Competitive Information for Dialga [Sword/Shield]
Steel / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Dialga? 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 a decent Steel and Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Dialga show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Dialga is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. 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:
- Dragon Pulse / Roar of Time
- Flash Cannon
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Dialga (Pressure)
Dialga is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It's 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. 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.
◆ Roar of Time is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Dragon-type move (Dialga cannot move next turn).
◆ 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).
◆ 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).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-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 Dialga? 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: Life Orb
Ability: Telepathy
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 108 Hp / 252 SpA / 148 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Roar of Time
- Flash Cannon
- Earth Power
- Blizzard
Doubles Special Sweeper Dialga (Popular VGC)
Dialga is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during recent competitions. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. 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 Telepathy, Dialga does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.
◆ 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).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Blizzard is a special 110-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze foes. Can't miss in hail).
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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:
- Ice Beam / Hyper Voice
- Dragon Pulse / Roar of Time
- Flash Cannon
- Overheat / Flamethrower
Doubles Special Sweeper Dialga (Pressure)
Dialga is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. It was 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.
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
◆ Roar of Time is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Dragon-type move (Dialga cannot move next turn).
◆ 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).
◆ 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).
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Item: Eject Pack / Dragon Fang
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Dragon Pulse / Roar of Time
- Flash Cannon
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Dialga (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 Dragon Fang equipped to it, Dialga's dragon-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Roar of Time is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Dragon-type move (Dialga cannot move next turn).
◆ 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).
◆ 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 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 Dialga 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
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- 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: 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
Moves that boost Dialga's stats
- Ancient Power
- Bulk Up
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Scale Shot
Most notable and possible best moves for Dialga
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Roar of Time
- Stealth Rock
Common Effort Values for Dialga in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Dialga's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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