VGC 21 Dialga

[Sole Survivor]

[OVERVIEW]

Dialga is a sturdy cannon in the VGC 2022 metagame, able to check common Restricted Pokemon like Kyogre, Calyrex-I, and Zacian-C. It is a great Dynamax Pokemon on hyper offense, as it can stack up defensive boosts via Max Steelspike and Max Quake for itself and its partners like Zacian-C and 2HKO or even OHKO nearly the whole metagame. Focus Sash Grimmsnarl is ideal support for Dialga, as it can utilize Fake Out, Fake Tears, and Scary Face to make Dialga effectively impossible to handle without taking serious damage across the entire team. This sets up its most common Restricted Pokemon partner in Zacian-C to clean through opposing teams which are on their last legs. Unfortunately, Dialga can struggle against some sun teams which contain threats like Groudon and Charizard, so Kyogre and Landorus-T also make for good partners.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Roar of Time
move 2: Flash Cannon
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Trick Room / Blizzard / Thunder / Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Telepathy / Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 236 SpA / 4 SpD / 12 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

* Roar of Time gives Dialga the strongest possible Max Wyrmwind and comes with the added benefit of dropping the Attack stats of Pokemon such as Groudon and Zacian-C. This is particularly effective as Dialga will usually Dynamax, avoiding the recharge turn.

* Flash Cannon gives Dialga the ability to hit Fairy-types such as Grimmsnarl hard and also gives itself and its partners Defense boosts under Dynamax via Max Steelspike.

* Earth Power lets Dialga hit Incineroar and Steel-types such as Zacian-C and also boosts Dialga's Special Defense under Dynamax via Max Quake.

* Trick Room allows Dialga to bypass its relatively low Speed and can help against the metagame's many faster Pokemon like Zacian-C, Calyrex-S, and Timid Kyogre. Blizzard alternatively OHKOes Landorus-T through Dynamax and Amoonguss via Max Hailstorm. Max Lightning OHKOes Gigantamaxed Charizard and hits Water-types like Kyogre and Tapu Fini harder.

* The given Special Attack investment along with the Modest Nature hits a stat bump. The Speed allows it to outrun Calyrex-S after Grimmsnarl's Scary Face and the rest is poured into bulk.

* Life Orb gives Dialga more immediate damage allowing it to OHKO the commonplace Incineroar with both Max Wyrmwind and Max Quake and other bulky Pokemon such as Gastrodon with Max Wyrmwind and Zacian-C with Max Quake.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Dialga can use Draco Meteor for more flexibility outside of Dynamax, but the fact that Draco Meteor drops Dialga's Special Attack and Dialga often wants to Dynamax anyway makes Roar of Time generally superior.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sole Survivor, 518634]]
- Quality checked by: [[Giokio, 517038], [Yourwelcomethanku, 541847]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]

 

[Giokio]

guess who's back

[OVERVIEW]

Dialga is a sturdy wall (no it isn't, it's a bulky special attacker) in the VGC 2022 metagame, able to check Kyogre, Calyrex-I, and to a certain extent, Zacian-C. It is a great utilizer of Dynamax abuser, being able to stack up defensive boosts via Max Steelspike and Max Quake for itself and its partners like Calm Mind Kyogre which becomes very difficult to knock out (calm mind is very niche, and i think the team becomes too passive if you bring those two together, could you find a better example?). Dialga is also a powerful attacker in its own right, firing off 150 BP STAB Max Wyrmwinds at will which also lower opposing Attack stats. However, it is relatively slow so it can opt to run Trick Room for partners such as the aforementioned Calm Mind Kyogre or go fast with an ally Whimsicott's Tailwind support (You can just reword the whole sentence by saying it has a speed tier that makes so it can benefit both TR and Twind, then you add your examples). Unfortunately, Dialga can struggle against Steel-types like Solgaleo (Not quite since it has a 130 bp max quake don't you think? You could say it has trouble dealing with some steel types, not all of them) and sun teams so Kyogre and Lum Berry Landorus-T make for good partners. Telepathy makes Landorus-T all the more better as a partner for Dialga and it can freely use Earthquake without fear of damaging Dialga.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Roar of Time
move 2: Flash Cannon
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Trick Room / Blizzard / Protect
item: Life Orb / Weakness Policy / Safety Goggles
ability: Telepathy
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 236 SpA / 4 SpD / 12 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

* Roar of Time gives Dialga the strongest possible Max Wyrmwind and comes with the added benefit of dropping the Attack stats of Pokemon such as Groudon and Zacian-C. This is particularly effective as Dialga wants to Dynamax a lot of the time so being less flexible outside of Dynamax is not a major concern.

* Flash Cannon gives Dialga the ability to hit Fairy-types such as Grimmsnarl hard and also gives itself and its partners Defense boosts under Dynamax via Max Steelspike. (You could add something mentioning matchup specific situations where the defense boost actually serves to something)

* Earth Power lets Dialga hit Incineroar and Steel-types such as Zacian-C for super effective damage and also boosts Dialga's Special Defense under Dynamax via Max Quake. (same as above, or you can say something about electric types that threaten kyogre)

* Trick Room allows Dialga to bypass to its relatively low Speed and support partners such as Calm Mind Kyogre (once again this is niche) which tend to go slower and bulkier. Blizzard alternatively OHKOes Landorus-T through Dynamax via Max Hailstorm and is typically utilized on Life Orb sets.

* The given Special Attack investment along with the Modest Nature hits a stat bump and the rest is poured into Dialga's bulk and Speed (with a spread as wacky as that one i expect a lot more phrasing, otherwise just go 252 252).

* Life Orb gives Dialga a burst of damage more immediate damage allowing it to OHKO the commonplace Incineroar with both Max Wyrmwind and Max Quake and other bulky Pokemon such as Gastrodon with Max Wyrmwind and Zacian-C with Max Quake at the cost of lower longevity (not an issue when you're as bulky as Dialga). Weakness Policy is commonly utilized on teams with Grimmsnarl's dual screens support to allow Dialga to be both a strong defensive menace presence and rip through teams offensively a powerful threat. Safety Goggles allows Dialga to be playable in the sun matchup as it allows Dialga to ignore Venusaur (i would word this a bit differently, something like "since Dialga has trouble dealing with sun teams, Safety goggles help it against Venusaur's Sleep Powder", also say why you don't usually run it (you still get wrecked by Max Quakes)). It can run Power Gem on such a set and, when paired with a Scary Face Thunder Wave (twave has slightly more usage) Grimmsnarl, can outspeed and OHKO Gigantamaxed Charizard with Max Rockfall.


[OTHER OPTIONS]

Dialga can use Draco Meteor for more flexibility outside of Dynamax but the fact that Draco Meteor drops Dialga's Special Attack and Dialga often wants to Dynamax anyway leads to Draco Meteor not being utilized too often. Adamant Orb is usable as an item as unlike Life Orb, it doesn't cut into Dialga's longevity. However, this lowers the power of its Max Quakes meaning it is no longer able to consistently OHKO Incineroar and Zacian-C. Dialga can also run a physical set with Iron Head, Dragon Claw / Breaking Swipe, Earthquake, and Trick Room. However, this is niche and only really helps against Xerneas and Kyogre as it targets their lower physical Defense.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sole Survivor, 518634]]
- Quality checked by: [[Giokio, 517038], [username 2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

lmk when implemented

 

[Giokio]

good to go 1/2

 

[Yourwelcomethanku]

Tell me when implemented of if you've questions

Anti Calyrex-I fun mechanism

[OVERVIEW]

Dialga is a sturdy cannon in the VGC 2022 metagame, able to check common Restricted Pokemon like Kyogre, Calyrex-I, and Zacian-C. It is a great Dynamax Pokemon on hyper offenseabuser,(abuse /=/ take advantage of in a positive way.) being able to stack up defensive boosts via Max Steelspike and Max Quake for itself and its partners like Zacian-C, while being capable of 2HKOing or OHKOing nearly the whole metagame. Dialga is also a powerful attacker in its own right, firing off 150 BP STAB Max Wyrmwinds at will which also lower opposing Attack stats.(Tried to be more specific on its niche while combining the two sentences.) Dialga has a good Speed tier so it can benefit from both Tailwind and Trick Room.(It's more often not Tailwind with Dialga, I don't think this is a particularly important point if you just explain Grimmsnarl helps Dialga with speed control, and the TR comes from Dialga itself explained in set comments.) Whimsicott is ideal for Tailwind support as it can also provide Dialga with Helping Hand or Fake Tears, turning it into a nuke against just about any non-Dynamaxed Pokemon.(Grimmsnarl instead of cott it's more relevant on Dialga builds.)(Mention Zacian-C, it's its most common Restricted partner and gives a strong late-game cleaner to assist Dialga against teams it has pummeled) (Tried to be more specific on its niche while combining the two sentences.)Unfortunately, Dialga can struggle against some Steel-types like Solgaleo and sun teams which contain threats like Groudon and Charizard, so Kyogre and Lum Berry Landorus-T make for good partners. Telepathy makes Landorus-T all the more better as a partner for Dialga and it can freely use Earthquake without fear of damaging Dialga.(Not important enough to mention in the overview imo)

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Roar of Time
move 2: Flash Cannon
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Trick Room / Blizzard / Thunder / Protect
item: Life Orb / Weakness Policy / Safety Goggles
ability: Telepathy / Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 236 SpA / 4 SpD / 12 Spe (ev spread should prob be faster, not sure what tho rn)

[SET COMMENTS]

* Roar of Time gives Dialga the strongest possible Max Wyrmwind and comes with the added benefit of dropping the Attack stats of Pokemon such as Groudon and Zacian-C. This is particularly effective as Dialga wants to Dynamax a lot of the time so being less flexible outside of Dynamax is not a major concern.

* Flash Cannon gives Dialga the ability to hit Fairy-types such as Grimmsnarl hard and also gives itself and its partners like Kyogre and support Thundurus Defense boosts under Dynamax via Max Steelspike to not get 2HKOed by a boosted Zacian-C Play Rough after Sitrus Berry.(Defense boosts are generally useful, we don't need to be specific here.)

* Earth Power lets Dialga hit Incineroar and Steel-types such as Zacian-C and also boosts Dialga's Special Defense under Dynamax via Max Quake.

* Trick Room allows Dialga to bypass its relatively low Speed and support partners such as Calyrex-I which tend to go slower and bulkier.(It can help against the metagame's many faster Pokemon like Zacian-C, Calyrex-S, and Timid Kyogre, more relevant than Calyrex-I as a teammate) Blizzard alternatively OHKOes Landorus-T through Dynamax via Max Hailstorm and is typically utilized on Life Orb sets.(Max Lightning OHKOes Zard and hits Water-types like kyo and fini harder.)

* The given Special Attack investment along with the Modest Nature hits a stat bump. The Speed allows it to outrun standard Dialga and the rest is poured into its bulk.

* Life Orb gives Dialga more immediate damage allowing it to OHKO the commonplace Incineroar with both Max Wyrmwind and Max Quake and other bulky Pokemon such as Gastrodon with Max Wyrmwind and Zacian-C with Max Quake. Weakness Policy is commonly utilized on teams with Grimmsnarl's dual screens support to allow Dialga to be both a strong defensive presence and a powerful threat. Dialga has trouble dealing with sun teams so Safety Goggles is used to help it against Venusaur's Sleep Powder. However this is relatively niche and should only be used if one plans Dynamaxing Dialga as Venusaur's and Groudon's Max Quakes still threaten Dialga. Dialga can run Power Gem on such a set and, when paired with Thunder Wave Grimmsnarl, can outspeed and OHKO Gigantamaxed Charizard with Max Rockfall.(Pretty much none of these are worth having at this point.)

[OTHER OPTIONS]

Dialga can use Draco Meteor for more flexibility outside of Dynamax but the fact that Draco Meteor drops Dialga's Special Attack and Dialga often wants to Dynamax anyway leads to Draco Meteor not being utilized too often. Adamant Orb is usable as an item as unlike Life Orb, it doesn't cut into Dialga's longevity. However, this lowers the power of its Max Quakes meaning it is no longer able to consistently OHKO Incineroar and Zacian-C.(Is there a notable Dialga team which runs Ada orb?)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sole Survivor, 518634]]
- Quality checked by: [[Giokio, 517038], [username 2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Yourwelcomethanku]

qc 2/2

Nozdormu

[OVERVIEW]

Dialga is a sturdy cannon in the VGC 2022 metagame, able to check common Restricted Pokemon like Kyogre, Calyrex-I, and Zacian-C. It is a great Dynamax Pokemon on hyper offense, being able to stack up defensive boosts via Max Steelspike and Max Quake for itself and its partners like Zacian-C, while being capable of 2HKOing or OHKOing nearly the whole metagame. Focus Sash Grimmsnarl is ideal support for Dialga as it can utilize Fake Out, Fake Tears and Scary Face to make Dialga effectively impossible to handle without taking serious damage across the entire team. This sets up its most common Restricted Pokemon partner in Zacian-C to clean through opposing teams which are on their last legs. Unfortunately, Dialga can struggle against some sun teams which contain threats like Groudon and Charizard, so Kyogre and Landorus-T also make for good partners.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Roar of Time
move 2: Flash Cannon
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Trick Room / Blizzard / Thunder / Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Telepathy / Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 236 SpA / 4 SpD / 12 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

* Roar of Time gives Dialga the strongest possible Max Wyrmwind and comes with the added benefit of dropping the Attack stats of Pokemon such as Groudon and Zacian-C. This is particularly effective as Dialga wants to Dynamax a lot of the time so being less flexible outside of Dynamax is not a major concern.(Maybe it should explicitly say "recharge turn" somewhere)

* Flash Cannon gives Dialga the ability to hit Fairy-types such as Grimmsnarl hard and also gives itself and its partners Defense boosts under Dynamax via Max Steelspike.

* Earth Power lets Dialga hit Incineroar and Steel-types such as Zacian-C and also boosts Dialga's Special Defense under Dynamax via Max Quake.

* Trick Room allows Dialga to bypass its relatively low Speed and can help against the metagame's many faster Pokemon like Zacian-C, Calyrex-S, and Timid Kyogre. Blizzard alternatively OHKOes Landorus-T through Dynamax and Amoonguss via Max Hailstorm and is typically utilized on Life Orb sets. Max Lightning OHKOes Gigantamaxed Charizard and hits Water-types like Kyogre and Tapu Fini harder.

* The given Special Attack investment along with the Modest Nature hits a stat bump. The Speed allows it to outrun Calyrex-S after Grimmsnarl's Scary Face and the rest is poured into bulk.

* Life Orb gives Dialga more immediate damage allowing it to OHKO the commonplace Incineroar with both Max Wyrmwind and Max Quake and other bulky Pokemon such as Gastrodon with Max Wyrmwind and Zacian-C with Max Quake.

[OTHER OPTIONS]
[STRATEGY COMMENTS] (Formatting)
Other Options
=============

Dialga can use Draco Meteor for more flexibility outside of Dynamax but the fact that Draco Meteor drops Dialga's Special Attack and Dialga often wants to Dynamax anyway leads to Draco Meteor not being utilized too often.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sole Survivor, 518634]]
- Quality checked by: [[Giokio, 517038], [username 2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Sole Survivor]

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[UT]

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[OVERVIEW]

Dialga is a sturdy cannon in the VGC 2022 metagame, able to check common Restricted Pokemon like Kyogre, Calyrex-I, and Zacian-C. It is a great Dynamax Pokemon on hyper offense, being able to as it can stack up defensive boosts via Max Steelspike and Max Quake for itself and its partners like Zacian-C, while being capable of 2HKOing or OHKOing and 2HKO or even OHKO nearly the whole metagame. Focus Sash Grimmsnarl is ideal support for Dialga, (comma) as it can utilize Fake Out, Fake Tears, (comma) and Scary Face to make Dialga effectively impossible to handle without taking serious damage across the entire team. This sets up its most common Restricted Pokemon partner in Zacian-C to clean through opposing teams which are on their last legs. Unfortunately, Dialga can struggle against some sun teams which contain threats like Groudon and Charizard, so Kyogre and Landorus-T also make for good partners.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Roar of Time
move 2: Flash Cannon
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Trick Room / Blizzard / Thunder / Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Telepathy / Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 236 SpA / 4 SpD / 12 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

* Roar of Time gives Dialga the strongest possible Max Wyrmwind and comes with the added benefit of dropping the Attack stats of Pokemon such as Groudon and Zacian-C. This is particularly effective as Dialga wants to Dynamax a lot of the time so being less flexible outside of Dynamax due to forcing Dialga to spend a turn recharging is not a major concern will usually Dynamax, avoiding the recharge turn.

* Flash Cannon gives Dialga the ability to hit Fairy-types such as Grimmsnarl hard and also gives itself and its partners Defense boosts under Dynamax via Max Steelspike.

* Earth Power lets Dialga hit Incineroar and Steel-types such as Zacian-C and also boosts Dialga's Special Defense under Dynamax via Max Quake.

* Trick Room allows Dialga to bypass its relatively low Speed and can help against the metagame's many faster Pokemon like Zacian-C, Calyrex-S, and Timid Kyogre. Blizzard alternatively OHKOes Landorus-T through Dynamax and Amoonguss via Max Hailstorm. Max Lightning OHKOes Gigantamaxed Charizard and hits Water-types like Kyogre and Tapu Fini harder.

* The given Special Attack investment along with the Modest Nature hits a stat bump. The Speed allows it to outrun Calyrex-S after Grimmsnarl's Scary Face and the rest is poured into bulk.

* Life Orb gives Dialga more immediate damage allowing it to OHKO the commonplace Incineroar with both Max Wyrmwind and Max Quake and other bulky Pokemon such as Gastrodon with Max Wyrmwind and Zacian-C with Max Quake.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Dialga can use Draco Meteor for more flexibility outside of Dynamax, (comma) but the fact that Draco Meteor drops Dialga's Special Attack and Dialga often wants to Dynamax anyway leads to Draco Meteor not being utilized too often makes Roar of Time generally superior.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sole Survivor, 518634]]
- Quality checked by: [[Giokio, 517038], [Yourwelcomethanku, 541847]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]

GP 1/1!

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