#0483 · Sinnoh · Generation 4 · legendary

Dialga

Temporal Pokémon · Steel/Dragon-type

Dialga is a Steel/Dragon-type Pokémon, the Temporal Pokémon, number 483 (#0483) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 5.4 m tall and weighs 683 kg.

Dialga is the Temporal Pokémon, a Steel and Dragon type that Sinnoh myth credits with starting time itself. Pokédex entries claim time began moving at its birth and flows with its heartbeat.

How to pronounce Dialga

Dialga is pronounced dee-AL-guh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Dialga said out loud:

In Japanese it is ディアルガ.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Dialga is a sauropod-like Pokémon, dark blue with grey metal plating and light-blue stripes. A diamond-like crystal sits in the middle of its chest plate, and a gear-like fin rises from its back. It is 5.4 m tall and weighs 683 kg. Bulbapedia says it lives mostly in a dimension of its own, which makes its behaviour almost impossible to study.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says Dialga controls the flow of time and can travel to the past and future at will. In Sinnoh myth it is an ancient deity. Bulbapedia adds that in the anime it fiercely protects its home dimension and clashes with Palkia whenever their dimensions overlap.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat; Bulbapedia places it in a dimension of its own, where time is said to run in shifting directions and speeds. In Diamond, Platinum and Brilliant Diamond it waits at Spear Pillar, and in Legends: Arceus at the Temple of Sinnoh.

Powers

No other Pokémon is known to learn Roar of Time, a Dragon move that blasts with power that distorts time, and Dialga also learns Flash Cannon, Dragon Claw, Aura Sphere and Earth Power. Its Ability is Pressure, with Telepathy hidden. Holding the Adamant Crystal turns it into Origin Forme, which Bulbapedia describes as its true form: 7 m tall, with Attack 100 and Special Defense 120 instead of 120 and 100. With base Special Attack 150 it is a powerful special attacker.

Name origin

Dialga may come from 'diamond', and could also involve the Spanish día ('day') or the dial of a clock or sundial. The Japanese name is Diaruga (ディアルガ).

Design inspiration

Ken Sugimori designed Dialga and Palkia together. Dialga looks like a short-necked sauropod dinosaur, perhaps Camarasaurus, and its diamond-tipped stripes vaguely recall clock hands. Bulbapedia also suggests the pair may echo the Shinto myth of Izanagi and Izanami raising the first island with a spear. These are fan readings, not official statements.

In the games

Dialga is the box mascot of Diamond and returned in Brilliant Diamond. It is a boss in Legends: Arceus and the main antagonist of Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives only by transfer from Pokémon HOME or an event, and Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Its physical debut came in the film 'The Rise of Darkrai', where it fights Palkia and Darkrai above Alamos Town. In the episode 'The Battle Finale of Legend!', Cyrus uses a Red Chain to control it and Palkia on Spear Pillar, and they rampage once the chain is destroyed.

Fun facts

• Masuda's blog says the Spanish translation team suggested changing the name Dialga because it resembles 'alga', the Spanish word for algae.
• Before Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Dialga's catch rate was 30; it is now 3.
• Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness refers to Dialga as male in its story, although it stays gender unknown for gameplay.
• In Ranger: Shadows of Almia, an injured Dialga uses Roar of Time to send the hero back in time to before the game began.
• In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Dialga is a hazard on the Spear Pillar stage, where it slows down time.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Dialga (Pokémon) · Serebii: Dialga (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 120
• Defense: 120
• Sp. Atk: 150
• Sp. Def: 100
• Speed: 90

Dialga’s base stat total is 680. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Dialga weak to?

Dialga takes extra damage from Fighting (2×), Ground (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (¼×), Normal (½×), Water (½×), Electric (½×), Flying (½×), Psychic (½×), Bug (½×), Rock (½×), Steel (½×).

It is immune to Poison moves.

Evolution

Dialga does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Forms

• Origin Dialga (Forme): Steel/Dragon-type, base stat total 680 (HP 100, Attack 100, Defense 120, Sp. Atk 150, Sp. Def 120, Speed 90). Abilities: Pressure, Telepathy (hidden).

Abilities

• Pressure: Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.
• Telepathy (hidden ability): Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.

Moves

Moves Dialga learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (59)

Dialga can learn 59 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Facade, Bulldoze, Metal Claw, Swift, Rock Tomb, Dragon Tail, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Brick Break, Shadow Claw, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Dragon Claw, Thunder Wave, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Body Press, Flash Cannon, Iron Head, Power Gem, Substitute, Iron Defense, Trick, Aura Sphere, Dragon Pulse, Stealth Rock, Hyper Voice, Heavy Slam, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Earth Power, Ice Beam, Fire Blast, Blizzard, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Outrage, Overheat, Focus Blast, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Draco Meteor, Steel Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Gravity, Scale Shot, Psych Up, Breaking Swipe, Metal Sound.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 306.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon is revered as a deity in Hisuian legend. The birth of Dialga was what caused the vast river of time to begin flowing in our world. (Legends: Arceus)

It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity. (Diamond, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

A Pokémon spoken of in legend. It is said that time began moving when Dialga was born. (Pearl, X, Omega Ruby)

A legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh. It is said that time flows when Dialga's heart beats. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)

This Pokémon completely controls the flow of time. It uses its power to travel at will through the past and future. (HeartGold, SoulSilver)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Atk among Steel types: 150.
• Highest base stat total among Steel types: 680, shared with 1 other.
• Tallest Pokémon in Gen 4: 5.4 m.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Gen 4 Pokémon: 150, shared with 1 other.
• Tallest Dragon type in Gen 4: 5.4 m.
• Highest Defense among Dragon types in Gen 4: 120, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Dragon types in Gen 4: 150, shared with 1 other.
• Highest base stat total among Dragon types in Gen 4: 680, shared with 2 others.
• Heaviest Steel type in Gen 4: 683 kg.
• Tallest Steel type in Gen 4: 5.4 m.
• Fastest Steel type in Gen 4: 90 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Highest HP among Steel types in Gen 4: 100.
• Highest Attack among Steel types in Gen 4: 120.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Steel types in Gen 4: 150.
• Highest base stat total among Steel types in Gen 4: 680.
• Taller than 99% of all Pokémon (5.4 m).
• Heavier than 99% of all Pokémon (683 kg).
• Base stat total 680, ranked #3 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #4 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Steel and Dragon.
• One of 88 white Pokémon.
• Number 97 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Can learn 65 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 5 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Dialga (Pokémon), Serebii: Dialga (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (dee-AL-guh): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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