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

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#447 (Sinnoh)

Pokémon type

Fighting

Stronger attack types vs. Riolu

Flying 160% Psychic 160% Fairy 160% Rock 63% Bug 63% Dark 63%

Weaker attack types

Best moveset for Riolu

The best moves for Riolu are Counter and Blaze Kick when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS and is also the best moveset for PVP battles.

Offense

Counter 15.6dps Cross Chop 40dps

Defense

Counter 15.6dps Brick Break 32dps View all moves » Evolution calculator »

Evolution

There are currently a total of 3 Pokémon in the Riolu family, including 1 Mega Pokémon. Riolu evolves into Lucario which costs 50 Candy, which then evolves into Mega Lucario costing 0 Candy.

RioluLucario50Mega Lucario

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

Standard game images

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

Summary

Riolu is a Fighting Pokémon. It is vulnerable to Flying, Psychic and Fairy moves. Riolu's strongest moveset is Counter & Blaze Kick and it has a Max CP of 1,123. Riolu evolves into Lucario.

About

"It uses waves called auras to communicate with others of its kind. It doesn't make any noise during this time, so its enemies can't detect it."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Quick Attack	10	13	10
Counter	13	9	15.6

Main move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Cross Chop	50	-33.3	40
Low Sweep	40	-16.5	24
Thunder Punch	50	-16.5	25
Brick Break	40	-22	32
Blaze Kick	40	-33	40

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
Counter 15.6 dps	Cross Chop 40 dps	20.8	100%
Counter 15.6 dps	Blaze Kick 40 dps	20.8	100%
Counter 15.6 dps	Brick Break 32 dps	20.3	98%
Counter 15.6 dps	Thunder Punch 25 dps	18.8	91%
Counter 15.6 dps	Low Sweep 24 dps	18.5	89%
Quick Attack 10 dps	Cross Chop 40 dps	18.2	87%
Quick Attack 10 dps	Blaze Kick 40 dps	18.2	87%
Quick Attack 10 dps	Brick Break 32 dps	18	87%
Quick Attack 10 dps	Thunder Punch 25 dps	16.6	80%
Quick Attack 10 dps	Low Sweep 24 dps	16.2	78%

Quickmove	Mainmove	DPS	Relative
Counter 15.6 dps	Brick Break 32 dps	20.3	100%
Counter 15.6 dps	Cross Chop 40 dps	20.8	99%
Counter 15.6 dps	Thunder Punch 25 dps	18.8	96%
Counter 15.6 dps	Blaze Kick 40 dps	20.8	95%
Counter 15.6 dps	Low Sweep 24 dps	18.5	94%
Quick Attack 10 dps	Brick Break 32 dps	18	90%
Quick Attack 10 dps	Thunder Punch 25 dps	16.6	90%
Quick Attack 10 dps	Low Sweep 24 dps	16.2	87%
Quick Attack 10 dps	Cross Chop 40 dps	18.2	85%
Quick Attack 10 dps	Blaze Kick 40 dps	18.2	83%

Counters & Raids

What counters Riolu?

Riolu is a Fighting type Pokémon, which makes it weak against Flying, Psychic and Fairy moves.

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

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

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack	127
Defense	78
Stamina	120

Max HP

Level 40

106

Size

Height	0.7 m
Weight	20.2 kg

Other

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

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	425
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	567
Level 30 Max wild	851
Level 40	993
Level 50	1,123

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	709
Level 35 (wild)	922

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