV spread of 248 HP / 156 Atk / 48 SpD / 56 Spe with a Jolly nature allows Gliscor to outspeed Jolly Bisharp and Metagross before Mega Evolving. 156 Attack EVs ensure the 2HKO on physically defensive Clefable after a Swords Dance while also giving Gliscor a chance to OHKO Bisharp without a Swords Dance boost. 156 Attack EVs also give it an 87.5% chance to OHKO other Gliscor with Ice Fang. The rest of the EVs are thrown into Special Defense, which ensures that Gliscor is able to tank an Ice Beam from Leftovers Clefable.

Usage Tips
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Without being poisoned, Gliscor will be unable to utilize Poison Heal and be susceptible to other status ailments, making activating Toxic Orb very important. This means you should avoid switching Gliscor in on Will-O-Wisp or Knock Off before its Toxic Orb is activated. Use Swords Dance on foes that pose no immediate threat to Gliscor, which includes Ferrothorn, Heatran, Assault Vest Tornadus-T, and Clefable lacking Ice Beam. Use Roost as a way to keep Gliscor healthy and out of range from the foe's attacks. Scout for Ice-type coverage moves like Hidden Power Ice from Tornadus-T, Ice Beam from Clefable, and Ice Fang from opposing Gliscor before sending in Gliscor to check them. Do factor in that Gliscor is able to take an Ice-type move from full if necessary.

Team Options
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Gliscor can fit on any team archetype barring hyper offense. Gliscor is weak to Ice- and Water-types, so teammates such as Rotom-W, Slowbro, and Gastrodon pair well with it. Ferrothorn can also help Gliscor deal with Water- and Ice-types and provide Spikes, allowing Gliscor to take advantage of the switches it forces. Mega Latias is a great partner, as it's able to take on the likes of Keldeo and Mega Charizard Y, which both threaten Gliscor, while also appreciating Gliscor's ability to handle threats like Bisharp, Heatran, Clefable, and Mega Diancie and absorb status effects. Pokemon like Mega Metagross, Excadrill, Heatran, and Mega Scizor can help take on Ice Beam variants of Clefable and appreciate Gliscor's ability to take on non-Ice Beam variants of Clefable like Flamethrower sets.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Taunt is a viable option to prevent setup, recovery, phazing moves like Whirlwind, and entry hazards from going up. This is extremely useful against bulkier foes like Chansey and Skarmory that rely on recovery to not faint. Knock Off is also worth mentioning, as it's able to remove your foe's items while also hitting Pokemon like Gengar and Skarmory for more damage.

Checks and Counters
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**Water-types and Ice-type Moves**: Strong Water-types like Crawdaunt, Keldeo, and Modest Mega Slowbro are able to OHKO or 2HKO Gliscor. Pokemon with Ice-type moves like Ice Punch Mega Metagross, Ice Beam Mega Latias and Life Orb Clefable, and Icicle Crash Weavile, and Hidden Power Ice Mega Alakazam can all OHKO Gliscor. Zapdos and Tornadus-T that carry Hidden Power Ice can threaten and beat Gliscor as well.

**Physical Walls**: Defensive Tangrowth with Worry Seed, Leech Seed, and Hidden Power Ice can wall and beat Gliscor. Slowbro can take on anything Gliscor does while also threatening it back with Ice Beam or Scald. Rotom-W is immune to Earthquake and can force Gliscor to use Roost with Hydro Pump. Mega Scizor is able to survive two boosted Earthquakes or beat Gliscor in a Swords Dance battle if both don't have a boost yet. Skarmory is immune to Earthquake, can set Spikes while Gliscor is out, and can use either Counter or Whirlwind on it. Physically defensive Clefable can take any hit from Gliscor and threaten it back with Ice Beam. Gastrodon can use Clear Smog to remove any Swords Dance boosts from Gliscor while also threatening it with Counter. Quagsire is able to ignore Gliscor's Swords Dance thanks to Unaware and remove its Attack boosts with Haze.

**Strong Attackers**: Strong attackers like Mega Charizard Y, Ice Punch Mega Lopunny, Serperior, and Choice Specs Latios are able to outspeed and threaten to 2HKO or OHKO Gliscor. However, Gliscor is usually able to take at least one hit from these heavy hitters and attack back if necessary but struggles to beat them one-on-one if they are near or at full health.

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Overview
Rather than say that Gliscor switches into special attackers just state how it switches into common pokemon like Excadrill, Torn and Clef lacking ice coverage, Magnezone, and Heatran. Instead of water types I’d state faster pokemon that kill gliscor like Metagross, Keldeo, and Weavile. Make mention of Gliscor’s low attack and how it doesn’t threaten many pokemon without a swords dance up.

Moves
Knock Off would better fit as a mention, it’s usually a subpar option. Ice Fang is typically only used on teams weak to other gliscor, given Facade is stronger vs 2x weak mons like Latios and Mega Altaria. Facade’s high PP is another plus to use it as you can spam it in slower paced games.

Set Details
Make mention of more speed evs to creep other Gliscor, specific to the team. The spdef makes gliscor hard to revenge kill able to not take much from bulky waters scalds and live Latios Draco. Evs and details about the offensive gliscor look good.

Team Options
Gliscor can fit on any archetype that isnt hyper offense, not just balance and stall. Mention Water/Ice resists like slowbro, gastrodon, and ferrothorn as good teammates. Gliscor also likes pokemon that check ice clefable like Metagross, Excadrill, Scizor, and Heatran. The first 3 like gliscor beating flame clef.

Checks and Counters
Water / ice types: Keldeo, metagross, weavile, crawdaunt, modest mega slowbro, and life orb modest clefable all ohko gliscor with their water / ice moves. Mega zam and Mega latias need damage rolls to kill. HP ice torn-t also fits here, typically 2hkoing with hp ice. Faster zapdos with hp ice also beats gliscor. id remove azu since you only typically see drum

I would change the water types section to physically defensive pokemon. Tangrowth with leech / worry seed / hp ice , slowbro with ice beam + scald, rotom-w can force roosts, mega scizor can live 2 boosted earthquakes, skarmory with wind/counter, physdef clef with ice beam, gastrodon with clear smog + counter, quagsire with haze can all beat gliscor

Strong attackers looks good, i would remove Mega metagross as it OHKOs gliscor and i think this section is better suited for pokemon that cant ohko gliscor but can sufficiently pressure it to where they form as decent checks. Add serp since it 2hkoes with consecutive leaf storms.
 
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move 4: Facade / Knock Off / Ice Fang
Remove Knock Off from the set entirely, and just put it last in the move mentions section.


Team Options
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Mention Spikes users to pair with Gliscor. Gliscor Spikes balance is a very potent archetype in ORAS OU


156 Attack Evs ensures the 2HKO on Physically defensive Clef after a Sword Dance while also giving Gliscor a chance to OHKO Bisharp without a Sword Dance.
156 Atk Gliscor Ice Fang vs. 244 HP / 8 Def Gliscor: 176-208 (50 - 59%) -- 17.2% chance to 2HKO after Poison Heal

you need to also be +2 to get the 88% chance OHKO on Gliscor here



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[OVERVIEW]
Gliscor is one of the best Pokemons to break bulkier team archetypes like stall (lowercase) and balance (lowercase). Gliscor's ability Poison Heal allows Gliscor it to be immune to status effects when poisoned, while also providing it with passive recovery. Gliscor has access to a reliable form of recovery,(AC) as it has access to Roost while. Gliscor's low Attack (Capitalize) makes Gliscor unable to threaten many Pokemon, which is why Gliscor needs to run Sword Dance, allowing Gliscor it to break through bulkier threats. Gliscor acts as a solid switch into common Pokemons foes like Excadrill, Assault Vest Tornadus-T, Heatran, Magnezone, and Clefable that lack Ice (Capitalize) coverage. Gliscor does, however, struggle to deal with faster Pokemon (Capitalize) that can threaten to KO Gliscor. This includes Keldeo, Mega Metagross, and Weavile.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance Breaker
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Facade / Ice Fang
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 204 SpD / 56 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
Moves
========
Swords Dance boosts Gliscor's Attack allowing Gliscor it to break through defensive cores easily while also becoming an immediate threat. Roost gives Gliscor a reliable method of healing, making it extremely hard to wear down Gliscor especially when paired with Poison Heal. Earthquake is Gliscor's strongest STAB move hittings things like Clefable,(RP)(AC) Ferrothorn, and Mega Scizor naturally or Heatran, Excadrill, and Bisharp for super effective damage. Facade is extremely strong especially when Gliscor is poisoned. Facade is used to hit things that Earthquake cannot, which includes Flying-types like Tornadus-Therian and Zapdos or levitating Pokemons like Rotom-W and Latios. Ice Fang should be used if you feel like your team is weak to other Gliscors. Ice Fang is also able to hit Ground-types like other Garchomp and Landorus-Therian, or Dragon-types like Mega Alatria Altaria and Latios for super effective damage.

Set Detail
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56 Speed EVs allow Gliscor to outspeed everything up to and including Adamant Bisharp. This is important as 248 HP investment allows Gliscor to always avoid an OHKO from +2 Adamant Life Orb-boosted Sucker Punch from Bisharp. More Speed (capitalize) could be run to outpace other Gliscors. The rest of the EVs are thrown into Special Defense to make Gliscor harder to revenge kill while also making moves like Scald from bulky water types Water-types or Draco Meteor from Latios doing little damage. An alternative EV spread would be 248 HP / 156 AtkAttack / 48 SpD / 56 Spe with a Jolly (Capitalize) nature. With this spread, Gliscor now outspeeds Jolly Bisharp and Metagross before Mega Evolving. 156 Attack Evs ensures the 2HKO on physically (lowercase) defensive Clefable (IPlease use the full name - I am assuming it is Clefable as it is mentioned at the bottom) after a Swords Dance while also giving Gliscor a chance to OHKO Bisharp without a Swords Dance. 156 Attack EVs also gives Gliscor an 87.5% chance to OHKO other Gliscors with Ice Fang as well. The rest (lowercase since you are not talking about the move "Rest" :V) of the EVs are thrown into SpD Special Defense, (AC) which ensures that Gliscor is able to live an Ice Beam from Leftovers Clefable.


Usage Tips
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Without being Poisoned, Gliscor will be unable to abuse utilize its Poison Heal ability as well as being susceptible to other status ailments. This makes activating Toxic Orb as soon as possible is a necessity very important. This means you should avoid switching in Gliscor on Wil-O-Wisp or Knock Off before Gliscor's Toxic Orb is activated. Use Swords Dance on foes that pose no immediate threats on to Gliscor which include Ferrothorn, Heatran, Assault Vest Tornadus-T, and Clefables that lack Ice Beam. Use Roost as a way to keep Gliscor healthy and out of range from an enemy's attack. Scout for Ice-type coverage moves like Hidden Power Ice from Tornadus-T, Ice Beam from Clefable and Ice Fangs from other Gliscor before sending in Gliscor to check them. Do factor in that Gliscor is able to take an Ice move from full if necessary.

Team Options
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Gliscor can fit any team archetype baring hyper offense. Gliscor is weak to Ice- and Water-types, things so teammates that can resist or take on Ice and Water such as Pokemons Rotom-W, Slowbro, and Gastrodon pair well with Gliscor. Ferrothorn can also help Gliscor deal with Water- and Ice-types while also providing Spikes (Capitalize), allowing Gliscor to take advantage of the switches it forces. Mega Latias is a great partner as it's able to take on the likes of Keldeo and Mega Charizard Y which both threaten Gliscor while also appreciating Gliscor's ability to handle threats like Bisharp, Heatran, Clefable, and Mega Diance while also being able to absorb status effects for Mega Latias. Speaking of Clefable, Pokemons like Mega Metagross, Excadrill, Heatran and Mega Scizor can help take on Ice Beam variants of Clefable while also appreciating Gliscor's ability to take on non-(AH)Ice Beam variants of Clefable like Flamethrower sets.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Taunt is a viable option as its able to prevent setup, recovery, Whirlwinds, and hazards from going up. This is extremely useful against bulkier Pokemons foes that rely on recovery to stay alive like Soft-Boiled from Chansey or Roost from Skarmory. Knock Off is also worth mentioning as it's able to remove your foe's items, (AC) while also hitting things like Gengar and Skarmory for more damage.

Checks and Counters
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Water / Ice types (lowercase): Strong water types Water-types like Crawdaunt, Keldeo, Modest Mega Slowbro are able to OHKO or 2HKO Gliscor. Pokemons with Ice coverage moves like Ice Punch Mega Metagross, Ice Beam from Life Orb Clefable, and Icicle Crash from Weavile can all OHKO Gliscor. Ice Beam from Mega Latias and Hidden Power Ice from Mega Alakzams both are roles (perhaps "moves" is more appropriate) to OHKO Gliscor from full. Zapdos and Tornadus-T that carry Hidden Power Ice can all threaten and beat Gliscor as well.

Physically defensive walls (lowercase): defensive (Lowercase) Tangrowth with Worry Seed, Leech Seed, and Hidden Power Ice can wall and beat Gliscor. Slowbro can take on anything Gliscor does while also threaten Gliscor it back with Ice Beam or Scald. Rotom-W can dodge Earthquakes and force Gliscor to Roost with Hydro Pump. Mega Scizor is able to live 2 boosted Earthquake or beat Gliscor in a Swords Dance battle if both don't have a boost yet. Skarmory is able to dodge Earthquakes, abuse as it can set Spikes Gliscor to spike on, and can use either Counter or Whirlwind on Gliscor. Physically defensive (Lowercase) Clefable can take any hit from Gliscor and can threaten Gliscor back with an Ice Beam. Gastrodon can Clear Smog to remove any Swords Dance boost from Gliscor while also threatening Gliscor with Counter. Quagsire is able to ignore Gliscor's Swords Dances thanks to Unaware (Capitalize) and also is (subjective change) able to remove Gliscor's Attack boost thanks due (Subjective) to Haze (Capitalize).

Strong Attackers: Strong attackers like Mega Charizard Y, Ice Punch Mega Lopunny, Serperior, Choice Specs (it is always best to fully state the Choice item) Latios, are able to outspeed and threaten the 2HKO or OHKO onto Gliscor. Gliscor is usually able to take at least one hit from these heavy hitters and then able to attack back if necessary. Gliscor does struggle to beat these Pokemons foes one on one if they are near or at full health.

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[OVERVIEW]
Gliscor is one of the best Pokemons to break bulkier team archetypes like stall and balance. Gliscor's ability Poison Heal allows it to be immune to status effects when poisoned, (RC) while also providing it with passive recovery, (AC) which is useful alongside reliable recovery in Roost. Gliscor has access to a reliable form of recovery, as it has access to Roost while. Since Gliscor's low Attack makes Gliscor it unable to threaten many Pokemon, which is why Gliscor it needs to run Sword Dance, (RC) allowing it in order to break through bulkier threats. Gliscor acts as a solid switch into common foes like Excadrill, Assault Vest Tornadus-T, Heatran, Magnezone, and Clefable that lack Ice coverage. Gliscor does, however, struggle to deal with faster Pokemon that can threaten to KO Gliscor. This includes it, which includes Keldeo, Mega Metagross, and Weavile.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance Breaker
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Facade / Ice Fang
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 204 SpD / 56 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
Moves
========
Swords Dance boosts Gliscor's Attack, (AC) allowing it to break through defensive cores easily while also becoming an immediate threat. Roost gives Gliscor a reliable method of healing, making it extremely hard to wear down, (AC) especially when paired with Poison Heal. Earthquake is Gliscor's strongest STAB move, (AC) hitting things Pokemon like Clefable, Ferrothorn, and Mega Scizor naturally or for neutral damage and Heatran, Excadrill, and Bisharp for super effective damage. Facade is extremely strong especially when Gliscor is poisoned. (RP) Facade is used to hit things and is used to hit Pokemon that Earthquake cannot, which includes Flying-types like Tornadus-T and Zapdos or levitating Pokemon and Pokemon with Levitate like Rotom-W and Latios. Ice Fang should be used if you feel like your team is weak to other opposing Gliscor. Ice Fang is also able to hit Ground-types like other Garchomp and Landorus-T, (RC) or and Dragon-types like Mega Altaria and Latios for super effective damage.

Set Details
========
56 Speed EVs allow Gliscor to outspeed everything up to and including Adamant Bisharp. This is important, (AC) as 248 HP investment allows EVs allow (consistency) Gliscor to always avoid an OHKO from +2 Adamant Life Orb-boosted Sucker Punch from Adamant Bisharp. More Speed investment could be run to outpace other Gliscor. The rest of the EVs are thrown into Special Defense to make Gliscor harder to revenge kill while also making moves like Scald from bulky Water-types or and Draco Meteor from Latios doing do little damage. An alternative EV spread would be of 248 HP / 156 Atk / 48 Spd / 56 Spe with a Jolly nature. (RP) With this spread, Gliscor now outspeeds allows Gliscor to outspeed Jolly Bisharp and Metagross before Mega Evolving. 156 Attack Evs ensures EVs ensure the 2HKO on physically defensive Clefable after a Swords Dance while also giving Gliscor a chance to OHKO Bisharp without a Swords Dance boost. 156 Attack EVs also gives Gliscor give it an 87.5% chance to OHKO other Gliscor with Ice Fangs as well. The rest of the EVs are thrown into Special Defense, (AC) which ensures that Gliscor is able to live an Ice Beam from Leftovers Clefable.

Usage Tips
========
Without being poisoned, Gliscor will be unable to utilize its Poison Heal ability as well as being and be susceptible to other status ailments. (RC) This makes making activating Toxic Orb very important. This means you should avoid switching into Gliscor on Will-O-Wisp or Knock Off before Gliscor's its Toxic Orb is activated. Use Swords Dance on foes that pose no immediate threat to Gliscor, (AC) which includes Ferrothorn, Heatran, Assault Vest Tornadus-T, and Clefable that lacking Ice Beam. Use Roost as a way to keep Gliscor healthy and out of range from an enemy's the foe's attacks. Scout for Ice-type coverage moves like Hidden Power Ice from Tornadus-T, Ice Beam from Clefable, (AC) and Ice Fang from other opposing Gliscor before sending in Gliscor to check them. Do factor in that Gliscor is able to take an Ice-type move from full if necessary.

Team Options
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Gliscor can fit any team archetype barring hyper offense. Gliscor is weak to Ice- and Water-types, so teammates such as Rotom-W, Slowbro, and Gastrodon pair well with Gliscor it. Ferrothorn can also help Gliscor deal with Water- (spacing) and Ice-types while also providing Spikes, allowing Gliscor to take advantage of the switches it forces. Mega Latias is a great partner, (AC) as it's able to take on the likes of Keldeo and Mega Charizard Y, (AC) which both threaten Gliscor, (AC) while also appreciating Gliscor's ability to handle threats like Bisharp, Heatran, Clefable, and Mega Diancie while also being able to as well as absorbing status effects for Mega Latias. Speaking of Clefable, Pokemon like Mega Metagross, Excadrill, Heatran, (AC) and Mega Scizor can help take on Ice Beam variants of Clefable while also appreciating Gliscor's ability to take on non-Ice Beam variants of Clefable like Flamethrower sets.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Taunt is a viable option as its able to prevent setup, recovery, Whirlwinds phazing moves like Whirlwind, and entry hazards from going up. This is extremely useful against bulkier foes that rely on recovery to stay alive like Soft-Boiled from Chansey or Roost from Skarmory. Knock Off is also worth mentioning, (AC) as it's able to remove your foe's items, (RC) while also hitting things Pokemon like Gengar and Skarmory for more damage.

Checks and Counters
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**Water / Ice types:** **Water-types and Ice-type Moves**: Strong Water-types like Crawdaunt, Keldeo, and Modest Mega Slowbro are able to OHKO or 2HKO Gliscor. Pokemons with Ice coverage Ice-type moves like Ice Punch Mega Metagross, Ice Beam from Life Orb Clefable, and Icicle Crash from Weavile can all OHKO Gliscor. Ice Beam from Mega Latias and Hidden Power Ice from Mega Alakzams both are moves to Alakazam can also OHKO Gliscor from full. Zapdos and Tornadus-T that carry Hidden Power Ice can threaten and beat Gliscor as well. (i would honestly just split this into two different sections because they don't really have any correlation with each other)

**Physically defensive walls:** defensive **Physically Defensive Walls**: Defensive Tangrowth with Worry Seed, Leech Seed, and Hidden Power Ice can wall and beat Gliscor. Slowbro can take on anything Gliscor does while also threatening it back with Ice Beam or Scald. Rotom-W can dodge is immune to Earthquake and can force Gliscor to Roost with Hydro Pump. Mega Scizor is able to live 2 survive two boosted Earthquakes or beat Gliscor in a Swords Dance battle if both don't have a boost yet. Skarmory is able to dodge immune to Earthquake, as it can set Spikes while Gliscor is out, and can use either Counter or Whirlwind on Gliscor it. Physically defensive Clefable can take any hit from Gliscor and can threaten Gliscor it back with an Ice Beam. Gastrodon can use Clear Smog to remove any Swords Dance boosts from Gliscor while also threatening Gliscor it with Counter. Quagsire is able to ignore Gliscor's Swords Dance thanks to Unaware and is able to remove Gliscor's Attack boost due to boosts with Haze.

**Strong Attackers**: Strong attackers like Mega Charizard Y, Ice Punch Mega Lopunny, Serperior, and Choice Specs Latios, (RC) are able to outspeed and threaten the to 2HKO or OHKO onto Gliscor. However, (AC) Gliscor is usually able to take at least one hit from these heavy hitters and then able to attack back if necessary. Regardless, (AC) Gliscor does struggle to beat these foes one-on-one (AHS) if they are near or at full health.

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[OVERVIEW]

Gliscor is one of the best Pokemon to break bulkier team archetypes like stall and balance. Gliscor's ability Poison Heal allows it to be immune to status effects when poisoned while also providing it with passive recovery, which is useful alongside reliable recovery in Roost. Since Gliscor's low Attack makes it unable to threaten many Pokemon, it needs to run Sword Dance in order to break through bulkier threats. Gliscor acts as a solid switch into switch-in to common foes like Excadrill, Assault Vest Tornadus-T, Heatran, Magnezone, and Clefable that lack Ice coverage. Gliscor does, however, struggle to deal with faster Pokemon that can threaten to KO it, which includes Keldeo, Mega Metagross, and Weavile.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance Breaker Wallbreaker
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Facade / Ice Fang
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 204 SpD / 56 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Swords Dance boosts Gliscor's Attack, allowing it allows Gliscor to easily break through defensive cores easily while also becoming an immediate threat. Roost gives Gliscor a reliable method of healing, making it extremely hard to wear down, especially when paired with Poison Heal. Earthquake is Gliscor's strongest STAB move, hitting Pokemon like Clefable, Ferrothorn, and Mega Scizor for neutral damage and Heatran, Excadrill, and Bisharp for super effective damage. Facade is extremely strong when Gliscor is poisoned and is used to hit Pokemon that Earthquake cannot, which includes Flying-types like Tornadus-T and Zapdos and Pokemon with Levitate like Rotom-W and Latios. Ice Fang should be used if you feel like your team is weak to opposing Gliscor. Ice Fang is also able to hit Ground-types like Garchomp and Landorus-T and Dragon-types like Mega Altaria and Latios for super effective damage.

Set Details
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56 Speed EVs allow Gliscor to outspeed everything up to and including Adamant Bisharp. This is important, as 248 HP EVs allow Gliscor to always avoid an OHKO from +2 Life Orb-boosted Sucker Punch from Adamant Bisharp it. More Speed Investment could be run to outpace other Gliscor. The rest of the EVs are thrown into Special Defense to make Gliscor harder to revenge kill while also making moves like Scald from bulky Water-types and Draco Meteor from Latios do little damage. An alternative EV spread of 248 HP / 156 Atk / 48 Spd SpD / 56 Spe with a Jolly nature allows Gliscor to outspeed Jolly Bisharp and Metagross before Mega Evolving. 156 Attack EVs ensure the 2HKO on physically defensive Clefable after a Swords Dance while also giving Gliscor a chance to OHKO Bisharp without a Swords Dance boost. 156 Attack EVs also gives give it an 87.5% chance to OHKO other Gliscor with Ice Fang as well. The rest of the EVs are thrown into Special Defense, which ensures that Gliscor is able to live tank an Ice Beam from Leftovers Clefable.

Usage Tips
========

Without being poisoned, Gliscor will be unable to utilize Poison Heal ability and be susceptible to other status ailments,(AC) making activating Toxic Orb very important. This means you should avoid switching into Gliscor in on Will-O-Wisp or Knock Off before its Toxic Orb is activated. Use Swords Dance on foes that pose no immediate threat to Gliscor, which includes Ferrothorn, Heatran, Assault Vest Tornadus-T, and Clefable lacking Ice Beam. Use Roost as a way to keep Gliscor healthy and out of range from the foe's attacks. Scout for Ice-type coverage moves like Hidden Power Ice from Tornadus-T, Ice Beam from Clefable, and Ice Fang from opposing Gliscor before sending in Gliscor to check them. Do factor in that Gliscor is able to take an Ice-type move from full if necessary.

Team Options
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Gliscor can fit on any team archetype barring hyper offense. Gliscor is weak to Ice- and Water-types, so teammates such as Rotom-W, Slowbro, and Gastrodon pair well with it. Ferrothorn can also help Gliscor deal with Water- and Ice-types while also providing and provide Spikes, allowing Gliscor to take advantage of the switches it forces. Mega Latias is a great partner, as it's able to take on the likes of Keldeo and Mega Charizard Y, which both threaten Gliscor, while also appreciating Gliscor's ability to handle threats like Bisharp, Heatran, Clefable, and Mega Diancie as well as absorbing and absorb status effects for Mega Latias. Speaking of Clefable,(RC) Pokemon like Mega Metagross, Excadrill, Heatran, and Mega Scizor can help take on Ice Beam variants of Clefable while also appreciating and appreciate Gliscor's ability to take on non-Ice Beam variants of Clefable like Flamethrower sets.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Taunt is a viable option as its able to prevent setup, recovery, phazing moves like Whirlwind, and entry hazards from going up. This is extremely useful against bulkier foes like Chansey and Skarmory that rely on recovery to stay alive like Soft-Boiled from Chansey or Roost from Skarmory not faint. Knock Off is also worth mentioning, as it's able to remove your foe's items while also Pokemon hitting Pokemon like Gengar and Skarmory for more damage.

Checks and Counters
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**Water-types and Ice-type Moves**: Strong Water-types like Crawdaunt, Keldeo, and Modest Mega Slowbro are able to OHKO or 2HKO Gliscor. Pokemon with Ice-type moves like Ice Punch Mega Metagross, Ice Beam Mega Latias and Life Orb Clefable, and Icicle Crash Weavile, and Hidden Power Ice Mega Alakazam can all OHKO Gliscor. Ice Beam from Mega Latias and Hidden Power Ice from Mega Alakazam can also OHKO Gliscor from full. Zapdos and Tornadus-T that carry Hidden Power Ice can threaten and beat Gliscor as well.

**Physically Defensive Physical Walls**: Defensive Tangrowth with Worry Seed, Leech Seed, and Hidden Power Ice can wall and beat Gliscor. Slowbro can take on anything Gliscor does while also threatening it back with Ice Beam or Scald. Rotom-W is immune to Earthquake and can force Gliscor to use Roost with Hydro Pump. Mega Scizor is able to survive two boosted Earthquakes or beat Gliscor in a Swords Dance battle if both don't have a boost yet. Skarmory is immune to Earthquake, can set Spikes while Gliscor is out, and can use either Counter or Whirlwind on it. Physically defensive Clefable can take any hit from Gliscor and can threaten it back with Ice Beam. Gastrodon can use Clear Smog to remove any Swords Dance boosts from Gliscor while also threatening it with Counter. Quagsire is able to ignore Gliscor's Swords Dance thanks to Unaware and remove Gliscor's its Attack boosts with Haze.

**Strong Attackers**: Strong attackers like Mega Charizard Y, Ice Punch Mega Lopunny, Serperior, and Choice Specs Latios are able to outspeed and threaten to 2HKO or OHKO Gliscor. However, Gliscor is usually able to take at least one hit from these heavy hitters and attack back if necessary but struggles to beat them one-on-one if they are near or at full health. Regardless, Gliscor does struggle to beat these foes one-on-one if they are near or at full health.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ez, 233669]]
- Quality checked by: [[jonfilch, 472436], [Splash, 437289]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732], [, ]] (fixed spacing issues)

I manually removed some double spaces that were left from the previous GP, so make sure to be careful with implementing this one. gp 2/2 when done.
 

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