Gligar (Pokémon)

Gligar グライガー Gliger

Artwork from G/S/C

Types Species  Ground  Flying  FlyScorpion Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Hyper Cutter or Sand Veil 1,059,860 Pokédex National #207 Johto #189 Hoenn #350* Sinnoh #153Pt Browser Fiore R-160 Almia R-128 Height Weight 3'07" 142.9 lbs. Pokédex color Body style Footprint Catch rate Purple 60 Gender ratio   50% male   50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Bug 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 108 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Pokémon Palace Network Pokédex (Gen. II-III) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. II-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Serebii's Pokédex: Generation II Generation III (Spin-Off games) Generation IV (Spin-Off games) On Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex (Gen. II) On Ultimate Pokémon Center Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Gligar (Japanese: グライガー Gliger) is a dual-type Ground/Flying Pokémon.

It evolves into Gliscor when leveled up, at night, holding a Razor Fang.

Biology

Physiology

Gligar is a small, purple, bat-like Pokémon. It has blue wings, which are similar in function to a flying squirrel's. Gligar has scorpion claws and a tail with a stinger on the end. Gligar has long, pointed ears and triangle-shaped eyes. Gligar could be considered a cousin of Skorupi due to its scorpion-like traits; however, it shares some bat-like traits as well, making it similar to Zubat.

Gender differences

A female Gligar has a smaller stinger.

Special abilities

Gligar knows a small handful of poisonous attacks, such as Poison Sting and the rarely known Cross Poison. Gligar can also use a few Bug-type moves, like Fury Cutter and U-turn. While Gligar can learn Ground and Rock-type moves typical to a Ground-type Pokémon, its abilities as a Flying-type are limited. Most notable is the fact that Gligar cannot learn Fly.

Also, Gligar and its evolved form Gliscor are the only two Pokémon that are both Flying and Ground, which gives them a unique immunity to both Electric-type and Ground moves. This trait is shared only with Vibrava, Flygon, Baltoy, and Claydol due to the Levitate ability.

As shown in Riding the Winds of Change!, Gligar, along with its evolved form Gliscor, can emit sound waves to detect obstacles and fly around them.

Behavior

Gligar tend to ambush prey as it passes by below. They may also be mischievous, as shown in Riding the Winds of Change!, when a group of them were causing trouble in a city they had become trapped in.

Habitat

Mountain Pokémon

Gligar live in mountainous regions, making their nests along cliff sides. It also prefers hot arid environments, but doesn't mind forests either.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Gligarman with his Gligar

Ash's Gligar

Gligar debuted in The Superhero Secret. It was owned by a superhero named Gligarman, and later by his daughter when he retired from crime-fighting.

Morrison's Gligar first appeared in Saved by the Beldum.

A group of Gligar, along with a Gliscor, was featured in Riding the Winds of Change!. One of the Gligar was captured by Ash, while the Gliscor was captured by Paul. Ash's Gligar later evolved in Fighting Fear With Fear!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In the Pokémon Special manga

A Gligar appeared in Volume 9 that tried to eat Gold's Togepi egg.

In the TCG

Main article: Gligar (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Gligar is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Pokémon Colosseum
Shadow moves		Level 43+	Purified moves
Shadow Rush	Shadow		Faint Attack	Dark
--			Sand-Attack	Ground
--			Poison Sting	Poison
--			Slash	Normal

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.5%	Friend Area: Mt. Deepgreen
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I startle my foes, then jab them with my Poison Stinger!
26%-50% HP	Shoot... My health is down by half this soon?
1%-25% HP	I'm banged up... I'm too beat to even ride the wind...
Level Up	There's me leveling up! I've got lots of scaring to do!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Ground	Loops: 5	Minimum Experience: 35
Poké Assist: ( Ground )	Field Move: (Cut ×1)	Maximum Experience: 49
"Gligar rides the winds to launch attacks. Its claws can cut down small trees."
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: C
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Ground	Poké Assist: ( Flying )	Field Move: (Cut ×1)
"It flits around, ramming and slashing to attack."

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Level up holding Razor Fang (Night)	First evolution
	Gligar  Ground  Flying		Gliscor  Ground  Flying

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	File:Spr 3r 207 s.png		File:Spr 3e 207 s.gif	File:Spr 3f 207 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
				NO SPRITES AVAILABLE

For other sprites and images, please see Gligar images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Although Gligar was unable to learn Earthquake by TM in Generation II, a Gligar that knew Earthquake was a reward in Pokémon Stadium 2 for beating the rival in Round 2.
• Gligar and its evolution are the only Pokémon to have the Ground/Flying type combination.
  • Gligar and Gliscor are the only dual-typed Pokémon that have immunity to one of their own types without the help of an ability. (Ground moves do nothing to Flying-types.)
• Gligar's colors vary between games and the anime. It is light blue-violet in most sprite artwork and game artwork, dark pink in Pokémon Gold and Silver, blue-purple in Platinum, regular purple in the high-grade console games such as Pokémon Battle Revolution, and powder-pink in the anime.
• Gligar is heavier than its evolution, being 142.9 lbs while Gliscor is only 93.7 lbs.
• Gligar is one of ten non-Bug, Flying-type Pokémon that cannot learn Fly.
• Gligar is one of few Pokémon who cannot learn any STAB attacks by level-up, only via TMs, egg moves, and move tutor.

Origin

It shares physical traits with bats, gargoyles, and scorpions. It may be based on the scorpionfly.

Name origin

Gligar's name is a combination of glide and gargoyle.

In other languages

• German: Skorgla
• French: Scorplane - Combination of scorpion and plane.
• Korean: 글라이거 Geullaiga
• Chinese: 天蠍

Related articles

• Ash's Gligar

External links

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.