Dialga G or Palkia G?

[zazu]

I am trying to decide whether i want dialga or palkia in my deck but sadly i cant for one reason. i dont know the advantages each one has. if any1 could tell me each ones weakness and advantage that would be great! lvl x included.

 

[Magnechu]

Palkia:
Pros
Awesome power
Can provide a seemingly infinite power-lock
Allows for more versatility and many tech "1 of" Pokemon
Better type

Cons
Worse weakness
Power collides with attack
Attack maxes at 50, unless you wanna set yourself back a few turns

Dialga:
Sick first attack, decent 2nd attack, awesome Lv. X attack
Awesome body
50/80 kills nearly everything in format
Special Metals

Bad weakness



I guess Dialga but Palkia has more options. Depends on playstyle.

 

[Shen]

It depends... Palkia really needs to be the core of the decks its used in while Dialga is an excellent attacker and supporter. What kind of deck are you planning on using?

 

[zazu]

currently im running a dialga g with luxray gl and i am getting tired of never having bench space for crobat uxies etc. which got me thinking of using palkia. because before i made my current deck i thought of using palkia instead of dialga but had dialgas so used that.

 

[Dioxide]

Some decks run both which I think is awesome.

 

[zazu]

thats true and i kinda tried it but it slowed it down to much. but thanks for the idea! any more help?

 

[baby mario]

They are both completely different decks, you can't really swap them out for each other.

Palkia G is really a Power lock/spread/snipe deck that runs 4 Mesprits.

Dialga G is really a tank deck that relies on Sp. Metal to build a Pokemon that NEVER DIES.

Since RR came out, both decks have serious counters. Dialga G can't tank against Infernape 4, no matter how many Sp Metal you put on it. Palkia G has trouble working without the LV X so it is vulnerable to Flygon (especially if it is Palkia/Alakazam), as well as Luxray GL.

Most Palkia G decks had a 1-1 or 2-1 Dialga G teched in them anyway. if I were you, I would have another go at running them both in the same deck.

 

[zazu]

ok thank you. i think ill try both again but like what a 2-1 or a 1-1 palkia?

 

[DarthPika]

Use 3-1 of Palkia or Dialga, and then 1-1 or 2-1 of the other.

 

[Ignatious]

^... And a 2-1 of Luxray GL. =D

 

[DarthPika]

Only if there's room.

But ya, if you have the room, you really should use a 1-1 or 2-1 (depending on available space) Luxray GL line just because it's so broken.

 

[unstoppable yoshi]

You might need Dialga though if you can't stop things like Mewtwo and Nidoqueen. I would run like 2-1 Dialga and 1-1 Palkia.

 

[zazu]

hmm i already run luxray of course because yes it is broken =]. the problem is i dont want to put more pokemon in, id rather just switch them out because this deck is built for speed and so far it has been the fastest sp deck in my area.

 

[Rikku11]

ill help u out this wednesday