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Gligar in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Gligar’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Ground/Flying typing, base stats, original abilities, evolution requirements and exact Platinum moves.

Edition covered

Original Nintendo DS release; not Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl.

01

Generation IV identity and base stats

Gligar is Sinnoh #153 and National #207. Its Platinum typing is Ground / Flying. The stats below describe its standard Platinum form on the original Nintendo DS cartridge. Later Fairy typing, stat buffs and Hidden Abilities are excluded.

The existing Platinum sprite shows its standard Platinum form; gender, cloak or alternate forms can have different appearances.

Gligar
Gligar: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #153.
Gligar Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP65
Attack75
Defense105
Sp. Atk35
Sp. Def65
Speed85
Total430
02

Where to obtain it in Platinum

Check the location, method and conditions before travelling. A gift, trade, Honey Tree, daily replacement or stationary interaction is different from ordinary grass. Level ranges combine matching documented encounter slots.

These records are filtered to Platinum. Time, Poké Radar, swarm, GBA insertion, daily and story conditions remain separate. Postgame areas require their story access; no listed area is promised to be open on a fresh save.

Encounter methods · Legendaries, gifts and historical requirements · Sinnoh map and routes

Gligar recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Route 206Grass / cave walking18Time Morning
Route 206Grass / cave walking18Time Day
Route 206Grass / cave walking16Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Gligar regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
GligarGliscorLevel up at night while holding a Razor Fang

Friendship evolution uses the original threshold of 220. Held-item trades need a compatible second game and system. Platinum uses special rocks, Mt. Coronet magnetic evolutions, learned-move requirements and Beauty rather than later replacement methods.

Evolution, forms and Pokédex completion

04

Original abilities, breeding and training

Gligar Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
Hyper CutterRegular ability slot 1
Sand VeilRegular ability slot 2

Hidden Abilities did not exist in Generation IV. The table restores original ability slots where a species changed in later games; an ability’s modern behavior must not be assumed to match Platinum.

Gligar breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Bug
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthMedium Slow
Base capture rate60 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedDefense +1

The Solaceon Town Day Care supports breeding before the League. Undiscovered species cannot produce Eggs. Some baby forms require the matching incense on a parent, while trade evolutions still need the trade rather than only a Day Care level.

Platinum breeding, EV, IV and nature rules

05

Platinum level-up moves

Gligar exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting movePoison Sting
5Sand Attack
9Harden
12Knock Off
16Quick Attack
20Fury Cutter
23Faint Attack
27Screech
31Slash
34Swords Dance
38U-turn
42X-Scissor
45Guillotine

Every row uses the Platinum version group. Level 1 moves include starting and reminder moves; a later caught specimen need not already know every entry. Evolution timing affects which stage learns a move. Pastoria’s Move Reminder charges a Heart Scale.

06

Compatible Platinum TMs and HMs

Gligar Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM12TauntDarkStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM23Iron TailSteelPhysical
TM26EarthquakeGroundPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM28DigGroundPhysical
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM36Sludge BombPoisonSpecial
TM37SandstormRockStatus
TM39Rock TombRockPhysical
TM40Aerial AceFlyingPhysical
TM41TormentDarkStatus
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical
TM47Steel WingSteelPhysical
TM51RoostFlyingStatus
TM54False SwipeNormalPhysical
TM56FlingDarkPhysical
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM66PaybackDarkPhysical
TM69Rock PolishRockStatus
TM71Stone EdgeRockPhysical
TM75Swords DanceNormalStatus
TM76Stealth RockRockStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM79Dark PulseDarkSpecial
TM80Rock SlideRockPhysical
TM81X-ScissorBugPhysical
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM84Poison JabPoisonPhysical
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM89U-turnBugPhysical
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM01CutNormalPhysical
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical
HM05DefogFlyingStatus
HM06Rock SmashFightingPhysical

Platinum TMs are single-use: teaching one consumes that copy. HMs are reusable and require the Move Deleter to be forgotten. Defog is HM05 and Rock Climb is HM08; these are the Generation IV field moves, with their own badge requirements.

All Platinum TM/HM locations and field badges

07

Egg moves and Platinum Move Tutors

Recorded Platinum Egg moves: Agility, Baton Pass, Counter, Cross Poison, Double-Edge, Feint, Metal Claw, Night Slash, Razor Wind, Sand Tomb, Wing Attack.

Recorded Platinum tutor compatibility: Aqua Tail, Earth Power, Fury Cutter, Knock Off, Snore, Swift.

Tutor compatibility does not mean every listed technique comes from the same shard tutor. Starter ultimate moves, Draco Meteor and other special services have their own requirements.

Tutor locations, shard costs, special tutors and the Move Reminder

08

Related species and return to the Pokédex

Return to Gligar in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Gligar’s exact Platinum method and condition. Daily encounters, counterpart-game species, original evolution rules and external Egg requirements need separate collection plans.

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