Competitive Information for Palkia [Diamond/Pearl]
Water / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Palkia? 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.
Palkia is a remarkable Water and Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's common to see Palkia show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. Palkia is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Palkia's only type-related weakness is Dragon.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Spacial Rend / Draco Meteor
- Surf / Brine
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Palkia (Pressure)
Palkia is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Palkia's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Palkia's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Palkia is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Palkia's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dive).
♦ Brine is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Palkia? 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: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Spacial Rend / Draco Meteor
- Surf / Brine
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Palkia (Pressure)
Palkia is a legendary Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Palkia's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Palkia's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Palkia is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Palkia's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dive).
♦ Brine is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ 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 / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Spacial Rend / Draco Meteor
- Surf / Brine
- Flamethrower
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Palkia (Pressure)
Palkia is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. Life Orb boosts the power of Palkia's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Palkia is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Palkia's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dive).
♦ Brine is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Palkia 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 Palkia 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 Palkia
- 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: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- 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 Palkia's stats
- Ancient Power
- Bulk Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Palkia
- Earthquake
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Palkia in Diamond and Pearl
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