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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

Swords Dance (Fighting)
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Inner Focus
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Nasty Plot (Fighting)
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Inner Focus
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Fighting

With a great offensive typing that provides Steel-type STAB, Lucario is one of Fighting's best offensive checks to Fairy-types. It has decent Attack and Special Attack stats and access to both Swords Dance and Nasty Plot, making its set quite unpredictable. Further, thanks again to its Steel typing, Lucario is able to take neutral damage from Flying-type moves. This combined with its Inner Focus ability allows Lucario to survive and avoid flinches from Togekiss's Air Slash, making it a great check to Choice Scarf Togekiss. Lucario is also blessed with Extreme Speed, which has +2 priority, allowing Lucario to beat most priority users. Lucario is also one of the few special attackers on Fighting and can serve as a check to common problems such as Doublade and Jellicent. Unfortunately, Lucario is lacking in Speed and will suffer from severe four-moveslot syndrome regardless of whether it chooses to run a physical or special set. The physical set also is forced to use the inaccurate Iron Tail to check Fairy-types and if it doesn't run Crunch as coverage will find itself walled by physically defensive Pokemon that resist its STAB moves such as Jellicent and Doublade. The special set is forced to use relatively low-Base Power attacks, and Vacuum Wave is quite weak in particular, making Lucario more easily revenge killed and reliant on setting up.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Life Orb
54.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc