UU Lucario

[Hilomilo]

[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Meteor Mash
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Extreme Speed / Ice Punch
item: Life Orb
ability: Inner Focus / Justified
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Lucario is among UU's most threatening wallbreakers thanks to its excellent mixed offenses, solid Speed and typing, and expansive coverage movepool. In addition to its powerful STAB attacks, Dark Pulse provides strong coverage against various Ghost-types, 2HKOing Doublade and Chandelure. Extreme Speed provides Lucario with strong priority that can pick off weakened faster threats, like Noivern, Heliolisk, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir. Alternatively, Ice Punch allows Lucario to net a KO on Noivern and Flygon, two of its more common blanket checks, while reliably powering through Roserade. Flash Cannon is an option over Meteor Mash for its better accuracy and ability to cleanly KO Galarian Weezing, though Meteor Mash more reliably pressures the likes of Sylveon, Gardevoir, and Reuniclus. Thunder Punch offers coverage against Mantine and Golisopod, which are strong checks to this set, but otherwise isn't very applicable. Inner Focus is the best ability for providing an immunity to Intimidate from Pokemon like Incineroar and Arcanine, though Justified can allow Lucario to take advantage of Umbreon. A Naive nature is preferred so as not to decrease Lucario's special damage output.

This set's combination of Speed and wallbreaking prowess makes it a solid fit on most offenses. The likes of Rhyperior and Gigalith can chip foes for Lucario to more easily break past with Stealth Rock while also checking various Pokemon capable of revenge killing it, like Darmanitan and Noivern. Pivots also make useful teammates for their ability to safely bring Lucario into play. Incineroar can ease the matchup against Doublade while luring in Gigalith and opposing Incineroar, while Heliolisk can pressure Mantine and Golisopod for Lucario while potentially revenge killing Cobalion. Other Electric-types, like Toxtricity and Rotom-W, can overwhelm the aforementioned Water-types for Lucario. Late-game sweepers value this set for its ability to weaken opposing teams. Dragon Dance Haxorus appreciates Lucario's ability to weaken Doublade and Fairy-types, while Doublade can clean up while providing the defensive utility of a Steel-type that Lucario struggles to offer. Psychic- and Ghost-types like Reuniclus, Espeon, and Chandelure enjoy Lucario's ability to ease their matchups against opposing Dark- and Ghost-types.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Extreme Speed
move 4: Meteor Mash / Earthquake
item: Life Orb
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set allows Lucario to tap into its potential as a dangerous late-game sweeper or mid-game wallbreaker. Extreme Speed provides vital priority that can overwhelm several faster Pokemon when boosted, including Darmanitan, Inteleon, Espeon, and Noivern after minor chip damage. Meteor Mash smacks Fairy-types like Galarian Weezing and Sylveon, though Earthquake is a decent alternative for its ability to power through Doublade after some chip damage and a boost. The lack of coverage for Fairy-types should be noted, however. An Adamant nature is an option for allowing Lucario to KO Darmanitan with a boosted Extreme Speed while requiring little chip damage to cleanly KO Noivern, though the drop in Speed is often unfavorable. Justified allows Lucario to be less reliant on setup if it can pivot in on a Dark-type attack. However, Inner Focus still allows Lucario to ignore Intimidate from Arcanine and cleanly OHKO it with +2 Close Combat.

Swords Dance Lucario's nature as a late-game cleaner makes it a solid fit on offensive builds. Entry hazard support is paramount in allowing Lucario to break past opposing teams as easily as possible, making the likes of Spikes Roserade, Rhyperior, and Necrozma solid teammates. Araquanid and Ribombee can also be useful for their ability to provide Stick Web support, patching up Lucario's slightly average Speed. Cobalion can almost always reliably revenge kill Lucario, making Pokemon that check it like Chandelure, Noivern, and Toxtricity good partners. Doublade can check Cobalion while also taking on Fairy- and Psychic-types, something Lucario can struggle to do as a Steel-type. Pivots like Rotom-W and Tsareena can safely bring Lucario into play to ease setup, luring in Pokemon it can match up well against like Roserade. Incineroar and the aforementioned Tsareena can pivot Lucario into play while utilizing Knock Off to burden some of its checks, such as Noivern and Doublade. Electric-types like Heliolisk and the aforementioned Rotom-W pressure Water-types like Mantine and Golisopod for Lucario to more easily overwhelm in the late-game. Answers to Chandelure and Doublade, such as Incineroar and Milotic, can allow Lucario to more safely run Meteor Mash in its fourth slot. Fast Pokemon like Noivern and Choice Scarf Flygon can be useful in relieving Lucario's issues with its Speed, taking on faster threats like Haxorus and Heliolisk or weakening them into range of Extreme Speed. Strong wallbreakers like Roserade and Darmanitan can punch holes in teams for Lucario to more easily break past late-game. Roserade can also help overwhelm the checks it shares with Lucario, like Cobalion and Doublade.

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[Twilight]

[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Meteor Mash
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Ice Punch / Extreme Speed I would swap these around. Swap their mentions below accordingly
item: Life Orb
ability: Inner Focus / Justified
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Lucario is among UU's most threatening wallbreakers thanks to its excellent mixed offenses, solid Speed and typing, and expansive coverage movepool. In addition to its powerful STAB attacks, Dark Pulse provides strong coverage against various Ghost-types, 2HKOing Doublade and Chandelure. Ice Punch allows Lucario to net a KO on Noivern and Flygon, two of its more common blanket checks, while reliably powering through Roserade. Extreme Speed provides Lucario with strong recovery that can pick off weakened faster threats, like Noivern, Heliolisk, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir. Flash Cannon is an option over Meteor Mash for its better accuracy and ability to cleanly KO Galarian Weezing, though Meteor Mash more reliably pressures the likes of Sylveon, Gardevoir, and Reuniclus. Thunder Punch offers coverage against Mantine, a strong check to this set, but otherwise isn't very applicable. Inner Focus is best for providing an immunity to Intimidate from Pokemon like Incineroar and Arcanine, though Justified can allow Lucario to take advantage of Umbreon. A Naive nature is preferred so as not to decrease Lucario's special damage output.

This set's combination of Speed and wallbreaking prowess make it a solid fit on most offenses. Entry hazard setters such as Rhyperior and Gigalith can chip foes for Lucario to more easily break past. Mention their ability to check Noivern a common revenge killer. Sticky Web from Araquanid or Ribombee can allow Lucario to outrun Pokemon that could otherwise offensively check it, like Darmanitan and Cobalion. I would remove these examples. If you are running Lucario with Webs support you should pretty much always use a set with SD. You can reference SubToxic Araq instead and how it can beat bulky Water-types reliably for it like Mantine and Jellicent as well as check Cobalion. Pivots also make useful teammates for their ability to safely bring Lucario into play. Incineroar can ease the matchup against Doublade while luring in Sylveon and opposing Incineroar, while Heliolisk can pressure Mantine and Golisopod for Lucario. Other Electric-types, like Toxtricity and Rotom-W, can overwhelm the aforementioned Water-types for Lucario. Late-game sweepers value this set for its ability to weaken opposing teams. Dragon Dance Haxorus appreciates Lucario's ability to weaken Doublade and Fairy-types, while Nasty Plot Ninetales can help overwhelm their shared checks, like Mantine and Chandelure. Psychic and Ghost-types like Reuniclus, Espeon, Chandelure enjoy Lucario's ability to ease their matchups against opposing Dark- and Ghost-types.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Extreme Speed
move 4: Meteor Mash / Earthquake
item: Life Orb
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set allows Lucario to tap into its potential as a dangerous late-game sweeper. I would specify Swords Dance making it a late-game sweeper or a powerful mid-game wallbreaker. Extreme Speed provides vital priority that can overwhelm several faster Pokemon when boosted, including Darmanitan, Inteleon, Espeon, and Noivern after minor chip damage. Meteor Mash smacks Fairy-types like Galarian Weezing and Sylveon. This is filler However, Earthquake is a decent alternative for its ability to power through Doublade after some chip damage and a boost. Justified is preferred on this set due to the decreased need to avoid Attack drops. I would just say how Justified allows it to be less reliant on trying to get an SD off as the +1 is enough for it to sufficiently wallbreak early or sweep late-game, rather than referring to Inner Focus. However, Inner Focus still allows Lucario to ignore Intimidate from the rare Arcanine, cleanly OHKOing it with +2 Close Combat.

Swords Dance Lucario's nature as a late-game cleaner makes it a solid fit on offensive builds. Entry hazard support is paramount in allowing Lucario to break past opposing teams as easily as possible, making the likes of Spikes Roserade, Rhyperior, and Necrozma solid teammates. Araquanid and Ribombee can also be useful for their ability to provide Stick Web support, patching up Lucario's slightly average Speed. Pivots like Rotom-W and Tsareena can safely bring Lucario into play to ease setup. Electric-types like Heliolisk and the aforementioned Rotom-W pressure Water-types like Mantine and Golisopod for Lucario to more easily overwhelm in the late-game. Answers to Chandelure and Doublade, such as Incineroar and Araquanid, I'm not a fan of the Araq mention here because you don't reliably beat either of these Pokemon, especially if Doub is at +2. Use something else like Milotic. can allow Lucario to more safely run Meteor Mash in its fourth slot. Fast Pokemon like Noivern and Choice Scarf Flygon can be useful in relieving Lucario's issues with its Speed, taking on faster threats like Haxorus and Heliolisk or weakening them into range of Extreme Speed.

Mention some other wallbreakers that can open up doors for it to sweep.

Mention partners that can remove Cobalion, because it always revenge kills Lucario with resisting Extreme Speed and outspeeding. Doublade is a good one, that also makes up for Lucario's lack of defensive utility vs Fairy- and Psychic-types as a Steel-type. Other examples like Chandy, Toxtricity, and Noivern work too.

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[Lily]

slowbalion time, comments in pink

amcheck #452385

[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Meteor Mash
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Extreme Speed / Ice Punch
item: Life Orb
ability: Inner Focus / Justified
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Lucario is among UU's most threatening wallbreakers thanks to its excellent mixed offenses, solid Speed and typing, and expansive coverage movepool. In addition to its powerful STAB attacks, Dark Pulse provides strong coverage against various Ghost-types, 2HKOing Doublade and Chandelure. Extreme Speed provides Lucario with strong recovery priority that can pick off weakened faster threats, like Noivern, Heliolisk, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir. noivern mention is sorta iffy here because it really doesn't do much at all, you need it to be -severely- weakened, would probably go with like inteleon or darm instead Ice Punch allows Lucario to net a KO on Noivern and Flygon, two of its more common blanket checks, while reliably powering through Roserade. idt you need this since rose drops to meteor mash after rocks anyway, ice punch is specifically for the dragons Flash Cannon is an option over Meteor Mash for its better accuracy and ability to cleanly KO Galarian Weezing, though Meteor Mash more reliably pressures the likes of Sylveon, Gardevoir, and Reuniclus. Thunder Punch offers coverage against Mantine, a strong check to this set, but otherwise isn't very applicable. Inner Focus is best for providing an immunity to Intimidate from Pokemon like Incineroar and Arcanine, though Justified can allow Lucario to take advantage of Umbreon. A Naive nature is preferred so as not to decrease Lucario's special damage output.

This set's combination of Speed and wallbreaking prowess make it a solid fit on most offenses. The likes of Rhyperior and Gigalith can chip foes for Lucario to more easily break past with Stealth Rock while also check Noivern. note that they also check some common things that would otherwise revenge kill luc, like darm or ninetales/salazzle Pivots also make useful teammates for their ability to safely bring Lucario into play. Incineroar can ease the matchup against Doublade while luring in Gigalith and opposing Incineroar, while Heliolisk can pressure Mantine and Golisopod for Lucario. might be worth noting that heliolisk is also faster than and can threaten cobalion, which is a nightmare for lucario Other Electric-types, like Toxtricity and Rotom-W, can overwhelm the aforementioned Water-types for Lucario. Late-game sweepers value this set for its ability to weaken opposing teams. Dragon Dance Haxorus appreciates Lucario's ability to weaken Doublade and Fairy-types, while Nasty Plot Ninetales can help overwhelm their shared checks, like Mantine and Chandelure. idk about this, the best ninetales can do is toxic both of them - might be better to go for sd incin in mantine's case Psychic and Ghost-types like Reuniclus, Espeon, Chandelure enjoy Lucario's ability to ease their matchups against opposing Dark- and Ghost-types.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Extreme Speed
move 4: Meteor Mash / Earthquake
item: Life Orb
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set allows Lucario to tap into its potential as a dangerous late-game sweeper or mid-game wallbreaker. Extreme Speed provides vital priority that can overwhelm several faster Pokemon when boosted, including Darmanitan, Inteleon, Espeon, and Noivern after minor chip damage. Meteor Mash smacks Fairy-types like Galarian Weezing and Sylveon, though Earthquake is a decent alternative for its ability to power through Doublade after some chip damage and a boost. The lack of coverage for Fairy-types should be noted, however. idt earthquake should be slashed, just a move mention in this meta. having a steel type that can't adequately pressure sylveon is just not rlly justifiable. Justified allows Lucario to be less reliant on setup if it can pivot in on a Dark-type attack. However, Inner Focus still allows Lucario to ignore Intimidate from Arcanine, cleanly OHKOing it with +2 Close Combat.

consider mentioning an adamant nature - it gets some notable KOs at +2, like:
-ohkoing darm with espeed
-knocking flygon out after 2 rocks switchins 100% of the time, usually after 1
-chance to ohko vern from full at +2
-ohkos max hp celebi after rocks w/ mash
-ohkos milo

probably some more i'm forgetting. you miss out on rose and garde (which drop to +2 espeed) as well as chandy (which you're walled by without eq) so it's not a huge deal usually, particularly on webs

Swords Dance Lucario's nature as a late-game cleaner makes it a solid fit on offensive builds. Entry hazard support is paramount in allowing Lucario to break past opposing teams as easily as possible, making the likes of Spikes Roserade, Rhyperior, and Necrozma solid teammates. Araquanid and Ribombee can also be useful for their ability to provide Stick Web support, patching up Lucario's slightly average Speed. you can lead this into the next point bc bee/araq check/weaken coba for luc Cobalion can almost always reliably revenge kill Lucario (super nitpicky, but it can't RK under webs and also can't if it's around ~30%, making Pokemon that check it like Chandelure, Noivern, and Toxtricity good partners. Doublade can check Cobalion while also taking on Fairy- and Psychic-types, something Lucario can struggle to do as a Steel-type. Pivots like Rotom-W and Tsareena can safely bring Lucario into play to ease setup. Electric-types like Heliolisk and the aforementioned Rotom-W pressure Water-types like Mantine and Golisopod for Lucario to more easily overwhelm in the late-game. Answers to Chandelure and Doublade, such as Incineroar and Milotic, can allow Lucario to more safely run Meteor Mash in its fourth slot. Fast Pokemon like Noivern and Choice Scarf Flygon can be useful in relieving Lucario's issues with its Speed, taking on faster threats like Haxorus and Heliolisk or weakening them into range of Extreme Speed. Strong wallbreakers like Roserade and Darmanitan can punch holes in teams for Lucario to more easily break past late-game.
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[Estarossa]

slowbalion time, comments in pink

amcheck #452385

[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Meteor Mash
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Extreme Speed / Ice Punch
item: Life Orb
ability: Inner Focus / Justified
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Lucario is among UU's most threatening wallbreakers thanks to its excellent mixed offenses, solid Speed and typing, and expansive coverage movepool. In addition to its powerful STAB attacks, Dark Pulse provides strong coverage against various Ghost-types, 2HKOing Doublade and Chandelure. Extreme Speed provides Lucario with strong recovery priority that can pick off weakened faster threats, like Noivern, Heliolisk, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir. noivern mention is sorta iffy here because it really doesn't do much at all, you need it to be -severely- weakened, would probably go with like inteleon or darm instead noivern mention is fine if you just specify that it like kills offensive noivern after meteor mash, preventing it switching in and checking you Ice Punch allows Lucario to net a KO on Noivern and Flygon, two of its more common blanket checks, while reliably powering through Roserade. idt you need this since rose drops to meteor mash after rocks anyway, ice punch is specifically for the dragons instead you should point this out in the flash cannon bit which is where powering through Roserade is actually helpful. Flash Cannon is an option over Meteor Mash for its better accuracy and ability to cleanly KO Galarian Weezing, specify defensive weezing since you OKHO offensive after rocks anyway though Meteor Mash more reliably pressures the likes of Sylveon, Gardevoir, and Reuniclus. Thunder Punch offers coverage against Mantine, a strong check to this set, mention its applications versus Golisopod too, which otherwise can check you decently as long as its not near Emergency Exit HP but otherwise isn't very applicable. Inner Focus is best for providing an immunity to Intimidate from Pokemon like Incineroar and Arcanine, though Justified can allow Lucario to take advantage of Umbreon. A Naive nature is preferred so as not to decrease Lucario's special damage output.

This set's combination of Speed and wallbreaking prowess make it a solid fit on most offenses. The likes of Rhyperior and Gigalith can chip foes for Lucario to more easily break past with Stealth Rock while also check Noivern. note that they also check some common things that would otherwise revenge kill luc, like darm or ninetales/salazzle Pivots also make useful teammates for their ability to safely bring Lucario into play. Incineroar can ease the matchup against Doublade while luring in Gigalith and opposing Incineroar, while Heliolisk can pressure Mantine and Golisopod for Lucario. might be worth noting that heliolisk is also faster than and can threaten cobalion, which is a nightmare for lucario Other Electric-types, like Toxtricity and Rotom-W, can overwhelm the aforementioned Water-types for Lucario. Late-game sweepers value this set for its ability to weaken opposing teams. Dragon Dance Haxorus appreciates Lucario's ability to weaken Doublade and Fairy-types, while Nasty Plot Ninetales can help overwhelm their shared checks, like Mantine and Chandelure. idk about this, the best ninetales can do is toxic both of them - might be better to go for sd incin in mantine's case tbh both of them are more breakers than late game sweepers, somthing like Doublade could be a nice option to mention since it provides an extra Steel-type to make up for the total lack of defensive utility lucario provides, and checking Cobalion for Luc Psychic and Ghost-types like Reuniclus, Espeon, Chandelure enjoy Lucario's ability to ease their matchups against opposing Dark- and Ghost-types.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Extreme Speed
move 4: Meteor Mash / Earthquake
item: Life Orb
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set allows Lucario to tap into its potential as a dangerous late-game sweeper or mid-game wallbreaker. Extreme Speed provides vital priority that can overwhelm several faster Pokemon when boosted, including Darmanitan, Inteleon, Espeon, and Noivern after minor chip damage. Meteor Mash smacks Fairy-types like Galarian Weezing and Sylveon, though Earthquake is a decent alternative for its ability to power through Doublade after some chip damage and a boost. The lack of coverage for Fairy-types should be noted, however. idt earthquake should be slashed, just a move mention in this meta. having a steel type that can't adequately pressure sylveon is just not rlly justifiable. Justified allows Lucario to be less reliant on setup if it can pivot in on a Dark-type attack. However, Inner Focus still allows Lucario to ignore Intimidate from Arcanine, cleanly OHKOing it with +2 Close Combat.

consider mentioning an adamant nature - it gets some notable KOs at +2, like:
-ohkoing darm with espeed
-knocking flygon out after 2 rocks switchins 100% of the time, usually after 1
-chance to ohko offensive vern from full at +2
-ohkos max hp celebi after rocks w/ mash
-ohkos milo

probably some more i'm forgetting. you miss out on rose and garde (which drop to +2 espeed) as well as chandy (which you're walled by without eq) so it's not a huge deal usually, particularly on webs pointed this out to Lily on discord, but you actually have a decent chance to OHKO specs chandy after rocks with +2 Jolly LO Meteor, (and scarf too if on webs).

Swords Dance Lucario's nature as a late-game cleaner makes it a solid fit on offensive builds. Entry hazard support is paramount in allowing Lucario to break past opposing teams as easily as possible, making the likes of Spikes Roserade, Rhyperior, and Necrozma solid teammates. Araquanid and Ribombee can also be useful for their ability to provide Stick Web support, patching up Lucario's slightly average Speed. you can lead this into the next point bc bee/araq check/weaken coba for luc Cobalion can almost always reliably revenge kill Lucario (super nitpicky, but it can't RK under webs and also can't if it's around ~30%, good making Pokemon that check it like Chandelure, Noivern, and Toxtricity good partners. Doublade can check Cobalion while also taking on Fairy- and Psychic-types, something Lucario can struggle to do as a Steel-type. Pivots like Rotom-W and Tsareena can safely bring Lucario into play to ease setup. give an example or two of pokemon they bring in that it can attempt to set up against, eg. Rose Electric-types like Heliolisk and the aforementioned Rotom-W pressure Water-types like Mantine and Golisopod for Lucario to more easily overwhelm in the late-game. Answers to Chandelure and Doublade, such as Incineroar and Milotic, can allow Lucario to more safely run Meteor Mash in its fourth slot. Fast Pokemon like Noivern and Choice Scarf Flygon can be useful in relieving Lucario's issues with its Speed, taking on faster threats like Haxorus and Heliolisk or weakening them into range of Extreme Speed. Helio just flat drops to +2 espeed and haxorus only needs to take rocks dmg once before to then be in range after rocks, i would just reword this a bit since Lucario definitely appreciates this still. Strong wallbreakers like Roserade and Darmanitan can punch holes in teams for Lucario to more easily break past late-game. Consider mentioning how roserade shares some checks with Lucario like Cobalion and Noivern, that it can force the necessary damage onto for Lucario.

Include some mentions in here of Pokemon that can Knock Off Noivern, which is extremely helpfu lwhen even offensive sets can live a +2 LO Espeed from full.
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Going over Lily's AM check, comments in blue

2/2. Good job as always Lily!

 

[Lumari]

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[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Meteor Mash
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Extreme Speed / Ice Punch
item: Life Orb
ability: Inner Focus / Justified
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Lucario is among UU's most threatening wallbreakers thanks to its excellent mixed offenses, solid Speed and typing, and expansive coverage movepool. In addition to its powerful STAB attacks, Dark Pulse provides strong coverage against various Ghost-types, 2HKOing Doublade and Chandelure. Extreme Speed provides Lucario with strong priority that can pick off weakened faster threats, like Noivern, Heliolisk, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir. Alternatively, Ice Punch allows Lucario to net a KO on Noivern and Flygon, two of its more common blanket checks, while reliably powering through Roserade. Flash Cannon is an option over Meteor Mash for its better accuracy and ability to cleanly KO Galarian Weezing, though Meteor Mash more reliably pressures the likes of Sylveon, Gardevoir, and Reuniclus. Thunder Punch offers coverage against Mantine and Golisopod, which are (readability rly) strong checks to this set, but otherwise isn't very applicable. Inner Focus is the best ability for providing an immunity to Intimidate from Pokemon like Incineroar and Arcanine, though Justified can allow Lucario to take advantage of Umbreon. A Naive nature is preferred so as not to decrease Lucario's special damage output.

This set's combination of Speed and wallbreaking prowess make makes it a solid fit on most offenses. The likes of Rhyperior and Gigalith can chip foes for Lucario to more easily break past with Stealth Rock while also checking various Pokemon capable of revenge killing it, like Darmanitan and Noivern. Pivots also make useful teammates for their ability to safely bring Lucario into play. Incineroar can ease the matchup against Doublade while luring in Gigalith and opposing Incineroar, while Heliolisk can pressure Mantine and Golisopod for Lucario while potentially revenge killing Cobalion. Other Electric-types, like Toxtricity and Rotom-W, can overwhelm the aforementioned Water-types for Lucario. Late-game sweepers value this set for its ability to weaken opposing teams. Dragon Dance Haxorus appreciates Lucario's ability to weaken Doublade and Fairy-types, while Doublade can clean up while providing the defensive utility of a Steel-type that Lucario struggles to offer. Psychic- (AH) and Ghost-types like Reuniclus, Espeon, and Chandelure enjoy Lucario's ability to ease their matchups against opposing Dark- and Ghost-types.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Extreme Speed
move 4: Meteor Mash / Earthquake
item: Life Orb
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set allows Lucario to tap into its potential as a dangerous late-game sweeper or mid-game wallbreaker. Extreme Speed provides vital priority that can overwhelm several faster Pokemon when boosted, including Darmanitan, Inteleon, Espeon, and Noivern after minor chip damage. Meteor Mash smacks Fairy-types like Galarian Weezing and Sylveon, though Earthquake is a decent alternative for its ability to power through Doublade after some chip damage and a boost. The lack of coverage for Fairy-types should be noted, however. An Adamant nature is an option for allowing Lucario to KO Darmanitan with a boosted Extreme Speed while requiring little chip damage to cleanly KO Noivern, though the drop in Speed is often unfavorable. Justified allows Lucario to be less reliant on setup if it can pivot in on a Dark-type attack. However, Inner Focus still allows Lucario to ignore Intimidate from Arcanine (RC) and cleanly OHKOing it with +2 Close Combat.

Swords Dance Lucario's nature as a late-game cleaner makes it a solid fit on offensive builds. Entry hazard support is paramount in allowing Lucario to break past opposing teams as easily as possible, making the likes of Spikes Roserade, Rhyperior, and Necrozma solid teammates. Araquanid and Ribombee can also be useful for their ability to provide Stick Web support, patching up Lucario's slightly average Speed. Cobalion can almost always reliably revenge kill Lucario, making Pokemon that check it like Chandelure, Noivern, and Toxtricity good partners. Doublade can check Cobalion while also taking on Fairy- and Psychic-types, something Lucario can struggle to do as a Steel-type. Pivots like Rotom-W and Tsareena can safely bring Lucario into play to ease setup, luring in Pokemon it can match up well against like Roserade. Incineroar and the aforementioned Tsareena can pivot Lucario into play while utilizing Knock Off to burden some of its checks, such as Noivern and Doublade. Electric-types like Heliolisk and the aforementioned Rotom-W pressure Water-types like Mantine and Golisopod for Lucario to more easily overwhelm in the late-game. Answers to Chandelure and Doublade, such as Incineroar and Milotic, can allow Lucario to more safely run Meteor Mash in its fourth slot. Fast Pokemon like Noivern and Choice Scarf Flygon can be useful in relieving Lucario's issues with its Speed, taking on faster threats like Haxorus and Heliolisk or weakening them into range of Extreme Speed. Strong wallbreakers like Roserade and Darmanitan can punch holes in teams for Lucario to more easily break past late-game. Roserade can also help overwhelm the checks it shares with Lucario, like Cobalion and Doublade.

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