As part of 2022’s Winter Holiday, Mega Glalie will make its Pokémon GO debut in Mega Raids. If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny Glalie as an encounter after defeating Mega Glalie!
Part 1 of 2022’s Winter Holiday event starts on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. local time and ends on Friday, December 23, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. local time.
Glalie is an Ice-type Pokémon that belongs to the Hoenn Region with a Pokémon GO Pokédex number 362. It has a body made of rock which it hardens with an armor of ice. It evolves from Snorunt (which can also evolve into Froslass, if Snorunt is female).
Glalie can mega evolve into Mega Glalie with 200 Glalie Mega Energy at first, and then lower Mega Energy subsequently depending on the Mega level of the Mega Glalie.
Mega Glalie’s Best Moveset
The best moveset for Mega Glalie are Frost Breath as Fast Attack and Avalanche as Charged Attack. These moves are best when battling Pokémon in Gyms or Raids.
Mega Glalie’s Strength
Since Mega Glalie is an Ice-type Pokémon (single-type), its strength lies in its resistance to other Ice-type Pokémon. It deals 63% damage to other Ice-type Pokémon.
Mega Glalie’s Weakness
Mega Glalie is vulnerable to Fighting-, Rock-, Steel- and Fire-type Pokémon. It receives 160% damage from those Pokémon types. Since it is very vulnerable to these Pokémon, the best counters for Mega Glalie are in no particular order, therefore;
- Mega Blaziken with Counter (Fast Attack) and Blast Burn (Charged Attack)
- Terrakion with Double Kick (Fast Attack) and Sacred Sword (Charged Attack)
- Reshiram with Fire Fang (Fast Attack) and Overheat (Charged Attack)
- Pheromosa with Low Kick (Fast Attack) and Focus Blast (Charged Attack)
- Shadow Metagross with Bullet Punch (Fast Attack) and Meteor Mash (Charged Attack)
- Mega Charizard Y with Fire Spin (Fast Attack) and Blast Burn (Charged Attack)
- Shadow Entei with Fire Fang (Fast Attack) and Overheat (Charged Attack)
- Shadow Ho-oh with Incinerate (Fast Attack) and Sacred Fire+ (Charged Attack)
- Shadow Moltres with Fire Spin (Fast Attack) and Overheat (Charged Attack)
Glalie’s Max CP
Glalie has different maximum CP (perfect IVs) depending on how it was encountered. Glalie from research encounters has a max CP of 1384 (level 15); a max CP of 1845 from Raids & Eggs (level 20); a max CP of 2307 from weather-boosted Raids (level 25), and a max CP of 2999 from the wild (level 35).
In addition to Mega Glalie’s debut, the event comes with bonuses such as
- 50% more XP for winning Raid Battles.
- Store up to 40 Gifts.
Also, you can for the first time in Pokémon GO encounter Shiny Bergmite in the wild, in 7 km Eggs, and in One-Star Raids.
