Lucario counters

Gen 5 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Lucario
#0448 Lucario
FightingSteel
USAGE 1.0% #53
ABILITYInner Focus
BASE STATS
HP 70
ATK 110
DEF 70
SPA 115
SPD 70
SPE 90
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireFightingGround
½×
NormalGrassIceDragonDarkSteel
¼×
BugRock
0×
Poison
Moves
Extreme Speed 94.4% Close Combat 94.4% Swords Dance 76.8% Crunch 56.1% Ice Punch 54.6% Hidden Power Ice 4.1% Agility 4.0% Aura Sphere 3.4%
Items
Life Orb 92.3% Air Balloon 4.7% Lum Berry 0.9% Focus Sash 0.6% Black Belt 0.5% Choice Scarf 0.5% Shuca Berry 0.3% Leftovers 0.2%
Abilities
Inner Focus46.8%Justified42.7%Steadfast10.6%
Common Teammates
Keldeo31.3%Dragonite29.2%Skarmory26.6%Reuniclus24.3%Terrakion24.0%Breloom23.2%Conkeldurr22.7%Gengar20.6%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #53 with 1.03% usage. Sorted by reliability score.