Diamond Storm (move)

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Diamond Storm
ダイヤストーム Dia Storm

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Battles

Type	Rock
Category	Physical
PP	5 (max. 8)
Power	100
Accuracy	95%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Affects all adjacent foes, but not allies

Availability

Introduced	Generation VI
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jamming	0
Excites the audience a lot if used last.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Diamond Storm (Japanese: ダイヤストーム Dia Storm) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature move of Diancie.

Effect

Generation VI

Diamond Storm deals damage. It has a 50% chance to raise the user's Defense by one stage for each Pokémon that it hits. If it increases the user's Defense stat more than once from a single use, the stat raising animation will only play once, but a message stating that its Defense rose will appear for each increase.

Generation VII

Diamond Storm now has a 50% chance to raise the user's Defense by two stages if it hits.

Description

Games	Description
XY ORAS	The user whips up a storm of diamonds to damage opposing Pokémon. This may also raise the user's Defense stat.
SM	The user whips up a storm of diamonds to damage opposing Pokémon. This may also sharply raise the user's Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0719		Diancie		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" \| Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" \| Undiscovered	50	50
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Diancie Mega Diancie
The user fires a violet burst of rocks at the opponent.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Diancie compresses the carbon in the air by bringing its hands closer to its head and a pink energy is formed between its hands. The energy gets converted into diamonds as Diancie takes its hands away.
A wild Diancie	Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction	Debut
	Mega Diancie compresses the carbon in the air by bringing its hands closer to its head and a pink energy is formed between its hands. The energy gets converted into diamonds as Mega Diancie takes its hands away.
A wild Diancie	Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction	None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pokémon	Method

The user fires a violet burst of rocks at the opponent.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Diancie creates a globe of swirling energy between its palms and fires off a barrage of hard diamonds from it at the opponent.
A wild Diancie	X & Y chapter	Debut

Trivia

Diamond Storm is the only Rock-type move introduced in Generation VI.
Diamond Storm is the only move that can raise the user's stats more than once from a single use.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	鑽石風暴 Jyunsehk Fūngbouh
Chinese	Mandarin	鑽石風暴 / 钻石风暴 Zuànshí Fēngbào
French		Orage Adamantin
German		Diamantsturm
Italian		Diamantempesta
Korean		다이아스톰 Dia Storm
Portuguese	Brazil	Tempestade Diamante
Portuguese	Portugal	Tornado de Diamantes
Spanish		Torm. Diamantes

Variations of the move Sacred Fire

Diamond Storm • Sacred Fire

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