What is Lucario's best ability?

Mar. 30, 2020

Question is asking for competitive in Sword and Shield. I don’t think Justafied is its best ability, because besides sucker punch it really takes no dark type hits, and I run it as a special attacker anyways.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

While you have said you don’t like Justified, it’s quite common in Doubles specifically, on Pokemon like Lucario and Arcanine.

The strategy is to pair a Justified user (like Lucario) with a physically very weak support Pokemon (like Whimsicott) to use Beat-up on Lucario. Between type resistance and the inherently feeble physical stats of Whimsicott, you can max out Lucario’s Attack stat on the first turn while receiving minimal friendly fire damage. Have the Lucario use Agility on that turn and you’ve gotten 8 total stat increases out of just the 1 turn, and you’re in a wonderful position to blast through several opponents in the following turns.

The gamble is whether or not the opposing team is able to pound Lucario super-effectively that first turn.