Competitive Information for Lucario [Diamond/Pearl]
Fighting / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lucario? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Lucario is a pretty decent Fighting and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Lucario when battling in the 4th generation meta. Lucario can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Lucario is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Extreme Speed
- Swords Dance
Physical Sweeper Lucario (Popular/Trending)
Lucario is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Lucario from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Lucario's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Lucario cannot be made to flinch.
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Extreme Speed is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Normal-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Lucario's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Blaze Kick
- Shadow Claw
- Return / Extreme Speed
Physical Sweeper Lucario (Steadfast)
Lucario is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Lucario from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Lucario's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Steadfast, if Lucario flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Lucario takes 1/2 damage it would've dealt).
♦ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Extreme Speed is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Normal-type move (usually goes first).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Dragon Pulse
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Lucario (Steadfast)
Lucario is a notable Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Lucario from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Lucario's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Steadfast, if Lucario flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Choice Band
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Close Combat
- Blaze Kick
- Swords Dance
Lucario Physical Sweeper (Dancing L)
Lucario is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Lucario's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Inner Focus, Lucario cannot be made to flinch.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Lucario's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Lucario's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lucario? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Blaze Kick
Doubles Physical Sweeper Lucario (Steadfast)
Lucario is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Lucario from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Lucario's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Steadfast, if Lucario flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Lucario takes 1/2 damage it would've dealt).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Dragon Pulse
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Lucario (Steadfast)
Lucario is a decent Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Lucario from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Lucario's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Steadfast, if Lucario flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lucario learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Lucario can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Lucario
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Protect, Bullet Punch, Extreme Speed, Feint, Quick Attack, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Lucario's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Calm Mind
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Lucario
- Bullet Punch
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Extreme Speed
- Ice Punch
- Protect
- Rest
- Swords Dance
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lucario in Diamond and Pearl
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Optimize Lucario's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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