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4th Gen Dialga or Palkia

Dialga or Palkia?

  • Dialga

    Votes: 98 55.4%

  • Palkia

    Votes: 79 44.6%
  • Total voters
    177
I chose Palkia due to the strength of his Special Attack.

I think Diagla wins in the appearence contest, though.
 
Serebii.net said:
MAXSTATS(DIALGA)
HP: 404
ATK: 372
DEF: 372
SP.ATK: 438
SP.DEF: 328
SPD: 306

MAX STATS(PALKIA)
HP: 384
ATK: 372
DEF: 328
SP.ATK: 438
SP.DEF: 372
SPD: 328
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Now to compare...
HP: Dialga(+20)
ATK: =
DEF: Dialga (+40)
SP.ATK: =
SP.DEF: Palkia (+40)
SPEED: Palkia (+22)


GASP! Palkia has 2 overall stats more!+ it has only 1 weakness while Dialga has 2! Oh well.
 
I pick palkia since he's a slightly better special sweeper due to his speed.
 
xxshayminx said:
Now to compare...
HP: Dialga(+20)
ATK: =
DEF: Dialga (+40)
SP.ATK: =
SP.DEF: Palkia (+40)
SPEED: Palkia (+22)


GASP! Palkia has 2 overall stats more!+ it has only 1 weakness while Dialga has 2! Oh well.
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Bhuhaha- Er, I mean I was right. Of course.
SUCKERS! YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME!!! :P
 
I pick Dialga cause I like blue. And I like steel over water. Water is now an overrated legendary.
Dialga because the Roar of Time looks absolutely AWESOME!
Dialga cause I have him.
And Dialga cause he's just the bomb!
 
PokeWarped said:
Bhuhaha- Er, I mean I was right. Of course.
SUCKERS! YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME!!! :P
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Look dude,I dont know what you have against Dialga but get off him because if palkia was better it would'ant be by much.I have both of them and i've never used them.I dont even know what there attacks look like.and I dont care.I could ev train Dialga to kick palkia's butt in vise versa.so dialga sounds like a cat getting hammerd like no ones buisness,and Palkia looks like a Erotic toy,I think were all forgetting the fact that Darkri pawns both of them.its pointless trying to use logic cause it seems to have left the building in this thread at least a little while ago
 
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☼Charlie☼ said:
Who is better Dialga or Palkia?

I give credit to "rishi 20" for coming up with the idea to make this poll.
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lol, dont worry u can have credit on this one
 
I wrote a long rant about this in the GB Strategies and Movesets discussion about Dialga and Palkia and I'm not going to type it again. They both counter different Pokémon in the Uber metagame and both counter about the same amount as well. In a one-on-one fight Dialga would win because of that incredibly schmexy STAB, super effective Draco Meteor. Palkia will be at a disadvantage because of a lack of STAB super effective move. But as I already said, they're equally useful, but I personally prefer Dialga because of a schmexier type combination. I'll have one more type being super effective against my Pokémon for tons of resistances in return any day.
And who cares if he's blue?
It's not that unique. A Steel Dragon. Palkia is a Water-Dragon. MUCH more unique.
Most of his moves suck eggs.
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First of all, Dialga is not a he, neither is it a she.
Second, since when has a type combination that was already introduced in G/S/C been original? Don't give me that ''Dragons can't breathe fire underwater'' because a fire-breathing dragon is just a western stereotype. I believe there are dragons of every element in Chinese mythology (And those would be Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Metal, Wood and I forgot the rest of the elements in Chinese horoscopes.) so when you look at it, both type combinations are about as unique as they've both been taken from Chinese mythology anyway. And the ''most of its moves suck'' argument isn't too great, either, as it still has 3 standard sets that are all functional. (Choice Specs/Life Orb sweep, Trick Room sweep and Choice Band/Life Orb sweep)
That was what I was thinking you would be thinking. XD
And Dragons can't even learn Water moves but they can learn Steel moves, therefore proving I'm right.
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Most dragons can learn Water moves. -.- All Dragons, as a matter of fact can learn a Water move if Rain Dance counts (which will count by all logic as it's still a Water move). The following out of the 19 existing Dragon types can learn Water moves (excluding Rain Dance):

Kingdra, Palkia, Latias, Latios, Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence, Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite, Garchomp, Rayquaza. That makes over 50% of all Dragon types and yet you say almost no Dragon type can learn Water moves? Check your facts, please.

So far you've only managed to prove you have a severe lack of evidence behind your arguments, not that you're right.
I think Palkia is a better staller.
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Stallers fail anyway, so what difference does it make?
 
Smarties-kun said:
I wrote a long rant about this in the GB Strategies and Movesets discussion about Dialga and Palkia and I'm not going to type it again. They both counter different Pokémon in the Uber metagame and both counter about the same amount as well. In a one-on-one fight Dialga would win because of that incredibly schmexy STAB, super effective Draco Meteor. Palkia will be at a disadvantage because of a lack of STAB super effective move. But as I already said, they're equally useful, but I personally prefer Dialga because of a schmexier type combination. I'll have one more type being super effective against my Pokémon for tons of resistances in return any day.

First of all, Dialga is not a he, neither is it a she.
Second, since when has a type combination that was already introduced in G/S/C been original? Don't give me that ''Dragons can't breathe fire underwater'' because a fire-breathing dragon is just a western stereotype. I believe there are dragons of every element in Chinese mythology (And those would be Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Metal, Wood and I forgot the rest of the elements in Chinese horoscopes.) so when you look at it, both type combinations are about as unique as they've both been taken from Chinese mythology anyway. And the ''most of its moves suck'' argument isn't too great, either, as it still has 3 standard sets that are all functional. (Choice Specs/Life Orb sweep, Trick Room sweep and Choice Band/Life Orb sweep)

Most dragons can learn Water moves. -.- All Dragons, as a matter of fact can learn a Water move if Rain Dance counts (which will count by all logic as it's still a Water move). The following out of the 19 existing Dragon types can learn Water moves (excluding Rain Dance):

Kingdra, Palkia, Latias, Latios, Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence, Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite, Garchomp, Rayquaza. That makes over 50% of all Dragon types and yet you say almost no Dragon type can learn Water moves? Check your facts, please.

So far you've only managed to prove you have a severe lack of evidence behind your arguments, not that you're right.

Stallers fail anyway, so what difference does it make?
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You put up a good fight. :\

There is NO point to Rain Dance if that is the only Water Move most can use. It only powers up Water moves. Rain Dance wouldn't count if it barley does anything for that pokemon. You could even be helping the other pokemon (Water-type, Dry Skin Ability, ETC.) by using that move.

You aren't my mother! There isn't a limit to where this game can go. The game isn't based on anything Western or Chinese. Why you brang that up, though, I don't know. 0.o

I was specifying on their special moves (Roar of Time/Spacial Rend). When thought well about it, Spacial Rend is better. If you are holding Focus Lens, then the move will almost always be a critical-hit, resaulting in 200 Power, and Palkia dosn't have to recharge, like Roar of Time makes Dialga recharge.

And to top it off, stallers never really are good for anything. They just... well, stall.
 
I was specifying on their special moves (Roar of Time/Spacial Rend). When thought well about it, Spacial Rend is better. If you are holding Focus Lens, then the move will almost always be a critical-hit, resaulting in 200 Power, and Palkia dosn't have to recharge, like Roar of Time makes Dialga recharge.
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I couldn't agree with you more on the signature moves, which is why Dialga likes Draco Meteor. But yeah, if you compare Dialga and Palkia based on their signature moves, (which you shouldn't really do, but whatever.) Palkia > Dialga any day because Hyper Beam type moves spell out ''epic failure'' in big, red, bolded and capsed letters, whereas high-power high critical hit rate moves spell out ''hi, I'm cool'' once again in big, red, bolded and capsed letters. =P

*edit* And it doesn't matter whether or not Rain Dance is useful, as it's still a Water type move and learnable by all Dragon types.
 
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I thought that Roar of Time makes the oppenent recharge as well... I could be wrong however.
 
Super Puppy said:
Oh sure, the popular vote here is Dialga, but on GTS all anyone wants for their Pokemon is a Palkia... Hehehe. At least that's what it seems like. I hardly see anyone ask for a Dialga.
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Nobody asks for Dialga Because more people Have Diamond, and therefore, Dialga. people ask for Palkia just too complete their pokedex. Palkia SUCKS!!!!!!!!


Even though i like diaruga more than Palkia, Arceus is way cooler.
 
Aruceus said:
Nobody asks for Dialga Because more people Have Diamond, and therefore, Dialga. people ask for Palkia just too complete their pokedex. Palkia SUCKS!!!!!!!!


Even though i like diaruga more than Palkia, Arceus is way cooler.
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You can't even spell Dialga right. Get a life, Noob.
 
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