| Stever89 said: Question for you people: Would you make Lucario a special sweeper or a physical sweeper? His attack/sp. attack are pretty similar, I kinda prefer the special attacks (Aura Sphere - Fight, Flash Cannon -Steel, Psychic, Dark Pulse) over what I'd make his physical attack set be (Close Combat - Fight, Earthquake - Ground, Poison Jab - Poison, Shadow Claw - Ghost) due to having a steel type attack, though the physical set has a bit more coverage of types. Also would you recommend a +Speed nature or a +Att/Sp.Att nature? His speed is already pretty high (90 on Lucario and 112 on Mega Lucario). Also note that Mega Lucario has an ability that increases the STAB to 2x instead of 1.5x, so having a steel type move is kinda nice when a fighting move wouldn't be as effective (though they share a lot of type strengths so it might be a moot point). I assume EVs would be max Speed/Att (or Sp.Att). Thanks for your input. |
Have you thought of using Swords Dance or Nasty Plot +3 Attacks instead of Hyper Offensive?
Now to answer your Attack vs. Special, an attack set gives you priority moves like Bullet Punch & Extreme Speed with slightly more damage while a Special set has Vaccum Wave for priority and a surprise factor (since its less used).
Your physical set needs some tweaking, try this:
Lucario @ Lucarionite
Justified -> Adaptability | Jolly
252 Att / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Swords Dance
Crunch
Bullet Punch
Close Combat
If you don't want Mega Lucario then just swap Bullet Punch with Extreme Speed. Normal Lucario prefers Adamant, Mega likes Jolly.
As for a Special set, I think only Mega Lucario can work with this (without Adaptability a Physical set just does better):
Lucario @ Lucarionite
Justified -> Adaptability | Timid
252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Nasty Plot
Dark Pulse / Shadow Ball
Vacuum Wave / Aura Sphere
Flash Cannon
Dark Pulse gives you a chance of flinching, Shadow Ball gives you a chance of lowering their Special Defense. Vacuum Wave if you want to hit faster pokemon or Aura Sphere for power.
