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lugia
#249

Lugia

Diving Pokémon

PsychicFlying

It is said that it quietly spends its time deep at the bottom of the sea because its powers are too strong.

Base Stats

HP 106
Attack 90
Defense 130
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 154
Speed 110
Total 680

Type Effectiveness

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Diving Pokémon
Height 5.2 m
Weight 216.0 kg
Base Exp 306
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat Rare
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

lugia Front Front
lugia Back Back
lugia Front Shiny Front Shiny
lugia Back Shiny Back Shiny
lugia Official Art Official Art
lugia Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 42.7%
Curse
Item
Leftovers
Supportive
Item
Leftovers

Strategy Overview

By virtue of its behemoth bulk, access to Recover, and Flying typing which grants it a Spikes immunity, Lugia is the bulkiest Pokemon in GSC Ubers. 106 / 130 physical bulk allows Lugia to switch into almost every physical attacker and, paired with Curse and Whirlwind, beat them one-on-one. This makes Lugia a very valuable defensive piece for a lot of teams that can also work as a potential wincon. Its monstruous Special Defense also lets it avoid the 2HKO from every non-STAB Thunder, meaning only Pokemon like Zapdos and Jolteon can consistently 2HKO it with unboosted attacks. Lugia can even run moves like Surf and Toxic to turn the tables on Pokemon that usually give it trouble, like Golem, Steelix, and Rhydon, while supporting its team.

However, Lugia struggles to deal meaningful damage until it gets going with Curse boosts. Furthermore, Lugia's strongest attack is Aeroblast, which has only 8 PP, so it can get stalled very easily by smart pivoting, restricting Lugia to only phazing foes until it can safely start attacking. Lastly, Lugia's inability to get past metagame beasts like Zapdos and Tyranitar limits its utility for the majority of the early- or mid-game to acting as a phazer and soft counter to physical attackers.

Most Used Moves

Recover
96.8%
Curse
93.0%
Whirlwind
92.0%
Aeroblast
90.9%
Toxic
6.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
99.2%
Nothing
0.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc