Best Mega Lucario counters

The best Mega Lucario counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Blaziken, Mega Y Charizard, Mega Garchomp, Terrakion, Shadow Excadrill, and Shadow Chandelure. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 6 Trainers to defeat Mega Lucario in a Mega Raid.

Simulation settings

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Blaziken

Counter / Blast Burn

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Terrakion

Double Kick / Sacred Sword

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Shadow Chandelure

Fire Spin / Overheat

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	37.69	618.2	14	254s	66.3
2.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	42.03	395.2	22	237s	66.0
3.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	38.89	443.2	20	252s	63.5
4.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.85	538.6	16	268s	61.9
5.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	33.15	609.6	14	287s	59.7
6.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	35.57	439.5	20	274s	59.0
7.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	33.00	580.7	15	289s	58.9
8.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	40.08	268.7	33	259s	58.8
9.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	35.57	396.6	22	276s	57.8
10.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.56	392.6	22	277s	57.7
11.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	33.29	452.8	19	291s	56.3
12.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	34.30	397.8	22	286s	56.2
13.	Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	34.30	397.8	22	286s	56.2
14.	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.33	312.0	28	277s	56.0
15.	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.34	294.0	30	279s	55.3
16.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	33.59	384.5	23	292s	54.9
17.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	32.83	399.8	22	297s	54.3
18.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	32.49	403.5	22	300s	54.0
19.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	35.50	280.7	32	286s	53.8
20.	Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	36.66	246.3	36	283s	53.8
21.	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	36.20	249.3	36	285s	53.4
22.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	33.32	345.0	26	297s	53.4
23.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	28.87	583.3	15	328s	53.0
24.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.49	533.7	16	323s	52.9
25.	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	31.94	378.8	23	306s	52.6
26.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	33.96	294.5	30	296s	52.5
27.	Shadow Typhlosion	Ember	Blast Burn *	34.58	273.4	32	294s	52.4
28.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	28.12	551.8	16	337s	51.3
29.	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	27.62	579.6	15	342s	51.0
30.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	32.63	296.9	30	307s	50.9

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Group size

You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Mega Lucario in a Mega Raid.

Minimum group size: 2 Trainers
Optimal group size: 3 - 6 Trainers
Very easy with: 7+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 2 Trainers

Mega Lucario CP range from Raids

Mega Lucario can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 2095 CP to 2186 CP, with no weather boost
From 2619 CP to 2733 CP with Cloudy and Snow weather boost

Mega Lucario weaknesses

Mega Lucario type chart

When fighting Mega Lucario, keep in mind the that Fighting and Steel-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Dragon, Grass, Ice, Normal, Steel, Bug, Poison, and Rock-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Bug	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Rock	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Mega Lucario

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	160.0%	Sunny
Fighting	120.0%	Cloudy
Ground	96.0%	Sunny
Flying	8.0%	Windy
Psychic	8.0%	Windy
Water	4.0%	Rain
Ghost	2.0%	Fog
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Mega Lucario in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Mega Lucario down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

This guide displays a list of best Mega Lucario counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge attacks, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used. Reddit

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.