Dahlia ダリアDahlia
Dahlia's model
No.	198
English voice actor	Heather Gonzalez[1]
Japanese voice actor	Ayaka Fukuhara
Description	This Arcade Star with a cheerful personality waits for challengers at theBattle Arcade inSinnoh. She always dances with a smile on her face, charming many people.

Dahlia (Japanese:ダリアDahlia) is aPokémon Trainer inPokémon Masters EX, based on thecharacter of the same name in thecore seriesgames. She forms async pair withLudicolo, which is capable ofDynamaxing. This pair was first made available through a Poké Fairsync pair scout beginning on March 22, 2024. This pair can be raised to6★ EX since it first released.

In the games

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Ludicolo

			Type			Water
			Move types			Water /Grass
			Role			Tech
			EX Role			Strike (Special)
			Base Potential			★★★★★☆EX
Ludicolo♀		Weakness			Bug
Ludicolo begins dancing as soon as it hears cheerful, festive music. This Pokémon is said to appear when it hears the singing of children on hiking outings.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		679	424	176	424	176	283
Lv. 140, Max Potential		839	504	216	504	216	323
Mega Ludicolo
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Availability

Dahlia is exclusive to Poké Fair scouts. Her offering rate was increased in the followingsync pair scouts:

She was also available in the following sync pair scouts:

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	BasePower	MaxPower	Accuracy	Target	Description
Muddy Water	Water	Special	3	116	139	85%	All opponents	Has a chance (30%) of lowering the target's accuracy by one stat rank.
Teeter Dance	Normal	Status	2	—	—	100%	All opponents	Leaves the target confused.
Razor Leaf	Grass	Physical	2	43	51	95%	All opponents	Critical hits land more easily.
No Need to Worry ♪	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Raises the user's Attack and Sp. Atk by two stat ranks. Raises the user's accuracy and critical-hit rate by one stat rank.
Sync moves
Smiling Arcade Star Water Beam	Water	Special	—	200	240	—	An opponent	This attack's power increases when weather conditions, a terrain, or a zone are in effect. (6★ EX effect: Sync move power will be multiplied by 1.5.) (EX role effect: Sync moves will target all opposing sync pairs.)
Max moves
Max Geyser	Water	Special	0 (1 use)	400	480	—	An opponent	Makes the weather rainy.
Max Guard	Normal	Status	0 (1 use)	—	—	—	An ally	Applies the Damage Guard Next effect to an ally.
Max Overgrowth	Grass	Physical	0 (1 use)	400	480	—	An opponent	Turns the field of play's terrain into Grassy Terrain.

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Max Move Hit: Team Same-Type Rebuff ↓ 1	Lowers the Type Rebuff of all opposing sync pairs by one rank when the user's max move targeting an opponent is successful. The Type Rebuff lowered is the same type as the max move used.
Phys Hit: Defense ↓2 9	Lowers the target's Defense by two stat ranks when the user's physical attack move against it is successful.
Spec Hit: Sp. Def ↓2 9	Lowers the target's Sp. Def by two stat ranks when the user's special attack move against it is successful.
Superawakened Passive Skill
Smile of the Arcade Star	Powers up the user's max move when its Sp. Atk is raised. Makes the weather rainy the first time the user's sync move is used each battle. Turns the field of play's terrain into Grassy Terrain the first time the user's sync move is used each battle.
Theme Skills
Water Tech	Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 24 when using Water-type attacks. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 24.
Sinnoh Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 4. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 7.
Battle Facility Foe Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 4. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 7.
Artistic Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 5. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 8.
Grown Woman Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 5. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 8.
Expedition Skills
Rare ↑ 2Fiery ↓ 1Wistful ↓ 1	Raises the following discovery level by 2: •Rare Cache Lowers the following discovery levels by 1: •Fiery Crystal •Wistful Crystal

Sync grid

Thesync grid for Dahlia & Ludicolo is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.

Appearances

Battle appearances

Dahlia & Ludicolo can be battled against in:

• Ultimate Battle:Dahlia's Lucky Dance (since March 6, 2025)
• Daily Type Rotation:Type Team-Up (2024) (September 26 to October 6, 2024)
• Solo event:Whosawhatsit the Movie (as a side foe; October 10 to 22, 2024)

Story appearances

Dahlia appears in her normal outfit in the following story areas:

• Costume event:The Power of Dance
• Story event:Festive Sun and Moon
• Solo event:Whosawhatsit the Movie

Sync pair stories

• A Day with Dahlia

Quotes

Main article:Dahlia/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX

Gallery

VS model (Normal colors)	6★ model (Normal colors)	6★ model (EX colors)	VS model (EX colors)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!	Trainer emote Let's do this!	Trainer emote Thanks!	Dahlia's sync move mindscape (Battle Arcade)

Trivia

• Dahlia was the lastGeneration IVFrontier Brain to be added to the game.
• All versions of Dahlia use special voice-over lines upon entering a team that contains certain Trainers (regardless of their partner Pokémon). Those Trainers includeThorton,Darach,Palmer,Argenta,Fantina,Kiawe, andTierno.
  • Dahlia also uses special voice-over lines upon winning a battle with Argenta or Tierno on the same team.

Origin

Dahlia's design is based on her appearance inPokémon Platinum,HeartGold, and SoulSilver. Ludicolo is one of the Pokémon that Dahlia uses when challenged for aSilver Print in thecore series games. Ludicolo'sDex entry comes fromPokémon Ruby.

In other languages

References

Related articles

This game character article is part ofProject CharacterDex, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in thePokémon games.

• Masters EX characters
• Articles with section stubs
• Game characters
• Frontier Brains
• Trainers with Dynamax Bands
• Masters EX characters with an EX style