Is Lucario Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Friendship evolution from Riolu. Fighting/Steel with AbilitySteadfast boosting Speed on flinch. If imported, Lucario handles Whitney, Pryce, Karen, and most of the Kanto circuit. Strong from both Attack stats. The import requirement is the only barrier.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Lucario resists most of Whitney's coverage and hits back hard.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Lucario trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Lucario resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Lucario resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Lucario trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lucario has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Hatch
Catch Lucario on Route 34 (hatch from egg, Lv 1).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 33NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 37FightingAura SpherePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 42FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Lucario in HeartGold & SoulSilver
No wild encounters for Lucario. The 2-stage line runs through Riolu, which you can catch in the wild from the locations below. Evolve with high friendship once you've got the levels.
Catch Riolu at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Lucario.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Riolu
- 2Evolve Lucariowith high Friendship
Badge 8How to Obtain Lucario in HGSS
- Step 2Lucario ✓
How to Get Shiny Lucario in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Lucario evolves from a happy Riolu, so breed that base form Masuda-style and raise its friendship to evolve it. Compare Shiny Lucario odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver 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.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodBell Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Ho-Oh builds →Overheat 2x157-185%KO Earthquake 2x87-103%KO Rock Smash 2x36-42% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Gallade 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% | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Hitmonlee builds →Focus Punch 2x182-214%KO Earthquake 2x81-95% Blaze Kick 2x69-81% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x182-214%KO Flare Blitz 2x146-172%KO Earthquake 2x81-95% | ||
 Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x157-185%KO Focus Punch 2x90-107%KO Earthquake 2x60-71% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x165-194%KO Earthquake 2x73-86% | ||
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Primeape builds →Focus Punch 2x162-191%KO Earthquake 2x72-85% Overheat 2x65-76% | ||
 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% | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x131-154%KO Brick Break 2x65-77% Fire Blast 2x70-82% | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Silver Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x176-208%KO Rock Smash 2x29-34% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x156-184%KO Earthquake 2x70-82% Fire Blast 2x48-57% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lucario View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x157-185%KO Rock Smash 2x26-31% | ||
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 11 more.
HGSS Lucario Best Moveset
Fighting/Steel resisting 9 types while 110 Attack and 115 Sp. Atk threaten from both sides. The moveset picks physical MoveClose Combat or special MoveAura Sphere based on the target's weaker defense. 90 Speed outruns most defensive Pokemon.
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 11 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
All 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It’s said that no foe can remain invisible to LUCARIO, since it can detect auras. Even foes it could not otherwise see.
Lucario HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in HeartGold & SoulSilver, but Lucario does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Lucario hits 625 BST.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Lucario plays as a cannon. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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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