Best Lucario counters

The best Lucario counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Y Charizard, Mega Blaziken, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Mega Heracross, and Reshiram. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Lucario in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Mega Blaziken

Counter / Blast Burn

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Heracross

Counter / Close Combat

Reshiram

Fire Fang / Fusion Flare

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	49.59	1573.1	2	75s	99.7
2.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	48.39	1382.5	2	77s	95.3
3.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	52.47	969.3	3	73s	94.5
4.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	45.29	1223.7	2	83s	88.1
5.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	46.77	902.0	3	81s	85.0
6.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	43.70	1050.6	3	86s	83.0
7.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	42.80	1069.4	3	88s	82.0
8.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	48.54	645.1	5	80s	81.8
9.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	45.00	865.2	4	85s	81.7
10.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	42.99	995.1	3	88s	81.1
11.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	50.25	519.4	6	79s	80.4
12.	Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	47.67	637.2	5	82s	80.4
13.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	43.90	879.7	4	87s	80.4
14.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	40.16	1237.3	2	93s	80.3
15.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	42.47	977.7	3	89s	80.0
16.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	46.70	673.5	5	83s	80.0
17.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire+	39.93	1240.0	2	94s	80.0
18.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	41.66	945.8	3	91s	78.2
19.	Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	41.66	945.8	3	91s	78.2
20.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	42.48	868.2	4	89s	78.1
21.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	42.60	858.1	4	89s	78.1
22.	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	45.30	639.0	5	86s	77.2
23.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	40.83	941.5	3	92s	76.9
24.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire *	37.81	1174.1	3	99s	75.7
25.	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	43.62	656.6	5	89s	75.4
26.	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	44.11	601.3	5	88s	74.7
27.	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	42.54	663.7	5	91s	74.0
28.	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	41.13	723.1	4	93s	73.3
29.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	38.93	893.6	4	97s	73.3
30.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	45.58	457.4	7	87s	72.5

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Lucario in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Lucario CP range from Raids

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

From 1469 CP to 1544 CP, with no weather boost
From 1837 CP to 1930 CP with Cloudy and Snow weather boost

Lucario weaknesses

Lucario type chart

When fighting 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 Lucario

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	162.0%	Sunny
Fighting	128.0%	Cloudy
Ground	88.0%	Sunny
Flying	8.0%	Windy
Psychic	8.0%	Windy
Water	4.0%	Rain
Ghost	2.0%	Fog

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Lucario in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take 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 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.