Competitive Information for Diglett [Diamond/Pearl]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Diglett? 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.
Diglett is a stupendous Ground-typed Pokemon. Diglett is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Diglett is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Arena Trap
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Dig
- Rock Slide / Slash
- Shadow Claw / Astonish
- Sucker Punch / Thief
Physical Sweeper Diglett (Arena Trap)
Diglett is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Diglett from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Diglett's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Arena Trap, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they are airborne. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Diglett has no item, it steals the target's).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Diglett? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Arena Trap
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Dig
- Rock Slide
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw / Astonish
Doubles Physical Sweeper Diglett (Arena Trap)
Diglett is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Diglett from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Diglett's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Arena Trap, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they are airborne.
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Diglett learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Diglett 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 Diglett
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Diglett's stats
- Ancient Power
Most notable and possible best moves for Diglett
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Diglett in Diamond and Pearl
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