What is a good LC moveset for Diglett?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Diglett, post an answer below and upvote the best ones.

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Diglett Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Diglett-Alola @ Focus Sash
Ability: Tangling Hair
Level: 5
EVs: 236 Atk / 76 SpD / 196 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Hone Claws

Iron Head and Earthquake are STAB. Sucker Punch can net you an extra KO, and Focus Sash guarantees a Hone Claws.

Answer 2

Diglett @ Life Orb
Ability: Arena Trap
Level: 5
EVs: 236 Atk / 236 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Sucker Punch
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Claw

Diglett has an excellent max Speed of 20, allowing it to almost always go first. It also gets Arena Trap, which allows it to prevent switches (especially to a Flying type or a Pokemon with Levitate, so it can more easily spam E-quake). A Life Orb increases its damage output. Earthquake is highly spammable STAB. Sucker Punch is for priority. Rock Slide hits Flying types. Shadow Claw is additional coverage.

Comments

This is the brilliant showing of LC. Diglett has an excellent max Speed of 20

Answer 3

Diglett@Focus Sash

Ability:Arena Trap
Nature:Lonely or Naughty
EVs: 236 Atk / 236 Spe
•Stealth Rocks
•Earthquake
•Reversal
•Sucker Punch
Sash allows it to set up rocks, and being at 1 HP makes Reversal have 200 Power, so now all you do is sweep with STAB earthquakes and incredibly powerful reversals. Sucker punch is priority, but not much will outspeed you, so it’s mostly for coverage.

Comments

You can have more Speed investment than 196.

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Oh, really? Ok

Answer 4

Diglett @ Focus Sash
Ability: Arena Trap
Level: 5
EVs: 236 Atk / 236 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Agility
- Reversal
- Earthquake
- Memento
Explanation: Well, it's kind of a sweeper and a Memento trapper. So, basically, you trap a bothersome Pokemon that isn't a flying type. Then, you start with an Agility to get +2 speed, outspeeding all of the Pokemon on this speed tier list. Focus Sash gaurantees that you set off an Agility. Reversal will be powerful if Diglett's sash is consumed. Earthquake is STAB. After a +2 speed, you can use Memento to lower the opponent's Attack and Special Attack if they are going to be a bother to your team. If you're up against a Grassy Surge Grookey, you're probably better off straight up using Memento since Grassy Surge Grookey is probably going to have Grassy Glide.

Answer 5

This set is honestly taking over LC (I know this is an Alolan Diglett set and this is the lcmsq for regular Diglett, but there was no lcmsq for it and there is another Alolan Diglett set here soo...)

GEN 9 LC LEAD

UnBaldMole (Diglett-Alola) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Tangling Hair
Level: 5
Tera Type: Steel / Ground
EVs: 236 SpA / 76 SpD / 196 Spe
Timid Nature
- Steel Beam / Memento
- Stealth Rock
- Earth Power / Memento
- Protect

(Man, LC is so weird)
Stealth Rock is to set up hazards, Steel Beam to dish out a bunch of damage to stuff like Impidimp and safely bring out a partner, but Memento can be used for a similiar outcome. Earth Power is STAB, but using both Steel Beam and Memento on the same set can give you two good options for bringing another Pokémon on the switch-in. Protect migh sound weird at first, but it has 2 useful things going for it. 1- It blocks the popular Fake Out from staples like Mienfoo; And 2- Scouting. Tera Type is Steel if you have Steel Beam and Ground otherwise, but you likely won't need to Tera very often with this set. Most of the Alolan Digletts in LC use a set similiar to this, and it always does something good.

Have fun using it!