Glidol

Glidol is a fusion featured in the Fusion Evolution Under Used Pet Mod. It is a fusion of Gliscor and Claydol.

## Overview

Glidol is used as an status and Knock Off absorber that can clean hazards, pivot, wall things and overall is just a better Gliscor on most aspects.

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, 31 IVs, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

## Sample Sets

* Defensive

```
Glidol @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Feel No Pain
EVs: 228 HP / 32 Def / 128 SpD / 120 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock / Defog / Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- U-Turn / Smack Down / Toxic
- Roost

```

**Moves**

Glidol is an effective user of Stealth Rock, being able to set it up against slower Pokemon such as Ferros, Brontun, and Dusking due to its natural bulk and pseudo-immunity to status. If Stealth Rock is on a teammate already, Glidol can instead use Defog or Rapid Spin to remove hazards instead. Earthquake provides Glidol with a reliable STAB move that allows it to avoid remaining passive, threatening prominent offensive Pokemon such as Grousle and Yacian-Crowned. U-turn is run to pivot out to wallbreaking teammates such as Lycanserker-Dusk, Strikados-Galar, and Hooporant as bulkier Pokemon switch into Glidol, and it allows Glidol to pivot out of Ground-immune Defog users such as Mesflame, Corveot, and Flygalge. Smack Down deals with these Defog users more proactively by nullifying their Ground immunities. Toxic can be used to cripple Pokemon such as Landmaldo-Therian and Umbat, and is the preferred option for Rapid Spin due to it forcing out Jelliswine and Chomplim, but Corveot and Flygalge then wall it completely. Knock Off is considerable to remove Tanette's Eviolite and Heavy-Duty Boots from various Stealth Rock-weak Pokemon but is not very good coverage otherwise. Roost lets Glidol stay healthy throughout the match, letting it switch into threatening Pokemon reliably as well as allowing Glidol to set up Stealth Rock multiple times throughout the game.

**Set Details**

228 HP EVs allow Glidol to hit a HP number divisible by 8, maximizing the amount of HP it regains every turn. 120 Speed EVs and a Jolly nature outspeeds Timid Heatki. 32 Defense EVs allow Glidol to survive two Life Orb-boosted Iron Heads from Lycanserker-Dusk, and the remaining EVs are placed in Special Defense to allow Glidol to tank special attacks such as Arctres-Galar's and Grousle's Fire Blasts and Slowton's Scalds. A faster spread of 228 HP / 32 Def / 32 SpD / 216 Spe with a Jolly Nature lets Glidol outspeed Yacian-Crowned and OHKO it, but this is usually not necessary and comes at the cost of significantly lowering Glidol's special bulk. An alternate spread of 228 HP / 160 SpD / 120 Spe can also be used to always get 3HKO'd even from Modest Heatki, but it compromises its physical capability to check physical threats, if only checking Timid Heatki is desired, the standard spread is enought.

**Usage Tips**

Set up Stealth Rock early in games against Pokemon that don't threaten Glidol or are forced out, such as Brontun and Landmaldo-Therian, so that the opponent's Pokemon are worn down quicker. Use U-turn liberally so that Glidol can pivot into wallbreakers often and they can decimate the opposing team. Avoid staying in and using Earthquake too much with Glidol; it gives free momentum to Pokemon as Flygalge and Noicity, and Weezlord-Galar can switch in to cause Glidol to lose a significant portion of its health. Most of the time, you should use U-turn when you believe a Ground-immune Pokemon, such as Flygalge or Noicity, or Weezlord-Galar is coming in to maintain offensive pressure.
**Other Options**

Teleport can be used over U-Turn to ensure a slow pivot against Pokemon like Silvino, but the chip damage from U-Turn is usually preferred.

**Checks and Counters**

**Ice-types and Ice Coverage**: Strong Ice-types such as Cryogolem and Manicuno-Galar can outspeed and OHKO Glidol. However, both don't like Knock Off and Manicuno-Galar can't take a U-Turn well. Additionally, Glidol needs to watch out when switching into Slowton as it can carry Ice-type coverage.

**Water-types**: Offensive Water-types such as Hooporant, Clawliwrath, and Kyottler can all threaten Glidol with their powerful STAB moves, and the latter can potentially use it as setup fodder. Toucosta can switch into Glidol a number of times and force it out with the threat of Scald or Liquidation, and it can even remove Glidol's Stealth Rock.

**Pokemon immune to Earthquake:** Defensive Pokemon immune to Earthquake like Corveot and Flygalge are immune to Earthquake and Toxic and take Knock Off well. They can remove Glidol's Stealth Rock and even use it as setup fodder in the case of Corveot-Mega. However, Ground-immune Pokemon that are susceptible to Toxic need to be wary of it when switching into Glidol.

**Grass-types:** Grass-types such as Tanette, Thornbro-Galar, and Kingtsar are all able to switch into Glidol and exploit its passivity. However, they do have to be wary of being beaten by offensive sets or crippled by Knock Off in the case of Tanette.