Lucario Best Tera Raid Build

The best Lucario Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has a Fighting Tera Type with the ability Steadfast and the move Flash Cannon. Read on to learn what the best Lucario Tera Raid Build is and how to use it.

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Best Lucario Tera Raid Build

Steel Tera Special Attacker

Best Lucario Tera Builds
Steel Tera Special Attacker	Fighting Tera Physical Attacker
Physical Psychic Lucario	Special Fighting Lucario

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Lucario	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp.Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Sp.Atk 252		Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Inner Focus	・ Vacuum Wave ・ Metal Sound ・ Nasty Plot ・ Flash Cannon
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best Ability for Lucario is Inner Focus, which gives it immunity to flinching and Intimidate.

Best Tera Type

Steel Tera Type is chosen for this build to boost the power of Lucario's Flash Cannon.

Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense. Max out your HP and Special Attack to give it as much bulk and special offense as possible while adding the remaining EVs into Defense.

Giving Lucario a Shell Bell ensures it gets passive healing from its attacks.

Tera Raid Strategy

Lucario Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Counter Strategy
Turn 1~2	Use Metal Sound two times to lower Chesnaught's Special Defense by 4 stages.
Turns 3	Use Nasty Plot to raise Lucario's Special Attack by two stages.
Turns 4~6	Use Vacuum Wave three times to build up Tera Orb Charge and damage Chesnaught's shield.
Turns 7+	Once you have enough Tera Orb Charge, terastallize into a Steel-type and use boosted Flash Cannon to deal damage to Chesnaught's shield and finish the battle.

Start the battle by using Metal Sound two times to lower Chesnaught's Special Defense stat by 4 stages. You should then get knocked out. Next, use Nasty Plot to raise Lucario's Special Attack by two stages.

Use Vacuum Wave three times to deal damage and build up Tera Orb Charge. Take note that even if Lucario faints, it will still retain its acummulated Tera Orb Charge.

When you have enough Tera Orb charage, terastallize into a Fighting-type and use boosted Flash Cannon to damage Chesnaught's shield and finish the battle.

Effective Counter Against Ice, Rock, Fairy Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)

This Steel Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Ice, Rock, and Fairy Tera Raids.

If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fighting, Ground, or Fire-type outside of Terastallization, perhaps use a different build as Lucario will be weak to these Types.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Fighting Tera Physical Attacker

Best Lucario Tera Builds
Steel Tera Special Attacker	Fighting Tera Physical Attacker
Physical Psychic Lucario	Special Fighting Lucario

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Lucario	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Atk 252		Def 4
Ability	Moveset
Inner Focus	・ Drain Punch ・ Screech ・ Swords Dance ・ Reversal
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best Ability for Lucario is Inner Focus, which gives it immunity to flinching and Intimidate.

Best Tera Type

Fighting Tera Type is chosen for this build to boost the power of Lucario's Drain Punch and Reversal.

Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense. Max out your HP and Attack to give it as much bulk and physical offense as possible while adding the remaining EVs into Defense.

Giving Lucario a Shell Bell ensures it gets passive healing from its attacks.

Tera Raid Strategy

Lucario Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Counter Strategy
Turn 1~2	Use Screech two times to lower Chesnaught's Defense by 4 stages.
Turns 3	Use Swords Dance to raise Lucario's Attack by two stages.
Turns 4~6	Use Drain Punch three times to build up Tera Orb Charge and damage Chesnaught's shield.
Turns 7+	Once you have enough Tera Orb Charge, terastallize into a Fighting-type and use boosted Reversal to deal damage to Chesnaught's shield and finish the battle.

Start the battle by using Screech two times to lower Chesnaught's Defense stat by 4 stages. You should then get knocked out. Next, upon re-entering the battle, use Swords Dance to raise Lucario's Attack by two stages.

Use Drain Punch three times to deal damage and build up Tera Orb Charge. Take note that even if Lucario faints, it will still retain its acummulated Tera Orb Charge.

When you have enough Tera Orb charage, terastallize into a Fighting-type and use boosted Reversal to damage Chesnaught's shield. This move deals more damage the lower Lucario's health. If Lucario's health is more than 33%, use boosted Drain Punch instead.

Effective Counter Against Ice, Normal, Rock, Dark, and Steel Tera Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)

This Fighting Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Ice, Normal, Rock, Dark and Steel Tera Raids.

If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fighting, Ground, or Fire-type outside of Terastallization, perhaps use a different build as Lucario will be weak to these Types.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Physical Psychic Lucario Build

Best Lucario Tera Builds
Steel Tera Special Attacker	Fighting Tera Physical Attacker
Physical Psychic Lucario	Special Fighting Lucario

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Lucario	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓SpA)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Sp.Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Justified	・ Swords Dance ・ Life Dew ・ Zen Headbutt ・ Screech
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

The best ability for Lucario in Tera Raid Battles is Justified, which raises Lucario's Attack by one stage when hit by a Dark-type attack.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Lucario with a Psychic Tera Type to further increase the damage of Zen Headbutt. As a Physical Attacker, an Adamant nature would be best.

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards a bulky physical attacker to help with survivability while also dealing as much damage as possible. Max out your HP and Atk EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Special Defense. Give it a Shell Bell to help Lucario restore HP when using damaging moves.

Tera Raid Strategy

Tera Raid Counter Turn-by-Turn Strategy
Turns 1~3	Use Swords Dance three times to reach +6 Attack on Lucario.
Turns 4~6	Use stat boosted Zen Headbutt to deal Super Effective damage against Psychic-Weak Pokemon.
Turns 7+	Terastallize and use stat boosted, STAB Zen Headbutt.

Start the battle off by using Swords Dance three times, to allow Lucario to reach +6 Attack. After this, use Zen Headbutt to deal Super Effective damage against the Raid boss.

Screech can also be used to lower the opponent's defense before attacking with Zen Headbutt. You can also use Life Dew to heal yourself and another teammate, to stay in combat longer.

Steadfast Vacuum Wave Lucario

Best Lucario Tera Builds
Steel Tera Special Attacker	Fighting Tera Physical Attacker
Physical Psychic Lucario	Special Fighting Lucario

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Lucario	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑ SpAtk, ↓ Attack)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		SpAtk: 252		SpDef: 4
Ability	Moveset
Steadfast	・ Vacuum Wave ・ Dragon Pulse ・ Flash Cannon ・ Calm Mind
Held Item
Wise Glasses

The best nature for Lucario in Tera Raid Battles is Modest, in order for Lucario to have a boost in Special Moves, which can increase the likelihood of shaving off massive chunks of health to enemies, and even deal 1HKOs for lower-ranking Tera Raids.

Additionally, pairing this Nature with Lucario's Steadfast ability will increase its Speed when it flinches, further increasing its chances of dealing the first blow upon the next turn.

We also recommend getting a Lucario with a Fighting Tera Type to take advantage of the increased damage from its Fighting-type move, Vacuum Wave once Terastallized.

Lucario's Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards building its HP and SpAtk stats. Max out its HP and SpAtk EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into its SpDef stat. Additionally, having Lucario hold the item Wise Glasses can boost the power of its Special Moves further, ensuring devastating damage to foes.

How to Make Best Lucario Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Lucario Tera Raid Build
Catch a Fighting Tera Type Lucario in the North Province Use a Modest Mint to Change its Nature Use an Ability Capsule to Change its Ability EV Train HP and SpAtk Stats Hyper Train at Montenevera Level Up to 100 Have it Hold Shell Bell

Catch a Fighting Tera Type Lucario in the North Province (Area One)

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Lucario can be found on the edge of North Province (Area One) and is mostly found surrounded by a group of Riolu. Note that Lucario is also a Steel-type Pokemon, meaning that you may encounter Steel Tera Type Lucario instead of Fighting. Be sure to check the Tera Type of the Lucario you manage to catch to ensure whether it's a Fighting Tera Type or not.

Make sure to bring a Pokemon that has False Swipe and can inflict a status effect to make it easier to catch.

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Shiny Lucario Mystery Gift

Gift	Shiny Lucario
Start	December 7, 2023
End	January 3, 2024 (23:59 UTC)
Code	SH1NYBUDDY

You can also get a Shiny Lucario via Mystery Gift with the code SH1NYBUDDY. Once you get your Shiny Lucario, you're free to train it however you wish and use it in Tera Raid Battles.

The distribution will last from December 7, 2023 to January 3, 2024 (23:59 UTC), so make sure to get it before it's gone for good!

Shiny Lucario Mystery Gift Code

Use a Adamant Mint to Change Its Nature

If it has a different nature, you can use a Adamant Mint to change its nature to Adamant. Doing so will increase its Atk stat growth at the cost of slowing down the growth of its Sp. Attack stat.

The easiest way to get this is by buying it from the Chansey Supply shop at Mesagoza for ₽20,000.

How to Change a Pokemon's Nature

Use Tera Shards to Change Tera Type

If the Lucario build you are following requires it to have a different Tera type, you will need to have 50 Tera Shards of the type you need, and bring it to Medali to have your Pokemon's Tera Type changed.

How to Change Tera Type

Use an Ability Capsule to Change Its Ability

If its ability is different from our recommendation, you can use an Ability Capsule to change it.

This item can be bought at Chansey Supply shops for ₽100,000.

Ability Capsule Location and How to Get

EV Train HP and Attack

26 Protein (for Atk), 26 HP Up (for HP), and 1 Zinc (for Sp,Def). All of these items can be bought at a Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 in total.

Alternatively, you can use Power Items that you can buy at a Delibird Presents shop for ₽10,000 each. Have your Pokemon hold the respective Power Item while defeating the Pokemon listed below.

Held Item	Number of Pokemon to Defeat	Defeat Any of These Pokemon
Power Weight (For HP EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 HP)	・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper Location: South of Los Platos
Power Lens (For Special Attack EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Special Attack EVs)	・Psyduck ・Toxel ・Hatenna Location: South Province (Area 4)
Power Band (For Special Defense EVs)	1 in Total (To get remaining 4 Special Defense EVs)	・Hoppip Location: South Province (Area One)

How to EV Train Fast

Hyper Train at Montenevera

After EV training it, head to Montenevera and talk to the man with an Abomasnow near the Pokemon Center. He will hyper train your Pokemon using Bottle Caps.

A Bottle Cap can be bought at the Delibird Presents shops for ₽20,000 after getting 6 Gym Badges. 1 Bottle Cap is needed for each stat that will be maxed out.

Hyper Training: How to Increase IVs

Level Up to 100

Next, level it up to 100 to maximize its stats. The easiest way to do this is by farming Exp candies from Tera Raid Battles.

How to Level Up Fast: EXP Farming Guide

Have Lucario Hold Shell Bell

Item	Effect / Location
Shell Bell	Effect An item to be held by a Pokemon. The holder recovers 12.5% of the damage it inflicts on opponents. Location(s) • Levincia Delibird Presents • Defeat 6 Trainers in South Province (Area Three)

Lastly, give it a pair of Shell Bell to heal off some damage and increase Lucario's bulk. This can be purchased at Delibird Presents shot for ₽20,000 in Mesagoza.

Delibird Presents Locations and All Items

Lucario Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Vacuum Wave Through Evolution

Vacuum Wave is a move that Lucario can learn upon evolving from Riolu. You can have it remember the move by going to the "Moves and Stats" menu and pressing A.

How to Relearn Moves

Learn Dragon Pulse via Leveling Up

Additionally, as you continue to raise the level of your Lucario, it will eventually learn Dragon Pulse, which it learns upon reaching level 52.

Get Flash Cannon and Calm Mind From TMs

You can get Flash Cannon and Calm Mind from TMs. Check out the table below to see where you can get the TMs and the materials needed to craft them.

TM / Move Name	How to Get Materials
TM093 Flash Cannon	On top of the elevated cliffs southwest of the South Province (Area Three) Pokemon Center. Required League Points: 8000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Klefki Key x3 ・Varoom Fume x3 ・Tinkatink Hair x3
TM129 Calm Mind	Next to a pond on a sunken area found in South Province Area Three, west of Mesagoza. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Stantler Hair x3 ・Indeedee Fur x3

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