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Lugia Movesets and Best Builds

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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.

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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.

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Lugia Base Stats, Type, Ability and Weakness

Nat. Dex #249 Type
Lugia ImageLugia
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Psychic Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Flying Icon
Abilities
Pressure
Multiscale (Hidden)
Weak to:
(2x)
Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Ghost Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon
Damaged Normally
By:
(1x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Resists: (0.5x)
Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Psychic Type Icon
(0.25x)
Pokemon Fighting Type Icon
Immune to: (0x)
Pokemon Ground Type Icon

What is Type Effectiveness?

Ability Name Description
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.

Base Stats

Base Stats
Lv. 50 Stats
Stat Value Rank
HP
106
67
Atk
90
286
Def
130
25
SpAtk
90
232
SpDef
154
3
Speed
110
67
Total
680
8
Explanation of Pokemon Stats
Stat Max 0Nat 0EV -Nat Min
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
  • Max: Max IVs & EVs and a stat-boosting Nature
  • 0Nat: Max IVs & EVs and a neutral Nature
  • 0EV: Max IVs, 0 EVs, and a neutral Nature
  • -Nat: Max IVs, 0 EVs, and a stat-reducing Nature
  • Min: 0 IVs & EVs, and a stat-reducing Nature
Introduction to EVs, IVs, and Natures

Best Nature for Lugia

Best Natures
Bold
(+Def, -Atk)
Calm
(+Sp. Def, -Atk)
Timid
(+Spe, -Atk)

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Lugia

Build Name Recommendation
Physically Defensive ★★★★

Physically Defensive Moveset & Best Build

Nature Bold (+Def, -Atk)
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 Pokemon Steel Type Icon
Held Item Rocky Helmet
Moveset Aeroblast
Earth Power
Calm Mind
Recover

Summary

Pokeball Icon One of the best defensive Pokemon in the game.

Pokeball Icon Can also boosts its Sp. Def, making it both physically and specially bulky.

Pokeball Icon Can now Terastallize to remove its many weaknesses.

Ability and Held Item

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Lugia Image
Ability Held Item
Multiscale Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Rocky Helmet ImageRocky 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.

Moves Breakdown

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.

Best Tera Type: Steel

Steel Tera Type Matchup
Weak to:
(2x)
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon
Damaged Normally
By:
(1x)
Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Ghost Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon
Resists: (0.5x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon Pokemon Psychic Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Immune to: (0x)
Pokemon Poison Type Icon

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

EV Spread and Nature

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.

Other Viable Moves

Air Slash Does less damage than Aeroblast, but has a chance to flinch the target.
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.

How to Use Lugia Effectively

Know When to Switch Lugia In and 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.

How to Build a Team with Lugia

Lugia is best used on bulkier teams that prefer to utilize their bulk and slowly chip away at the opponent.

Build Sample 1

Hazards Lead Physical Wall Special Wall
Ting-Lu ImageTing-Lu Lugia ImageLugia Heatran ImageHeatran

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.

Counters for Lugia

Use Non-Contact Multi-Hit Moves to Bypass Multiscale

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon Description
Baxcalibur ImageBaxcalibur Ranking: ★★★★★
・Outspeeds a max Speed Lugia after one Dragon Dance.
・Has good coverage moves to deal with a defensive Tera.
▶️ Baxcalibur Best Movesets
Koraidon ImageKoraidon 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 ImageTorterra 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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