Dialga

Dialga is a dual-type Steel/Dragon Legendary Pokémon that debuted in Generation IV of Pokémon. It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, but it can transform into its Origin Forme when holding the Adamant Crystal.

Along with Palkia and Giratina, Dialga is one of the Pokémon of myth created by Arceus, embodying the concept of time. In the past, it was worshiped by the Diamond Clan under the name almighty Sinnoh. Dialga serves as the game mascot for Pokémon Diamond Version and its remake, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, appearing on the box art of both games in its normal form.

Dialga
DialgaOrigin Forme
Origin
Origin	Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, & Sapphire
Creator	Satoshi Tajiri
First Appearance	Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, & Sapphire
Characteristics
Species	Dialga
Gender	Genderless
Pronouns	It/They
Sexuality	N/A
Age	Inapplicable
Birthday	Year 0
Height	17'9" (Regular Form), 23' (Origin Forme)
Weight	1505.8 lbs (Regular Form), 1873.9 lbs (Origin Forme)
Ethnicity	Dialga
Status	Alive
Alignment	Lawful Good
Archetype	Reality Bender
Occupation	Ruler of Time
Time Period	Modern Day for Generation 4, Ancient Times for Legends: Arceus
Language	Pokémon Language
Combat Style	Time User
Homeworld	His Realm
Relationships
Affiliations	Palkia, Arceus
Enemies	Giratina

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Dialga’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

According to the myths and legends of the Hisui and Sinnoh regions, at the beginning of existence, the Mythical Pokémon Arceus created eggs from which the Pokémon of time—Dialga—the Pokémon of space—Palkia—and the Pokémon of antimatter—Giratina—hatched, all in their Origin Formes. Arceus also created the lake guardians and tasked them with calming Dialga or Palkia whenever they became enraged. After the Pokémon universe was formed, Dialga withdrew into its own dimension, where time is said to flow in different directions and at different speeds. It was both revered and feared as a deity in the past and was worshiped by the Diamond Clan, who mistook it for Arceus and called it "almighty Sinnoh." Dialga can communicate in human language through telepathy, as demonstrated when it speaks through the Diamond Clan's leader, Adaman. Dialga and Palkia may also be driven into a frenzy by powerful space-time distortions created by Giratina. They can control and spread these distortions, which results in the appearance of alpha Pokémon and causes noble Pokémon to become frenzied through lightning bolts emitted from them. Dialga possesses the power to control time—speeding it up, slowing it down, reversing it, or stopping it entirely. It can also travel through time to visit the past, present, and future, and can blast targets with power that distorts time itself. It has the ability to destroy and create an entire universe, either alone or with Palkia's help. As shown in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Dialga's temporal powers can cause Pokémon to devolve and make people and plant life younger, effects it can also reverse. It is said that time began moving when Dialga was born and will continue flowing as long as its heart beats. Dialga usually travels by levitating. Because it primarily resides in another dimension, its behavior is nearly impossible to study. In the anime, Dialga is very protective of its home, leading to violent conflicts with Palkia when their dimensions intersect. The fin-like structure on its back radiates outward and can focus the flow of time, as seen in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. Dialga is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Roar of Time. Pokémon Legends: Arceus Dialga serves as a main antagonist and boss. It is one of Arceus's creations, alongside Palkia and Giratina. After Volo and Giratina tear open a rift in space-time above Mount Coronet, Dialga and Palkia become enraged, causing Alpha Pokémon and space-time distortions to appear throughout Hisui. Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Dialga appears as a bonus boss during one of the Ranger Net extra missions. Injured and seeking recovery, it entered Almia Castle. Due to its wounds, it caused a time distortion and used Roar of Time to send the main character and Wendy back in time to before the events of the game began. Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Dialga appears in the optional Ranger Net extra mission "Pledge to Arceus." It must be captured alongside its counterparts Palkia and Giratina at the Sky Fortress in order to access Arceus.

Name Meaning

The name Dialga may be derived from "diamond." It could also involve día, the Spanish word for "day," which relates to a unit of time, or "dial," as in the face of a clock or a sundial. Another possible element is the Japanese word 頑 ga, meaning "tough," which ties into the theme of solid matter shared by its counterparts.

Appearance

General Description: Dialga is a dark-blue, sauropod-like Pokémon with some gray metallic portions and light blue stripes.

Physical Features: A chest plate on its torso with a deep blue diamond-like crystal embedded in the center. A five-spiked fin-like structure on its back similar to a gear. Three spines on the back of its neck. A crest on its head resembling a dinosaur, somewhat resembling the shape of a sundial's rod. Two structures on the sides of its head extend outward and resemble horns and fangs. Three claws on each foot with the same metallic look as its chest plate.

Goals

• Maintain Time (Ongoing).

General Information

Name: Dialga

Other Names: Dialge (Origin Forme), Primal Dialga

Origin: Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, & Sapphire

Overall Series: Pokémon

First Appearance: Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, & Sapphire

Latest Appearance: Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Company: Gamefreak

Creator: Satoshi Tajiri

Actor: N/A

Gender: Genderless

Sexuality: N/A

Pronouns: It/They

Handedness: N/A

Age: Inapplicable

Birthday: Year 0 (Born when time itself was birthed)

Time Period: Modern Day for Generation 4, Ancient Times for Legends: Arceus

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: His Realm

Residence

• Diamond/Platinum: Spear Pillar
• HeartGold/SoulSilver: Sinjoh Ruins
• Alpha Sapphire: Soaring in the sky
• Ultra Sun: Ultra Space Wilds
• Sword Expansion Pass: Max Lair
• Legends: Arceus: Coronet Highlands: Temple of Sinnoh

Story Role: Recruitable enemy, Controlled Antagonist

Legacy: Global Legacy

Influence: World-Changing Legacy

Language: Pokémon Language (Pokémon are seemingly able to communicate with each other and understand each other even if they're completely different species)

Ethnicity: Dialga

Religion: Arceus-Related

Classification: Temporal Pokémon, Ancient Deity

Species: Dialga

State of Being: Regular in its avatar, Existence as Concept in its true self

Physiology: Pokémon Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Arceus

Occupation: Ruler of Time

Combat Style: Time User

Caught By: Dawn/Lucas, May/Brendan, Selene/Elio Gloria/Victor, Akari/Rei

Affiliations: Palkia, Arceus

Enemies: Giratina

Height

• Regular Form: 17'9"
• Origin Forme: 23'

Weight:

• Regular Form: 1505.8 lbs
• Origin Forme: 1873.9 lbs

Status: Alive

Alignment: Lawful Good (Dialga is a ruler of time who seems to have natural good intent, shown when it was begging Dawn/Lucas to stop it when being controlled by the red chain)

Protection Level: Cosmic Protector

Threat Level: Cosmic Threat (Cyrus was going to use Dialga to bring about the destruction of all things)

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential:
• Level of Potential:
• Description:
• Limitations:

Archetype: Reality Bender

Codex Statistics

Grade: S

Tier: At least 6-B, Far Higher in Origin Forme

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D, 1-T in Abstraction (As Dialga is time itself)

Power Source: Temporal

Attack Potency: At least Country level (Potency) (Cyrus was going to use Dialga to bring about the destruction of all things, putting it relative if not above Rayquaza, who destroyed a meteor that was of this size that Xatu described as something that messes with the very balance of the world and would cause great destruction if it hit), Far Higher in Origin Forme (The Origin Forme is the true appearance of Dialga, greatly increasing its powers)

Durability: At least Country level, Far Higher in Origin Forme

Striking Strength: At least Country Class (Potency), Far Higher in Origin Forme

Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class, Far Higher in Origin Forme

Travel Speed: Superhuman Speed, Far Higher in Origin Forme

Attack Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic (Should be comparable to other Legendary Pokemon such as Raikou who embodies the speed of lightning), Far Higher in Origin Forme

Reaction Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic, Far Higher in Origin Forme

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Extended Melee Range through sheer size in regular and Origin Forme, Varies with Pokemon Moves. Universal with Abilities (Dialga is noted to possess the power to control time)

Intelligence: Cosmic Intelligence

Knowledge: Cosmic level

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Powers and Techniques

Standard Pokemon AbilitiesUnique Abilities

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Superhuman Strength (All wild Pokemon are considered such threats that it's noted to dodge attacks from them like their life depends on it, going out into the grass without a Pokemon is considered such a threat to humans that they need their own Pokemon for protection)
• Pressure Points (Critical hits are in actuality pressure point strikes, with the Japaense version noting "Hit a pressure point!")
• Helper Call (Pokemon can call for help from other Pokemon, its own species, or higher evolutions)
• Non-Standard Interaction
  • Spirit Interaction: Every Pokemon through the usage of struggle can harm even ghost type Pokemon.
• Non-Standard Damage (All Pokemon have a special attack stat, a stat different from physical attacks that ignores physical defense in place of special defense)
• Non-Standard Defenses (All Pokemon have a special defense stat, a stat different from physical defense made to defend against special attacks)
• Autopilot (Pokemon can avoid attacks even while they're sleeping)
• Evolution (Pokemon under correct conditions can evolve gaining new abilities that their previous form did not have)
• Acausality
  • Unfixed Causality: The future is not fixed and can be changed and altered by one's choices, effectively countering premonitions and precognition.
• Supernatural Protection (The luminance light of Arceus guides and protects all Pokémon)
• Statistics Boost (When Pokemon use a move that is the same type as they are the move's power is increased by 50 percent)
• Impact Resistance
  • Standard Impact Resistance: Pokemon can recover from being flattened
• Accelerated Development
  • Battle & Leveling
    • Physical Stats & Abilities: Pokemon doing battle and winning will gain experience and level up becoming stronger and may learn new moves.
• Enhanced Senses (Pokemon are able to sense when the seasons change)
• Emotional Empowerment (Pokemon can have their attack greatly raise from anger but doing so may also confuse them)
• Consumption (Pokmeon can ingest items such as soda pops or eat food to regain health and recover from status effects)
• Size Manipulation (It is mentioned by Laventon that each and every Pokemon is able to shrink itself down to minuscule size).

• Limited Resistance to
  • Absolute Zero (The move sheer cold causes Pokemon to only faint instead of die, which is noted to be a blast of absolute zero cold)
  • Poison Manipulation (Pokemon will eventually cure itself of poison after being brought down to 1 HP or lose the poison status after fainting)
• Resistance to
  • Pressure Points (Pokemon can generally still keep fighting even after taking a critical hit)
  • Sealing (Pokemon normally require being damaged or inflicted with status conditions to attempt to be caught usually only working after multiple attempts)
  • Sense Manipulation (Pokemon can eat Nomel Berries which are so sour that makes one bite impossible to taste for three days)
  • Ice Manipulation (It's noted to be difficult to freeze a Pokemon)
  • Acid Manipulation (Pokemon take no damage from moves like Gastro Acid and instead just have their abilities suppressed)

Standard Dialga AbilitiesLearned MovesDynamaxTerastallizing

RegularOrigin Forme

• Intimidation (With Pressure through putting pressure on the opposing Pokemon it causes them to expend more PP to use their moves)
• Abstract Existence
  • Concept
    • Physical Manifestation: Dialga is the physical manifestation of time. The movement of time began with its birth, that flows when Dialga's heart beats.
• Telepathy (Used telepathy to show the Mystery Dungeon team that time was restored)
• Time Manipulation (Dialga is noted to possess the power to control time)
  • Time Stop (Noted by the Pokémon GO team that Dialga has the power to stop time)
  • Time Manipulation (Noted by the Pokémon GO team that Dialga has the power to slow time)
  • Time Travel (Dialga uses its power to travel at will through the past and future)
  • Spirit Manipulation (Cyrus' plan with Dialga and Palkia were to use them to create a world without spirit. Spirit initally existed all as one where time and space was intertwined as one and people and Pokemon were but the same presence, with the Arceus seen being the physical form/manifestation of the Original Spirit)

• Acausality
  • Irregular Causality
    • Established: The flow of time is said to be in constant flux in the world where Orgin Forme Dialga resides; always moving in different directions and different speeds.
• Shockwave Generation (Does a roar shooting out shockwaves from the ground)
• Summoning (Calls down meteors from the sky to attack)
• Time Manipulation (Dialga in is true form has the power to warp, destroy, and create time itself)
  • Creation

• Dragon Type Moves
  • Natural Weaponry (With Dragon Claw, Dialga slashes at the opponent with huge, sharp claws)
    • Penetration Damage
  • Breath Attack (With Dragon Breath shoots out a breath attack that may paralyze the opponent)
    • Paralysis Inducement
    • Shockwave Generation (With Dragon Pusle, Dialga attacks the opponent with a shockwave generated by its gaping mouth)
  • Air Manipulation (With Twister, Dialga whips up a vicious tornado to tear at the foe causing them to potentially flinch)
  • Space-Time Manipulation (With Roar of Time, blasts the target with power that distorts even time itself, though he cannot move on the next turn. Roar of Time is noted to generate enough energy to distort time itself. Roar of Time allows Dialga to distort one time traveling to return back to the point they were traveling from)

• Rock Type Moves
  • Earth Manipulation (With Ancientpower, a powerful rock type attack that deals devastating damage, it has a 10% chance of raising all of Dialga's stats at once. With Earth Power, Dialga makes the ground erupt under the opponent)
    • Statistics Boost
  • Light Manipulation (With Power Gem, Dialga attacks with a ray of light that sparkles as if they were made of gemstones)

• Steel Type Moves
  • Counter (With Metal Burst, Dialga retaliates with much greater force against the opponent that last inflicted damage on it)
  • Metal Manipulation (With Metal Claw, Dialga reinforces its claws with steel and slashes at the opponent, it also has a chance of raising its attack stat. With Iron Tail, Dialga reinforces their tail in steel and slams into the opponent, which may lower the target's defense stat)
    • Statistics Amplification
    • Statistics Reduction
  • Light Manipulation (With Flash Cannon, Dialga gathers all its light energy and releases it at once, having a chance of lowering the target's special defense stat)
    • Statistics Reduction

• Physic Type Moves
  • Nullification
    • Healing Nullification & Regeneration Negation: With Heal Block, Dialga prevents the opponent from using any moves, abilities, or held items that recover health.

• Fighting Type Moves
  • Chi Manipulation (With Aura Sphere, lets loose a blast of aura power from deep within its body as an attack, the attack never misses)
    • Undodgeable Attacks

• Normal Type Moves
  • Intimidation (With Scary Face, Dialga frigtens the opponent sharply reducing their speed)
  • Pressure Points (With Slash, Dialga slashes with claws at the opponent and has a higher chance of landing critical hits)

• Spatial Manipulation (Dynamax Pokémon warp the space around them to appear larger than they truly are)
• Weather Manipulation (Dynamax Pokémon create storms within their dens which grow stronger for each pokémon defeated until trainers get blown out of it)
• Vibration Manipulation (Dynamax Pokémon can create a shockwave which nullifies stat changes and abilities)
  • Nullification
  • Statistics Nullification: The shockwave negates both positive and negative stat change from all other pokémons. It also removes negative stat changes from the user.
    • Power Nullification: The shockwave negates all the abilities of the opposing pokémon.
  • Purification (The Shockwave cures the user if affacted by a status condition)
• Bypassing
  • Forcefield Bypassing: Max Moves can also bypass the moves protect which has a forcefield up.
  • Precognition Bypassing: Max Moves can also bypass the moves detect where the person sees the future and readies to defend themself.
• Undodgeable Attacks (Dynamax moves cannot miss even when accuracy is lowered)
• Self-Destruction (Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed Pokémon explode once defeated)
• Forcefield Manipulation (Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed Pokémon can create a forcefield to protect themself with, along with also being able to use Max Guard)

• Dragon Type Moves
  • Air Manipulation and Statistics Reduction (Max Wyrmind summons a dragon type tornado, this decreases the opponent physical attack)

• Flying Type Moves
  • Air Manipulation and Statistics Amplification (Can shoot a violent tornado with Max Airstream, this upgrades the user's speed)

• Electric Type Moves
  • Electricity Manipulation (Max Lightning is an electric move, summons an electric terrain upon use)
• Energy Projection

• Normal Type Moves
  • Energy Manipulation
    • Energy Projection (Max Strike summons a giant beam out of the ground which lowers the opponent's speed)
      • Statistics Reduction

• Fighting Type Moves
  • Statistics Amplification (Max Knuckles summons a giant punch that upgrades the user physical attack)

• Grass Type Moves
  • Plant Manipulation, Mortality Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation and Healing (Max Overgrowth creates giant mushrooms that explode on the opponent, this summons a grassy terrain upon use who heals everyone on it)

• Bug Type Moves
  • Explosion Manipulation and Statistics Reduction (Max Flutterby sends giant butterfly that rush to explode on the opponent, this greatly lowers special attack)

• Dark Type Moves
• Darkness Manipulation and Statistics Reduction (Max Darkness is a dark type move that lowers the opponents special defense)

• Ground Type Moves
  • Earth Manipulation (Max Quake is a Ground type move that upgrades Special Defense)
    • Statistics Amplification

• Rock Type Moves
  • Earth Manipulation & Weather Manipulation (Max Rockfall is a rock type move that summons a sandstorm)

• Fire Type Moves
  • Fire Manipulation and Weather Manipulation (With Max Flare, summons a sunny day upon use)

• Ice Type Moves
  • Ice Manipulation and Weather Manipulation (Can use Max Hailstorm summons a hail upon use)

• Water Type Moves
  • Water Manipulation and Weather Manipulation (Can use Max Geyser summons a rain upon use)

• Steel Type Moves
  • Metal Manipulation and Statistics Amplification (Max Steelspike is a steel type move, this amplifies the defense of the user)

• Ghost Type Moves
  • Telekinesis and Statistics Reduction (Max Phantasm use's giant floating object to attack the opponent, this reduces the opponent defense)

• Normal Type Moves
  • Forcefield Manipulation (Max Guard creates a giant forcefield around the Dynamax Pokémon)

• Resistance to
  • Statistics Reduction (Dynamax moves cannot miss even when accuracy is lowered)
  • Sealing (Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed Pokémon must be heavily damaged before they can be captured)
  • Status Effect Inducement (Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed Pokémon Cannot be flinched)
  • Power Swapping (Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed Pokémon's abilities can't be changed with the opponent's)
  • Battlefield Removal, Forced Switch and Intimidation (Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed Pokémon are unaffected by Whirlwind and Roar)
  • Mind Manipulation (Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed Pokémon can't be forced to repeat the same move)
  • Nullification (Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed Pokémon's moves can't be disable)
  • One Hit Kill and Absolute Zero (Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed Pokémon are immune to OHK moves which would include Sheer Cold)
  • Damage Transferal (Dynamax Pokémon are immune to Destiny Bond)
  • Mimicry
    • Physiology Mimicry Users of Impostor or Transform cannot turn into Dynamax Pokémons.
    • Power Mimicry Max Moves cannot be copied
  • Weight-based attacks (Dynamax Pokémon are immune to weight-based attacks)

• Transformation & Biological Manipulation
  • Biological Shifting: Terastallizin allows any Pokémon to change it's type.
    • Statistics Amplification (STAB moves that are boosted with Terastallizing gets x2 damage boost instead of a regular x1.5)

• Immunity to
  • Elemental Manipulation
    • Normal: Normal Types are naturally immune to ghost type moves
      • Ghost Type Moves
    • Ghost: Ghost Types are naturally immune to normal type moves and fighting type moves
      • Normal Type Moves
      • Fighting Type Moves
    • Dark: Dark Types are naturally immune to psychic type moves
      • Psychic Type Moves
    • Steel: Steel Types are naturally immune to poison type moves
      • Poison Type Moves
    • Fairy: Fairy Types are naturally immune to dragon type moves
      • Dragon Type Moves
• Resistance to
  • Limited Mimicry
  • Physiology Mimicry: The typing of Terastallized Pokémon cannot be copied by Transform.
  • Elemental Manipulation
    • Fire: Fire types are naturally resistant to fire type moves, grass type moves, ice type moves, bug type moves, steel type moves, and fairy type moves
      • Fire Type Attacks
      • Grass Type Attacks
      • Ice Type Attacks
      • Bug Type Attacks
      • Steel Type Attacks
      • Fairy Type Attacks
    • Water: Water Types are naturally resistant to fire type moves, water type moves, ice type moves, and steel type moves
      • Fire Type Attacks
      • Water Type Attacks
      • Ice Type Attacks
      • Steel Type Attacks
    • Electric: Electric Types are naturally resistant to electric type moves, flying type moves, and steel type moves
      • Eletric Type Attacks
      • Flying Type Attacks
      • Steel Type Attacks
    • Grass: Grass Types are naturally resistant to water type moves, electric type moves, grass type moves, and ground type moves
      • Water Type Attacks
      • Eletric Type Attacks
      • Grass Type Attacks
      • Ground Type Attacks
    • Ice: Ice Types are naturally resistant to ice type moves
      • Ice Type Attacks
    • Fighting: Fighting Types are naturally resistant to bug type moves, rock type moves, and dark type moves
      • Bug Type Attacks
      • Rock Type Attacks
      • Dark Type Attacks
    • Poison: Poison Types are naturally resistant to grass type moves, fighting type moves, poison type moves, bug type moves, and fairy type moves
      • Grass Type Attacks
      • Fighting Type Attacks
      • Poison Type Attacks
      • Bug Type Attacks
      • Fairy Type Moves
    • Ground: Ground Types are naturallly resistant to posion type attacks and rock type attacks
      • Poison Type Attacks
      • Rock Type Attacks
    • Flying: Flying Types are naturally resistant to grass type moves, fighting type moves, and bug type moves
      • Grass Type Attacks
      • Fighting Type Attacks
      • Bug Type Attacks
    • Psychic: Psychic Types are naturally resistant to fighting type moves and psychic type moves
      • Fighting Type Attacks
      • Psychic Type Attacks
    • Bug: Bug Types are naturally resistant to grass type moves, fighting type moves and ground type moves
      • Grass Type Attacks
      • Fighting Type Attacks
      • Ground Type Attacks
    • Rock: Rock Types are naturally resistant to normal type moves, fire type moves, poison type moves, and flying type moves
      • Normal Type Attacks
      • Fire Type Attacks
      • Poison Type Attacks
      • Flying Type Attacks
    • Ghost: Ghost Types are naturally resistant to poison type moves and bug type moves
      • Poison Type Attacks
      • Bug Type Attacks
    • Dragon: Dragon Types are naturally resistant to fire type moves, water type moves, electric type moves, and grass type moves
      • Fire Type Attacks
      • Water Type Attacks
      • Eletric Type Attacks
      • Grass Type Attacks
    • Dark: Dark Types are naturally resistant to ghost type moves and dark type moves
      • Ghost Type Moves
      • Dark Type Moves
    • Steel: Steel Types are naturally resistant to normal type moves, grass type moves, ice type moves, flying type moves, psychic type moves, bug type moves, rock type moves, dragon type moves, steel type moves, and fairy type moves
      • Normal Type Attacks
      • Grass Type Attacks
      • Ice Type Attacks
      • Flying Type Attacks
      • Psychic Type Attacks
      • Bug Type Attacks
      • Rock Type Attacks
      • Dragon Type Attacks
      • Steel Type Attacks
    • Fairy: Fairy Types are naturally resistant to fighting type moves, bug type moves, and dark type moves
      • Fighting Type Attacks
      • Bug Type Attacks
      • Dark Type Attacks

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Equipment

Adamant Orb

• Description: The Adamant Orb (Japanese: こんごうだま Diamond Orb) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is one of the orbs associated with the Pokémon of myth.
• Usage: Used as a held item. In Pokémon Platinum, it is required to encounter Dialga at Spear Pillar.
• Function: If held by Dialga, or a Pokémon transformed into one, it increases the power of its Dragon- and Steel-type moves by 20%.

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Notable Techniques

Generation 4Generation 5Generation 6Generation 7Generation 8Generation 9

Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumHeatGold/Soulsilver

Moves
Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Effects
1	DragonBreath	Dragon	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.
1	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	90	Lowers the target's Speed by two stages. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
10	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's Attack by one stage.
20	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats by one stage each. Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages.
30	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
40	Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	150	90	Deals damage. The user must recharge on the next turn. Dialga's signature move.
50	Heal Block	Psychic	Status	—	100	Prevents the target from restoring HP for 5 turns.
60	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
70	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	Deals damage with an increased critical hit ratio (1/8 instead of 1/24).
80	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
90	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	90	∞	Deals damage and ignores Accuracy/Evasion changes. Does not hit during the invulnerable stage of Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, or Sky Drop.

Moves
Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Effects
1	DragonBreath	Dragon	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.
1	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	90	Lowers the target's Speed by two stages. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
6	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's Attack by one stage.
10	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats by one stage each. Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages.
15	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	Deals damage with an increased critical hit ratio (1/8 instead of 1/24).
19	Power Gem	Rock	Special	70	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
24	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100	Deals 1.5× the damage the user received from the last attack that hit it this turn. Fails if the user wasn't hit.
28	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
33	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
37	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	90	∞	Deals damage and ignores Accuracy/Evasion changes. Does not hit during the invulnerable stage of Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, or Sky Drop.
42	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
46	Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	150	90	Deals damage. The user must recharge on the next turn. Dialga's signature move.

Moves
Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Effects
1	DragonBreath	Dragon	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.
1	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	Lowers the target's Speed by two stages. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
6	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's Attack by one stage.
10	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats by one stage each. Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages.
15	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	Deals damage with an increased critical hit ratio (1/8 instead of 1/24).
19	Power Gem	Rock	Special	70	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
24	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100	Deals 1.5× the damage the user received from the last attack that hit it this turn. Fails if the user wasn't hit.
28	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
33	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
37	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	90	∞	Deals damage and ignores Accuracy/Evasion changes. Does not hit during the invulnerable stage of Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, or Sky Drop.
42	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
46	Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	150	90	Deals damage. The user must recharge on the next turn. Dialga's signature move.
50	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.

Moves
Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Effects
1	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.
1	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	Lowers the target's Speed by two stages. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
6	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's Attack by one stage.
10	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats by one stage each. Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages.
15	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	Deals damage with an increased critical hit ratio (1/8 instead of 1/24).
19	Power Gem	Rock	Special	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
24	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100	Deals 1.5× the damage the user received from the last attack that hit it this turn. Fails if the user wasn't hit.
28	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
33	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
37	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	80	∞	Deals damage and ignores Accuracy/Evasion changes. Does not hit during the invulnerable stage of Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, or Sky Drop.
42	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
46	Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	150	90	Deals damage. The user must recharge on the next turn. Dialga's signature move.
50	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.

Moves
Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Effects
1	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.
1	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	Lowers the target's Speed by two stages. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
6	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's Attack by one stage.
10	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats by one stage each. Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages.
15	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	Deals damage with an increased critical hit ratio (1/8 instead of 1/24).
19	Power Gem	Rock	Special	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
24	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100	Deals 1.5× the damage the user received from the last attack that hit it this turn. Fails if the user wasn't hit.
28	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
33	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
37	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	80	∞	Deals damage and ignores Accuracy/Evasion changes. Does not hit during the invulnerable stage of Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, or Sky Drop.
42	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
46	Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	150	90	Deals damage. The user must recharge on the next turn. Dialga's signature move.
50	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.

Sword/ShieldBrilliant Diamond/Shining PearlLegends: Arceus

Moves
Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Effects
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's Attack by one stage.
1	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	Lowers the target's Speed by two stages. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
8	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.
16	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats by one stage each. Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages.
24	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	Deals damage with an increased critical hit ratio (1/8 instead of 1/24).
32	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
40	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
48	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	80	∞	Deals damage and ignores Accuracy/Evasion changes. Does not hit during the invulnerable stage of Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, or Sky Drop.
56	Power Gem	Rock	Special	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
64	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100	Deals 1.5× the damage the user received from the last attack that hit it this turn. Fails if the user wasn't hit.
72	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
80	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
88	Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	150	90	Deals damage. The user must recharge on the next turn. Dialga's signature move.

Moves
Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Effects
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's Attack by one stage.
1	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	Lowers the target's Speed by two stages. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
8	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.
16	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats by one stage each. Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages.
24	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	Deals damage with an increased critical hit ratio (1/8 instead of 1/24).
32	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
40	Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	150	90	Deals damage. The user must recharge on the next turn. Dialga's signature move.
48	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
56	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	80	∞	Deals damage and ignores Accuracy/Evasion changes. Does not hit during the invulnerable stage of Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, or Sky Drop.
64	Power Gem	Rock	Special	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
72	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100	Deals 1.5× the damage the user received from the last attack that hit it this turn. Fails if the user wasn't hit.
80	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
88	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.

Moves
Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Effects
1	Twister	Dragon	Special	40	100	Deals damage and has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch. Has double power against airborne targets.
6	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats by one stage each. Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages.
12	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	Deals damage with an increased critical hit ratio (1/8 instead of 1/24).
19	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
27	Power Gem	Rock	Special	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
36	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
42	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
47	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
55	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
60	Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	150	90	Deals damage. The user must recharge on the next turn. Dialga's signature move.

Moves
Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Effects
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's Attack by one stage.
1	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	Lowers the target's Speed by two stages. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
8	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.
16	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats by one stage each. Stats can be raised to a maximum of +6 stages.
24	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	Deals damage with an increased critical hit ratio (1/8 instead of 1/24).
32	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
40	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
48	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	80	∞	Deals damage and ignores Accuracy/Evasion changes. Does not hit during the invulnerable stage of Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, or Sky Drop.
56	Power Gem	Rock	Special	80	100	Deals damage with no additional effects.
64	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100	Deals 1.5× the damage the user received from the last attack that hit it this turn. Fails if the user wasn't hit.
72	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	Deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
80	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	Deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages.
88	Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	150	90	Deals damage. The user must recharge on the next turn. Dialga's signature move.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Dialga will likely use its signature move roar of time and use its time-based powers along with its other techniques.

Weaknesses:

• Standard Pokemon Weaknesses: Pokemon being greatly angered causes them to be confused. The usage of struggle makes the Pokemon take recoil damage, even if they've barely damaged an opponent. Pokemon become too scared to move when dealing with an entity that cannot be ID'd. One Hit KO Moves do not work if the opponent is higher leveled. Startling a Pokémon in the middle of its evolution will cause it to not evolve.
• Type Weaknesses
  • Dragon Type Weaknesses: Dragon Type moves are not very effective against steel types and have no effect on fairy types. As a dragon type, it is weak to ice type attacks, dragon type attacks, and fairy type attacks.
  • Steel Type Weaknesses: Steel Type moves are not very effective against other steel types, fire types, water types, and electric types. As a steel type, it is weak to fire type attacks, fighting type attacks, and ground type attacks.
  • Dual Type Weakness Removals: Due to being Dragon-Steel, Dialaga loses its weakness to ice type attacks, dragon type attacks, fire type attacks, and fairy type attacks. Though it still maintains a weakness to fighting type attacks and ground type attacks.
• Unique Weaknesses: Damages or affects to time have a noticeable affect on Dialga and its mental state.

Explanations

Learned Moves through being caught

Dialga naturally cannot use the following moves on its own as a wild Pokemon. However, through being caught by a trainer it opens up to all of these techniques:

TM Moves
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85
06	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100
07	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—
25	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
28	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100
31	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95
32	Swift	Normal	Special	60	∞
36	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95
44	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90
47	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—
51	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—
58	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
61	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100
64	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	—	—
66	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—
78	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100
82	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	90
84	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100
85	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—
86	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
89	Body Press	Fighting	Physical	80	100
93	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100
99	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100
101	Power Gem	Rock	Special	80	100
103	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—
104	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—
109	Trick	Psychic	Status	—	100
112	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	80	∞
115	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100
116	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—
117	Hyper Voice	Normal	Special	90	100
121	Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	—	100
125	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100
126	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100
133	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100
135	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100
141	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85
143	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70
149	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100
150	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80
152	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
156	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100
157	Overheat	Fire	Special	130	90
158	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
161	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	—	—
163	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
166	Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70
169	Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	130	90
170	Steel Beam	Steel	Special	140	95
171	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100
172	Roar	Normal	Status	—	—
178	Gravity	Psychic	Status	—	—
200	Scale Shot	Dragon	Physical	25	90
203	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—
222	Breaking Swipe	Dragon	Physical	60	100
223	Metal Sound	Steel	Status	—	85

Trivia

• Although Dialga is gender unknown in the core series games, it is referred to as male in the story of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness. For gameplay purposes, it remains gender unknown. This could potentially be an English-only addition also, a pretty consistent thing with the west as shown with characters from other franchises like Testament.

• In games prior to Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Dialga has a catch rate of 30.

• Dialga and Palkia are the only two Pokémon that can be legitimately caught in every kind of Poké Ball in the core series to date, excluding the Park Ball, which cannot be registered as any Pokémon's Poké Ball. This is because they are the only two Pokémon that can be caught with the Origin Ball.

• The gem on Dialga's chest resembles a Prism Sphere.

• Although the portal to Dialga's world appears in the core series games, the interior of that world has only been shown in the animated series.

• Dialga is the only Legendary Pokémon to have played a role in four different movies.

• Dialga and Palkia were designed by Ken Sugimori.

• According to Junichi Masuda's blog, the Spanish translation team for Pokémon suggested changing Dialga's name due to its similarity to the Spanish word alga (meaning algae or seaweed).

• Dialga was featured as a card caddy in the 2008 Burger King promotional Pokémon toys.

• Dialga was featured as a promotional toy in the 2018 McDonald's promotional Pokémon toys.

• Dialga, along with Palkia, may be based on the Shinto legend of Izanami and Izanagi, who are said to have created one island with a spear, erected a pillar upon it, and from there created the islands of Japan. In terms of appearance, Dialga seems to be based on short-necked sauropod dinosaurs such as Camarasaurus or Brachytrachelopan. The turquoise pattern on its body vaguely resembles clock hands, with the ends of these "hands" being diamond-shaped.

• Its Steel type likely derives from the concept of adamant, an archaic word for diamond meaning "unconquerable," to which the qualities of hard metal, probably steel, were attributed. It may also stem from the hardness of diamonds, the fact that metal is known to endure for long periods of time, or the fact that most parts of a clock, such as its gears, are made of metal. Another possibility is that diamonds are compressed carbon, and steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. Metaphorically, it could reference the rigid and unwavering pattern of passing time, as metals are known for their resilience against physical forces. The Steel type might also represent the solid state of matter, whereas Palkia's Water type represents the liquid state and Giratina's Ghost type represents the gaseous state.

• Dialga's Origin Forme appears to be based on Arceus. Like Arceus, it may also draw inspiration from a qilin or Longma, as it possesses both equine and dragon-like qualities, the latter of which is more pronounced in Dialga's case due to its Dragon type.

Pokedéx Entries

DialgaOrgine Forme

	Pokémon Diamond
	It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity.

	Pokémon Pearl
	A Pokémon spoken of in legend. It is said that time began moving when DIALGA was born.

	Pokémon Platinum
	A legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh. It is said that time flows when DIALGA’s heart beats.

	Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver
	This Pokémon completely controls the flow of time. It uses its power to travel at will through the past and future.

	Pokémon Black & White/Pokémon Black 2 & White 2
	A legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh. It is said that time flows when Dialga’s heart beats.

	Pokémon X
	A Pokémon spoken of in legend. It is said that time began moving when Dialga was born.

	Pokémon Y
	It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity.

	Pokémon Omega Ruby
	A Pokémon spoken of in legend. It is said that time began moving when Dialga was born.

	Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
	It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity.

	Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
	It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity.

	Pokémon Shining Pearl
	This Pokémon is spoken of in legend. It is said that time began moving when Dialga was born.

	Pokémon Legends: Arceus
	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.

	Pokémon Legends: Arceus
	Radiant light caused Dialga to take on a form bearing a striking resemblance to the creator Pokémon. Dialga now wields such colossal strength that one must conclude this is its true form.

Codex Statistics Questions

Q: Shouldn't Dialga get 2-C, 2-B, or 2-A as Cyrus was going to use Dialga to bring about the destruction of all things, which would've affected all of reality?

A: It is shown in Team Rainbow Rocket's DLC that Cyrus succeeded in his timeline with his goal and it only sent him to another world. Rainbow Rocket's existence would imply there's timelines where Cyrus succeeds with his goal yet reality is fine. on top of this, he was using Dialga and Palkia's manipulation of space-time.

Q: Shouldn't Dialga get some form of higher acausality as he embodies time itself and his realm has time move quicker and in different directions?

A: In games such as Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, there is an object called the Temporal Tower where in "In the FUture of Darkness" special episode Dialga is notably affected by the damage of time and the tower and he is affected by the flow of time.

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Dawn/Lucas - Fight

• • Conditions: Typical Pokemon encounter where the trainer either tried to catch the Pokemon or make them faint.
  • Location: Spear Pillar

• May/Brendan - Fight
  • Conditions: Typical Pokemon encounter where the trainer either tried to catch the Pokemon or make them faint.
  • Location: Soaring in the sky

• Selene/Elio - Fight
  • Conditions: Typical Pokemon encounter where the trainer either tried to catch the Pokemon or make them faint.
  • Location: Ultra Space Wilds

• Gloria/Victor - Fight
  • Conditions: It was a Dynamax raid battle with multiple trainers against Dialga.
  • Location: Max Lair

• Akari/Rei - Fight
  • Conditions: Typical Pokemon encounter where the trainer either tried to catch the Pokemon or make them faint.
  • Location: Coronet Highlands: Temple of Sinnoh

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