Pokemon GO utilizes a live-service format for the game, meaning that new seasons are introduced every so many months, each carrying a unique theme throughout its duration. Every season that comes and passes brings a new wave of Pokemon rotated in to wild spawns, Egg hatch spawns, and Raid Bosses, as well as a series of events that can add additional monsters as temporary encounters fro players to make the most of.
Players can battle Dialga as a 5-star Raid boss and get a chance to encounter Shiny Dialga. The legendary can warp, destroy, and create time itself, making it a powerful existence in Pokemon lore. Dialga possesses extremely powerful stats and an effective move pool in Pokemon GO, so winning against it as a Raid boss requires extensive type-knowledge and strategy, such as utilizing the best counters to overpower or target key weaknesses this monster holds.
Updated by Grace Black - January 27, 2025: Dialga has returned to 5-Star Raids during Pokemon GO's Dual Destiny Season. For this reason, this Raid guide has been updated with all of the latest information - including weaknesses, resistances, and the best counters for taking the boss down.
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Pokemon GO: Dialga Weaknesses And Resistances
Dialga is a legendary dual Steel and Dragon Dual-Type monster with amazing prowess in Pokemon GO. The monster has a maximum Combat Power of 4565, which increases notably as a 5-star raid boss. The increased power level makes it extremely hard to win against, and players require proper counters to have a shot.
Dialga is a strong monster with a stat spread of 275 ATK, 211 DEF, and 205 STA, making it an extremely powerful presence in Pokemon GO PvP and PvE battles. In Pokemon GO, Dialga is resistant to Grass, Poison, Rock, Steel, Psychic, Flying, Normal, Water, Bug, and Electric Types - so Trainers should avoid using such monsters in battle against the Raid boss. Instead, players should prioritize utilizing powerful specimens or moves of the Ground or Fighting Types, as these are both Dialga's key weaknesses.
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Pokemon GO: Best Dialga Raid Counters
Although Dialga experiences a power boost in Raids, players can still strategize to defeat it by studying the monster’s weaknesses and resistances to carefully strategize the right counters against it. One should select counters with moves that align with its weaknesses while activating the Same Type of Bonus Attack effect - STAB. STAB occurs when a Pokemon type and Pokemon GO Move type are identical, dealing bonus damage to the opponent.
Pokemon GO trainers should curate a strategized battle roster to win against Dialga in 5-star raids. Some of the best options for this matchup have been outlined below. However, in the case that you do not have access to such monsters, you may simply use this list as inspiration for building your own team of similar specimens or other suitable counters.
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Pokemon |
Fast Move |
Charged Move |
|---|---|---|
|
Primal Groudon |
Mud Shot |
Precipice Blades |
|
Mega Garchomp |
Mud Shot |
Earth Power |
|
Mega Lucario |
Force Palm |
Aura Sphere |
|
Shadow Garchomp |
Mud Shot) |
Earth Power |
|
Shadow Excadrill |
Mud-Slap |
Scorching Sands |
|
Mega Heracross |
Counter |
Close Combat |
|
Mega Blaziken |
Counter |
Focus Blast |
|
Therian Forme Landorus |
Mudshot |
Sandsear Storm |
|
Terrakion |
Double Kick |
Sacred Sword |
After defeating the Pokemon GO raid boss, there is a possibility of Shiny Dialga spawning nearby. While the Shiny encounter isn’t guaranteed, one can try matching its Shiny odds. Try to defeat numerous Dialga raids; this results in several Dialga spawns, which might help achieve its Shiny odds, and stumbling upon such a luckty encounter.
Pokémon GO
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