Competitive Information for Dialga (origin) [Sword/Shield]
Steel / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Dialga-origin? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Dialga is an astounding Steel and Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's common to see Dialga show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Dialga's only type-related weaknesses are Fighting and Ground.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Steel Beam / Flash Cannon
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Earth Power
Special Sweeper Dialga-Origin (Pressure)
Dialga is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It tries 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. With Pressure, if Dialga is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Dialga's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ 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).
◆ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Dialga's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Overheat is a special 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Dialga's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Dialga-origin? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Steel Beam / Flash Cannon
- Ice Beam / Hyper Voice
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Incinerate / Overheat
Doubles Special Sweeper Dialga-Origin (Pressure)
Dialga is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. 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. With Pressure, if Dialga is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Ice Beam was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Dialga's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ 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 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Dialga's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
◆ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
◆ Overheat is a special 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Dialga's special attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Eject Pack / Metal Coat
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Steel Beam / Flash Cannon
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Dialga-Origin (Pressure)
Dialga is a legendary Offensive Trick Room for single battles. With Pressure, if Dialga is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Dialga's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed. With a Metal Coat equipped to it, Dialga's steel-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ 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).
◆ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Dialga's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Overheat is a special 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Dialga's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-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 Dialga-origin 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-origin can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Dialga-origin
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Body Press + Bulk Up
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- 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-origin's stats
- Ancient Power
- Bulk Up
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Scale Shot
Most notable and possible best moves for Dialga-origin
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Roar of Time
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Dialga-origin in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Dialga-origin's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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