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comment on anything since dialga can run so much
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Overview
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-gr8 typing, fuck fairies
-really good stealth rock setter
-really bulky, can check a lot of pokemon
-gr8 wallbreaker, hard to wall
-pretty much all of it's moves got nerfed
-speed creeping is gay
-no more dark and ghost resists kinda sucks
Stealth Rock
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name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Draco Meteor
move 3: Toxic
move 4: Fire Blast / Roar
ability: Pressure
item: Leftovers
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
nature: Modest
Moves
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-stealth rock is really good. Dialga can beat many defoggers easy: Arceus-Rock, Arceus-Fairy, Scizor, Giratina-O, Arceus-Water, etc either though attacking or Toxic stalling
-Draco Meteor is your most powerful STAB option and you're often not staying in long enough for the SAtk drop to matter much
-Toxic is an all-purpose attack, especially useful for hitting support arceus who commonly doesn't mind Dialga's normal attacks
-Fire Blast is so that you aren't walled by Steels who resist Dragon and Toxic
-Roar synergizes well with Stealth Rock and also allows you to prevent immediate threats like Xerneas and Charizard from setting up on you (who can get a few kills in before Toxic would normally kill them)
-Flash Cannon can be run for smacking Fairies, but in most cases it's going to be weak and outclassed by Fire Blast/Roar
Set Details
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-Max/Max just to make Dialga bulky as possible
-52 Satk / 200 Sdef Modest lets you take two lustrous spacial rends and non-specs water spouts and hit much harder than you usually would.
Usage Tips
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-stealth rock up, proceed to kill things
-Toxic defogers since they can get rid of SR, usually they can't do much back
-dialga is a p. good backup check to stuff like Palkia, Kyogre, Zekrom, etc.
-beware of Landorus-T/Groudon as some run Earth Plate and can OHKO you
Team Options
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-Cleric Fairy-types are annoying since Dialga without Flash Cannon can't do much back. Running Mega Gengar or a solid Steel-type helps with this.
-you're still gonna want to have a defoger on your team since you don't want to lose to sticky web/spikes
-dialga is pretty flexible as far as fitting on teams. It's ability to (kinda) check so much stuff means you don't necessarily need as hard checks for some things
-great fit on teams that really appreciate having stealth rock up all the time
-checks to ground types are nice, stuff like Gliscor, Giratina-O, Grass Arceus, Yveltal, etc
Special Attacker
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name: Special Attacker
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Flash Cannon
move 4: Stealth Rock
ability: Pressure
item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
nature: Modest / Timid
Moves
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-kill things
-Stealth Rock up, most defogers are OHKO'd by this set.
Set Details
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-timid sets with speed investment work great with this too
Usage Tips
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-kill fucking everything
-specs isn't as good this gen, especially with fairies around, and dialga likes changing moves. But specs is still an option since it doesn't have recoil and is more powerful
Team Options
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-have phazers or good walls as things will aim to set up on your after a draco
-switch-ins to scarf mons like kyogre and Zek since they're gonna aim to kill you after you've been weakened by LO recoil
-mons that can deal with Ho-Oh and Blissey since they can mess with this set hard
Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Flash Cannon
move 4: Thunder / Toxic / Sleep Talk
ability: Pressure
item: Leftovers
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Modest / Timid
Moves
========
-draco meteor is nice powerful stab
-fire blast to roast steels
-flash cannon is reliable STAB that smacks fairy-types
-thunder hits kyogre, arceus-water, ho-oh, yveltal etc harder
-toxic can hit threatening things such as Calm Mind Arceus forms. good for OHSHI momnts when something might sweep you
-sleep talk lets you check darkrai
Set Details
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-Modest gives you more power, timid lets you outspeed other base 90 scarfers, +1 adamant mega blaziken, and deoxys-a. I put modest first since dialga really wants all the power it can get
Usage Tips
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-pretty solid scarf mon. while it isn't usually as powerful as say Zekrom or Kyogre, you have a better typing and defensive stats which allow you to check certain things easier
-does loads of damage to extremekiller who can't hit you hard with espeed
-this set can fake being scarfed quite easily
-don't expect to beat stuff like GeoXern, CM Mewtwo-y, etc
Team Options
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-have another soft check to ekiller like Ground types or Scizor since you can't OHKO it
-this dialga is pretty good at checking most things in the game with the right move so in general you don't need as hard of checks for many things
Other Options
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-Lum Berry is cool but Dialga really likes Lefties recovery
-Dragon Pulse is like Flash Cannon but is resisted by less. However, if you ran it over Flash Cannon you leave Dialga open to fairy types, and generally you want the power.
-Mixed sets. I didn't see the point with Blissey/Chansey being so meh
-Bulk Up. RestTalk is impossible now since Fairy-types are immune
-Aura Sphere over Fire Blast if you run kyogre as a teammate. Heatran is pretty rare though and you really want to hit Scizor hard.
Checks & Counters
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Main categories: Chansey/Blissey, Attacking Ground Types, Special Defensive Fire-types, calm mind arceus forms, gengar, blaziken, jirachi with rain up
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Overview
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-gr8 typing, fuck fairies
-really good stealth rock setter
-really bulky, can check a lot of pokemon
-gr8 wallbreaker, hard to wall
-pretty much all of it's moves got nerfed
-speed creeping is gay
-no more dark and ghost resists kinda sucks
Stealth Rock
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name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Draco Meteor
move 3: Toxic
move 4: Fire Blast / Roar
ability: Pressure
item: Leftovers
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
nature: Modest
Moves
========
-stealth rock is really good. Dialga can beat many defoggers easy: Arceus-Rock, Arceus-Fairy, Scizor, Giratina-O, Arceus-Water, etc either though attacking or Toxic stalling
-Draco Meteor is your most powerful STAB option and you're often not staying in long enough for the SAtk drop to matter much
-Toxic is an all-purpose attack, especially useful for hitting support arceus who commonly doesn't mind Dialga's normal attacks
-Fire Blast is so that you aren't walled by Steels who resist Dragon and Toxic
-Roar synergizes well with Stealth Rock and also allows you to prevent immediate threats like Xerneas and Charizard from setting up on you (who can get a few kills in before Toxic would normally kill them)
-Flash Cannon can be run for smacking Fairies, but in most cases it's going to be weak and outclassed by Fire Blast/Roar
Set Details
========
-Max/Max just to make Dialga bulky as possible
-52 Satk / 200 Sdef Modest lets you take two lustrous spacial rends and non-specs water spouts and hit much harder than you usually would.
Usage Tips
========
-stealth rock up, proceed to kill things
-Toxic defogers since they can get rid of SR, usually they can't do much back
-dialga is a p. good backup check to stuff like Palkia, Kyogre, Zekrom, etc.
-beware of Landorus-T/Groudon as some run Earth Plate and can OHKO you
Team Options
========
-Cleric Fairy-types are annoying since Dialga without Flash Cannon can't do much back. Running Mega Gengar or a solid Steel-type helps with this.
-you're still gonna want to have a defoger on your team since you don't want to lose to sticky web/spikes
-dialga is pretty flexible as far as fitting on teams. It's ability to (kinda) check so much stuff means you don't necessarily need as hard checks for some things
-great fit on teams that really appreciate having stealth rock up all the time
-checks to ground types are nice, stuff like Gliscor, Giratina-O, Grass Arceus, Yveltal, etc
Special Attacker
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name: Special Attacker
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Flash Cannon
move 4: Stealth Rock
ability: Pressure
item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
nature: Modest / Timid
Moves
========
-kill things
-Stealth Rock up, most defogers are OHKO'd by this set.
Set Details
========
-timid sets with speed investment work great with this too
Usage Tips
========
-kill fucking everything
-specs isn't as good this gen, especially with fairies around, and dialga likes changing moves. But specs is still an option since it doesn't have recoil and is more powerful
Team Options
========
-have phazers or good walls as things will aim to set up on your after a draco
-switch-ins to scarf mons like kyogre and Zek since they're gonna aim to kill you after you've been weakened by LO recoil
-mons that can deal with Ho-Oh and Blissey since they can mess with this set hard
Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Flash Cannon
move 4: Thunder / Toxic / Sleep Talk
ability: Pressure
item: Leftovers
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Modest / Timid
Moves
========
-draco meteor is nice powerful stab
-fire blast to roast steels
-flash cannon is reliable STAB that smacks fairy-types
-thunder hits kyogre, arceus-water, ho-oh, yveltal etc harder
-toxic can hit threatening things such as Calm Mind Arceus forms. good for OHSHI momnts when something might sweep you
-sleep talk lets you check darkrai
Set Details
========
-Modest gives you more power, timid lets you outspeed other base 90 scarfers, +1 adamant mega blaziken, and deoxys-a. I put modest first since dialga really wants all the power it can get
Usage Tips
========
-pretty solid scarf mon. while it isn't usually as powerful as say Zekrom or Kyogre, you have a better typing and defensive stats which allow you to check certain things easier
-does loads of damage to extremekiller who can't hit you hard with espeed
-this set can fake being scarfed quite easily
-don't expect to beat stuff like GeoXern, CM Mewtwo-y, etc
Team Options
========
-have another soft check to ekiller like Ground types or Scizor since you can't OHKO it
-this dialga is pretty good at checking most things in the game with the right move so in general you don't need as hard of checks for many things
Other Options
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-Lum Berry is cool but Dialga really likes Lefties recovery
-Dragon Pulse is like Flash Cannon but is resisted by less. However, if you ran it over Flash Cannon you leave Dialga open to fairy types, and generally you want the power.
-Mixed sets. I didn't see the point with Blissey/Chansey being so meh
-Bulk Up. RestTalk is impossible now since Fairy-types are immune
-Aura Sphere over Fire Blast if you run kyogre as a teammate. Heatran is pretty rare though and you really want to hit Scizor hard.
Checks & Counters
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Main categories: Chansey/Blissey, Attacking Ground Types, Special Defensive Fire-types, calm mind arceus forms, gengar, blaziken, jirachi with rain up
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