Shadow Dialga Raid Guide

Shadow Dialga is a tier 5 Shadow Legendary Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Shiny Shadow Dialga is available, if you’re lucky!

After beating it in the Raid, Shadow Dialga can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

2145 CP to 2307 CP (Level 20, no weather boost)
2682 CP to 2884 CP (Level 25, boosted by Snow or Windy weather)

Shadow Dialga is a Steel/Dragon type, so it is weak to Fighting and Ground type attacks. You will need to be well prepared with top counters, correct moveset, powered-up Pokémon, and most importantly, Purified Gems. We would recommend a minimum of 4-5 trainers for Shadow Dialga (and using Purified Gems).

Best Shadow Dialga Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	29.20	29	702s
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	25.17	20	803s
3.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Aura Sphere	25.97	37	750s
4.	Resolute Keldeo	Low Kick	Secret Sword	22.58	36	848s
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	21.86	40	940s
6.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	21.18	30	896s
7.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Upper Hand	22.01	43	951s
8.	Mega X Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	21.40	37	931s
9.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	21.32	39	910s
10.	Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	21.68	45	927s
11.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Aura Sphere	21.89	60	879s
12.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword	20.93	51	980s
13.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	19.89	44	958s
14.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	19.29	40	1040s
15.	Shadow Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	20.57	60	980s
16.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	18.87	38	1057s
17.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Aura Sphere	19.36	45	994s
18.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	19.36	48	995s
19.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	18.51	35	1086s
20.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	18.71	39	1109s
21.	Kartana	Fury Cutter	Sacred Sword	19.12	49	1078s
22.	Ordinary Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	19.14	44	1038s
23.	Incarnate Shadow Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	19.32	58	1012s
24.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	19.00	48	1031s
25.	Single Strike Urshifu	Counter	Dynamic Punch	18.77	53	1092s
26.	Blaziken	Counter	Aura Sphere	19.01	59	1023s
27.	Mega Alakazam	Counter	Focus Blast	19.21	64	1042s
28.	Mega Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	18.45	53	1079s
29.	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	19.40	70	1039s
30.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Aura Sphere	17.90	49	1071s

Shadow Dialga Stats and Moveset

	Shadow Dialga SteelDragon
Max CP	4565
ATK	275
DEF	211
HP	205
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Metal Claw Dragon Breath
Charge moves	Iron Head Draco Meteor Thunder

Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Shadow Dialga	Shadow Dialga

Tips and Tricks

Communication will be key for this raid! You will want to plan not only your Mega Pokémon team positions and counters, but also your use of Purified Gems, so be sure you communicate with your fellow trainers.

We would suggest groups of 5+ for trainers with top counters that are maxed out, and armed with Purified Gems, or 8-10+ for lower-level trainers and those without ideal counters. Purified Gems are a must!

While Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up, we have included the top Shadow Pokémon you can use against Shadow Dialga. Ensure you no longer have Frustration on these Pokémon before considering adding them to your team. If you have any of these as an option, while they may take more damage than non-shadow Pokémon, they will also deal more.

We would highly recommend the use of Mega Evolved Pokémon in Shadow Dialga raids. They provide not only greater damage output, but also boost Pokémon of the same typing in the raid. We would suggest discussing your counter choices with your fellow trainers, and plan Mega Pokémon, and their position in your team accordingly.

If you have a group of 6, for example, one person should have their mega in slot 1, the next slot 2, the next slot 3, etc., you can try to keep the mega boost going throughout the raid.

As these raids are in person only, you can make use of the Party Power raid bonus through Party Play! The Party Power is a Raid bonus that fills up as members of your Party attack the Raid Boss. Once the Party Power bonus is full, your next Charge Attack will receive a special boost. You can see the Party Power button and your progress towards achieving the bonus in the bottom left corner of your Raid Battle.

Related reading

Pokémon GO Shadow Raids: Comprehensive Guide is an overall guide to all things Shadow Raids

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a Shadow Raid, Dialga will hit harder than ever before, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right moveset, and aren’t weak to the Raid Boss’ moves. These tier 5 raids are extremely difficult, even for the most prepared trainers, and you will need Purified Gems to defeat them. Shadow Raid Bosses will grow enraged as you battle them, boosting their attack and defense.

You will need to subdue Shadow Dialga using Purified Gems, an item that can be assembled from Shadow Shards.

Shadow Shards are mysterious gem pieces that may be dropped by Team GO Rocket grunts, leaders, and from Shadow Raids. You will need to gather enough shards to use Professor Willow’s newly invented Shard Refiner, and in return, you’ll be rewarded with a Purified Gem. Be sure to have collected as many as you can before you attempt a Shadow Dialga Raid, as without them, you won’t be able to return it to its normal, non-enraged state.

There are multiple ways Purified Gems can assist your battle against enraged Shadow Raid Bosses:

When you use a Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss’s attack and defence will be lowered temporarily. This can give you the opening you need to take them down.
You and your fellow Trainers can use more than one Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid. If used at the same time, their effects will stack.
If enough Purified Gems are used, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss will be subdued—returned to its non-enraged state—which might give you the edge you need to defeat it!

Purified Gems will show in the bottom left corner of the raid battle when you are able to use them, so be sure to communicate with your raid group to stack their effects!

Good luck, Trainers!

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