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Lucario
Aura Pokémon
A most gallant-looking creature. It emits energy waves and controls them with precision, using them to sense even faraway beings. I have given the name ”aura” to this power.
Details
Height1.2 m
Weight54.0 kg
Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀
Catch rate45
Base friendship70
Growth ratemedium slow
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
70
Attack
110
Defense
70
Sp. Atk
115
Sp. Def
70
Speed
90
Total
525
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Swords Dance
- Item
- Life Orb / Air Balloon
- Ability
- Inner Focus
- Nature
- Jolly
- EVs
- 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
- Tera
- Normal
Evolution
High friendship
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Lucario can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
17 sprites & renders for Lucario.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Aura Sphere | Fighting | Special | 80 | — | 20 |
| 1 | Copycat | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Detect | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Feint | Normal | Physical | 30 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Final Gambit | Fighting | Special | — | 100 | 5 |
| 1 | Foresight | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 1 | Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Life Dew | Water | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Metal Claw | Steel | Physical | 50 | 95 | 35 |
| 1 | Nasty Plot | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Reversal | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Screech | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 1 | Vacuum Wave | Fighting | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 5 | Bullet Punch | Steel | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 9 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 12 | Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 15 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 16 | Laser Focus | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 16 | Work Up | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 19 | Mach Punch | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 20 | Force Palm | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Power-Up Punch | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Calm Mind | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 28 | Metal Sound | Steel | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 29 | Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 32 | Quick Guard | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 36 | Bone Rush | Ground | Physical | 25 | 90 | 10 |
| 37 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 37 | Me First | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 40 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 44 | Heal Pulse | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 48 | Meteor Mash | Steel | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 |
| 52 | Dragon Pulse | Dragon | Special | 85 | 100 | 10 |
| 56 | Extreme Speed | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 5 |
| 60 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |