Gliscor
Ground
Best attacking moveset: Sand Attack and Earthquake, worth 11.0 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Gliscor can learn 15 combinations. Sand Attack with Earthquake does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fury Cutter | Bug | 4 | 0.5s | +8 |
| Sand Attack | Ground | 4 | 0.5s | +7 |
| Wing Attack | 10 | 1.0s | +11 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acrobatics | 100 | 2.0s | -100 | |
| Aerial Ace | 55 | 2.5s | -33 | |
| Earthquake | Ground | 140 | 3.5s | -100 |
| Night Slash | Dark | 45 | 2.0s | -33 |
| Sand Tomb | Ground | 60 | 4.0s | -33 |
Shiny


Yes. Shiny Gliscor has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 3,043 at level 50, 2,692 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,538 CP at level 20, or 1,923 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,464 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 185 attack · 222 defense · 181 stamina |
What it costs
| Candy to evolve | 25 Candy |
|---|---|
| Second charged move | 75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy |
| Buddy distance | 5 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 5,000 Stardust and 5 Candy |
| Size | 2 m and 42.5 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Gliscor does not have one best moveset, it has 3. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Poison, Rock, Steel.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Poison | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 16.6 |
| Rock | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 16.6 |
| Steel | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 16.6 |
| Fire | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 16.6 |
| Electric | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 16.6 |
| Fighting | Wing Attack + Acrobatics | 15.0 |
| Bug | Wing Attack + Acrobatics | 15.0 |
| Grass | Wing Attack + Acrobatics | 15.0 |
| Psychic | Fury Cutter + Earthquake | 11.4 |
| Dark | Fury Cutter + Earthquake | 11.4 |
| Normal | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 11.0 |
| Ground | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 11.0 |
| Ghost | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 11.0 |
| Water | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 11.0 |
| Ice | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 11.0 |
| Dragon | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 11.0 |
| Fairy | Sand Attack + Earthquake | 11.0 |
| Wing Attack + Acrobatics | 9.7 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Gliscor is actually for.
Counters: what beats Gliscor
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| DarkIce | Powder Snow + Avalanche | 32.2 | |
| DragonIce | Ice Fang + Avalanche | 32.1 | |
| IceGround | Powder Snow + Avalanche | 30.6 | |
| DarkIce | Ice Shard + Avalanche | 30.1 | |
| Ice | Frost Breath + Avalanche | 29.7 | |
| IcePsychic | Frost Breath + Avalanche | 28.0 | |
| Ice | Frost Breath + Avalanche Legacy | 27.4 | |
| IceBug | Powder Snow + Ice Beam | 26.7 | |
| Normal | Lock On + Blizzard | 26.2 | |
| Psychic | Psycho Cut + Ice Beam | 26.1 |
Ranked by damage per second against Gliscor's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.

