Gliscor (Pokémon)


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Gliscor (Japanese: グライオン Glion) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from when leveled up at night while holding a Razor Fang.

Biology
Gliscor is a large, mainly blue-purple vampire bat-like Pokémon. Its legs have two toes and a slightly darker circular coloration on the underside, and its tail has two barbs, giving its tail the resemblance of a vampire's fangs. Its arms are red with thin striations and are completely detached from its black wings, and each is ended with large pincers. Its ears have discernible, red, chambered ear insides, and its eyes are yellow. It has six visible fangs in its mouth, and its waist, like its arms, is red and striated. Gliscor's body resembles an open mouth, with the pointed protrusions coming from its upper torso resembling fangs, further illustrating its vampiric qualities. It appears to be partially covered in an insect-like exoskeleton.

As shown in Riding the Winds of Change!, Gliscor, along with its unevolved form, can emit a sort of sound wave in order to detect obstacles and fly around them, similar to. Its legs appear to be not suitable for walking, so it can only perform short hops when on the ground. Gliscor hangs upside down while sleeping, much like other bat-like Pokémon, and it is nocturnal. It is capable of soundless flight; however, its wings cannot be flapped to the same extent that other Pokémon's wings can. Like and, Gliscor uses winds and updrafts to glide from place to place. When there is no wind, Gliscor climbs to the top of tall trees using its sharp raptorial claws and then glides from place to place. This practice is similar to flying squirrels. It is extremely rare, but sometimes it is found in thick pine forests and swamps.

Ash's Gliscor
In Fighting Fear With Fear!, 's Gligar evolved into a Gliscor while using 's Razor Fang to save Ash from falling into a canyon. In Mastering Current Events!, Ash left Gliscor with McCann so it could train and grow stronger. In Working on a Right Move!, Gliscor returned to help Ash in the Lily of the Valley Conference.

Other
Gliscor debuted in Riding the Winds of Change!, where it was by Paul. In Chim-Charred!, it went up against and won with a. It reappeared in Aiding The Enemy!.

In An Elite Coverup!, Bertha's Gliscor was used to destroy the machine attached to 's balloon.

Minor appearances
In To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!, Theodore's Gliscor competed in the Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament.

In the Darkrai Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger Vatonage - the Comic manga
A Gliscor appeared in Mission Complete as one of the Pokémon Kincaid controlled.

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga
Multiple Gliscor appeared in PDP18.

A Gliscor appeared in PDP24.

Like in the, owns a Gliscor in Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
battled a Gliscor on his way to Iron Island in Grumpy Gliscor. It proved to be a tough opponent to beat with its, , and attacks, but it was eventually defeated by Tru's.

In Colress Machine, was revealed to own a Gliscor, nicknamed Glisott.

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Trivia

 * Gliscor is lighter than its, weighing in at only 93.7 lbs. (42.5 kg), while Gligar is 142.9 lbs. (64.8 kg). This is despite nearly doubling in size during evolution, from 3'07" (1.1 m) to 6'07" (2.0 m).
 * Gliscor, along with, , and , are the only that explicitly required the use of a Generation III game in order to be available until the release of . In this case,  are only available through dual-slot mode with.
 * Gliscor can learn seven, more than any other Pokémon.
 * Gliscor can be seen as a parallel to . Both of them are dual-types, have the same base stat total, have double weaknesses (Gliscor to Ice, Weavile to Fighting), evolve from Pokémon that were introduced in Generation II, and do so by leveling up at night while holding items that contain the word "razor" ( evolves with Razor Fang, whereas evolves with Razor Claw).

Origin
Gliscor appears to be based on a combination of s, s, and s, which in turn share traits with s. It may also be based on the.

Name origin
Gliscor and Glion appear to be combinations of glide and scorpion.

Related articles

 * Ash's Gliscor