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lucario
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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

Locations

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

Mixed Mega Attacker
Moves
Substitute / Bullet Punch / Extreme Speed
Item
Lucarionite
Ability
Inner Focus
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Despite Mega Lucario's terrible bulk, it makes up for it with its nice offensive typing, decent Speed, and high Attack and Special Attack stats coupled with the ability Adaptability ,which allows Mega Lucario to deal a ton of damage, even against Pokemon that resist its STAB moves, and OHKO a lot of common Pokemon in the metagame such as Heatran, Bisharp, Terrakion, and Mega Kangaskhan. Lucario is also a really great check to Mega Kangaskhan thanks to Lucario having Inner Focus, which makes it, pre-Mega Evolution, "immune" to Mega Kangaskhan's Fake Outs. Lucario, however, is easily walled by common Pokemon such as Aegislash and Thundurus, and it faces competition from Terrakion and Virizion. Unlike Terrakion and Virizion, though, Lucario can run a mixed or special set which makes it less crippled by Intimidate.

Most Used Moves

Protect
78.7%
Follow Me
49.5%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc