#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.
Details
Height1.1 m
Weight64.8 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate60
Base friendship70
Growth ratemedium slow
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
65
Attack
75
Defense
105
Sp. Atk
35
Sp. Def
65
Speed
85
Total
430
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Physically Defensive
- Item
- Eviolite
- Ability
- Immunity
- Nature
- Impish
- EVs
- 248 HP / 196 Def / 64 SpD
- Tera
- WaterGhost
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Gligar can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
22 sprites & renders for Gligar.






Across the games
















Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 |
| 4 | Sand Attack | Ground | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 7 | Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 10 | Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 11 | Aerial Ace | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 13 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 16 | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 40 | 95 | 20 |
| 18 | Mud Bomb | Ground | Special | 65 | 85 | 10 |
| 19 | Feint Attack | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 19 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 19 | Poison Tail | Poison | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 22 | Acrobatics | Flying | Physical | 55 | 100 | 15 |
| 27 | Slash | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | U-turn | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 34 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 35 | Screech | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 40 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 45 | Crabhammer | Water | Physical | 100 | 90 | 10 |
| 45 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| 45 | Sky Uppercut | Fighting | Physical | 85 | 90 | 15 |
| 50 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 55 | Guillotine | 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.