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[[Category:Blue Pokémon]] Lucario (Japanese: ルカリオ Rucario) is a Fighting/Steel-type Pokémon. Lucario are usually very polite and modest. Some can even talk, using Telepathy, are very powerful, and are considered by many the strongest Fighting-Type Pokémon in the games. According to legend, in the old times Lucario were teachers to humans and taught the first Martial Arts to them.
Biology[]
Appearance[]
Lucario
Lucario is a jackal-like Pokémon that nears four feet in height (3'11" exactly). It stands on two feet like its pre-evolved form Riolu. Lucario looks like some what dog/wolf like Pokémon. Also a kangroo in some points. Though similar in appearance to Riolu, Lucario has some notable differences. It's forepaws are black and it has large pointed spikes in place of the oval shaped bumps on Riolu. There is also a third spike in the middle of its chest. Lucario's ears and muzzle are longer in comparison to Riolu but it retains the black "mask" and red eyes. The "mask also has an added upper stripe. It also has four black appendages on the back of its head opposed to Riolu, who only had two and were previously located on the side of its head. Additionally, Lucario's torso is covered in yellow fur.
Special Abilities[]
Known as the Aura Pokémon, Lucario are sensitive to a special type of energy called aura. The black appendages on the back of its head are used to detect the auras of creatures and objects around it. With its ability to sense the auras in all things around it, it can navigate and track through telepathic methods. They can also guide the waves of an aura in an offensive manner to create small balls of energy such as Aura Sphere. Lucario are also able to understand human speech; it is said that Lucario can also speak it, though only Sir Aaron's Lucario has been shown to do so and only through telepathy. Lucario have a high attack stats and is very fast.
Appearances in the Pokemon Media[]
In the Anime[]
Gym Leader Maylene and her Lucario
Lucario's first appearance in an episode from the main series was in Lost Leader Strategy!, under the ownership of Maylene, the Veilstone City Gym Leader. Maylene's Lucario was used again in the next two episodes Crossing the Battle Line! and A Triple Fighting Chance!, where Maylene battled Dawn in a match and Ash in a Gym Battle. It is also The Champion's Pokémon, Cynthia.
Lucario also makes a small cameo in the opening theme songs "Unbeatable (Advanced Battle)," "Battle Frontier," and "Together".
In the Manga[]
Movies[]
Lucario as seen in Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
Lucario has a lead role in the Pokémon movie Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. Lucario is considered a legend from olden times to the town where he appears in front of Ash Ketchum and his friends, and mistakes Ash for his old friend Sir Aaron due to his similar aura. At one time in the past, Lucario was going to try and help Sir Aaron save a castle, but Aaron trapped him in his Aura staff which made him think that Sir Aaron had betrayed him.
Voiced By: Japanese: Daisuke Namikawa/ English: Sean Schemmel
Evolution[]
Lucario is the evolved form of Riolu. Riolu evolves into Lucario by leveling up with high happiness during the day. Lucario can evolve into it's final form; Mega Lucario only devolve back to it's previous form.
Game Info[]
Game Locations[]
| Version(s) | Location |
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| Diamond/ Pearl | Evolve Riolu |
| Platinum | Evolve Riolu |
| HeartGold/SoulSilver | Evolve Riolu |
| Black/White | Evolve Riolu |
| Black 2/White 2 | Evolve Riolu |
Pokédex Entries[]
| Generations I - III | |
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| Lucario did not appear during the Generation I - III games. | |
| Diamond | |
| It has the ability to sense the auras of all things. It understands human speech. | |
| Pearl | |
| By catching the aura emanating from others, it can read their thoughts and movements. | |
| Platinum | |
| A well-trained one that can sense auras to identify and take in feelings of creatures over half a mile. | |
| HeartGold | |
| It's said that no foe can remain invisible to Lucario, since it can detect Auras. Even foes it could not otherwise see. | |
| SoulSilver | |
| It's said that no foe can remain invisible to Lucario, since it can detect Auras. Even foes it could not otherwise see. | |
| Black | |
| A well-trained one that can sense auras to identify and take in feelings of creatures over half a mile. | |
| White | |
| A well-trained one that can sense auras to identify and take in feelings of creatures over half a mile. | |
| Black 2 | |
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| White 2 | |
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| Y | |
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Level Up Moves[]
| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
| 1 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 1 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 30 |
| 1 | Foresight | Normal | Status | - | - | 40 |
| 1 | Detect | Fighting | Status | - | - | 5 |
| 1 | Metal Claw | Steel | Physical | 50 | 95% | 35 |
| 6 | Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100% | 20 |
| 11 | Force Palm | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100% | 10 |
| 15 | Feint | Normal | Physical | 50 | 100% | 10 |
| 19 | Bone Rush | Ground | Physical | 25 | 80% | 10 |
| 24 | Metal Sound | Steel | Status | — | 85% | 40 |
| 29 | Me First | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 33 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 37 | Aura Sphere | Fighting | Special | 90 | — | 20 |
| 42 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100% | 5 |
| 47 | Dragon Pulse | Dragon | Special | 90 | 100% | 10 |
| 51 | ExtremeSpeed | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100% | 5 |
- Moves in Bold text show that the move recieves a STAB.
TM/HM Moves[]
| TM/HM | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
| TM01 | Focus Punch | Fighting | Physical | 150 | 100% | 20 |
| TM03 | Water Pulse | Water | Special | 60 | 100% | 20 |
| TM04 | Calm Mind | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM05 | Roar | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 20 |
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85% | 10 |
| TM08 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Special | — | 100% | 15 |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90% | 5 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM18 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100% | 20 |
| TM23 | Iron Tail | Steel | Physical | 100 | 75% | 15 |
| TM26 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100% | 10 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100% | 20 |
| TM28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100% | 10 |
| TM29 | Psychic | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100% | 10 |
| TM30 | Shadow Ball | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100% | 15 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM39 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 50 | 80% | 10 |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100% | 20 |
| TM43 | Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100% | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 15 |
| TM52 | Focus Blast | Fighting | Special | 120 | 70% | 5 |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100% | 10 |
| TM58 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM59 | Dragon Pulse | Dragon | Special | 90 | 100% | |
| TM60 | Drain Punch | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100% | |
| TM65 | Shadow Claw | Ghost | Physical | 70 | 100% | 15 |
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100% | 10 |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90% | 5 |
| TM71 | Stone Edge | Rock | Physical | 100 | 80% | 5 |
| TM75 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| TM78 | Captivate | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 20 |
| TM79 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| TM80 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90% | 10 |
| TM82 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM83 | Natural Gift | Normal | Physical | — | 100% | 15 |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100% | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90% | 15 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM91 | Flash Cannon | Steel | Special | 80 | 100% | |
| HM04 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100% | |
| HM06 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100% | 15 |
| HM08 | Rock Climb | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85% | 20 |
- Moves in bold text show that the move recieves a STAB.
Sprites[]
| I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (JP) | Green (JP) | Back | |||||
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| III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |||||
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Forms[]
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]
Lucario is also available as an unlockable character in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is unlocked by meeting him in the Subspace Emissary, or by playing a certain amount of VS matches. Most of his attacks are imbued with aura. Ironically, he does not use any moves like Metal Claw, but he uses his down smash in a fashion similar to Dark Pulse.
Lucario's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Lucario's attacks in Brawl are:
- Standard Special - Aura Sphere
- Side Special - Force Palm
- Up Special - ExtremeSpeed
- Down Special - Counter
- Final Smash - Aura Storm
Lucario's appearance in the story mode The Subspace Emissary is fairly late in the game. Lucario meditates atop an icy peak when he is approached by Meta Knight, who has climbed the mountain alongside the Ice Climbers to reach his stolen ship the Halberd, which is approaching. Lucario challenges Meta Knight to a fight, but the two of them become friends afterwards, and Lucario joins Meta Knight in Infiltrating the Halberd, where he discovers Solid Snake hiding in a cardboard box. Meta Knight then gets ready to fight Snake, but Lucario senses that Snake is a good guy, and halts Meta Knight from attacking Snake. Lucario also senses enemies nearby and Snake quickly joins the duo.
Lucario is next seen fighting a false Peach and a false Zelda made from shadow bugs. Meta Knight, Lucario, and Snake defeat the false princesses and set the real ones free. Lucario also aids Fox, Falco, Zelda, Peach, and Snake battle Duon on the Halberd bridge while Meta Knight tries to reclaim the ship.
Known Trainers With a Lucario[]
Gallery[]
Lucario (anime)
Lucario's pose in SSBB
Lucario's pose
Lucario in a Movie
Lucario using a special move in Skyworld
Lucario after a hit
Lucario's Aura Sphere
Lucario's Aura Sphere
Lucario in a crouching position.
Origins[]
Design origin[]
Lucario's canine-like appearance may be based on the Egyptian god Anubis, who, like many other Egyptian gods, possess an animal head, in his case a jackal head.
Etymology[]
Lucario's name possibly derives from a part of the word orichalcum in Japanese, a legendary metal, when spelled backwards.
Trivia[]
- Lucario is the second non-legendary Pokémon to be in a central role in a Pokémon movie, the first being Unown and the third being Zoroark. It also displays some similarities with its gen 5 counterpart Zoroark as both being mixed (special and physical) attackers and both being very frail.
- Lucario is the only Pokémon—other than Cubone and its evolved form, Marowak—to learn a bone-based attack. The reason being it creates a bone-shaped object from aura to use the attacks.
- Lucario is the only non-legendary Pokémon to appear in the opening of the movie, The Rise of Darkrai.
- Lucario is the second playable Pokémon to speak human language, the first being Mewtwo in Super Smash Bros. Melee (the English version of the game removed Mewtwo's spoken lines).
- Prior to Generation V, no other Pokémon had the same type combination as Lucario. Another one was introduced in Generation V.
- Lucario is the only non-legendary boss in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia to guard a gem. It appears in the mission: "Get the Blue Gem!".
- Lucario is one of the few Pokémon in the movies that actually die. The first was Celebi in Pokémon 4 Ever, but was later brough back to life by many other Celebi. The second was Latios on Pokémon: Heroes (however, he was seen flying with Latias at the end credits) and Lucario was the third. Darkrai was apparently the fourth (but it was seen standing on top of a tower during the final seconds of The Rise of Darkrai).
- Even though it appeared in a Generation III movie, it isn't a Hoenn Pokémon.
- When Lucario was first released, many people thought it was Mewthree.[citation needed]
- Though Lucario more physically resembles a dog or type of canine, it has a few cat-like traits. For example, Lucario has slit eyes, like most house cats have. It's also possible that it has retractile claws, as it can learn attacks such as Metal Claw, Hone Claws, and Shadow Claw. It's agility and balance matches that of felines. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it is shown perched on a very thin piece of ice, then agily jumps down, landing on its feet. Even though it displays such fast-like pokemon, its base 90 speed is outmatched by many pokemon.
- In the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series, due to Pokémon having both of their abilities if they have multiple ones, Lucario's Inner Focus ability prevents flinching which does prevent Lucario's other ability, Steadfast, from activating in this matter; however, if Lucario eats a X-eye seed, the crossed-eyed effect will still activate Steadfast.
- Lucario is the only dual-type Pokémon that isn't a Psychic type that can learn Heal Pulse.
- Although most Steel types have higher Attack than Special Attack, most Fighting types have higher Attack than Special Attack, and prior to Generation IV, all Steel type moves and Fighting type moves were physical, Lucario actually has higher base Special Attack than Attack. The other Steel/Fighting Pokémon has a base Attack and Special Attack of 90.
- Although it was only obtainable via the Poké Transfer or evolving a Riolu caught in the Challenger's Cave in the Black and White games, in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 it's pre-evolution, Riolu, is obtainable in the wild before the National Pokédex. Its Unova Pokédex number is #34, while Riolu's is #33.
- Even though Lucario shows knight-like personality, its appearances looks more like a ninja with the black design near its eyes.
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