What is a good moveset for Palkia?

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Gen V

Palkia @ Lustrous OrbAbility: PressureEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Surf- Fire Blast- Thunder- Spacial Rend

Probably the coolest mascot to exist. The GIF below really shows it.

Personal Space Please! (Palkia) @ Lustrous OrbAbility: PressureEVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 DefAdamant Nature- Dragon Claw- Liquidation- Earthquake- Stone Edge

Dragon Claw: STAB + Item BoostLiquidation: STAB + Item BoostEarthquake: I guess abuse other’s weaknesses?Stone Edge: Flat out great move.

Palkia @ Expert BeltAbility: PressureEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 SpeHasty Nature- Substitute- Focus Punch- Draco Meteor- Aqua Tail

SubPunch mixed set. Substitute to avoid status and give opportunities for Focus Punch. Focus Punch is a very powerful move that can take out steels that resist Draco Meteor. Draco Meteor is a strong STAB move that can take out physical walls. Aqua Tail is a strong STAB water move.

Doubles UbersPalkia @ Roseli BerryAbility: PressureEVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpDSassy NatureIVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe- Trick Room- Protect- Hydro Pump- Spacial Rend

Specially defensive Palkia is able to pretty easily set up Trick Room for it’s team against the strongest special attackers in the tier (Choice Specs Calyrex-Shadow rarely 2HKOs it), even if the opponent decides to double team it. Protect allows Palkia to stay safe from non-Dynamax attacks for a turn, most notably Fake Out (although watch out for Urshifu on the rare occasion it’s used). Hydro Pump and Spacial Rend are STAB. Roseli Berry is the item of choice to allow Palkia to survive a Play Rough from Zacian-Crowned and a Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam from +2 Xerneas.

This set is amazing and proven to work.

Palkia @ Choice ScarfAbility: PressureEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeModest Nature- Spacial Rend- Surf- Thunderbolt- Ice Beam / Flamethrower

Spacial Rend is powerful STAB and neutral coverage combined with Choice Scarf speed. Surf is secondary STAB and punishes rain teams. Thunderbolt is always good coverage and power. Ice Beam is always nice with BoltBeam coverage. Flamethrower also works. Scarf assures nice speed with moves covering the Uber tier nicely combined with modest nature and a great Special Attack stat.

Palkia @ Choice ScarfAbility: PressureEVs: 252 Spe / 252 SpA / 4 HPTimid Nature- Spacial Rend- Surf- Aura Sphere- Earth Power

For the Pokémon of Space, I’m extremely upset to see that there’s not a single Gravity set being run here. Does no one know that Gravity boosts all Pokemon on the field’s accuracy by 5/3? With that in mind its time to throw around those base 70 accuracy moves to great effect, this thing is literally only a step down from god and it should be played like so.

Palkia @ Lustrous OrbAbility: Pressure / TelepathyEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 128 Def / 128 SpDModest Nature- Gravity- Spacial Rend- Hydro Pump- Thunder / Fire Blast / Blizzard / Focus Blast

Here’s the gist of the set:

Gravityfor the accuracy boost.

Spacial Rendbecause if I don’t include it I’ll get yelled at in the comments for it and it happens to be both its signature move and its best move without drawbacks (Draco Meteor belongs on Choice Specs sets and that’s it) and gets Lustrous Orb AND STAB boost.

Hydro Pumpfor the Lustrous Orb + STAB + Gravity boost.

Thunder/Fire Blast/Blizzard/Focus Blastslap on one of these powerful puppies and watch it shred through your opponents with ease.

As for the investments, this thing has base 100 Speed. It outspeeds a large portion of the Ubers’ tier thanks to the base 90 Speed war. Investing largely in Special Attack and defenses makes this thing bulkier than it already is and gives it absolutely phenomenal offenses. Spend the rest on HP and you’ve got a solid Pokémon that fits onto any team.

Dynamax Palkia

Palkia @ Life OrbAbility: PressureEVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HPAdamant Nature- Dual Wingbeat- Dragon Claw- Liquidation- Earthquake / Brick Break

Dual Wingbeat is the star of this set, functioning as Max Airstream. Dragon Claw and Liquidation are STAB, and rain setter Max Geyser. Earthquake is coverage while Brick Break gets you Max Knuckle.

An alternative would be to run this:

Palkia @ Life OrbAbility: PressureEVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HPModest Nature- Dual Wingbeat- Surf / Hydro Pump- Spacial Rend- Earth Power / Thunder / Ice Beam

A special set only making use of Max Airstream.I prefer the first set due to the higher unpredictability to catch the opponent off guard while being able to do more damage with Max Airstream.

Gen 8 AGPalkia @ Leftovers / Lustrous OrbAbility: PressureEVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpDCalm NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Draco Meteor / Spacial Rend- Thunder / Surf- Rest- Toxic / Roar

Specially Defensive Palkia is a niche choice in Balance and bulky offense teams where it can fit as a Eternatus-lite, a more reliable Kyogre counter because of its unique typing that gives it a 4x resistance to Kyogre’s Water-type moves and neutrality to Thunder and Ice Beam. Spacial Rend is STAB, has high damage and threatens damage to Eternatus and Kyurem-W. Draco Meteor is an alternative option for picking OHKO on Kyurem-W and Eternatus after some chip, having more power at the cost of SpA drop. Thunder allows it to reliably damage opposing Kyogre and 2HKO it, also dealing nice damage to Yveltal and Ho-Oh. Surf is another option for hitting Necrozma Dusk Mane and Pokemon that resist its Dragon STAB better. Rest is Palkia’s only form of recovery, aside from passive recovery from Leftovers. Toxic cripples things like SpD Yveltal, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, etc. that are too bulky for Palkia to break easily. Roar, is to rack up chip damage using hazards and beats CM Ogre more reliably. Lustrous Orb boosts your Dragon-type and Water-type move without having any recoil unlike Life Orb. Leftovers as the other option can give a more steady recovery and decrease multiple uses of Rest.

Palkia @ Muscle BandAbility: PressureEVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 6 HPJolly NatureDragon ClawStone EdgeShadow ClawBulk Up / Earthquake

Dragon ClawisSTAB.Stone Edgeiscoverage.Shadow Clawis forcoverage.Bulk UpisboostingwhileEarthquakeiscoverage.

As you have seen in a lot of my posts, I love Choice items.

Palkia @ Choice SpecsAbility: TelepathyEVs: 252 SpA / 4 HP / 252 SpeModest Nature- Spacial Rend- Hydro Pump- Aura Sphere- Earth Power

Spacial Rend is a strong Dragon type STAB move that severely dents anything that doesn’t resist it. Hydro Pump is a very strong STAB move that destroys just about anything. Aura Sphere and Earth Power are for coverage.

This moveset is sure to threaten and shred through the opponent’s team!

Palkia @ Psychium ZAbility: PressureEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Heal Block- Hydro Pump- Spacial Rend- Thunderbolt

I use this moveset especially against Primal Kyogre and Yveltal. Palkia has good Special Defense and HP, and a Speed of 328 to outspeed the Primals. Z-Heal Block will boost Special Attack by 2 stages. This will be particularly useful against Yveltal and its Oblivion Wing because it will be blocked, Thunderbolt will OHKO Yveltal, and Spacial Rend (which also has a high crit ratio) hits like a truck on Primal Groudon (OHKOs most times after Z-Heal Block). Hydro Pump for that STAB.

Hope you have fun using this set.

Palkia @ Life OrbAbility: PressureEVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HPModest Nature- Hydro Pump- Draco Meteor- Thunder- Fire Blast

Trick Room!

Palkia @ Room ServiceAbility: PressureEVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpDQuiet Nature- Trick Room- Spacial Rend- Surf- Earth Power

Palkia @ Lustrous OrbAbility: PressureEVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HPModest Nature- Spacial Rend- Surf / Aqua Tail- Earth Power- Ice Beam

Spacial Rend: High power, crit chance, deals with Dragon types, STAB.Surf / Aqua Tail: High power, STAB, hits for neutral on Fairy types. Use Surf in singles and Aqua Tail in doubles since Surf hits your ally as well as both of your opponents, while Aqua Tail simply hits one.Earth Power: High power, hits neutral on Fairies, has a chance to lower Sp. Def, and covers Dialga since Spacial Rend hits for neutral damage on him.Ice Beam: Hits neutral on Fairies, and also covers other Dragon types).

Palkia @ Waterium ZAbility: PressureEVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HPModest Nature- Hydro Pump- Spacial Rend- Rain Dance- Thunder

Use Z-Rain Dance for a speed boost, a 50% boost to Hydro Pump, and perfect accuracy on Thunder.

Palkia @ Lustrous OrbAbility: PressureEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Hydro Pump- Spacial Rend- Thunder- Fire Blast

BTW: You can swap Spacial Rend for Draco Meteor. I prefer Spacial Rend (which is why it made the move list) because it can potentially deal more damage than Draco Meteor with the increased crit ratio, it being more accurate (Spacial Rend is 95% while Draco Meteor is 90%.) and it not having any bad effects. You can swap Spacial Rend for Draco Meteor if you prefer that.

PalkiaNational Dex AGPalkia @Lustrous OrbAbility: PressureEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Hydro Pump- Spacial Rend- Fire Blast- Thunder / Thunderbolt

• Hydro PumpSTAB plus base power 110 and boosted by Lustrous Orb giving it even more power however beware of the accuracy of Hydro Pump.- Spacial RendSTAB plus base power 100 and also boosted by Lustrous Orb and has an accuracy of 95 so it can miss from time to time.- Fire BlastCoverage against Grass, Steel, and sometimes Ice types and its boosted by sun.- Thunder / ThunderboltThunderbolt has a lower power than Thunder but can work and any weather condition and has good accuracy while Thunder has a high power but has a 70% accuracy so it will miss a lot and in sun its accuracy drops even more but its accuracy is raised in rain but the power it provides is great against the opponents it will be facing making Thunder a good option despite its low accuracy.

Good teammates for this set are Primal Groudon and Necrozma-DM because they can cover Palkia’s Fairy-type weakness and Groudon can provide Stealth Rock support as well.