Dialga

Dialga (shiny)

Forms

Dialga Origin Dialga

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Dialga

Temporal Pokémon

This Pokémon is revered as a deity in Hisuian legend. The birth of Dialga was what caused the vast river of time to begin flowing in our world.

In Pokémon GO · 4038 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Details

Height5.4 m

Weight683.0 kg

GenderGenderless

Catch rate3(1.6%)Very hard

Base friendship0None

Hatch time120 cycles · ~30,855 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP306

Abilities

Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.

TelepathyHidden

Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.

Egg groups: Undiscovered

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

HP

100

Attack

120

Defense

120

Sp. Atk

150

Sp. Def

100

Speed

90

Total

680

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Rock½×

Bug½×

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Choiced

UBERS

Moves

Item

Choice Scarf / Choice Specs

AbilityTelepathy

Nature{"Timid","Modest"}

TeraDragonFire

EV spread

SpA252

SpD4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Dialga

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Diamond

Platinum

Sinjoh Ruins Spear Pillar

HeartGold

Alpha Sapphire

Soaring in the sky

Ultra Sun

Ultra Space Ultra Space Wilds

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Dialga can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Roar of TimeSTAB

Draco MeteorSTAB

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Metal Claw Has a chance to raise the user’s Attack by one stage.	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
1	Scary Face Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	100	10
1	Twister Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dragon	Special	40	100	20
8	Dragon Breath Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Dragon	Special	60	100	20
16	Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	Rock	Special	60	100	5
24	Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
32	Flash Cannon Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Steel	Special	80	100	10
36	Dragon Pulse Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Dragon	Special	85	100	10
40	Dragon Claw Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Dragon	Physical	80	100	15
48	Aura Sphere Never misses.	Fighting	Special	80	—	20
50	Heal Block Prevents target from restoring its HP for five turns.	Psychic	Status	—	100	15
56	Power Gem Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Rock	Special	80	100	20
64	Metal Burst Strikes back at the last Pokémon to hit the user this turn with 1.5× the damage.	Steel	Physical	—	100	10
72	Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ground	Special	90	100	10
80	Iron Tail Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
88	Roar of Time User foregoes its next turn to recharge.	Dragon	Special	150	90	5

Sprites & renders

17 sprites & renders for Dialga.

Official artwork

Pokémon HOME

Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Diamond · Pearl

HeartGold · SoulSilver

Platinum

scarlet violet

Black · White

ORAS

X · Y

Menu Icons

Ultra Sun · Moon

brilliant diamond shining pearl

Menu Icons

More Steel-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Steel-type Pokémon

Community notes

No reader notes on Dialga yet.

Cite this page

“Dialga”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/dialga.

Species data from PokéAPI.