Dialga #0483 Shadow

SteelDragon

Max CP	L404038L504565L51 · Best Buddy4620
Buddy Distance	20 km per Candy
Released	May 14, 2025Jun 2, 2026
Purification	20,000 Stardust · 20 Candy

Type Effectiveness

Dialga takes 160% from Fighting and Ground moves.

Weak ×1.6

FightingGround

Resists ×0.6

NormalWaterElectricFlyingPsychicBugRockSteel

Resists ×0.4

GrassPoison

Shadow Dialga is a Steel/Dragon-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Fighting and Ground.

It reaches 4565 CP at level 50, or 4620 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Metal Claw with Draco Meteor.

Base Stats

Attack275

Defense211

Stamina205

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	SteelMetal Claw	DragonDraco Meteor	18.8	361
2	DragonDragon Breath	DragonDraco Meteor	17.7	340
3	SteelMetal Claw	SteelIron Head	17.0	327
4	DragonDragon Breath	SteelIron Head	16.4	315
5	SteelMetal Claw	ElectricThunder	15.6	299
6	DragonDragon Breath	ElectricThunder	15.0	288
7	DragonDragon Breath	NormalFrustrationDon’t Use	12.0	230
8	SteelMetal Claw	NormalFrustrationDon’t Use	12.0	230

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Don’t Use means repeating the fast move does at least as much damage as using this charged move, either because the move is weak or because this Pokémon faints before it pays off.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Dragon Breath	Dragon	6	4	0.5s	12.0	8.0
Metal Claw	Steel	6	5	0.5s	12.0	10.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
Draco Meteor	Dragon	150	100	3.5s	42.9	1.50
Thunder	Electric	100	100	2.5s	40.0	1.00
Iron Head	Steel	60	50	2.0s	30.0	1.20
Frustration	Normal	10	33	2.0s	5.0	0.30

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Dragon Breath	Dragon	3	4	1	3.0	4.0
Metal Claw	Steel	5	7	2	2.5	3.5

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Draco Meteor	Dragon	150	65	2.31
Thunder	Electric	100	60	1.67
Iron Head	Steel	85	50	1.70
Frustration	Normal	10	70	0.14

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Mega Mewtwo XFightingCounterEFightingDynamic Punch+37.0 eDPS
2Mega LucarioFightingForce PalmEFightingAura Sphere34.0 eDPS
3Mega BlazikenFightingCounterFightingAura Sphere32.9 eDPS
4Primal GroudonGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE29.6 eDPS
5Resolute Form KeldeoFightingLow KickFightingSecret Sword29.1 eDPS
6Mega GalladeFightingLow KickFightingSacred Sword28.7 eDPS

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Worth Powering Up?

Stronger than the everyday pick against 27 of 134 Tier 5 and Mega bosses.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

Mega AudinoMega RaidSteelMetal ClawSteelIron Head+1.6% Gainover Lucario
RegidragoTier 5 RaidDragonDragon BreathDragonDraco Meteor+1.4% Gainover Dragapult
Mega AltariaMega RaidSteelMetal ClawSteelIron Head+1.4% Gainover Lucario
Mega AerodactylMega RaidSteelMetal ClawSteelIron Head+1.2% Gainover Lucario
XerneasTier 5 RaidSteelMetal ClawSteelIron Head+1.2% Gainover Roserade
Altered Forme GiratinaTier 5 RaidDragonDragon BreathDragonDraco Meteor+1.0% Gainover Garchomp
Incarnate Forme EnamorusTier 5 RaidSteelMetal ClawSteelIron Head+0.9% Gainover Glimmora
Mega AmpharosMega RaidDragonDragon BreathDragonDraco Meteor+0.9% Gainover Garchomp

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	166310/10/10	173115/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	221710/10/10	230715/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	277110/10/10	288415/15/15
L40	40	35720/0/0	403815/15/15
L50	50	40380/0/0	456515/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	40860/0/0	462015/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1731	1531
Level 20	2307	2041
Level 25	2884	2551
Level 30	3462	3062
Level 35	3750	3317
Level 40	4038	3572
Level 45	4298	3801
Level 50	4565	4038
Level 51	4620	4086

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	100 Candy · 100,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	5.4 m · 683 kg
Gender Ratio	Genderless
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Dialga in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/13/81500 CP at level 14

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/13/8	1500	14	100.00%
#2	5/15/13	1497	13.5	99.99%
#3	5/15/14	1500	13.5	99.99%
#4	0/15/6	1500	14	99.94%
#5	6/14/13	1499	13.5	99.90%
#6	4/15/13	1492	13.5	99.63%
#7	4/15/14	1495	13.5	99.63%
#8	4/15/15	1498	13.5	99.63%
#9	0/6/14	1497	14	99.61%
#10	0/8/12	1497	14	99.61%

A 15/15/15 ranks #371 of 4,096, with 97.86% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/15/122499 CP at level 23

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/15/12	2499	23	100.00%
#2	0/13/14	2499	23	99.82%
#3	0/14/12	2494	23	99.55%
#4	0/14/13	2499	23	99.55%
#5	1/13/12	2497	23	99.47%
#6	2/12/12	2500	23	99.39%
#7	0/12/14	2494	23	99.38%
#8	0/12/15	2500	23	99.38%
#9	1/11/14	2497	23	99.29%
#10	0/15/11	2493	23	99.28%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1044 of 4,096, with 96.44% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

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Dialga #0483 Shadow

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League