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lucario
#448

Lucario

Aura Pokémon

FightingSteel

By catching the aura emanating from others, it can read their thoughts and movements.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

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

Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb / Air Balloon
Ability
Inner Focus
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Tera Type
Normal

Strategy Overview

By virtue of its access to the rare Extreme Speed paired with Swords Dance and a decent offensive typing, Lucario carves out a small niche as a setup sweeper that can revenge kill faster threats like Mienshao and Maushold. Its ample coverage also makes it difficult for defensive staples like Jirachi and Slowbro to handle it reliably. However, Lucario's poor bulk and mediocre initial power make it difficult to find setup opportunities, especially if it forgoes Air Balloon for Life Orb's extra power. It also struggles with an awkward Speed tier, causing it to rely heavily on Extreme Speed; as such, faster Ghost-types like Gengar and Mimikyu are able to revenge kill it with ease. Lucario also faces competition from other physical setup sweepers, especially those that have priority; Mimikyu has a better typing and defensive utility with Disguise, while Bisharp has superior bulk and power.

Most Used Moves

Crunch
43.0%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
65.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc