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Riolu, a Fighting type Pokémon, official artwork

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Riolu: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Riolu is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (70) and Speed (60), with a base stat total of 285. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

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What is Riolu weak to?

How much damage Riolu takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFairyFlyingPsychic
0.5×ResistsDarkBugRock

Riolu takes super-effective damage from Fairy, Flying, Psychic. It resists Dark, Bug, Rock.

Best moveset for Riolu

Riolu has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • EarthquakeGround100
  • Take DownNormal90
  • CrunchDark80

Best nature for Riolu

Adamant. Riolu is a physical attacker (70 Attack vs 35 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • SteadfastIf this Pokemon flinches, its Speed is raised by 1 stage.
  • Inner FocusThis Pokemon cannot be made to flinch. Immune to Intimidate.
  • PranksterThis Pokemon's Status moves have priority raised by 1, but Dark types are immune.

Evolution line

Riolu
Lucario
Full learnset (60 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
High Jump KickFighting13090%Physical
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Cross ChopFighting10080%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
Upper HandFighting65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Circle ThrowFighting6090%Physical
Force PalmFighting60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Bullet PunchSteel40100%Physical
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
Vacuum WaveFighting40100%Special
FeintNormal30100%Physical
CounterFighting?100%Physical
Final GambitFighting?100%Special
FlingDark?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
Bulk UpFighting--Status
CoachingFighting--Status
CopycatNormal--Status
DetectFighting--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
HowlNormal--Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Quick GuardFighting--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
Work UpNormal--Status