Dialga

The Temporal Pokémon
#483 - Dialga
Debut	Pokémon: Diamond Version Pokémon: Pearl Version
Species Info
Type	+ +
Height	5.4 m (17'09")
Weight	683.0 kg (1505.8 lbs.)
Color	White
Gender Ratio	Genderless
Ability	Pressure
Hidden Ability	Telepathy
Egg Group	Unbreedable
Icon		Sprite
		File:483sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	100	Speed	90
Attack	120	Sp. Attack	150
Defense	120	Sp. Defense	100
Training Info
Catch Rate	030	Hatch Steps	30,720
Base Exp.	220	Effort Points	SpA
Happiness	0		SpA
To Lv.100	Slow		SpA

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Dialga is a legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh that controls time and is featured as the mascot of Pokémon: Diamond Version.

Information

Dialga originally appeared in Sinnoh-based myths as an ancient deity with the ability to control time. It is said that time began moving when it was born, and additionally that time flows as its heart beats. Dialga is also capable of traveling at will between different time periods.

Dialga, Palkia and Giratina form a trinity, and it is shown that all three of them are in fact descended from Arceus, who can give birth to any of them in egg form (but only under special conditions, as shown in HeartGold/SoulSilver). Dialga and/or Palkia can be summoned by using the Red Chain formed by Azelf, Uxie and Mesprit, which is exactly what Cyrus attempts in Diamond and Platinum. However, the plan goes awry in both versions due to the intervention of the three lake Pokémon in Diamond or Giratina in Platinum.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

In Diamond, Dialga must be battled as part of the storyline after being summoned by Cyrus, and can only be battled once. In Platinum, it appears at the Spear Pillar again once the player brings the Adamant Orb there.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, a newly-born Dialga can be obtained in a special event. If the player has Arceus, they can travel to the Sinjoh Ruins, where Arceus will form an egg containing the player's choice of Dialga, Palkia or Giratina at Level 1.

Moves

Generation IV

Name	Type	Cat	PP	Power	Accur	Gen	Cont	D/P	P

Weaknesses

x0.5

x0.5

x1

x0.5

x2

x1

x0.5

x0.5

x0.25

x2

x1

x0.5

x0

x0.5

x0.5

x0.5

x0.5

Other Games

A dark form of Dialga known as Primal Dialga appears as the final boss of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness. The collapse of the Temporal Tower (after Darkrai stole the tower's Time Gears) caused this Dialga to lose its power over time and be perverted into this form, which is motivated primarily by self-preservation and thus tries preventing the main characters from changing the past. After returning to the past, the player must battle Dialga and restore the tower, at which point Primal Dialga's future is overwritten and Dialga brings the main character back to life out of gratitude. Primal Dialga is also seen in a bonus episode of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky.

In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, Dialga appears at Almia Castle as a bonus boss during one of the extra missions. There it nurses its wounds from a recent battle with Palkia, causing a time distortion, and it will also use Roar of Time to send the main character and Wendy back in time to before the game's beginning. In Pokémon Rumble, it was unlocked through a ticket after releasing Lucario, Bastidon, Magnezone, Dragonite and Garchomp. Dialga was also featured in an optional Ranger Net mission of Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, where the player must catch Dialga, Palkia and Giratina at the Sky Fortress in order to meet Arceus.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Dialga will sometimes appear in the background of the Spear Pillar stage and interfere with the stage by charging forward, slowing down time, shooting beams and/or distorting the stage (but not to the same extent as Palkia). Dialga has also been represented by a trophy in Brawl, a trophy in the Wii U game and an Ace-rank Primary Spirit in Ultimate. When fought against in a Spirit battle, Dialgia's Spirit would possess a giant Lucario and be capable of suddenly gaining Final Smash attacks. The battle would also be set at the Spear Pillar with Dialga in the background and be subject to earthquakes.

Other Media

• Dialga has been featured in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth Pokémon movies. In the tenth movie it is engaged in a battle with Palkia in another dimension which creates the conflict of the movie. In the next movie it faces off with Giratina, which was enraged by the damage that the previous movie's battle had caused to the Reverse-World. In the latter movie it helps Ash and his friends against Arceus and later sends them back in time to prevent Arceus from being betrayed. Dialga also appeared during the Sinnoh series with Palkia at the climax of a three-part episode where Cyrus summoned them with the Red Chain and had them create a portal to a new world. After the Red Chains were destroyed, the portal dissipated with Cyrus having passed through it, and although they were free, Dialga and Palkia continued to rampage until they were calmed by Ash's group working with the lake trio. Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf then sent them back where they belonged through portals.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Dialga and Palkia were featured in the climax of the Diamond/Pearl arc when Cyrus summoned them at the Spear Pillar and made them fight each other. This battle caused various distortions of the space-time continuum that threatened to destroy everything, and the battle continued even after one of the Red Chains were shattered. Diamond had Regigigas attack them for a while, and ultimately he and Pearl ended the battle by shattering the last Red Chain, at which point Dialga and Palkia departed.

Trivia

• Its name is derived from "diamond", reflecting the version it originally represented.