Gliscor are large, vampire bat-like Pokémon. In evolution, the Gligar's leg-like claws have become more defined as legs, and its tail now has two barbs, as opposed to Gligar's one, giving its tail the resemblance of vampire's fangs. Its arms have also become completely detached from its wings. It has similar looking pincers to Scizor. Gliscor's body resembles an open mouth, with the pointed protrusions coming from its torso appearing to be fangs, further illustrating its vampiric qualities.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Gliscor's abilities are the same as Gligar's, except Gliscor's attacks are more powerful and it can now learn the Elemental Fang attacks. As a fully evolved Pokémon, Gliscor can learn Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.
As shown in Riding the Winds of Change!, Gliscor, along with its unevolved form Gligar, can emit a sort of sound wave in order to detect obstacles and fly around them, similar to echolocation. However, their legs appear to be not suitable for walking and can only preform short hops when on the ground.
Behavior
Gliscor hang upside down while sleeping, much like other bat-like Pokémon. In addition to this Gliscor, unlike Gligar, are nocturnal. While Gligar eat during the day they glide back to the colony's nest at night so the Gligar can go out and hunt.
Gliscor's wings cannot be flapped to the same extent that other Pokémon's wings can. Gliscor has to use winds and updrafts to glide from place to place. Therefore it is not technically "flying". 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 and also to the flying frogs and snakes of the Amazon and Congo Rainforests.
Habitat
They are extremely rare, but sometimes are found in thick pine forests and swamps.
Gliscor, the Fangscorp Pokémon, and the evolved form of Gligar. It watches its prey as it hangs from trees with its tail and attacks from above when it sees the chance.
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Gliscor and Gligar 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 Template:Type2s.
Their type combination also makes them the only Flying-type Pokémon immune to the Template:Type2.
Gliscor, along with its pre-evolution, is one of the few Pokémon who can only learn STAB by TMs, egg moves and move tutor, not naturally.
In the Pokémon franchise, echolocation is often represented by the move Supersonic. As shown in the anime, Gliscor and its unevolved form, Gligar, can emit sound waves to detect obstacles and fly around them, similar to echolocation. Although neither can learn Supersonic as members of the Zubat evolutionary line can, both can learn Screech, another sound-based move.
Gliscor is lighter than its pre-evolution, weighing in at only 93.7 lbs, while Gligar is 142.9 lbs. Although this would suggest that when Gligar evolves it becomes better adapted for flight, this is not the case.
Gliscor is one of only two Pokémon to have an exclamation point in one of its Pokédex entries. Girafarig is the other, with the exclamation mark being in its Gold, LeafGreen, HeartGold and Stadium 2 entry.
Gliscor's name comes from the words glide and scorpion. Glion' is also derived from the same two words, taking the "ion" from scorpion instead of the "scor".
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Gliscor images on Bulbagarden Archives.
