Lucario pokedex: stats, moves, evolution & locations

Contents
Type defenses
Base stats
Pokedex entries
Evolution chart
Moves learned
Sprites
Locations
Q&A

Name origin

orichalcum: an ancient, mythical metal (‘Lucario’ is the Japanese syllables reversed)

Pokedex data

National №	448
Type	Fighting Steel
Species	Aura Pokémon
Height	3′11″ (1.19m)
Weight	119 lbs (54.0 kg)
Abilities	Inner Focus Steadfast Justified (Dream World)
Local №	116 (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum)
Japanese	Rukario

Breeding

Egg Groups	Field and Human-Like
Gender	87.5% male, 12.5% female
Egg cycles	26 (minimum 6,630 steps)

Training

EV yield	1 Attack, 1 Special Attack
Catch rate	45 (5.9% with PokéBall, full HP)
Base Happiness	70 (normal)
Base EXP	204
Growth Rate	Medium Slow

Type defenses

nor	fir	wat	ele	gra	ice	fig	poi	gro	fly	psy	bug	roc	gho	dra	dar	ste
½	2			½	½	2	0	2			¼	¼	½	½	¼	½

Lucario stats

The base stats for Lucario are shown below left, with the possible range shown on the right for a level 100 Pokemon. Minimum/maximum values are based on hindering/beneficial nature for said stat, 0/252 EVs, 0/31 IVs.

HP	70	250 - 344
Attack	110	202 - 350
Defense	70	130 - 262
Sp. Atk	115	211 - 361
Sp. Def	70	130 - 262
Speed	90	166 - 306
Total	525

Pokedex descriptions

Diamond	It has the ability to sense the auras of all things. It understands human speech.
Pearl	By catching the aura emanating from others, it can read their thoughts and movements.
Platinum Black White	A well-trained one can sense auras to identify and take in the feelings of creatures over half a mile away.
HeartGold SoulSilver	It's said that no foe can remain invisible to LUCARIO, since it can detect auras. Even foes it could not otherwise see.

Evolution chart

#447
Riolu
Fighting →
(Happiness, Daytime)

#448
Lucario
Fighting · Steel

Lucario learns the following moves at the levels specified:

Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
1	Detect	Fighting	Status	-	-
1	Foresight	Normal	Status	-	-
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95
1	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100
6	Counter	Fighting	Physical	-	100
11	Force Palm	Fighting	Physical	60	100
15	Feint	Normal	Physical	30	100
19	Bone Rush	Ground	Physical	25	90
24	Metal Sound	Steel	Status	-	85
29	Me First	Normal	Status	-	-
33	Quick Guard	Fighting	Status	-	-
37	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	-	-
42	Heal Pulse	Psychic	Status	-	-
47	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	-	-
51	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	90	∞
55	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100
60	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	90	100
65	Extremespeed	Normal	Physical	80	100

Lucario learns the following moves at the levels specified:

Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
1	Detect	Fighting	Status	-	-
1	Foresight	Normal	Status	-	-
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95
1	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100
6	Counter	Fighting	Physical	-	100
11	Force Palm	Fighting	Physical	60	100
15	Feint	Normal	Physical	30	100
19	Bone Rush	Ground	Physical	25	90
24	Metal Sound	Steel	Status	-	85
29	Me First	Normal	Status	-	-
33	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	-	-
37	Aura Sphere	Fighting	Special	90	∞
42	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100
47	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	90	100
51	Extremespeed	Normal	Physical	80	100

Other generations: IV V

Pre-evolution moves

Black/White
HeartGold/SoulSilver/Platinum

Lucario can learn these moves only when in a pre-evolved state. Check previous pokedex(es) for the levels required.

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Endure	Normal	Status	-	-
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	-	100
Screech	Normal	Status	-	85
Copycat	Normal	Status	-	-
Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	-	-
Final Gambit	Fighting	Special	-	100

Lucario can learn these moves only when in a pre-evolved state. Check previous pokedex(es) for the levels required.

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Endure	Normal	Status	-	-
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	-	100
Screech	Normal	Status	-	85
Copycat	Normal	Status	-	-

Egg moves

Black/White
HeartGold/SoulSilver
Platinum

Lucario learns the following moves via breeding.
See the Lucario egg moves page for details and compatible parents.

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Agility	Psychic	Status	-	-
Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100
Blaze Kick	Fire	Physical	85	90
Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	40	100
Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	100	80
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
Detect	Fighting	Status	-	-
Follow Me	Normal	Status	-	-
Hi Jump Kick	Fighting	Physical	130	90
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	-	-
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	-	100
Mind Reader	Psychic	Status	-	-
Sky Uppercut	Fighting	Physical	85	90
Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	40	100
Circle Throw	Fighting	Physical	60	90

Lucario learns the following moves via breeding.
See the Lucario egg moves page for details and compatible parents.

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Agility	Psychic	Status	-	-
Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100
Blaze Kick	Fire	Physical	85	90
Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	40	100
Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	100	80
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
Detect	Fighting	Status	-	-
Follow Me	Normal	Status	-	-
Hi Jump Kick	Fighting	Physical	130	90
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	-	-
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	-	100
Mind Reader	Psychic	Status	-	-
Sky Uppercut	Fighting	Physical	85	90
Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	40	100

Lucario learns the following moves via breeding.
See the Lucario egg moves page for details and compatible parents.

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Agility	Psychic	Status	-	-
Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100
Blaze Kick	Fire	Physical	85	90
Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	40	100
Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	100	80
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
Detect	Fighting	Status	-	-
Hi Jump Kick	Fighting	Physical	130	90
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	-	-
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	-	100
Mind Reader	Psychic	Status	-	-
Sky Uppercut	Fighting	Physical	85	90
Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	40	100

Other generations: IV V

Move Tutor moves

HeartGold/SoulSilver
Platinum

Lucario can be taught these attacks from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	20	95
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	-	-
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	-	-
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	-	100
Magic Coat	Psychic	Status	-	-
Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	-	-
Snore	Normal	Special	40	100
Swift	Normal	Special	60	∞
Thunderpunch	Electric	Physical	75	100
Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	40	100
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100

Lucario can be taught these attacks from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	20	95
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	-	-
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	-	-
Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	-	-
Snore	Normal	Special	40	100
Swift	Normal	Special	60	∞
Thunderpunch	Electric	Physical	75	100
Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	40	100
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100

Other generations: IV V

Moves learnt by HM

Black/White
HeartGold/SoulSilver/Platinum

Lucario is compatible with these Hidden Machines:

HM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
4	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100

Lucario is compatible with these Hidden Machines:

HM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
4	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100
6	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100
8	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85

Other generations: IV V

Moves learnt by TM

Black/White
HeartGold/SoulSilver/Platinum

Lucario is compatible with these Technical Machines:

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	-	-
4	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	-	-
5	Roar	Normal	Status	-	100
6	Toxic	Poison	Status	-	90
8	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	-	-
10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	-	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	-	-
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
17	Protect	Normal	Status	-	-
18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	-	-
21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	-	100
26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100
27	Return	Normal	Physical	-	100
28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100
29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100
31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
32	Double Team	Normal	Status	-	-
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80
42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	Status	-	-
45	Attract	Normal	Status	-	100
47	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	60	100
48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100
52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
56	Fling	Dark	Physical	-	100
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100
66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100
67	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100
68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80
75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	-	-
78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
83	Work Up	Normal	Status	-	-
84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
87	Swagger	Normal	Status	-	90
90	Substitute	Normal	Status	-	-
91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100
94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100

Lucario is compatible with these Technical Machines:

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100
3	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100
4	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	-	-
5	Roar	Normal	Status	-	100
6	Toxic	Poison	Status	-	90
8	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	-	-
10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	-	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	-	-
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
17	Protect	Normal	Status	-	-
18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	-	-
21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	-	100
23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75
26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100
27	Return	Normal	Physical	-	100
28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100
29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100
31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
32	Double Team	Normal	Status	-	-
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80
42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	Status	-	-
45	Attract	Normal	Status	-	100
52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
56	Fling	Dark	Physical	-	100
58	Endure	Normal	Status	-	-
59	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	90	100
60	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100
66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100
68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80
75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	-	-
78	Captivate	Normal	Status	-	100
79	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	-	-
83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	-	100
84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
87	Swagger	Normal	Status	-	90
90	Substitute	Normal	Status	-	-
91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100

Other generations: IV V

Lucario sprites

NORMAL
Black/White

SHINY
Black/White

NORMAL
HG/SS

SHINY
HG/SS

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Where to find Lucario

We don't have any location data for Lucario yet.

Pokeathlon stats

Speed	★★★★	4
Power	★★★★★	5
Skill	★★★★★	5
Stamina	★★★	3
Jump	★★★★	4
Total		21

Lucario

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Evolution chart

Moves learnt by level up

Pre-evolution moves

Egg moves

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Lucario sprites

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