- Height
- 1.1 m
- Weight
- 64.8 kg
Training & breeding details
Base stats
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
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Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Where to find Gligar
Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Gligar can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →
| 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 |
Breeding & egg moves
Gligar can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
26 sprites & renders for Gligar.






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Cite this page
“Gligar”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/gligar.
Species data from PokéAPI.