Lucario counters

#0448

fighting steelTier 3

Lobby CP

18,989

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

183

Defense

116

Difficulty

0.40

Pokebattler scale

Beating Lucario should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,469-1,544.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xfire1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Lucario counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Blaziken, Keldeo, Shadow Landorus (Therian) & Blacephalon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Reshiram
S. Blaziken
Keldeo
S. Landorus (Therian)
Blacephalon

8 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.340:59
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.381:06
3Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.401:10
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.401:11
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.431:15
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.431:16
7Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.441:18
8Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.451:19
9Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.451:19
10Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.451:19
12KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.461:20
13Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.461:20
14BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.481:25

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Related countersShadow Lucario Mega Lucario

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Top 15 Lucario counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:59	0.34	1.3	396.7%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:06	0.38	1.5	354.9%
3	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	1:10	0.40	2.4	334.9%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	1:11	0.40	3.3	332.3%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:15	0.43	1.6	311.3%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	1:16	0.43	2.4	307.5%
7	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	1:18	0.44	2.3	302.1%
8	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:19	0.45	1.3	298.9%
9	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	1:19	0.45	3.6	296.9%
10	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	1:19	0.45	1.9	296.7%
11	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	1:20	0.45	2.4	293.8%
12	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	1:20	0.46	2.3	292.5%
13	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:20	0.46	2.6	291.7%
14	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	1:25	0.48	2.9	276.5%
15	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	1:28	0.50	3.1	268.0%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Lucario.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Lucario's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	171%	307.7%	1:16	2.5	0.43
Counter / Shadow Ball	100%	137%	287.0%	1:22	3.4	0.47
Bullet Punch / Shadow Ball	100%	139%	288.3%	1:21	3.3	0.46
Bullet Punch / Flash Cannon	100%	177%	301.0%	1:18	2.4	0.44
Counter / Flash Cannon	100%	170%	303.8%	1:17	2.5	0.44
Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	100%	157%	304.3%	1:17	2.8	0.44
Counter / Meteor Mash	100%	153%	307.1%	1:16	2.9	0.44
Counter / Close Combat	100%	180%	307.3%	1:16	2.6	0.43
Bullet Punch / Aura Sphere	100%	158%	308.5%	1:16	2.9	0.43
Counter / Aura Sphere	100%	157%	309.4%	1:16	3.0	0.43
Counter / Blaze Kick	100%	230%	310.6%	1:16	1.5	0.43
Bullet Punch / Close Combat	100%	183%	312.3%	1:15	2.3	0.43
Bullet Punch / Power-Up Punch	100%	220%	313.0%	1:15	1.7	0.43
Counter / Thunder Punch	100%	209%	313.5%	1:15	1.8	0.43
Bullet Punch / Thunder Punch	100%	214%	314.2%	1:15	1.8	0.43
Bullet Punch / Blaze Kick	100%	246%	314.6%	1:15	1.4	0.42
Counter / Power-Up Punch	100%	221%	315.2%	1:14	1.8	0.42

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Lucario weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x fire1.6x flying1x ghost1x water1x electric1x psychic1x fairy1x normal0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x dark0.63x poison0.39x rock0.39x bug0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (6)
Resists (9)

It resists poison0.39xrock0.39xbug0.39xnormal0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Lucario throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCounterSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s
steelBullet PunchSTAB	10	+11	1.0s	0.40s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingAura SphereSTAB	100	-50	2.0s	1.20s
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
steelFlash CannonSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
steelMeteor MashSTAB	100	-50	2.5s	2.20s
fireBlaze Kick	40	-33	1.0s	0.25s
ghostShadow Ball	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
fightingPower-Up PunchSTAB	50	-33	2.0s	1.70s
electricThunder Punch	50	-33	2.0s	1.90s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,469	1,837
11/11/11	1,484	1,855
12/12/12	1,499	1,874
13/13/13	1,514	1,893
14/14/14	1,529	1,912
15/15/15hundo	1,544	1,930

Caught CP range 1,469 - 1,544, or 1,837 - 1,930 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Lucario is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 183 / Defense 116 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	396.7%	0.34	0:59	1.2	100%	6,112	63.7	1760
2	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	87%	354.9%	0.38	1:06	1.4	100%	4,783	56.3	1644
3	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	77%	334.9%	0.40	1:10	2.2	100%	4,161	52.0	1179
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	73%	332.3%	0.40	1:11	3.0	100%	3,826	52.4	923
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	75%	311.3%	0.43	1:15	1.5	100%	6,428	49.6	1542
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	70%	307.5%	0.43	1:16	2.2	100%	3,670	49.2	1165
7	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	70%	302.1%	0.44	1:18	2.1	100%	4,038	48.0	1286
8	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	74%	298.9%	0.45	1:19	1.2	100%	5,902	46.1	1820
9	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	64%	296.9%	0.45	1:19	3.3	100%	2,848	46.7	841
10	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	71%	296.7%	0.45	1:19	1.7	100%	4,455	46.0	1354
11	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	67%	293.8%	0.45	1:20	2.2	100%	4,521	45.6	1203
12	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	68%	292.5%	0.46	1:20	2.1	100%	3,698	46.3	1205
13	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	66%	291.7%	0.46	1:20	2.4	100%	3,922	46.2	1134
14	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	61%	276.5%	0.48	1:25	3.0	100%	3,297	45.2	1085
15	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	59%	268.0%	0.50	1:28	2.9	100%	3,754	42.0	1021
16	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	63%	265.4%	0.50	1:28	1.8	100%	5,424	41.3	1480
17	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	57%	264.0%	0.51	1:29	3.5	100%	3,337	41.3	800
18	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	59%	262.2%	0.51	1:29	2.6	100%	4,115	41.5	1050
19	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	59%	262.1%	0.51	1:30	2.8	100%	3,268	41.9	1038
20	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	59%	258.6%	0.52	1:31	2.1	100%	4,814	40.1	1152
21	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	60%	257.4%	0.52	1:31	2.0	100%	4,038	40.5	1325
22	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	60%	254.5%	0.53	1:32	1.8	100%	3,863	40.3	1336
23	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	54%	253.5%	0.53	1:33	3.7	100%	3,698	39.9	784
24	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	54%	252.9%	0.53	1:33	3.4	100%	3,093	39.8	832
25	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	58%	252.5%	0.53	1:33	2.3	100%	3,850	39.9	1171
26	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	57%	252.3%	0.53	1:33	2.4	100%	3,465	40.2	1110
27	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	53%	250.1%	0.53	1:34	3.9	100%	3,105	40.0	768
28	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	50%	245.4%	0.54	1:36	5.2	100%	2,703	39.9	625
29	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	54%	245.2%	0.55	1:36	2.8	100%	3,962	38.5	1017
30	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Aura Sphere	Zen Headbutt / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	57%	245.1%	0.55	1:36	2.1	100%	5,007	38.4	1276

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.