Dialga counters

#0483

steel dragonTier 5Next in raids Wed 14 Oct, 06:00 (starts in 9 days)

Lobby CP

53,394

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

229

Defense

178

Difficulty

1.75

Pokebattler scale

Beating Dialga should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,217-2,307.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Dialga counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Groudon, Lucario, Shadow Landorus (Therian) & Terrakion.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Groudon
Lucario
S. Landorus (Therian)
Terrakion

8 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+1.406:26
2Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.717:53
3Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere1.727:54
4Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+1.878:35
5Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.898:41
6Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword1.908:44
7KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword1.928:49
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast2.049:24
9Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.109:40
10Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power2.129:45
11LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere2.1910:03
12Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.2210:12
14TerrakionLegendarypartyDouble Kick / Sacred Sword2.2210:14

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Related countersShadow Dialga Dialga (Origin)

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Top 15 Dialga counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	6:26	1.40	6.0	78.7%
2	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	7:53	1.71	6.0	64.3%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	7:54	1.72	6.0	64.1%
4	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	8:35	1.87	6.0	59.0%
5	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	8:41	1.89	5.3	58.3%
6	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	8:44	1.90	6.0	58.0%
7	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	8:49	1.92	6.0	57.5%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	9:24	2.04	6.0	53.9%
9	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	9:40	2.10	6.0	52.4%
10	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	9:45	2.12	5.2	52.0%
11	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	10:03	2.19	6.0	50.4%
12	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	10:12	2.22	6.0	49.7%
13	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingClose Combat	4,814	10:13	2.22	6.0	49.6%
14	Terrakionrockfighting	fightingDouble KickfightingSacred Sword	3,698	10:14	2.22	6.0	49.5%
15	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	groundMud-SlapgroundScorching Sands	3,244	10:14	2.22	6.0	49.5%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Dialga.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Dialga's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	64%	60%	54.9%	9:14	6.0	2.01
Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	44%	49%	50.9%	9:57	6.0	2.16
Metal Claw / Draco Meteor	46%	48%	51.0%	9:57	6.0	2.16
Metal Claw / Iron Head	82%	71%	56.6%	8:57	6.0	1.95
Dragon Breath / Iron Head	82%	71%	56.7%	8:56	6.0	1.94
Metal Claw / Thunder	67%	76%	56.8%	8:55	6.0	1.94
Dragon Breath / Thunder	69%	77%	57.1%	8:52	6.0	1.93

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 2 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Dialga weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x ghost1x fire1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x water0.63x electric0.63x psychic0.63x poison0.39x grass0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (6)
Resists (10)

It resists poison0.39xgrass0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xwater0.625xelectric0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Dialga throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDraco MeteorSTAB	150	-100	3.5s	2.90s
electricThunder	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
steelIron HeadSTAB	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,217	2,771
11/11/11	2,235	2,794
12/12/12	2,253	2,816
13/13/13	2,271	2,839
14/14/14	2,289	2,862
15/15/15hundo	2,307	2,884

Caught CP range 2,217 - 2,307, or 2,771 - 2,884 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

comingDialgaTier 5shiny availableWed 14 Oct, 06:00 – Tue 20 Oct, 22:00 · starts in 9 days

All settings

Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 229 / Defense 178 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	PB #	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	78.7%	1.40	6:26	14.3	100%	6,112	41.0	984
2	2	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	78%	64.3%	1.71	7:53	22.1	100%	3,826	33.8	665
3	3	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	78%	64.1%	1.72	7:54	22.1	100%	4,161	33.7	671
4	13	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	72%	59.0%	1.87	8:35	22.0	100%	3,670	30.9	636
5	4	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	74%	58.3%	1.89	8:41	14.2	100%	5,902	29.9	1234
6	5	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	70%	58.0%	1.90	8:44	24.1	100%	4,521	30.4	588
7	6	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	70%	57.5%	1.92	8:49	21.8	100%	3,698	30.0	686
8	7	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	66%	53.9%	2.04	9:24	20.6	94%	6,428	28.0	693
9	21	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	64%	52.4%	2.10	9:40	21.6	84%	4,115	27.3	734
10	9	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	63%	52.0%	2.12	9:45	21.0	78%	5,424	27.0	940
11	10	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	59%	50.4%	2.19	10:03	28.9	36%	2,703	26.6	498
12	16	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	58%	49.7%	2.22	10:12	33.0	66%	3,922	27.2	536
13	12	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	59%	49.6%	2.22	10:13	24.9	32%	4,814	25.8	572
14	14	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	58%	49.5%	2.22	10:14	32.1	6%	3,698	26.2	444
15	—	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	60%	49.5%	2.22	10:14	23.6	28%	3,244	25.7	627
16	22	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	55%	48.5%	2.27	10:27	40.8	66%	2,848	27.0	421
17	16	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	58%	48.4%	2.28	10:29	25.1	8%	3,922	25.3	585
18	—	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	55%	48.1%	2.29	10:32	36.8	32%	3,337	25.8	405
19	—	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	56%	46.8%	2.35	10:50	26.1	0%	3,452	24.4	572
20	—	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	52%	44.3%	2.49	11:27	30.3	0%	3,733	23.2	565
21	30	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	49%	44.2%	2.49	11:28	48.9	34%	3,093	24.5	348
22	—	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	53%	43.8%	2.51	11:34	24.2	0%	4,783	22.7	620
23	21	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	52%	43.3%	2.54	11:42	23.6	0%	4,115	22.4	701
24	20	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	53%	43.2%	2.55	11:44	20.9	0%	4,401	22.2	758
25	28	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	51%	43.2%	2.55	11:45	29.8	0%	3,677	22.5	479
26	29	Urshifu (Single Strike) fightingdark Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	51%	43.1%	2.55	11:45	30.1	0%	3,606	22.5	472
27	25	Urshifu (Rapid Strike) fightingwater Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	50%	42.8%	2.57	11:50	30.4	0%	3,606	22.4	507
28	22	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	47%	41.4%	2.66	12:15	45.7	2%	2,848	22.9	401
29	—	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	47%	41.0%	2.69	12:21	40.6	0%	5,007	22.5	519
30	—	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	43%	38.0%	2.90	13:20	42.7	0%	3,962	21.3	626

PB # is pokebattler.com's own rank for the same attacker at these settings (snapshot 2026-09-10). 23 of our 30 rows are on its 30-row list, 8 in both top tens. Sort by Pokebattler's own rank

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked ahead of time for these settings (seed 1, 50 Monte Carlo runs each) and served instantly. Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.