Lucario (Pokémon GO) - Best Movesets, Counters, Evolutions And CP

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#448 (Sinnoh)

Pokémon type

Fighting Steel

Stronger attack types vs. Lucario

Fighting 160% Ground 160% Fire 160% Normal 63% Steel 63% Grass 63% Ice 63% Dragon 63% Dark 63% Poison 39% Rock 39% Bug 39%

Weaker attack types

Best moveset for Lucario

The best moves for Lucario are Force Palm and Aura Sphere when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS and is also the best moveset for PVP battles.

Offense

Force Palm Elite TM 12dps Aura Sphere 60dps

Defense

Force Palm Elite TM 12dps Aura Sphere 60dps View all moves » Evolution calculator »

Evolution

There are currently a total of 3 Pokémon in the Riolu family, including 1 Mega Pokémon. Lucario evolves from Riolu which costs 50 Candy, and evolves into Mega Lucario which is not permanent.

RioluLucario50Mega Lucario

• Evolving Mega Lucario costs 200 Mega Energy the first time, and 40 Mega Energy every time after.

Forms

There are 2 different forms of Lucario:

Normal Mega Evolution

Standard game images

There is a very low chance that you can get a shiny Lucario, which would have the following appearance:

Summary

Lucario is a Fighting & Steel Pokémon which evolves from Riolu. It is vulnerable to Fighting, Ground and Fire moves. Lucario's strongest moveset is Force Palm & Aura Sphere and it has a Max CP of 3,056. Lucario evolves into Mega Lucario.

About

"Lucario reads its opponent's feelings with its aura waves. It finds out things it would rather not know, so it gets stressed out easily."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Bullet Punch	10	11	12
Counter	13	9	15.6
Force Palm Elite TM	10	16	12

Main move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Flash Cannon	100	-40	48
Shadow Ball	100	-16.7	33.3
Thunder Punch	50	-16.5	25
Close Combat	105	-40	50.4
Blaze Kick	40	-33	40
Power-Up Punch	50	-16.5	30
Aura Sphere	100	-25	60

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Offensive Defensive

Quickmove	Mainmove	DPS	Relative
Force Palm 12 dps	Aura Sphere 60 dps	30.4	112%
Counter 15.6 dps	Aura Sphere 60 dps	27.3	100%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Aura Sphere 60 dps	26.6	97%
Force Palm 12 dps	Shadow Ball 33.3 dps	22.3	82%
Force Palm 12 dps	Close Combat 50.4 dps	21.7	80%
Counter 15.6 dps	Shadow Ball 33.3 dps	21.5	79%
Force Palm 12 dps	Flash Cannon 48 dps	21.1	77%
Force Palm 12 dps	Blaze Kick 40 dps	21.1	77%
Counter 15.6 dps	Close Combat 50.4 dps	20.9	77%
Counter 15.6 dps	Blaze Kick 40 dps	20.8	76%
Force Palm 12 dps	Power-Up Punch 30 dps	20.7	76%
Counter 15.6 dps	Power-Up Punch 30 dps	20.6	75%
Counter 15.6 dps	Flash Cannon 48 dps	20.5	75%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Shadow Ball 33.3 dps	20.4	75%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Close Combat 50.4 dps	19.7	72%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Flash Cannon 48 dps	19.2	70%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Power-Up Punch 30 dps	19.2	70%
Counter 15.6 dps	Thunder Punch 25 dps	18.8	69%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Blaze Kick 40 dps	18.8	69%
Force Palm 12 dps	Thunder Punch 25 dps	18.3	67%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Thunder Punch 25 dps	17.2	63%

Quickmove	Mainmove	DPS	Relative
Force Palm 12 dps	Aura Sphere 60 dps	30.4	111%
Counter 15.6 dps	Aura Sphere 60 dps	27.3	100%
Force Palm 12 dps	Shadow Ball 33.3 dps	22.3	94%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Aura Sphere 60 dps	26.6	90%
Force Palm 12 dps	Power-Up Punch 30 dps	20.7	83%
Force Palm 12 dps	Close Combat 50.4 dps	21.7	83%
Counter 15.6 dps	Shadow Ball 33.3 dps	21.5	81%
Force Palm 12 dps	Flash Cannon 48 dps	21.1	80%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Shadow Ball 33.3 dps	20.4	79%
Counter 15.6 dps	Power-Up Punch 30 dps	20.6	75%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Power-Up Punch 30 dps	19.2	74%
Force Palm 12 dps	Thunder Punch 25 dps	18.3	73%
Counter 15.6 dps	Close Combat 50.4 dps	20.9	72%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Close Combat 50.4 dps	19.7	71%
Counter 15.6 dps	Flash Cannon 48 dps	20.5	71%
Force Palm 12 dps	Blaze Kick 40 dps	21.1	70%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Flash Cannon 48 dps	19.2	70%
Counter 15.6 dps	Thunder Punch 25 dps	18.8	69%
Counter 15.6 dps	Blaze Kick 40 dps	20.8	69%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Thunder Punch 25 dps	17.2	66%
Bullet Punch 12 dps	Blaze Kick 40 dps	18.8	62%

Counters & Raids

What counters Lucario?

Lucario is a Fighting/Steel type Pokémon, which makes it weak against Fighting, Ground and Fire moves.

These are the Pokémon and their moves that do the most damage to Lucario.

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack	236
Defense	144
Stamina	172

Max HP

Level 40

147

Size

Height	1.2 m
Weight	54 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	5 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,158
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,544
Level 30 Max wild	2,317
Level 40	2,703
Level 50	3,056

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,930
Level 35 (wild)	2,510

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