Pokémon of Myth

The dragon trio is a term used to refer to three powerful legendary Pokémon of the Sinnoh region: Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina.

Much like members of other legendary trios, the three Pokémon have similar appearances. Each has Dragon as their secondary type, as well as a base stat total of 680, divided among the stats as 150-120-120-100-100-90, in different orders.

Dialga controls time and Palkia controls space, two aspects of the four-dimensional universe that the Pokémon world, like our own, is a part of. The final member, Giratina, has control over antimatter and the Distortion World, where time does not flow and space is unstable.

The three members of this trio share the ability Pressure, however Giratina's Origin Forme has Levitate. Likewise, the three are the version mascots of the three Generation IV Sinnoh-based games, and have similar level-up learnsets.

The dragon trio makes another appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. An event involving Cynthia and Arceus at the Shinto Ruins will allow a single dragon to be obtained at level 1.

Similar movesets

Lv.	Dialga  Steel  Dragon	Palkia  Water  Dragon	Giratina  Ghost  Dragon
Start	DragonBreath
	Scary Face
10	Metal Claw	Water Pulse	Ominous Wind
20	AncientPower
30	Dragon Claw
40	Roar of Time	Spacial Rend	Shadow Force
50	Heal Block
60	Earth Power
70	Slash
80	Flash Cannon	Aqua Tail	Shadow Claw
90	Aura Sphere
Moves in bold are STAB. Moves in italics do no damage.

Base stat comparison

Dialga  Steel  Dragon  Overgrow HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 100 120 120 150 100 90

Palkia  Water  Dragon  Overgrow HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 90 120 100 150 120 100

Giratina Altered Forme  Ghost  Dragon  Overgrow HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 150 100 120 100 120 90

File:487OGiratina.png Giratina Origin Forme  Ghost  Dragon  Overgrow HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 150 120 100 120 100 90

Gallery

• Spear Pillar Dialga.png

  Dialga at Spear Pillar

• Spear Pillar Palkia.png

  Palkia at Spear Pillar

• SpearPillar Giratina.png

  Giratina at Spear Pillar, with Dialga and Palkia in the background

• Spring Giratina.png

  Giratina at Turnback Cave

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  Giratina in the Distortion World

• 20090618 hgss arceus-1-.jpg

  At the Shinto Ruins a member of the Dragon trio

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  Arceus creating a member of the trio

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  A member of the Dragon trio being hatched

Trivia

• Of the three, Palkia is the only member of its trio to share its type with another Pokémon.
• Giratina (in Platinum), has its own unique battle music, is able to change forms (between Altered Forme and Origin Forme), and has two different menu sprites. Also, Giratina is the only member whose box art differs from its original sprite in Diamond and Pearl.
• This trio is the only one whose members are not all in a direct National Dex sequence: Heatran and Regigigas divide Dialga and Palkia from Giratina.
• No two members of the trio have the same number of legs. Even when one considers Giratina Origin Forme this remains true, as Origin Forme Giratina has no legs, Palkia has two, Dialga has four, and Altered Forme Giratina has six.
• The primary types of each of the trio are the specialty types of three gyms of Sinnoh, the only region that has gyms of those types all together.