#0362 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Glalie

Face Pokémon · Ice-type

Glalie is a Ice-type Pokémon, the Face Pokémon, number 362 (#0362) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 1.5 m tall and weighs 256.5 kg.

Glalie is the Face Pokémon, a floating rock wearing a grinning mask of ice that the Pokédex says is harder than steel. Legend says it was born when a boulder on a frozen mountainside took in the suffering and regrets of a climber left stranded there.

How to pronounce Glalie

Glalie is pronounced GLAY-lee. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Glalie said out loud:

In Japanese it is オニゴーリ (Onigohri).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Glalie is a round, black rock core, 1.5 m tall and 256.5 kg, covered in ice with holes through which blue eyes and flat teeth show, and it has two black conical horns. The Pokédex says the rock beneath is not particularly hard, but the ice it freezes from the moisture in the air is.

Behaviour

Glalie freezes its prey in an instant and, according to different entries, devours or leisurely eats it. Ultra Sun says it prefers prey that is already frozen, such as Vanillite. In the anime it floats freely through the air and can even be ridden.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat is caves. In Scarlet and Violet it lives on Glaseado Mountain and in 5-star Tera Raid Battles, and in Legends: Z-A you get it by evolving Snorunt, or in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

Powers

Glalie has Inner Focus or Ice Body, with Moody hidden. It starts with Sheer Cold, learns Freeze-Dry on evolution, then Frost Breath, Weather Ball, Crunch and Blizzard. Mega Glalie, from Glalitite, has the Ability Refrigerate and 120 base Attack and Special Attack; its jaw is dislocated, so it spills blizzards from its broken mouth but can no longer eat as it used to. With its base stats evenly spread, Glalie is an all-round Ice attacker.

Name origin

Glalie may combine 'glacier' and 'goalie'. The Japanese name is Onigohri (オニゴーリ), from oni (demon), kōri (ice) and goalie; Akihito Tomisawa, a former Game Freak staff member, said he coined it because the Pokémon resembled a goalie's mask.

Design inspiration

Glalie may be modelled on human features such as a cold, distant face, and also looks like an ice hockey mask and a hailstone. Its horns and teeth may reference the oni or the Namahage, demon-masked men in northern Japan. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Glalie evolves from Snorunt at level 42.

In the games

In Ruby and Sapphire, its first games, the only way to get a Glalie is to evolve a Snorunt. In Sword and Shield it can also be found on Route 10 and at the Lake of Outrage.

In the anime

Ash's Snorunt evolved into Glalie in 'Rhapsody in Drew', and it stayed with Ash until the Ever Grande Conference was over. In Horizons, Coral's Glalie first appeared in 'Reunion at the Ancient Castle!' and was later shown to be able to Mega Evolve.

Fun facts

• Glalie shares its entire set of base stats with Phione.
• Of the Mega Evolutions that arrived with Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Mega Glalie alone has a single type.
• At 256.5 kg it was the heaviest Ice type of Generation III.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Glalie (Pokémon) · Serebii: Glalie (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 80
• Attack: 80
• Defense: 80
• Sp. Atk: 80
• Sp. Def: 80
• Speed: 80

Glalie’s base stat total is 480. Its highest stat is HP and Attack and Defense and Sp. Atk and Sp. Def and Speed.

Type matchups

What is Glalie weak to?

Glalie takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Fighting (2×), Rock (2×), Steel (2×) moves.

It resists Ice (½×).

Evolution

What does Glalie evolve from?

Glalie evolves from Snorunt at level 42.

Glalie is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Snorunt, Glalie, Froslass.

• Snorunt evolves into Froslass (Dawn Stone, female).

Forms

• Mega Glalie (Mega): Ice-type, base stat total 580 (HP 80, Attack 120, Defense 80, Sp. Atk 120, Sp. Def 80, Speed 100). Ability: Refrigerate.

Abilities

• Inner Focus: Prevents flinching.
• Ice Body: Heals for 1/16 max HP after each turn during snow or hail. Protects against hail damage.
• Moody (hidden ability): Raises a random stat two stages and lowers another one stage after each turn.

Moves

Moves Glalie learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Glalie learns the move the moment it evolves: Freeze-Dry.

TM moves (40)

Glalie can learn 40 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Fake Tears, Scary Face, Protect, Ice Fang, Water Pulse, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Bulldoze, Hex, Icy Wind, Avalanche, Endure, Rain Dance, Snowscape, Foul Play, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Light Screen, Rest, Taunt, Spikes, Dark Pulse, Iron Head, Substitute, Crunch, Shadow Ball, Ice Spinner, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Spite, Gyro Ball, Icicle Spear, Weather Ball.

Egg moves (5), which Snorunt can hatch knowing:Block, Disable, Icicle Crash, Rollout, Switcheroo.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Fairy, Mineral.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 75 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 HP effort values.
• Base experience yield: 168.

Pokédex entries

It can instantly freeze moisture in the atmosphere. It uses this power to freeze its foes. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y, Shield)

It covers its body with an armor of ice harder than steel. Uses its breath to freeze prey, which it then devours as if they were frozen desserts. (Legends: Arceus)

It has a body of ice that won't melt, even with fire. It can instantly freeze moisture in the atmosphere. (FireRed, LeafGreen, Sword)

Its actual body is a rock that isn't particularly hard. Glalie absorbs moisture from the air and drapes itself in an armor of ice. (Ultra Moon)

It freezes its prey and chews them whole. However, it prefers to eat Pokémon like Vanillite that are already frozen. (Ultra Sun)

Its prey is instantaneously frozen stiff by the cold air it exhales from its huge mouth. While they're in that frozen state, it gobbles them up. (Moon)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Ice type in Gen 3: 256.5 kg.
• Fastest Ice type in Gen 3: 80 Speed.
• Highest Attack among Ice types in Gen 3: 80, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 72% of all Pokémon (1.5 m).
• Heavier than 95% of all Pokémon (256.5 kg).
• Base stat total 480, ranked #405 of 1,025.
• One of 48 Ice-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 111 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 55 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 75: about 9.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 14 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Glalie (Pokémon), Serebii: Glalie (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (GLAY-lee): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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