Is Lucario Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Fighting/Steel from Riley's gift egg. AbilitySteadfast or AbilityInner Focus for flinch protection. Lucario handles Byron, Candice, Aaron, Bertha, and Cynthia's Spiritomb. Steel typing gives ten resistances. Fast mixed attacker that fits on every team. Sinnoh's signature Pokemon for a reason.
Riolu has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Riolu trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Riolu trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Riolu trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Riolu's weaknesses hard.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Lucario resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Lucario trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Lucario resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Lucario resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Lucario trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Gift Riolu
Riolu is given to you as a gift on Iron Island at Lv 1. Received as an Egg from Riley after completing Iron Island B3F together.
Recommended Moves
- LV 11FightingForce PalmPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- After Maylene
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Maylene
- After Fantina
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Riolu to Lucario
Riolu evolves into Lucario with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Byron.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 37FightingAura SpherePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM91SteelFlash CannonPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Byron
- LV 42FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Lucario in Diamond & Pearl
Lucario has no wild encounter here. Raise a Riolu to high friendship in the daytime, the pup hatching from the egg Riley gives you on Iron Island, and the bond brings out the aura fighter.
Catch Riolu at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Lucario.
- 1Catch Riolu
- 2Evolve Lucariowith high Friendship
Badge 5How to Obtain Lucario in DP
- Step 2Lucario ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Riolu egg.
How to Get Shiny Lucario in Diamond & Pearl
Lucario evolves from Riolu, so breed that pre-evo Masuda-style and evolve it by friendship. Compare Shiny Lucario odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Lucario Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Lucario.
Lucario Weakness
Lucario is weak to Fire, Fighting, and Ground. On the flip side, it's immune to Poison-type moves entirely. With 9 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Lucario leans offensive (base 110 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Grass, Ice, Ghost, Dragon, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Lucario Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Lucario
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x188-222%KO Earthquake 2x84-99% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x182-214%KO Earthquake 2x81-95% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x131-154%KO Brick Break 2x65-77% Fire Blast 2x70-82% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x161-190%KO Overheat 2x151-178%KO Earthquake 2x72-85% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x165-194%KO Earthquake 2x73-86% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x87-103%KO Focus Punch 2x87-103%KO Fire Blast 2x48-57% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x156-184%KO Earthquake 2x70-82% Fire Blast 2x48-57% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Torterra builds →Earthquake 2x113-133%KO Rock Smash 2x31-36% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x123-145%KO Dig 2x45-53% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Arcanine builds →Overheat 2x146-172%KO Dig 2x60-71% Rock Smash 2x31-36% | ||
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x182-214%KO Earthquake 2x64-75% Rock Smash 2x26-31% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Camerupt builds →Eruption 2x162-191%KO Earthquake 2x105-124%KO Rock Smash 2x29-34% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Flareon builds →Overheat 2x139-164%KO Dig 2x70-82% Rock Smash 2x36-42% | ||
Lucario Evolutions
Evolved from Riolu. Lucario is the final form in this two-stage line. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Sp.Atk grew the most through evolution (+80 over Riolu), and Lucario peaks at 525 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Lucario to get Riolu eggs using 131 partners from the Field and Human-Like egg groups. Notable egg moves include Agility, Bite, Blaze Kick and 10 more.
DP Lucario Best Moveset
110 Attack and 115 Sp. Atk behind Fighting/Steel typing make Lucario the most dangerous mixed attacker introduced this generation. MoveClose Combat hits physically while MoveAura Sphere never misses from the special side, and the moveset picks whichever stat the target is weaker against. 90 Speed outruns most defensive threats.
Best Build
Lucario best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Close Combat
- Extreme Speed
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 10 types means almost nothing walls Lucario cleanly, with Focus Punch and High Jump Kick anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
44 of 47 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It has the ability to sense the auras of all things. It understands human speech.
By catching the aura emanating from others, it can read their thoughts and movements.
Lucario Event Distributions
In Diamond & Pearl, Lucario is available through a handful of Mystery Gift event distributions rather than as a regular giveaway.
Battle in OrlandoDiamondPearlNot shiny
Pal City Special Gift LUCARIODiamondPearlNot shiny
Lucario Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Lucario does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Lucario hits 625 BST.
In Diamond & Pearl, Lucario plays as a cannon. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Adamant is the go-to nature for Lucario. That's +Attack / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the cannon role.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Lucario has appeared in 14 titles over 6 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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