Lucario in Pokémon GO

Type	Fighting / Steel
Pokédex number	#448
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	236 / 144 / 172
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,703 / 3,056 / 3,092
Max HP, level 50	157
Buddy distance	5 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Height / weight	1.2 m / 54 kg

Lucario evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Lucario evolves from Riolu for 50 Lucario Candy.

Lucario is the last stage of its family: it does not evolve further.

Family: Riolu · Lucario

Lucario CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	1,158	1,102	96	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,544	1,469	111	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,930	1,837	124	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	2,317	2,204	136	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	2,510	2,388	142
40	2,703	2,572	147
45	2,876	2,737	152
50	3,056	2,908	157
51	3,092	2,942	158	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Lucario best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Lucario at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Lucario gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Force Palm	Aura Sphere	15.8	Elite TM
Counter	Aura Sphere	15.1
Force Palm	Meteor Mash	14.6	Elite TM
Bullet Punch	Aura Sphere	14.6
Counter	Meteor Mash	14.2

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Bullet Punch	Steel	10	11	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2
Counter	Fighting	13	9	1 s	13.0	same type, ×1.2
Force Palm	Fighting	10	16	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2, Elite TM

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Aura Sphere	Fighting	100	50	2 s	50.0	same type, ×1.2
Blaze Kick	Fire	40	33	1 s	40.0
Close Combat	Fighting	105	100	2.5 s	42.0	same type, ×1.2
Flash Cannon	Steel	100	100	2.5 s	40.0	same type, ×1.2
Meteor Mash	Steel	100	50	2.5 s	40.0	same type, ×1.2
Power Up Punch	Fighting	50	33	2 s	25.0	same type, ×1.2
Shadow Ball	Ghost	100	50	3 s	33.3
Thunder Punch	Electric	50	33	2 s	25.0

Lucario weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Fighting / Steel. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Fighting	×1.6
Fire	×1.6
Ground	×1.6
Bug	×0.39
Poison	×0.39
Rock	×0.39
Dark	×0.625
Dragon	×0.625
Grass	×0.625
Ice	×0.625
Normal	×0.625
Steel	×0.625

Lucario CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,703 · HP 147

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.