Is Dialga Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Catchable in Alpha Sapphire via soaring. Transfer-only in Omega Ruby. Steel/Dragon with 150 Special Attack and only two weaknesses. A postgame legendary that trivializes any content it's allowed into.
Dialga resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Dialga resists most of Norman's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
DragonPsychicImmune to 11% of Gym 6 attacksLatios becomes yours at Southern Island once Steven Stone... (Omega Ruby only)
DragonPsychicSuper-effective Dragon on AltariaLatias becomes yours at Southern Island once Steven Stone... (Alpha Sapphire only)
RockPsychicMeteor Falls (Omega Ruby only)
RockPsychicMeteor Falls (Alpha Sapphire only)
Dialga resists most of Tate & Liza's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Dialga resists most of Glacia's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga resists most of Drake's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Dialga on Mirage Spots (interact, Lv 50). Soaring south of Dewford Town; Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf in party. Soar south of Dewford Town with Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf in your party to encounter a rift in the sky.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50DragonRoar of TimePower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5
- LV 50SteelIron TailPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 15
- LV 50DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 50SteelFlash CannonPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 130Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Winona
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
How to Get Dialga in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Dialga tears open a rift in the sky south of Dewford Town, reachable in Alpha Sapphire by Soaring there with the lake trio riding along, standing at level 50.
How to Get Dialga in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
How to Get Shiny Dialga in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Dialga looms at a Mirage spot in Alpha Sapphire; stand before it and soft-reset the fight over and over for a shiny. Compare Shiny Dialga odds across every game
Shiny Dialga Evolution
Does Not EvolveOmega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Shiny Dialga Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 1,366 on each try. Tune it below.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 144 |
| 25%one in four | 393 |
| 50%coin flip | 947 |
| 90%very likely | 3,145 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire shiny odds for Dialga.
Dialga Weakness
Dialga's Steel/Dragon typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting and Ground. It shrugs off Poison-type attacks completely. 9 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. Dialga's overall bulk (100/120/100) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Water, Electric, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
What is Dialga Weak Against
FortressBest Pokemon Against Dialga
 Excadrill GroundSteel | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x72-84% Brick Break 2x36-42% | ||
 Hitmonchan Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Hitmonchan builds →Focus Punch 2x85-101%KO Earthquake 2x38-45% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Gallade builds →Close Combat 2x80-94% Earthquake 2x45-53% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x80-94% Earthquake 2x45-53% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Hariyama builds →Close Combat 2x77-91% Earthquake 2x43-51% | ||
 Cobalion SteelFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodMirage Spots Interact Encounter | ||
 Sawk Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Sawk builds →Close Combat 2x80-94% Earthquake 2x45-53% | ||
 Terrakion RockFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodMirage Spots Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Terrakion builds →Close Combat 2x82-97% Earthquake 2x46-54% | ||
 Virizion GrassFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodMirage Spots Interact Encounter | ||
 Gurdurr Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Gurdurr builds →Focus Punch 2x85-101%KO Dig 2x31-36% | ||
 Scrafty DarkFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Scrafty builds →Focus Punch 2x75-89% Dig 2x27-32% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Blaziken builds →High Jump Kick 2x84-99% Earthquake 2x43-51% | ||
 Throh Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Throh builds →Superpower 2x66-78% Earthquake 2x37-44% | ||
 Landorus Ground | B | |
Obtain MethodMirage Spots Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Landorus builds →Earthquake 2x67-79% Hammer Arm 2x45-53% | ||
Dialga Evolutions
You can't breed Dialga or evolve it into anything else. This Steel/Dragon legendary packs 680 stats and doesn't need a chain to be relevant. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
ORAS Dialga Best Moveset
Steel/Dragon at 150 Sp. Atk and 120/100 defenses. Steel resists Fairy. AbilityPressure doubles opponent PP use. AbilityTelepathy as a hidden ability avoids ally damage. The moveset earns S-tier through the only Steel/Dragon typing in the format, resisting 10 types while firing at legendary-tier special power.
Best Build
Dialga best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Flash Cannon
- Draco Meteor
- Aura Sphere
- Dragon Pulse
Moves List
STAB runs through Roar of Time and Draco Meteor for the basics, but Dialga's real strength is the 10-type coverage spread. Rock and Normal hit common defensive types, and the movepool keeps going.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
49 of 50 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
A Pokémon spoken of in legend. It is said that time began moving when Dialga was born.
It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity.
Dialga Event Distributions
Dialga has seen a few separate Mystery Gift events rather than a steady stream of them.
Dialga GiftNov 2015XYOmega RubyAlpha SapphireNot shiny
Dialga GiftJun 2015XYOmega RubyAlpha SapphireNot shiny
Dialga Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
Dialga is a static encounter at Mirage Spots. Dialga appears at level 50. Prerequisite: Soaring south of Dewford Town; Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf in party. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, use Dialga as a wallbreaker. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling,
Telepathy is the hidden ability. Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves. Not always the best choice. Compare it to Dialga's regular abilities before committing.
For Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, run Modest on Dialga. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Dialga has appeared in 13 games since Diamond & Pearl, spanning 6 generations. As a Legendary, it's typically a one-per-save encounter tied to the story or post-game content.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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