The highly-anticipated Mega Lucario is finally making its debut in Pokémon GO in its Ultra Unlock: Raid Day on July 27, 2024, and can be tackled with 2 to 4 high level trainers. It is a Fighting and Steel type Pokémon whose best counters consist of Fighting, Fire, and Ground types.
Remember that after beating the Mega Raid Boss, you can catch regular Lucario 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
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 | Faints | TTW |
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| 1. |  Groudon (Primal) |
Mud Shot Ground | Precipice Blades Ground | 10 | 254s |
| 2. |  Blaziken (Mega) |
Counter Fighting | Blast Burn Fire | 17 | 243s |
| 3. |  Lucario (Mega) |
Counter Fighting | Aura Sphere Fighting | 24 | 232s |
| 4. |  Charizard (Mega Y) |
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 13 | 215s |
| 5. |  Garchomp (Mega) |
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 12 | 276s |
| 6. |  Groudon (Shadow) |
Mud Shot Ground | Precipice Blades Ground | 17 | 276s |
| 7. |  Excadrill (Shadow) |
Mud-Slap Ground | Scorching Sands Ground | 29 | 260s |
| 8. |  Blaziken (Shadow) |
Counter Fighting | Blast Burn Fire | 25 | 266s |
| 9. |  Terrakion |
Double Kick Fighting | Sacred Sword Fighting | 23 | 272s |
| 10. |  Garchomp (Shadow) |
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 17 | 286s |
| 11. |  Heracross (Mega) |
Counter Fighting | Close Combat Fighting | 16 | 294s |
| 12. |  Reshiram |
Fire Fang Fire | Fusion Flare Fire | 15 | 299s |
| 13. |  Rayquaza (Mega) |
Air Slash | Dragon Ascent | 13 | 307s |
| 14. |  Charizard (Mega X) |
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 16 | 298s |
| 15. |  Keldeo |
Low Kick Fighting | Sacred Sword Fighting | 18 | 295s |
| 16. |  Darmanitan (Shadow) |
Fire Fang Fire | Overheat Fire | 26 | 279s |
| 17. |  Machamp (Shadow) |
Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | 25 | 284s |
| 18. |  Chandelure (Shadow) |
Fire Spin Fire | Overheat Fire | 20 | 294s |
| 19. |  Hariyama (Shadow) |
Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | 24 | 287s |
| 20. |  Moltres (Shadow) |
Fire Spin Fire | Overheat Fire | 18 | 301s |
| 21. |  Charizard (Shadow) |
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 21 | 297s |
| 22. |  Entei (Shadow) |
Fire Fang Fire | Overheat Fire | 19 | 303s |
| 23. |  Ho-Oh (Apex Shadow) |
Incinerate Fire | Sacred Fire Fire | 15 | 319s |
| 24. |  Blacephalon |
Incinerate Fire | Mystical Fire Fire | 22 | 297s |
| 25. |  Landorus (Therian) |
Mud Shot Ground | Sandsear Storm Ground | 17 | 313s |
| 26. |  Infernape (Shadow) |
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 27 | 293s |
| 27. |  Typhlosion (Shadow) |
Incinerate Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 25 | 303s |
| 28. |  Mamoswine (Shadow) |
Mud-Slap Ground | High Horsepower Ground | 34 | 295s |
| 29. |  Lucario |
Counter Fighting | Aura Sphere Fighting | 36 | 295s |
| 30. | Groudon |
Mud Shot Ground | Precipice Blades Ground | 17 | 327s |
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.
Sprites
| Mega Lucario Regular Sprite | Mega Lucario Shiny Sprite |
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Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Lucario from a RaidL
| Lucario Regular Sprite | Lucario Shiny Sprite |
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Mega Lucario Stats and Max CP
| Lucario (Mega) FightingSteel |
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| Max CP at Level 40 3826 | Max CP at Level 50 4325 | |||||||||
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| ATK 310 | DEF 175 | HP 172 | |||||||
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Mega Lucario Movepool
Lucario encountered in raids will also know the [fighting] type Fast Attack Force Palm:
- Trainer Battles: 13 power
- Gyms and raids: 9 power
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All the best, trainers!
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