#0207

Gligar

Fly Scorpion Pokémon

Its tail is tipped by a thick, horrible stinger. To bring down prey, it will first obscure their vision by covering their faces with its body, and then it will use the stinger to inject them with venom.

In Pokémon GO · 1857 max CP 4 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height1.1 m

Weight64.8 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium slow

Base EXP86

Abilities

Hyper Cutter

Prevents Attack from being lowered by other Pokémon.

Sand Veil

Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

ImmunityHidden

Prevents poison.

Egg groups: Bug

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

105

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

430

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ice4×

Water2×

Resistant to

Fighting½×

Poison½×

Bug½×

Immune to

Ground0×

Electric0×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Physically Defensive

Moves

Item

Eviolite

AbilityImmunity

NatureImpish+Def/−SpA

TeraWaterGhost

EV spread

HP248

Def▲196

SpD64

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Gligar

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Gold

Route 45

Crystal

Route 45

Emerald

Safari Zone

Colosseum

Snagem Hideout The Under

XD: Gale of Darkness

Pokespot

Diamond

Route 206 Route 207 Route 214 Route 215 Route 227 Stark Mountain

Pearl

Route 206 Route 207 Route 214 Route 215 Route 227 Stark Mountain

Platinum

HeartGold

Black

White

Black 2

Route 11 Route 15 Route 23

White 2

Route 11 Route 15 Route 23

Route 19

Evolution

#0207Gligar

Night

#0472Gliscor

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Gligar can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
4	Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Status	—	100	15
7	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
10	Knock Off Target drops its held item.	Dark	Physical	65	100	20
11	Aerial Ace Never misses.	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
13	Quick Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	30
16	Fury Cutter Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, maxing out after five turns.	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
18	Mud Bomb Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Special	65	85	10
19	Feint Attack Never misses.	Dark	Physical	60	—	20
19	Mud-Slap Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Special	20	100	10
19	Poison Tail Has an increased chance for a critical hit and a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	50	100	25
22	Acrobatics Has double power if the user has no held item.	Flying	Physical	55	100	15
27	Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
30	U-turn User must switch out after attacking.	Bug	Physical	70	100	20
34	Poison Jab Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
35	Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	85	40
40	X-Scissor Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Bug	Physical	80	100	15
45	Crabhammer Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Water	Physical	100	90	10
45	Earthquake Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users.	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
45	Sky Uppercut Inflicts regular damage and can hit Bounce and Fly users.	Fighting	Physical	85	90	15
50	Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
55	Guillotine Causes a one-hit KO.	Normal	Physical	—	30	5