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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Lugia in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Lugia, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
Lugia - Related Guides | |
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Evolution and Learnset | Moveset for Ranked Battle |
Attention! |
Lugia is a newly returning Legendary Pokemon available in the The Indigo Disk DLC. These builds will not be legal for Ranked Battle until at least Regulation G of Ranked Battle is released on May 1, 2024. For builds for Pokemon that are currently legal for Ranked Battle, click here |
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List of Contents
Nat. Dex #249 | Type | |
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Lugia | ||
Abilities | ||
Pressure Multiscale (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
(0.25x) | ||
Immune to: | (0x) |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Pressure | When the user is hit with an opponent's move, that move loses 2 PP instead of 1. | |
Multiscale (Hidden) |
Reduces amount of the damage the user receives by 50% if its HP is full. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 106 | 67 |
Atk | 90 | 286 |
Def | 130 | 25 |
SpAtk | 90 | 232 |
SpDef | 154 | 3 |
Speed | 110 | 67 |
Total | 680 | 8 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 213 | 213 | 181 | 181 | 166 |
Atk | 156 | 142 | 110 | 99 | 85 |
Def | 200 | 182 | 150 | 135 | 121 |
SpAtk | 156 | 142 | 110 | 99 | 85 |
SpDef | 226 | 206 | 174 | 156 | 143 |
Spd | 178 | 162 | 130 | 117 | 103 |
Best Natures | ||
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Bold (+Def, -Atk) |
Calm (+Sp. Def, -Atk) |
Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Physically Defensive | ★★★★ |
Nature | Bold (+Def, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 252 / Def 252 / Sp. Def 4 |
Final Stat Values | HP 213 / Def 200 / Sp. Atk 110 / Sp. Def 175 / Spe 130 |
Ability | Multiscale |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Rocky Helmet |
Moveset | ・
Aeroblast
・ Earth Power ・ Calm Mind ・ Recover |
One of the best defensive Pokemon in the game. Can also boosts its Sp. Def, making it both physically and specially bulky. Can now Terastallize to remove its many weaknesses. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Multiscale | Rocky Helmet |
The Ability chosen for this build is Multiscale. This reduces the damage Lugia takes by half while it is at full health.
The item chosen for this build is a Rocky Helmet. This punishes physical attackers by dealing damage to them whenever they hit Lugia with a contact move.
Aeroblast | Earth Power |
Calm Mind | Recover |
Aeroblast is Lugia's Signature Move. It's a Flying-type STAB move that has an increased chance of landing a critical hit, but it can miss since it has 95% accuracy.
Earth Power is its main coverage move. When combined with Aeroblast, only Flying-types that are also Electric, Rock, or Steel can resist the combination of those two moves.
Calm Mind is mainly used to boost Lugia's Sp. Atk since it has no offensive investment. It also has the bonus of increasing its Sp. Def making it harder for special attackers to knock out Lugia.
Recover heals back half of Lugia's max HP, possibly resetting Multiscale and making it stick around in battle longer. This is used over Roost so that Lugia doesn't lose its Flying-typing while it's not Terastallized.
Steel Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Steel is the best Tera Type for this build because it is the best defensive type in the game. Also, Lugia normally heavily resists or is immune to Steel's Fighting and Ground weaknesses.
Best Steel (Tera) Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
A full 252 EVs are placed in Lugia's HP and Defense to make it as physically bulky as possible. The extra 4 EVs are put into its Sp. Def to help round out its bulk.
A Bold nature is preferred to maximize Lugia's Defense stat.
Air Slash | Does less damage than Aeroblast, but has a chance to flinch the target. |
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Thunder Wave | A strong utility move to help lower the opponent's Speed, making it easier for Lugia and its allies to knock them out. |
Lugia is an incredibly bulky Pokemon with great Speed. It also has the powerful combination of Recover/Roost and Multiscale, making it an amazing endgame closer.
While you may want to preserve Calm Mind boosts or to greed an extra heal from Recover, it may be a smarter decision to save Lugia as your last Pokemon to secure a strong end to the battle.
Lugia is best used on bulkier teams that prefer to utilize their bulk and slowly chip away at the opponent.
Hazards Lead | Physical Wall | Special Wall |
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Ting-Lu | Lugia | Heatran |
Ting-Lu is used as a strong Stealth Rocks setter that can also deal good damage with Earthquake and Ruination.
Lugia and Heatran can then come in to slowly deal damage while also pivoting in and out to cover for each other's weaknesses. Lugia also has the option to set up with Calm Mind boosts in the case where the opponent has a hard time dealing with it.
Pokemon | Description |
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Baxcalibur | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Outspeeds a max Speed Lugia after one Dragon Dance. ・Has good coverage moves to deal with a defensive Tera. ▶️ Baxcalibur Best Movesets |
Koraidon | Ranking: ★★★★
・Can Terastallize to prevent super-effective hits from Lugia's Flying-type moves. ・Has good coverage moves to deal with a defensive Tera. ▶️ Koraidon Best Movesets |
Torterra | Ranking: ★★★★
・Commonly has a Rock Tera to resist Lugia's Flying-type moves. ・STAB moves can cover for a defensive Tera. ▶️ Torterra Best Movesets |
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