Appendix:Diamond and Pearl walkthrough/Section 19: Difference between revisions

[[Professor Rowan]] arrives with his aide Dawn/Lucas and explains that you have to battle the Legendary Pokémon Dialga{{sup/4|D}}/Palkia{{sup/4|P}}, which is enraged and entrusts you to stop it. He will also stop you from leaving. Unfortunately, unlike Barry, they won't heal your Pokémon up, so you need to do it by yourself. Don't step forward until you are ready -- '''about 5 more steps, and you will be in the battle!'''

Dialga is a Steel/Dragon-type Pokémon. Its signature move, {{m|Roar of Time}}, is the Dragon-type version of Hyper Beam. It can deal very serious damage on your Pokémon or even render yours unable to battle in a single shot, but requires Dialga to recharge afterwards, wasting a turn and therefore giving you an opportunity to throw an Ultra Ball or a Dusk Ball. It possesses {{m|AncientPower}} that might raise all of its stats at once, and it also has {{m|Dragon Claw}} and {{m|Metal Claw}}, which may raise its Attack stat.

Due to its type, none of the special versions of Poké Balls are more effective than the others. You'll have to use [[Ultra Ball]]s (or [[Dusk Ball]]s if you're playing at night). Keep throwing until you successfully catch it.

Palkia is a {{2t|Water|Dragon}} Pokémon. Its signature move {{m|Spacial Rend}} is not as deadly as Dialga's Roar of Time, but Spacial Rend has a higher chance of landing critical hits, and Palkia doesn't need to recharge. It possesses {{m|Water Pulse}} that may confuse your Pokémon. It also has {{m|AncientPower}} (might raise all of its stats at once) and {{m|Dragon Claw}} to attack, similar to Dialga.

Start off by inflicting status ailments on it, such as putting it to sleep, paralyzing it or freezing it. Don't burn or poison it, otherwise the burn/poison may knock it out. Follow up by an attack that is super effective. In this case, only Dragon-type moves like Dragon Claw. If Dragon-type attacks are not available, use any attacks that are regularly effective (i.e. not resisted), such as Electric-type moves like {{m|Thunderbolt}}, Grass-type moves like {{m|Petal Dance}} or Ice-type moves like {{m|Ice Beam}}. Then damage it little by little with attacks that are not very effective, such as Fire-type moves, until its HP bar is in red. After that, you can start throwing Poké Balls.

Due to Palkia's Water type, there is now a special version of Poké Balls that works best on Palkia— [[Net Ball|Net Balls]], the Poké Balls for Water-type and Bug-type Pokémon. Keep throwing Net Balls (you can also use Dusk Balls if you are playing at night) until you successfully catch it.