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lucario
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Lucario

Aura Pokémon

FightingSteel

It has the ability to sense the auras of all things. It understands human speech.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 110
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 115
Sp. Def 70
Speed 90
Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

lucario Lucario Happiness 160

Moves

Details

Category Aura Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 54.0 kg
Base Exp 184
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground ,Humanshape

Sprites

lucario Front Front
lucario Back Back
lucario Front Shiny Front Shiny
lucario Back Shiny Back Shiny
lucario Official Art Official Art
lucario Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 8.4%
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Inner Focus
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Agility
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Inner Focus
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Attacking Lead
Moves
Ice Punch / Swords Dance / Counter
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Inner Focus
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Do not be fooled by Lucario's seemingly underwhelming base 110 Attack (by Uber standards). Thanks to access to moves such as Swords Dance and Close Combat, Lucario is fully capable of smashing through Uber teams. Additionally, Lucario has a superb defensive typing that gives it a Dragon-type resistance, a 4x resistance to Dark-type attacks and Stealth Rock, as well as an immunity to Toxic Spikes.

Lucario's potent offenses, however, is offset by middling Speed and rather meager defenses, which are rendered even weaker in the immensely threatening Uber environment. Extreme Speed largely compensates for the former. The latter, however, can be worked around only by playing to Lucario's resistances or by placing a Wobbuffet on your team to provide support. Furthermore, in order to assure that the sweeping sets are not taken down prematurely, Lucario should either weaken its counters early with Close Combat or be provided with sufficient entry hazard support. Follow these guidelines, and Lucario can certainly crush teams with its mighty Close Combat!

Most Used Moves

Crunch
98.8%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
98.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc