How to get Lucario in Pokemon GO, and can it be shiny?

There are multiple ways to get your hands on Lucario in Pokemon GO, and Shiny Lucario has been available in the game for over four years. Its regular form was introduced to GO on October 16, 2018, when the main release of Pokemon originally found in the Sinnoh region was presented to the community members for the first time.

Fans awaited the arrival of Shiny Lucario, and the creature finally debuted during the Sinnoh Celebration 2020 on February 7, 2020.

In this article, we discuss the ways to get Lucario and Shiny Lucario in Pokemon GO. Moreover, we look at how you can defeat 3-star Raid Battles featuring Lucario.

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All ways to obtain Lucario in Pokemon GO, including 3-star Lucario Raid Battles

Lucario, as seen in Pokemon GO (Image via TPC)

With four different approaches to own Lucario in Pokemon GO, here's what you should do:

• Defeat Mega Lucario or Lucario raids
• Evolve Roilu into one
• Complete Research Tasks
• Trade

1) Defeat Lucario raids

Lucario is a dual Steel- and Fighting-type creature in Pokemon GO, and due to its typing, it is weak to Fighting-, Fire-, and Ground-type attacks. Its combat power and battle capabilities increase in raids, so you can win when you use the best possible counters, including a powerful Mega Pokemon.

Top counters to defeat Lucario in Pokemon GO raids:

• Primal Groudon that knows Mud Shot and Precipice Blades
• Shadow Groudon that knows Mud Shot and Precipice Blades
• Mega Blaziken that knows Fire Spin and Blaze Kick
• Keldeo that knows Low Lick and Sacred Sword
• Therian Landorus that knows Mud Shot and Sandsear Storm
• Terrakion that knows Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Chandelure that knows Fire Spin and Overheat

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2) Evolve Riolu

If you have collected 50 Riolu Candies and have a Riolu, you can evolve the creature into a Lucario by giving Riolu 50 Candies to consume. A Shiny Riolu also evolves in this fashion into a Shiny Lucario in Pokemon GO.

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3) Complete Research Tasks

It is extremely difficult to find Lucario from Research Tasks’ rewards in Pokemon GO. Because this method is utterly unreliable, it is not worth it to look for this Pokemon through the completion of research tasks.

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4) Trade

The last approach left for you to obtain Lucario in Niantic’s mobile game is to ask your friends to trade a Lucario with you.

Friends have to be within a vicinity of 100 meters and have Stardust in their accounts if they want to trade a Lucario in Pokemon GO.

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Every known method to get Shiny Lucario in Pokemon GO

Shiny Lucario, as seen in Niantic's Pokemon GO (Image via TPC)

You can take the following steps to encounter Shiny Lucario in the game:

• Beat Mega Lucario or Lucario raids.
• Evolve Shiny Roilu into one.
• Trade a Shiny Lucario.

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