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The example of the 20 SpD actually matters every time you attack dialga-o with a special attacking move its a small difference mind you. Also, Dialga-O's speed stat is too high for trick room and specs only works on paper due to losing all the coverage which is one of its strong points and who...
Reg dialga is worse than dialga-o due to less special defense and the fact that those 20 points base dialga has are put into a stat it doesn't use as much as its other offensive stat and honestly nobody runs life orb on dialga at all.
I understand that Dialga-O isn't really the best pokemon in ubers and thats fine, but he isn't completely outclassed or meant only for trick room teams. The reasons Dialga-O isn't completely outclassed comes down to coverage which is stuff that Miraidon wishes it could have like flamethrower...
Its true Dialga-O has no reliable recovery and doesn't have the highest damage output in the tier, but the tera is very readable argument applies to every pokemon ever. And Dialga-O is not perfect, and I understand its possible flaws and just because it doesn't have high ratings via...
Dialga-O has proven to be much stronger than you think it is due to being able to counter the would-be counters with either its tera type or move coverage and it can tank hits very well if you do some slight investment into bulk and if you misplay via going into Koridon while its about to fire a...