Essentials

Diamond Storm

Rock physical

Generation 6

Summary

Has a 50% chance to raise the user's Defense by two stages for each target hit.

Damage Dealt

  • Bug 2
  • Dark 1
  • Dragon 1
  • Electric 1
  • Fairy 1
  • Fighting ½
  • Fire 2
  • Flying 2
  • Ghost 1
  • Grass 1
  • Ground ½
  • Ice 2
  • Normal 1
  • Poison 1
  • Psychic 1
  • Rock 1
  • Steel ½
  • Water 1

Stats

Power
100; percentile 76.9
Accuracy
95% ≈ 95.0 power
PP
5, up to 8.0 with PP Up PP Up
Target
All opponents
Effect chance
50
Priority
0 (normal)

Machines

Generation 6
Not a TM
Generation 7
Not a TM
Generation 8
Not a TM

Effect

Inflicts regular damage. Has a 50% chance to raise the user's Defense by two stages for each target hit.

Meta

This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.

Flavor

Flavor Text

Generation 6
X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire

The user whips up a storm of diamonds to damage opposing Pokémon. This may also raise the user’s Defense stat.

Generation 7
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!

The user whips up a storm of diamonds to damage opposing Pokémon. This may also sharply raise the user’s Defense stat.

Generation 8
Sword, Shield

The user whips up a storm of diamonds to damage opposing Pokémon. This may also sharply raise the user’s Defense stat.

Foreign Names

Japanese
ダイヤストーム (daiyasutoomu)
ダイヤストーム
Korean
다이아스톰
Chinese
鑽石風暴
钻石风暴
French
Orage Adamantin
German
Diamantsturm
Spanish
Torm. Diamantes
Italian
Diamantempesta

Similar moves

No other moves have the same effect as Diamond Storm.

Pokémon

Rock Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.

Pokémon with higher Attack are more suited to Diamond Storm's physical damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.

X, Y Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire Sun, Moon
Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon
Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee! Generation 8 Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
50 50 50 91 Diancie Rock Fairy Clear Body genderless Undiscovered 50 100 150 100 150 50 600
50 50 Mega Diancie Mega Diancie Rock Fairy Magic Bounce genderless Undiscovered 50 160 110 160 110 110 700

2 Pokémon

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