Pokémon question

[Submachine]

So shortly: I'm near the end of my Diamond Nuzlocke and I'm at the first few caves of Victory Road. I'm down to only 2 Pokémons: a Lvl.51 Kricketune and a Lvl.52 Dialga. I'm having a dilemma about teaching a new move to my Dialga, Dexus. I want to teach him Thunder (Electric, Power 120, Acc 70, special, might paralyze target). Here are the moves he can forget:

• Roar of Time (Dragon+, Power 150, Acc 90, special, user must recharge next turn)
• AncientPower (Rock, Power 60, Acc 100, special, might raise all stats)
• Dragon Pulse (Dragon+, Power 90, Acc 100, special)
• Flash Cannon (Steel+, Power 80, Acc 100, special, might lower foe's Sp.Def)

Which move do you think Dexus should forget? Or should he stick to his original 4 moves?

When deciding, take type coverage into account. My Kricketune has only a Bug type move and some HM moves (Normal, Fighting). I won't be able to catch a new Pokémon until I get out of Victory Road, I presume, so I plan on sticking with these 2 for a long time. They might need to face the Elite Four too in the close future.

*EDIT: I forgot that I have an alive lvl.47 Pelipper too in my PC. That helps covering Water and Flying moves at least.

[CleanOnion]

Thunder's nice and all, but the accuracy is a bit of a bummer (unless it's raining... which is unlikely). It's a very powerful move and Dexus already has a lot of powerful moves.

I'd drop Roar of Time, but IMO it's better than Thunder (more power, more accuracy) however there is the one-turn wait to cope with.

If you really want Thunder, I'd say drop AncientPower. It's a nice move and all, but the chance of stat boosts isn't worth the 60 power IMO. However, you are losing another move type if you do that.

Otherwise, keep what you've got.

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Pretty much exactly what Clean0nion said. Looking at the Type Chart, however, and replacing Ancient Power with Thunder could be a good move, as it gives you something to use against Steel Type.

[flyingcat]

I would say drop Roar of Time if you want Thunder because of the 1 turn delay. That delay can really screw you over on a Nuzlocke.
However, the only Steel types you will encounter are Steelixes (IIRC), and Peli can deal with those easily.

[ddevans96]

I'm in agreement with the opinions here that if you choose to use Thunder, drop either Roar of Time or AncientPower. I'd lean towards replacing the former but that's personal preference.

[dark ripper]

I would drop roar of time, sure its powerful and all but you already have dragon pulse for STAB which is pretty powerful itself. Ancient Power can be very useful in drawn out fights since you get a 10% chance of the boost, plus more type diversity. (Im assuming you have a sp.atk favoured nature since you run 4 special attacking moves)

[Submachine]

(Im assuming you have a sp.atk favoured nature since you run 4 special attacking moves)

Just because of the stats. ^^"
Attack is 131, while Sp.Attack is 174.

Not learning Thunder is also an option.

[dark ripper]

(Im assuming you have a sp.atk favoured nature since you run 4 special attacking moves)

Just because of the stats. ^^"
Attack is 131, while Sp.Attack is 174.

Not learning Thunder is also an option.

cool. dont know much about nuzlocke, but iirc you get tm for thunderbolt at the end of victory road in sinnoh, i would suggest that instead.

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Yeah TBolt > Thinder 9 times out of 10