Competitive Information for Lucario [Sun/Moon]
Fighting / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lucario? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Lucario is a pretty decent Fighting and Steel-typed Pokemon. Lucario is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Lucario is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Lucario is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Justified
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Meteor Mash
- Extreme Speed
- Swords Dance
Physical Sweeper Lucario (Popular/Trending)
Lucario is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's meant 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 Justified, Lucario's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Meteor Mash is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Steel-type move (20% chance to raise your Lucario's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Extreme Speed is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Normal-type move (nearly always goes first).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Lucario's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Justified
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aura Sphere
- Flash Cannon
- Nasty Plot
- Swords Dance
Special Sweeper Lucario (Popular/Trending)
Lucario is an interesting 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. 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 Justified, Lucario's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Nasty Plot is a status move (raises your Lucario's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Lucario's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Fightinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake / Return
- Blaze Kick
Physical Sweeper Lucario (Steadfast)
Lucario is a phenomenal 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. With Steadfast, if Lucario flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage. Earthquake was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Lucario is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Meteor Mash is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Steel-type move (20% chance to raise your Lucario's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
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Item: Steelium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Psychic
- Dragon Pulse
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Lucario (Steadfast)
Lucario is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It 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. With Steadfast, if Lucario flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ 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: Life Orb
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Nasty Plot
- Vacuum Wave / Psychic
- Dark Pulse
- Aura Sphere
Lucario Special Sweeper (Lucario Wave)
Lucario is popular Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. 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 Steadfast, if Lucario flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage. No point in putting a physical move when you have Modest. If you want priority, go with Vacuum Wave. Nasty Plot makes Lucario into a power sweeper. Aura Sphere is STAB, Psychic and Dark Pulse are coverage, and Vacuum Wave is priority.
♦ Vacuum Wave is a special STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Aura Sphere is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fighting-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Justified
Nature: Mild (+SpA, -Def)
EVs: 156 Atk / 252 SpA / 100 Spe
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse
- Aura Sphere
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
Lucario Mixed Sweeper (Midly Mixed Lucario)
Lucario is an interesting Mixed Sweeper. 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 Justified, Lucario's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. Dark Pulse: to defeat psychic
Close Combat: Its a good move
Aura Sphere: Because it defeats almost every pokemon
Earthquake: Defeats ground and fire types
♦ Aura Sphere is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fighting-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Lucario's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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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 pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant 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 Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Fightinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Meteor Mash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Lucario (Steadfast)
Lucario is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's meant 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. With Steadfast, if Lucario flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Lucario is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Meteor Mash is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Steel-type move (20% chance to raise your Lucario's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Steelium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Psychic
- Dragon Pulse
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Lucario (Steadfast)
Lucario is an awesome Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts 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. With Steadfast, if Lucario flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ 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 Sun/Moon. 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 SM 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: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect, Extreme Speed, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Feint, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Lucario's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Calm Mind
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Meteor Mash
- Nasty Plot
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Lucario
- Aura Sphere
- Blaze Kick
- Bullet Punch
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Dark Pulse
- Dragon Pulse
- Drain Punch
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Extreme Speed
- Flash Cannon
- High Jump Kick
- Ice Punch
- Meteor Mash
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
- Psychic
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Stone Edge
- Swords Dance
- Toxic
- Vacuum Wave
Common Effort Values for Lucario in Sun and Moon
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Lucario's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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