Is Dialga Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Spear Pillar at level 70 after the story. Steel/Dragon with AbilityPressure. In Diamond, Dialga was the version mascot caught during the climax. Platinum moves it to postgame alongside Palkia. 680 BST that trivializes the Battle Frontier.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Dialga resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Dialga resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Dialga resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Dialga resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Dialga resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Dialga has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Dialga on Spear Pillar (interact, Lv 70, limited). Post-game: Interact with the blue portal atop Spear Pillar after obtaining the Adamant Orb.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 70)
- LV 70DragonRoar of TimePower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5
- LV 70DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORDragonTwisterPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Dialga in Platinum
Dialga waits at the Spear Pillar at level 70, reachable in the post-game once you carry the Adamant Orb. The steel dragon of time is a one-time catch with a catch rate of 3, so stock up and save first.
1 location to catch Dialga
Badge 7How to Get Dialga in Platinum
How to Get Shiny Dialga in Platinum
Dialga looms at the Spear Pillar atop Mt. Coronet, so save in front of it and soft reset the encounter until the shiny appears. Compare Shiny Dialga odds across every game
Shiny Dialga Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum Shiny Dialga Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
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 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
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 Platinum 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. 11 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, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Dialga Weak Against
FortressBest Pokemon Against Dialga
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x102-120%KO Earthquake 2x45-54% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x102-120%KO Earthquake 2x45-54% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x87-103%KO Earthquake 2x39-46% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x89-105%KO Earthquake 2x39-47% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x48-57% Focus Punch 2x47-56% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Torterra builds →Earthquake 2x61-72% Rock Smash 2x17-21% | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x71-84% Brick Break 2x35-42% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x55-65% Brick Break 2x28-33% | ||
 Hippowdon Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Hippowdon builds →Earthquake 2x62-74% Rock Smash 2x17-21% | ||
 Steelix SteelGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Steelix builds →Earthquake 2x51-60% Rock Smash 2x14-17% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x84-99% Earthquake 2x38-45% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Rhydon builds →Focus Punch 2x70-82% Earthquake 2x71-84% | ||
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dialga View Gastrodon builds →Earthquake 2x49-58% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
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
Pt Dialga Best Moveset
Steel/Dragon typing uniquely resists Dragon moves that most legendaries fear, and 120 in both Attack and Defense add physical presence alongside 150 Sp. Atk. The moveset combines type advantage over other Dragons with overwhelming special power. Banned from standard play.
Best Build
Dialga best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Draco Meteor
- Thunder
- Dragon Pulse
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
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 Ground 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
43 of 48 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh. It is said that time flows when DIALGA’s heart beats.
Dialga Platinum Guide
Dialga is a static encounter at Spear Pillar in Platinum. Dialga appears at level 70. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Platinum, use Dialga as a pivot. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling,
For Platinum, build your team around Kyogre, Giratina Origin, and Groudon. These have the highest co-usage rates with Dialga in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For Platinum, run Timid on Dialga. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot 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
Winds & Waves
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