Lucario Pokemon Guide: Stats, Best Moves, Abilities and More

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Lucario Pokemon Guide

Lucario is a Fighting and Steel-type Pokemon known for aura, mixed offense and Mega Lucario.

Normal Form

Lucario

Shiny Form

Shiny Lucario

Mega Evolution

Mega Lucario

Lucario Description

Lucario evolves from Riolu during the day with high friendship. In supported games, Lucario can Mega Evolve into Mega Lucario.

Lucario Quick Facts

Here are the key facts to know about Lucario, including its type, abilities, height, weight and species information.

Name

Lucario

National Dex

#0448

Type

Fighting / Steel

Species

Aura Pokemon

Height

3’11” / 1.2 m

Weight

119.0 lbs / 54.0 kg

Abilities

Steadfast, Inner Focus, Justified

Lucario Stats

Lucario has strong Attack and Special Attack with useful Speed.

Lucario Best Moves Across Pokemon Games

Lucario uses Fighting, Steel, Normal, Dragon and setup moves across Pokemon games.

Aura Sphere

Reliable Fighting-type special damage that does not miss.

Close Combat

High-power Fighting-type physical damage.

Flash Cannon

Reliable Steel-type special damage.

Meteor Mash

Steel-type physical damage with an Attack boost chance.

Extreme Speed

High-priority Normal-type damage.

Dragon Pulse

Coverage against Dragon-type Pokemon.

Swords Dance

Boosts Attack for physical sets.

Nasty Plot

Boosts Special Attack for special sets.

Lucario All Moves

Lucario can learn a different move pool depending on the Pokemon game. Use the section below to view Lucario’s move list by learn method.

Move data shown from: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Level-Up Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Start	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	80	–
1	Copycat	Normal	Status	–	–
1	Detect	Fighting	Status	–	–
1	Feint	Normal	Physical	30	100
1	Final Gambit	Fighting	Special	–	100
1	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	–	–
1	Life Dew	Water	Status	–	–
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95
1	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100
1	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	–	100
1	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100
1	Screech	Normal	Status	–	85
1	Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	40	100
12	Counter	Fighting	Physical	–	100
16	Work Up	Normal	Status	–	–
20	Force Palm	Fighting	Physical	60	100
24	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	–	–
28	Metal Sound	Steel	Status	–	85
32	Quick Guard	Fighting	Status	–	–
36	Bone Rush	Ground	Physical	25	90
40	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	–	–
44	Heal Pulse	Psychic	Status	–	–
48	Meteor Mash	Steel	Physical	90	90
52	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100
56	Extreme Speed	Normal	Physical	80	100
60	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100

TM Moves

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
TM	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	–
TM	Agility	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	80	–
TM	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100
TM	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
TM	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	–	–
TM	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100
TM	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100
TM	Coaching	Fighting	Status	–	–
TM	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
TM	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
TM	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100
TM	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100
TM	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100
TM	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100
TM	Endure	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
TM	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100
TM	Fling	Dark	Physical	–	100
TM	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
TM	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100
TM	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
TM	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
TM	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100
TM	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	–	–
TM	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	–	100
TM	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	65	100
TM	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95
TM	Metal Sound	Steel	Status	–	85
TM	Metronome	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	–	–
TM	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
TM	Protect	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Psych Up	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100
TM	Rain Dance	Water	Status	–	–
TM	Rest	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	–	100
TM	Roar	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
TM	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95
TM	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
TM	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100
TM	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100
TM	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Steel Beam	Steel	Special	140	95
TM	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80
TM	Substitute	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	–	–
TM	Swift	Normal	Special	60	–
TM	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85
TM	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100
TM	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100
TM	Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100
TM	Upper Hand	Fighting	Physical	65	100
TM	Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	40	100
TM	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100
TM	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90

Lucario Typing, Weaknesses and Resistances

Lucario is a Fighting / Steel-type Pokemon. This gives it many resistances and a Poison immunity, but leaves it weak to Fighting, Ground and Fire-type attacks.

Type

Fighting, Steel

Weaknesses

Fighting, Ground, Fire

Resistances

Normal, Rock, Bug, Steel, Grass, Ice, Dragon, Dark

Immunity

Poison

Lucario Abilities

Lucario’s abilities punish flinching, prevent flinching or boost Attack after Dark-type hits.

Lucario Evolution

Lucario evolves from Riolu during the day with high friendship. In supported games, Lucario can Mega Evolve into Mega Lucario.

Stage 1

Riolu

Starting form

Stage 2

Lucario

Evolves during the day with high friendship

Mega Evolution

Mega Lucario

Mega Evolution in supported games

Where to Find Lucario in Pokemon Games

Lucario is usually obtained by evolving Riolu, though some games allow direct encounters.

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