[Pros]
<ul>
<li>Fantastic physical wall with reliable healing through its ability, Poison Heal.</li>
<li>It has a very wide range of support moves to further aid its team.</li>
<li>It is able to outspeed and Taunt the majority of entry hazard leads.</li>
</ul>
[Cons]
<ul>
<li>It is extremely frail on the specially defensive side.</li>
<li>Its offensive movepool is fairly limited, holding back its decent offensive stats.</li>
<li>If Gliscor lacks Knock Off, it is completely walled by Gengar.</li>
</ul>
[Set Recommendations]
<p>name: Physical Wall<br />
move 1: Protect / Roost<br />
move 2: Substitute / Taunt<br />
move 3: Toxic<br />
move 4: Earthquake<br />
ability: Poison Heal<br />
item: Toxic Orb<br />
evs: 244 HP / 252 Def / 12 Spe<br />
nature: Impish Nature (+Def, -SpA)</p>
<p>This set makes incredible use of Gliscor's ability, Poison Heal. Coupled with its average bulk and access to Toxic, Substitute, and Protect, Gliscor becomes a stalling behemoth. The basis of the set is to inflict Toxic on your opponent, then stall them out through use of Substitute and Protect. After two turns of Poison Heal, Gliscor recovers the twenty-five percent lost from making the Substitute, leaving it virtually unscathed. Earthquake gives Gliscor a powerful STAB and a way to damage Poison- and Steel-types super effectively. Roost is a viable option when used with Taunt, focusing more on Gliscor's role as a physical wall, while Taunt prevents Pokemon from using Gliscor as entry hazard setup bait or using a cleric move to negate the status spreading.</p>
<p>Gliscor really appreciates partners that can take on Gengar, as it counters this set. Assault Vest Tyranitar, Scizor, and Goodra make for good partners as a result. Tyranitar and Scizor work particularly well, being able to Pursuit Gengar. Starmie and Excadrill can Rapid Spin away hazards, and are able to outspeed Gengar and threaten the OHKO, if Sandstorm is up in Excadrill's case.</p>
<p>name: Pivot<br />
move 1: Taunt<br />
move 2: Earthquake<br />
move 3: U-turn<br />
move 4: Roost / Knock Off<br />
ability: Poison Heal<br />
item: Toxic Orb<br />
evs: 244 HP / 48 Def / 216 Spe<br />
nature: Impish Nature (+Def, -SpA)</p>
<p>This set makes use of Gliscor's excellent scouting capabilities. Gliscor has very respectable physical bulk, and in combination with U-turn and Taunt is able to serve as an excellent scout. Taunt stops entry hazard leads from functioning, only losing to Aerodactyl, while U-turn helps Gliscor gain momentum for its team. Earthquake is an obligatory STAB attack, which is Gliscor's main way of damaging the opponent. Roost offers a way for Gliscor to instantly heal itself, especially with the Poison Heal recovery. Knock Off, alternatively, allows Gliscor to indirectly weaken walls by removing their healing and also beats its biggest enemy, Gengar.</p>
<p>The Speed EVs allow Gliscor to outspeed Adamant Lucario, Timid Smeargle and all relevant slower entry hazard leads. Gliscor greatly appreciates sturdy Water-type-resisting Pokemon as partners, as one of the main checks to this set is Rotom-W, especially if Gliscor lacks Toxic. As result, Goodra and ironically Rotom-W would work well as partners. Both greatly appreciate the momentum given by Gliscor, with Rotom-W being able to capitalize on that momentum with Volt Switch and Goodra being able to use it for launching powerful Choice Specs-boosted Draco Meteors.</p>
<p>name: SubPass<br />
move 1: Baton Pass<br />
move 2: Substitute<br />
move 3: Earthquake<br />
move 4: Taunt / Swords Dance / Agility<br />
ability: Poison Heal<br />
item: Toxic Orb<br />
evs: 244 HP / 48 Def / 216 Spe<br />
nature: Impish Nature (+Def, -SpA)</p>
<p>This set sacrifices Gliscor's stalling capabilities in favor of the various boosting and support moves Gliscor has been given. Baton Pass is the main move of this set, passing along any Substitutes or boosts acquired by Gliscor to a more dangerous sweeping partner. Taunt can be useful for stopping Gliscor from being phazed, while at the same time serving as a deterrent for entry hazard leads. However, depending on what Gliscor is passing to, Swords Dance and Agility are equally appealing options, further setting up the recipient to sweep.</p>
<p>The current EV spread allows Gliscor to outspeed Adamant Lucario, Timid Smeargle and below, beating most entry hazard leads bar Aerodactyl. However, if Swords Dance or Agility are used instead of Taunt, the Speed EVs could be dropped in favor of more bulk. Powerful offensive sweepers greatly benefit from Gliscor, and as result are recommended partners. Pokemon like Mega Charizard X, Dragonite, and Greninja all benefit greatly from having a Substitute or boost passed to them, and instantly become much bigger threats.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p>Chesto Berry Rest Rotom-W is one of the best counters to Gliscor that there is, as it has a way to permanently evade Toxic damage while being immune to Gliscor's main STAB attack. Gengar is also a fantastic counter to Gliscor if it lacks Knock Off, being immune to Toxic and Earthquake. Similarly, Xatu serves as an excellent counter, being able to bounce back Toxic using its ability, Magic Bounce, and being immune to Earthquake. Skarmory walls any Gliscor lacking Taunt, and Ferrothorn, similarly, does well.</p>
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