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Mega Lucario
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Mega Lucario

FightingSteel

Best attacking moveset: Force Palm and Aura Sphere, worth 22.3 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Mega Lucario can learn 24 combinations. Force Palm with Aura Sphere does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

That set is legacy. Force Palm is only obtainable with an Elite TM or from the event that gave it out, so the Mega Lucario you catch today cannot learn it. The best set it can learn now is Counter and Aura Sphere, worth 20.2 damage per second.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Weak toFightingGroundFire
ResistsNormalSteelGrassIceDragonDark
Strongly resistsPoisonRockBug
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Bullet PunchSteel101.0s+11
CounterFighting131.0s+9
Force Palm LegacyFighting101.0s+16
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Aura SphereFighting1002.0s-50
Blaze KickFire401.0s-33
Close CombatFighting1052.5s-100
Flash CannonSteel1002.5s-100
Meteor MashSteel1002.5s-50
Power Up PunchFighting502.0s-33
Shadow BallGhost1003.0s-50
Thunder PunchElectric502.0s-33

Shiny

Shiny availability is tracked for Lucario as a species, on the Lucario page.

Other forms

Lucario
Lucario

Evolution family

Riolu
Riolu
Lucario
Lucario

Numbers

Max CP4,325 at level 50, 3,826 at level 40
Raid catch2,186 CP at level 20, or 2,733 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch2,095 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats310 attack · 175 defense · 172 stamina

What it costs

Candy to evolve25 Candy
Second charged move75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Buddy distance5 km per Candy
Size1.2 m and 54 kg

Best moveset against each type

Mega Lucario does not have one best moveset, it has 5. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Normal, Rock, Steel.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
NormalForce Palm + Aura Sphere35.3
RockForce Palm + Aura Sphere35.3
SteelForce Palm + Aura Sphere35.3
IceForce Palm + Aura Sphere35.3
DarkForce Palm + Aura Sphere35.3
FairyBullet Punch + Meteor Mash28.5
FightingForce Palm + Aura Sphere22.3
GroundForce Palm + Aura Sphere22.3
FireForce Palm + Aura Sphere22.3
WaterForce Palm + Aura Sphere22.3
GrassForce Palm + Aura Sphere22.3
ElectricForce Palm + Aura Sphere22.3
DragonForce Palm + Aura Sphere22.3
PsychicForce Palm + Shadow Ball21.8
GhostForce Palm + Shadow Ball20.8
BugForce Palm + Blaze Kick19.1
FlyingForce Palm + Meteor Mash18.6
PoisonForce Palm + Meteor Mash18.6

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Mega Lucario is actually for.

Counters: what beats Mega Lucario

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
BlacephalonFireGhostIncinerate + Mind Blown Legacy38.3
LucarioFightingSteelForce Palm + Aura Sphere Legacy32.5
ReshiramDragonFireFire Fang + Fusion Flare Legacy31.8
PheromosaBugFightingLow Kick + Focus Blast29.7
TerrakionRockFightingDouble Kick + Sacred Sword Legacy29.6
BlazikenFireFightingCounter + Aura Sphere29.4
ChandelureGhostFireFire Spin + Overheat29.1
CinderaceFireFire Spin + Pyroball28.7
VolcaronaBugFireFire Spin + Overheat28.4
DarmanitanFireFire Fang + Overheat28.3

Ranked by damage per second against Mega Lucario's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.