Best Dialga counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Dialga counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO.

Simulation settings

Weather

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Raid Difficulty

5-Star Raid (15000 HP)↓

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

• 51.5%
• 32.5%
• 5.0%
• 3.5%
• 3.5%
• 2.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	32.95	936.44	16	519.3s	64.8
2	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	31.50	391.08	38	629.7s	52.3
3	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	30.69	411.77	36	634.5s	51.8
4	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	30.07	416.22	36	642.9s	51.1
5	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	29.44	431.68	34	648.6s	50.6
6	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	31.08	324.96	46	667.3s	49.9
7	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	30.47	339.50	44	669.1s	49.5
8	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	29.75	315.75	47	694.1s	47.9
9	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	26.02	517.80	28	692.3s	47.6
10	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	28.22	375.33	39	691.5s	47.5
11	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	24.81	515.24	29	721.1s	45.8
12	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	26.78	372.26	40	721.2s	45.5
13	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	26.44	366.62	40	731.1s	44.9
14	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	23.76	539.34	27	742.4s	44.6
15	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	27.05	309.77	48	748.3s	44.2
16	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	24.50	442.01	33	748.0s	43.9
17	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	26.68	314.16	47	753.2s	43.9
18	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	24.97	399.76	37	750.8s	43.7
19	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	27.06	268.89	55	777.5s	43.0
20	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	24.41	373.42	40	775.2s	42.3
21	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	25.34	316.31	47	781.7s	42.1
22	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	24.24	365.42	41	783.0s	41.9
23	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	21.97	526.25	28	796.8s	41.7
24	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	26.34	251.98	59	807.7s	41.5
25	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	24.55	327.07	45	794.4s	41.4
26	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	24.48	319.41	46	800.5s	41.1
27	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	23.99	338.31	44	802.5s	40.9
28	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	24.49	310.44	48	805.8s	40.9
29	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	22.50	430.28	34	806.0s	40.8
30	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	26.25	234.20	64	827.6s	40.8
31	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	24.75	291.78	51	811.7s	40.7
32	Shadow Magmortar	Karate Chop	Scorching Sands	24.82	281.26	53	817.6s	40.5
33	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	25.47	244.79	61	834.1s	40.2
34	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	23.10	353.42	42	819.0s	40.0
35	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	22.99	359.77	41	819.3s	40.0
36	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	24.31	285.05	52	827.6s	39.9
37	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	25.22	241.09	62	843.7s	39.7
38	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	23.32	326.22	45	827.1s	39.7
39	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	24.60	255.04	58	844.9s	39.4
40	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	22.21	368.36	40	838.2s	39.1
41	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	22.37	350.45	42	841.7s	39.0
42	Shadow Nidoking	Double Kick	Earth Power	23.94	267.00	56	851.3s	38.9
43	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	26.80	165.84	90	921.6s	38.7
44	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	23.00	293.53	51	856.5s	38.4
45	Shadow Hippowdon	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	21.83	359.53	41	853.9s	38.4
46	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Focus Blast	23.11	269.82	55	871.4s	37.9
47	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	21.75	341.06	43	865.6s	37.9
48	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	22.23	309.24	48	868.7s	37.8
49	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	22.24	301.75	49	873.4s	37.6
50	Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	20.16	433.62	34	882.3s	37.5

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Dialga type chart

When fighting Dialga, keep in mind the following that Steel and Dragon-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, and Ground type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Electric, Flying, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Steel, Water, Grass, and Poison type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Grass	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Electric	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Steel	62.5%
Water	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Dialga in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Dialga down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Dialga counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Terrakion, Shadow Garchomp, and Mega Blaziken. The table also includes Keldeo (Ordinary), Shadow Machamp, Shadow Hariyama, and Shadow Mamoswine, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Dialga are:

About our ranking methodology

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge moves, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used.

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.