Finishing this up for SM979
Approved by Hulavuta
[OVERVIEW]
Gliscor's natural bulk and fair defensive typing let 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. Its Guillotine is pretty spammable once everything immune to it is gone, as Gliscor's good defensive typing, its good bulk, and the constant recovery from Poison Heal give it many opportunities to use it. Gliscor can also be a great status absorber due to Poison Heal, which, in tandem with a Toxic Orb, renders it effectively immune to other status effects. However, Gliscor has a 4x weakness to Ice-type attacks, which gives it trouble in the face of attacks such as Glalie's Frost Breath, Thundurus's Hidden Power Ice, and Mamoswine's Icicle Spear and Ice Shard, and it is easily overwhelmed by special attackers such as Gengar, Rotom-W, and Aegislash because of its subpar Special Defense.
[SET]
name: Poison Healer
move 1: Protect
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Guillotine / Toxic
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Impish
evs: 228 HP / 68 Def / 212 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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In combination with Toxic Orb and Poison Heal, Gliscor can effectively stall out the foe. Protect allows Gliscor to scout the foe and activate Toxic Orb after a turn passes. Substitute enables Gliscor to protect itself from status and from any physical attackers that can't break its Substitute. Poison Heal offsets the health loss of Substitute after two turns, meaning Gliscor hasn't lost any health after using the combination of the two. Albeit uninvested, Earthquake 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 highly inaccurate, 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. 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 highly preferred.
Set Details
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212 EVs are invested into Speed to allow Gliscor to outspeed maximum Speed Heatran. 228 HP EVs with an Impish nature increase Gliscor's physical bulk, allowing it to take many hits from other physical attackers and assist with Poison Heal recovery and Substitute usage. The remaining 68 EVs are invested into Defense to increase Gliscor's physical walling capabilities as much as possible. Toxic Orb activates Poison Heal, which helps replenish Gliscor's health every turn and further aids Gliscor's stalling capabilities. Gliscor can also activate Toxic Orb by switching into other attackers to tank their hits.
Usage Tips
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Gliscor's most common role is stalling. It has many positive matchups against faster physical attackers, allowing Gliscor to easily set up a Substitute and putting it in a great position to use Guillotine. However, when looking at Team Preview, be very careful when you see Mega Kangaskhan, Pokemon that can carry Hyper Voice such as Sylveon, Chandelure with Infiltrator, and any Pokemon that has a chance of carrying an Ice-type attack. Gliscor should always use Protect as its first move in order to scout the foe's move and have Toxic Orb activate. If using Toxic instead of Guillotine, Gliscor can inflict Pokemon such as Landorus-T, Garchomp, and Talonflame with poison and stall them out by alternating between Protect and Substitute.
Team Options
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Chansey and Blissey have great Special Defense to help back up Gliscor's weaker Special Defense stat, forming an excellent defensive core. Additionally, because most Water- and Ice-type attacks are special moves, they have an easy time switching into threats that Gliscor can't handle. Water-type Pokemon such as Slowbro, Mega Slowbro, Suicune, and Rotom-W can also 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 it 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 while Gliscor can freely switch into Ground-type attacks aimed at Klefki. Klefki either can utilize the combination of Swagger and Thunder Wave so that Gliscor has a safer time spamming Guillotine or can set up 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, making them good teammates. Pokemon with Toxic support let Gliscor stall out Pokemon that would otherwise be a threat to it. Pokemon such as Zapdos and 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 it doesn't have much use outside of that. Stealth Rock can be used to rack up damage on the opposing team from constant switches, although it's very rare and stalling is preferred. Gliscor is a passable stallbreaker, so it can utilize the combination of Taunt and Toxic to wear down common bulky Pokemon such as Chansey and Suicune. Ice Fang hits Pokemon such as Mega Salamence, Garchomp, Dragonite, and Landorus-T for decent damage, but it 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. Fling with Acrobatics deserves a special mention, as Gliscor can Fling a Toxic Orb onto the foe, badly poisoning it and doubling Acrobatics's power in the process.
Checks and Counters
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**Pokemon Immune to Earthquake and Guillotine**: Gengar's and Skarmory's typings and abilities make them immune to Toxic, Earthquake, and Guillotine. Air Balloon-wielding Ghost-types such as Aegislash are immune to Gliscor's Earthquake and Guillotine. Aegislash is also immune to Toxic, which only leaves Gliscor to set up Substitute and Protect. Aegislash can take advantage of that and use it as setup fodder. Chandelure, despite not having an immunity to Toxic, has Infiltrator, allowing it to bypass Gliscor's Substitute and deal damage to it. Mega Sableye is immune to Guillotine and takes little damage from Earthquake, which it can then heal off with Recover.
**Perish Song Mega Gengar**: Mega Gengar outspeeds Gliscor and can keep it from switching out with Shadow Tag. After using Perish Song, Gengar can stall out Gliscor with Protect and Substitute and switch out. Mega Gengar is also immune to Guillotine.
**Hyper Voice**: Hyper Voice is dangerous to Gliscor, as it takes advantage of its lower Special Defense and bypasses its Substitute. Common users include Sylveon, Mega Gardevoir, Mega Altaria, and Mega Salamence. Sylveon is particularly threatening, as it can OHKO Gliscor if it is equipped with a Choice Specs. These all, however, need to watch out for Guillotine.
**Pokemon With Strong Water- and Ice-type Attacks**: Pokemon such as Suicune and Thundurus have enough power to OHKO Gliscor with super effective Scald and Hidden Power Ice, respectively. Both can switch into Earthquake with ease but must be wary of Guillotine. Albeit uncommon, Mega Kangaskhan can use Ice Punch, which OHKOes Gliscor if it's not behind a Substitute and 2HKOes Gliscor if it is behind one. 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. Cresselia and Porygon2 can set up Trick Room while Gliscor uses Protect and can OHKO it with Ice Beam. Porygon2 also has Trace, which can copy Poison Heal, making Toxic from Gliscor useless.
**Taunt and Encore Users**: Taunt users such as Gyarados, Talonflame, Gengar, and Thundurus can all keep Gliscor from stalling them out. Talonflame and Gengar have no trouble outspeeding Gliscor, and Gyarados is able to beat Gliscor with its STAB moves. Thundurus deserves a special mention because its Prankster Taunt shuts down most of Gliscor's moves, forcing it to use Guillotine. All of the threats mentioned above are immune to Earthquake as well. Mega Alakazam, Whimsicott, and Liepard can use Encore to lock Gliscor into one of its status moves. Mega Alakazam has Trace, which can copy Gliscor's Poison Heal, making it effectively immune to Toxic. Whimsicott has Prankster and can set up Substitute while Gliscor is locked into a move. It can spam Moonblast and use Leech Seed, depleting Gliscor of its HP. Liepard also has Prankster and can damage Gliscor as well, forcing it to switch out.
**Phazers**: Skarmory and Suicune can both disrupt Gliscor's stalling capabilities with Whirlwind and Roar, respectively, as both attacks can go through Gliscor's Substitute. Skarmory is unaffected by any of Gliscor's moves, and Suicune can cure itself of poison with Rest, but it must be wary of Guillotine.
Approved by Hulavuta
[OVERVIEW]
Gliscor's natural bulk and fair defensive typing let 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. Its Guillotine is pretty spammable once everything immune to it is gone, as Gliscor's good defensive typing, its good bulk, and the constant recovery from Poison Heal give it many opportunities to use it. Gliscor can also be a great status absorber due to Poison Heal, which, in tandem with a Toxic Orb, renders it effectively immune to other status effects. However, Gliscor has a 4x weakness to Ice-type attacks, which gives it trouble in the face of attacks such as Glalie's Frost Breath, Thundurus's Hidden Power Ice, and Mamoswine's Icicle Spear and Ice Shard, and it is easily overwhelmed by special attackers such as Gengar, Rotom-W, and Aegislash because of its subpar Special Defense.
[SET]
name: Poison Healer
move 1: Protect
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Guillotine / Toxic
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Impish
evs: 228 HP / 68 Def / 212 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
In combination with Toxic Orb and Poison Heal, Gliscor can effectively stall out the foe. Protect allows Gliscor to scout the foe and activate Toxic Orb after a turn passes. Substitute enables Gliscor to protect itself from status and from any physical attackers that can't break its Substitute. Poison Heal offsets the health loss of Substitute after two turns, meaning Gliscor hasn't lost any health after using the combination of the two. Albeit uninvested, Earthquake 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 highly inaccurate, 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. 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 highly preferred.
Set Details
========
212 EVs are invested into Speed to allow Gliscor to outspeed maximum Speed Heatran. 228 HP EVs with an Impish nature increase Gliscor's physical bulk, allowing it to take many hits from other physical attackers and assist with Poison Heal recovery and Substitute usage. The remaining 68 EVs are invested into Defense to increase Gliscor's physical walling capabilities as much as possible. Toxic Orb activates Poison Heal, which helps replenish Gliscor's health every turn and further aids Gliscor's stalling capabilities. Gliscor can also activate Toxic Orb by switching into other attackers to tank their hits.
Usage Tips
========
Gliscor's most common role is stalling. It has many positive matchups against faster physical attackers, allowing Gliscor to easily set up a Substitute and putting it in a great position to use Guillotine. However, when looking at Team Preview, be very careful when you see Mega Kangaskhan, Pokemon that can carry Hyper Voice such as Sylveon, Chandelure with Infiltrator, and any Pokemon that has a chance of carrying an Ice-type attack. Gliscor should always use Protect as its first move in order to scout the foe's move and have Toxic Orb activate. If using Toxic instead of Guillotine, Gliscor can inflict Pokemon such as Landorus-T, Garchomp, and Talonflame with poison and stall them out by alternating between Protect and Substitute.
Team Options
========
Chansey and Blissey have great Special Defense to help back up Gliscor's weaker Special Defense stat, forming an excellent defensive core. Additionally, because most Water- and Ice-type attacks are special moves, they have an easy time switching into threats that Gliscor can't handle. Water-type Pokemon such as Slowbro, Mega Slowbro, Suicune, and Rotom-W can also 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 it 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 while Gliscor can freely switch into Ground-type attacks aimed at Klefki. Klefki either can utilize the combination of Swagger and Thunder Wave so that Gliscor has a safer time spamming Guillotine or can set up 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, making them good teammates. Pokemon with Toxic support let Gliscor stall out Pokemon that would otherwise be a threat to it. Pokemon such as Zapdos and 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
=============
Rock Tomb hits Pokemon that are immune to Earthquake, such as Mega Charizard Y, Mega Pinsir, and Talonflame, and provides speed control, but it doesn't have much use outside of that. Stealth Rock can be used to rack up damage on the opposing team from constant switches, although it's very rare and stalling is preferred. Gliscor is a passable stallbreaker, so it can utilize the combination of Taunt and Toxic to wear down common bulky Pokemon such as Chansey and Suicune. Ice Fang hits Pokemon such as Mega Salamence, Garchomp, Dragonite, and Landorus-T for decent damage, but it 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. Fling with Acrobatics deserves a special mention, as Gliscor can Fling a Toxic Orb onto the foe, badly poisoning it and doubling Acrobatics's power in the process.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Pokemon Immune to Earthquake and Guillotine**: Gengar's and Skarmory's typings and abilities make them immune to Toxic, Earthquake, and Guillotine. Air Balloon-wielding Ghost-types such as Aegislash are immune to Gliscor's Earthquake and Guillotine. Aegislash is also immune to Toxic, which only leaves Gliscor to set up Substitute and Protect. Aegislash can take advantage of that and use it as setup fodder. Chandelure, despite not having an immunity to Toxic, has Infiltrator, allowing it to bypass Gliscor's Substitute and deal damage to it. Mega Sableye is immune to Guillotine and takes little damage from Earthquake, which it can then heal off with Recover.
**Perish Song Mega Gengar**: Mega Gengar outspeeds Gliscor and can keep it from switching out with Shadow Tag. After using Perish Song, Gengar can stall out Gliscor with Protect and Substitute and switch out. Mega Gengar is also immune to Guillotine.
**Hyper Voice**: Hyper Voice is dangerous to Gliscor, as it takes advantage of its lower Special Defense and bypasses its Substitute. Common users include Sylveon, Mega Gardevoir, Mega Altaria, and Mega Salamence. Sylveon is particularly threatening, as it can OHKO Gliscor if it is equipped with a Choice Specs. These all, however, need to watch out for Guillotine.
**Pokemon With Strong Water- and Ice-type Attacks**: Pokemon such as Suicune and Thundurus have enough power to OHKO Gliscor with super effective Scald and Hidden Power Ice, respectively. Both can switch into Earthquake with ease but must be wary of Guillotine. Albeit uncommon, Mega Kangaskhan can use Ice Punch, which OHKOes Gliscor if it's not behind a Substitute and 2HKOes Gliscor if it is behind one. 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. Cresselia and Porygon2 can set up Trick Room while Gliscor uses Protect and can OHKO it with Ice Beam. Porygon2 also has Trace, which can copy Poison Heal, making Toxic from Gliscor useless.
**Taunt and Encore Users**: Taunt users such as Gyarados, Talonflame, Gengar, and Thundurus can all keep Gliscor from stalling them out. Talonflame and Gengar have no trouble outspeeding Gliscor, and Gyarados is able to beat Gliscor with its STAB moves. Thundurus deserves a special mention because its Prankster Taunt shuts down most of Gliscor's moves, forcing it to use Guillotine. All of the threats mentioned above are immune to Earthquake as well. Mega Alakazam, Whimsicott, and Liepard can use Encore to lock Gliscor into one of its status moves. Mega Alakazam has Trace, which can copy Gliscor's Poison Heal, making it effectively immune to Toxic. Whimsicott has Prankster and can set up Substitute while Gliscor is locked into a move. It can spam Moonblast and use Leech Seed, depleting Gliscor of its HP. Liepard also has Prankster and can damage Gliscor as well, forcing it to switch out.
**Phazers**: Skarmory and Suicune can both disrupt Gliscor's stalling capabilities with Whirlwind and Roar, respectively, as both attacks can go through Gliscor's Substitute. Skarmory is unaffected by any of Gliscor's moves, and Suicune can cure itself of poison with Rest, but it must be wary of Guillotine.
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