#483
Dialga
Temporal Pokémon
SteelDragon
It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity.
Base Stats
HP 100
Attack 120
Defense 120
Sp. Atk 150
Sp. Def 100
Speed 90
Total 680
Type Effectiveness
Weak to
Immune to
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Details
Category Temporal Pokémon
Height 5.4 m
Weight 683.0 kg
Base Exp 306
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat —
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Offensive Utility
Item
Life Orb / Shuca Berry
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 104
SpA 252
Spe 152
Strategy Overview
- Dialga's niche in Ubers as a Stealth Rock user when compared to Necrozma-DM comes from its offensive presence against the majority of Defog users in the tier, such as Arceus-Water, Arceus-Dragon, and both formes of Giratina.
- A decent Steel / Dragon typing of paired with great natural bulk makes it hard to take down Dialga in general. Its handy immunity to Toxic also allows it to switch into passive foes and set Stealth Rock multiple times throughout the match.
- A wide array of coverage and status moves available for Dialga makes it very hard to defensively handle without dedicated special walls.
- Despite these strengths, Dialga faces competition with a lot of other threats in the metagame; as an offensive Pokemon, Palkia and Zekrom are better offensive checks to Primal Kyogre, have better offensive typings, and can run lure sets to defeat their conventional checks. As a Stealth Rock user, Dialga faces heavy competition with Necrozma-DM, which is more resilient to super effective moves thanks to Prism Armor and has reliable recovery to consistently set entry hazards throughout the match.
- Dialga's defensive typing leaves it unable to check Xerneas. This forces Dialga's team to acquire a check to Xerneas by employing another Steel-type, stacking weaknesses while doing so.
- Dialga also falls prey to very common threats like Primal Groudon, Arceus-Ground, Marshadow, and Mega Lucario due to its weakness to Ground- and Fighting-types. Although Shuca Berry allows Dialga to survive a hit and retaliate against Ground-type threats and Earthquake users, its matchup against the aforementioned threats are risky nonetheless.
- Lastly, Dialga suffers from four-moveslot syndrome; it is mandated to carry Stealth Rock to fulfill its role and therefore lacks moveslots to fit all coverage and status moves it needs.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc