Lucario is a bipedal, dog-like Pokémon that's around 4 feet in height. Lucario's torso is yellow instead of black. Lucario's forepaws are now black and the rounded bumps on the back are now pointed spikes. In addition, there's a third spike on Lucario's chest. Lucario's snout and ears have also grown longer since its evolution from Riolu.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Lucario are sensitive to a special type of energy called Aura. Lucario can study these waves to predict the movements of their opponents, and use them to track anyone. Lucario can also guide the waves offensively to create explosive balls of Aura energy (such as Aura Sphere). Lucario can also understand human speech. Some people say that Lucario can also speak in human language. However, only one Lucario has been known to do this.
Behavior
Habitat
Lucario usually live deep in mountains far from people to improve their skills.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Lucario is seen as the greatest rescue leader of all time, and his adventures have become legendary. While the player never meets Lucario, Alakazam tells the player that his goal is to become closer to Lucario's greatness. Earning 15,000 Rescue Points will put the player in the top rank - the Lucario rank - at which point the Lucario statue will be displayed outside the rescue base.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
This makes it the first non-legendary Pokémon to be in a central role in a Pokémon movie.
Origin
Lucario appears to be based on the Egyptian god Anubis, who has the head of a jackal. It also seems to be based on an Egyptian boxer. Boxing is a sport that is believed to have origins in Egypt. The black appendages on the back of its head are used to detect the auras of creatures and objects around it. While Lucario reads aura, it closes its eyes, and thus the appendages and the way they look "tied" around its face appear to be based on someone being blindfolded.
Name origin
Lucario's name may be a corrupted, backward version of oracle. It may also be a reference to Cairo, Egypt.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Lucario images on Bulbagarden Archives.
