Competitive Information for Diancie [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Diancie? 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.
Diancie is a phenomenal Rock and Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's a not-uncommon sight to see Diancie out in the 8th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Diancie is weak to Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Diamond Storm / Rock Slide
- Play Rough
- Body Press
- Facade / Giga Impact
Physical Sweeper Diancie (Clear Body)
Diancie is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Life Orb boosts the power of Diancie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Diancie's stat stages. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Play Rough is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Diancie's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Diancie is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Giga Impact is a physical 150-base power Normal-type move (Diancie cannot move next turn).
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Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Earth Power
- Psychic / Psyshock
Special Sweeper Diancie (Clear Body)
Diancie is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Life Orb boosts the power of Diancie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Diancie's stat stages.
◆ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Diancie? 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: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Diamond Storm / Rock Slide
- Play Rough
- Body Press
- Facade / Giga Impact
Doubles Physical Sweeper Diancie (Clear Body)
Diancie is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Life Orb boosts the power of Diancie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Diancie's stat stages. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Play Rough is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Diancie's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Diancie is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Giga Impact is a physical 150-base power Normal-type move (Diancie cannot move next turn).
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Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Misty Explosion
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Earth Power
- Psychic / Psyshock
Doubles Special Sweeper Diancie (Clear Body)
Diancie is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Life Orb boosts the power of Diancie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Diancie's stat stages.
◆ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Diancie faints. Diancie on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
◆ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
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Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Diamond Storm / Rock Slide
- Play Rough
- Body Press
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Diancie (Clear Body)
Diancie is a legendary Offensive Trick Room for single battles. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Life Orb boosts the power of Diancie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Diancie's stat stages.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Play Rough is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Diancie's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Diancie 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 Diancie 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 Diancie
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Harden
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Moves: Body Press + Diamond Storm
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
Moves that boost Diancie's stats
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Diamond Storm
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Diancie
- Baton Pass
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Stored Power
Common Effort Values for Diancie in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Diancie's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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