Gliscor's natural bulk and fair defensive typing lets it easily handle Pokemon such as Landorus-T, Mega Heracross, and Electric-types lacking a Water- or Ice-type coverage move. Gliscor can also beat common Pokemon such as Garchomp and Heatran thanks to its good physical bulk and STAB Earthquake, respectively. Its Guillotine attack is pretty spammable once everything immune to it is gone, as Gliscor's good typing and bulk gives it many free opportunities to use Guillotine, and Gliscor can constantly heal itself with Poison Heal.
However, Gliscor can be exploited by common Pokemon such as Gliscor pretty much relies on Guillotine not missing to reliably do part of its job; the other part switching Gliscor into Pokemon it walls and using Earthquake to slowly wear them down.
[SET]
name: Stall
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Guillotine
move 4: Protect
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 12 Def / 244 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Substitute lets Gliscor stall some time and scout the foe. In combination with Toxic Orb, Poison Heal, and Protect, Gliscor can effectively stall out the foe's PP, allowing for easier uses of Guillotine. Albeit uninvested, Earthquake is a powerful STAB attack that hits common Pokemon that are weak to it, such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Gengar, Mega Blaziken, Heatran, and Aegislash, for decent damage. Guillotine, despite being 30% accurate, hits what Earthquake cannot. Its main use is to OHKO non-Sturdy users, non-Ghost-type Levitate users, and Flying-type Pokemon, as well as bulkier Pokemon such as Mega Kangaskhan, Chansey, Blissey, and Suicune. Similar to Substitute, Protect lets Gliscor stall time, scout the foe, and stall the foe's PP, allowing for easier uses of Guillotine. Toxic can be used over Guillotine, as it is more reliable for beating defensive Pokemon, but Guillotine's ability to OHKO foes on the spot is much more preferred.
Set Details
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252 HP EVs increase Gliscor's overall bulk, while an Impish nature and 12 Defense EVs increase Gliscor's natural physical bulk. 244 Speed EVs let Gliscor outspeed maximum Speed base 80 Pokemon such as Glalie and Mamoswine. Speed investment is preferred over Defense investment because Gliscor needs to be as fast as possible in order to effectively stall out most Pokemon. Toxic Orb activates Poison Heal, which recovers an eighth of Gliscor's maximum HP at the end of each turn.
Usage Tips
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Use Substitute and Protect to stall out the foe's PP. Once you're sure that their best move's PP is gone, use Earthquake if it is an OHKO or 2HKO. If not, use Guillotine to try to OHKO them on the spot. When stalling out some time, don't just stall out time with Substitute and Protect; do this and stall the timer. Wait until it gets to one second to make your move. Don't stall the clock if you're down more Pokemon than your opponent, so you have more time to beat the foe, and stall time when you have more than your opponent, so they have less time to beat you. If the clock runs out while you have more Pokemon remaining, you win.
Team Options
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Chansey and Blissey have great Special Defense to help back up Gliscor's weaker Special Defense stat, providing an excellent defensive core. Since most Water- and Ice-type attacks are special, they have an easy time switching into things Gliscor can't. Water-type Pokemon such as Slowbro, Mega Slowbro, Suicune, and Rotom-W can switch into the Water- and Ice-type attacks that threaten Gliscor. Mega Venusaur can switch into Water-type attacks that threaten Gliscor, and provides Leech Seed support, letting Gliscor continuously wear down the foe and stall them without having to resort to Guillotine. Klefki has good defensive synergy with Gliscor, being able to switch into the Ice-type attacks aimed at Gliscor, and Gliscor getting free switch ins to Ground-type attacks aimed at Klefki. Klefki can either utilize the combination of Swagger and Thunder Wave so that Gliscor has a safer time spamming Guillotine, or can utilize dual screens so that the opponent's Pokemon have a harder time breaking past Gliscor. Gliscor has good defensive synergy with Pokemon such as Tyranitar and Ferrothorn, so they are good teammates. Pokemon with Toxic support let Gliscor stall out Pokemon that would otherwise be a threat to it, as having it makes preserving Guillotine's PP easier. Pokemon such as Zapdos or Suicune can normally waste Guillotine's PP faster due to Pressure, and having them poisoned reflects the pressure back to the opponent.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Rock Tomb hits Pokemon that are immune to Earthquake, such as Mega Charizard Y, Mega Pinsir, and Talonflame, and provides Speed control, but doesn't have much use outside of that. Stealth Rock sets up an entry hazard on the opponent's end, racking up damage on the opposing team. Gliscor is a mediocre stallbreaker, and thus can utilize the combination of Taunt + Toxic to wear down common Pokemon such as Chansey and Suicune. Ice Fang hits Pokemon such as Mega Salamence, Garchomp, and Landorus-T for decent damage, but is significantly weaker than Earthquake and provides redundant coverage otherwise. Roost can be used as a reliable form of recovery. Gliscor has a very big movepool, so it can utilize moves such as Swords Dance, Acrobatics, Aerial Ace, Fling, Stone Edge, Knock Off, Baton Pass, and even Torment.
Checks and Counters
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**Gengar, Skarmory, and Mega Sableye**: Gengar's and Skarmory's typing and ability make them immune to both Earthquake and Guillotine. Mega Sableye is immune to Guillotine, and only takes around 20% damage from Earthquake, which it can then heal off with Recover.
**Hex Mega Gengar**: Standard Mega Gengar 2HKOes Gliscor with Hex due to Gliscor always being inflicted with poison, and has a chance to OHKO if fully invested. Earthquake is unable to OHKO standard Mega Gengar, and if it has Hex, it can easily beat Gliscor. Mega Gengar is also immune to Guillotine.
**Sylveon**: Choice Specs Sylveon OHKOes Gliscor with Hyper Voice, and its mechanics let Sylveon hit through Gliscor's Substitute. Sylveon does, however, have to be wary of Guillotine.
**Pokemon With Strong Water- and Ice-type Attacks**: Pokemon with strong Water- and Ice-type attacks, such as Suicune and Thundurus, have enough power to OHKO Gliscor. Both can switch into Earthquake with ease, but must be wary of Guillotine. Albeit semi-rare, Mega Kangaskhan can use Ice Punch, which OHKOes Gliscor if not behind a Substitute and 2HKOes if behind one.
**Cloyster and Mamoswine**: Cloyster and Mamoswine have access to Icicle Spear, which is able to break Gliscor's Substitutes and hit it for super effective damage after doing so. Cloyster easily OHKOes Gliscor no matter the circumstance because of Skill Link, but Mamoswine needs at least three hits in order to at least have a chance to OHKO.
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