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luxray
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Luxray

Gleam Eyes Pokémon

Electric

When its eyes gleam gold, it can spot hiding prey--even those taking shelter behind a wall.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 120
Defense 79
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 79
Speed 70
Total 523

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

luxio Luxio Lv. 15
luxray Luxray Lv. 30

Moves

Details

Category Gleam Eyes Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 42.0 kg
Base Exp 235
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

luxray Front Front
luxray Back Back
luxray Front Shiny Front Shiny
luxray Back Shiny Back Shiny
luxray Front ♀ Front ♀
luxray Back ♀ Back ♀
luxray Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
luxray Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
luxray Official Art Official Art
luxray Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 3.3%
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Intimidate
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Luxray fits best on offensive and balanced teams as a wallbreaker and an offensive pivot due to its ability Intimidate, which allows Luxray to perform this role decently well. Intimidate is useful to lighten damage taken from physical attackers, and Guts could allow Luxray to absorb Will-O-Wisp or another non-volatile status. Its good physical movepool plus Volt Switch give it an important niche in the PU tier, despite the fact that its modest Speed is insufficient to outspeed many foes and without an Adamant nature the power loss is substantial. Even though Luxray is powerful, it's often outclassed by other offensive Electric-types such as Raichu and Zebstrika due to its lower Speed.

Most Used Moves

Ice Fang
39.2%
Crunch
38.9%
Facade
30.6%

Most Used Items

Flame Orb
30.1%
Leftovers
17.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc