Mega Lucario Raid Guide

Mega Lucario is a Fighting and Steel type Mega Raid boss. Optimal Raid counters will include powerful Fighting, Fire, and Ground types.

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 2-5 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat Mega Lucario, as well as its optimal stats, moves, and CP range.

Best Mega Lucario Counters in Pokémon GO

List of counters for the Mega Lucario Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, including the best Pokémon to defeat it, highest DPS attackers, and moves to use.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	35.46	10	266s
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	34.29	8	271s
3.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	35.98	14	265s
4.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	37.16	20	256s
5.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	31.92	10	295s
6.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	30.41	13	310s
7.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	30.46	13	309s
8.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	30.59	14	301s
9.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipide Blades	30.70	15	306s
10.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	30.47	15	312s
11.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare	29.82	12	313s
12.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm	31.32	17	301s
13.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	29.27	13	321s
14.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.70	14	318s
15.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire+	28.62	11	327s
16.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	29.93	17	319s
17.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Aura Sphere	28.62	11	325s
18.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	28.13	11	333s
19.	Shadow Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	30.02	21	321s
20.	Shadow Emboar	Low Kick	Blast Burn	30.17	21	316s
21.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	28.85	16	327s
22.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Mystical Fire	28.95	17	321s
23.	Ordinary Keldeo	Low Kick	Scared Sword	28.21	16	337s
24.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	30.26	24	318s
25.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire	27.18	12	344s
26.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Aura Sphere	28.57	18	332s
27.	Volcarona	Fire Spin	Overheat	26.82	14	352s
28.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Aura Sphere	27.19	16	342s
29.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword	28.78	22	329s
30.	Mega Alakazam	Counter	Focus Blast	27.61	19	342s

How to Get Mega Lucario

To get Mega Lucario, you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Lucario again in the future. Mega Energy can be obtained in these Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Lucario, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Riolu or Lucario to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.

Lucario can be caught after the Raid with the following CP values:

1469 – 1544 CP at Level 20 with no weather boost
1837 – 1930 CP at Level 25 with Cloudy or Snow weather boost

Shiny Sprites

Mega Lucario Regular Sprite	Mega Lucario Shiny Sprite

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Lucario from a Raid.

Lucario Regular Sprite	Lucario Shiny Sprite

Mega Lucario Overview

Mega Lucario FightingSteel
Max CP	4325
ATK	310
DEF	175
HP	172
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Counter Force Palm* Bullet Punch
Charge moves	Aura Sphere Close Combat Power-Up Punch Flash Cannon Shadow Ball Blaze Kick Thunder Punch