Competitive Information for Dialga [Diamond/Pearl]
Steel / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Dialga? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Dialga is a fabulous Steel and Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Dialga show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. Dialga is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Dialga's only type-related weaknesses are Fighting and Ground.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Flash Cannon
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Dialga (Pressure)
Dialga is a legendary Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Dialga's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Dialga's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Dialga is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Overheat is a special 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Dialga's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor
- Trick Room
- Outrage
- Fire Blast
Dialga Mixed Sweeper (Temporal Beast)
Dialga is a legendary Mixed Sweeper. Life Orb boosts the power of Dialga's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Dialga is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp. You can look at this Dialga like a Rain Dance Kingdra. It sets up for itself and then squishes anything that tries to counter it.
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
♦ Outrage is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Dialga afterwards).
♦ Fire Blast is a special 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Dialga? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Flash Cannon
- Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Dialga (Pressure)
Dialga is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Dialga's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Dialga's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Dialga is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Overheat is a special 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Dialga's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Flash Cannon
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Dialga (Pressure)
Dialga is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. Life Orb boosts the power of Dialga's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Dialga is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Overheat is a special 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Dialga's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Dialga learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Dialga can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Dialga
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Dialga's stats
- Ancient Power
- Bulk Up
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
Most notable and possible best moves for Dialga
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Roar of Time
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Dialga in Diamond and Pearl
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