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Lugia Raid Counter Guide
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Table of Contents

How Shiny is Acquired
Raids, Research Encounter
  • Original
  • Shiny

Pokemon Ratings

PvE Attacker Rating 4 / 5
Great League PVP Rating See all 3 / 5
Ultra League PVP Rating See all 3 / 5
Master League PVP Rating See all 4 / 5

Pokemon Stats

Type
216.00 kg Weight
5.21 m Height
Pokemon Max CP
3703
ATK 193
DEF 310
STA 235

PVE Movesets Grades

Quick Charge ATK DEF
Extrasensory
Sky Attack
A
Extrasensory
Future Sight
A-
Dragon Tail
Sky Attack
B
Show Suboptimal/Unranked Movesets

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

  • Extrasensory is Lugia’s best quick move, targeting Poison and Fighting-types for STAB effective damage.

  • Dragon Tail can provide neutral coverage against Psychic-types.

  • Sky Attack trumps Future Sight in a vacuum, but Future Sight is useful against more targets due to sharing a type with Extrasensory.

  • Thanks to Sky Attack's buff from 70 to 80 damage, it can perform as well as Future Sight in most cases. 

  • Hydro Pump isn’t a bad charge move, but it has no use on Lugia.

PVE Overview

As a cover legendary, Lugia is somewhat disappointing like Ho-Oh. Its stats are heavily slanted towards defense, which is not ideal in the current raid-centered metagame. Because it is a legendary species, Lugia can’t use its bulk as a gym defender, so its role is primarily as a bulky Psychic-type attacker.

In raids, Lugia is one of the bulkiest viable attackers against Machamp and Gengar, making it a cheap investment for solos. Lugia also runs through gyms without breaking a sweat and anchors teams far better than Snorlax and Blissey. Note that Lugia is currently the most Potion-efficient attacker in the game and will remain the bulkiest Fighting-type counter for generations to come.

PVP Movesets Grades

Quick Charge ATK
Dragon Tail
Sky Attack
Hydro Pump
A
Dragon Tail
Sky Attack
Future Sight
A-
Extrasensory
Sky Attack
Hydro Pump
A-

PvP Moveset Explanation

Dragon Tail or Extrasensory + Sky Attack and Hydro Pump

With its 3 DPT (Damage Per Turn) and 3.33 EPT (Energy Per Turn), Dragon Tail is Lugia's best quick move due to its solid power and extremely wide coverage. Extrasensory could be used to not get walled too hard by Fairy-type pokemon. Sky Attack (80 Power/45 Energy) comes out surprisingly quickly, especially considering the higher than average energy gain of Dragon Tail, and hits fairly hard. Sky Attack is an absolute staple on Lugia as it grants good coverage, good power, and allows it to act as a shield-shredder to a certain degree. It also has access to Future Sight (120 Power/65 Energy), another decently fast charging and fairly powerful attack to act as a mini-nuke when coming off of Lugia's STAB. Hydro Pump (130 Power/75 Energy) takes longer to charge, has lower base damage per energy, and lacks STAB, but it does allow Lugia to perform better against a number of potential threats, such as Steel- and Rock-types.

PvP Rating Explanation

Great League: 3 / 5

Thanks to its availability as a long-term research breakthrough reward, Lugia's CP can be low enough to enter into the Great League after a reroll of its IVs from a trade, and it definitely performs well here. Lugia can wall attack after attack while giving back decent punishment, and makes a fantastic team choice to cover a fighting weakness in particular. Notably, it absolutely dominates Medicham. It has the same flying-type weaknesses as other common Pokémon like Skarmory and Altaria. 

Ultra League: 3 / 5

Lugia's sheer defensive utility begins to shine through in the Ultra League, where it goes from a solid mon in a competitive Flying-type niche to a major threat. It holds its own against much of the tier, but its fatal drawback is its weakness to the masters of the tier: Giratina's two formes and Registeel. Regardless, with a bit of forethought, Lugia can perform very well in the ultra league and support its team fantastically.

Master League: 4 / 5

In Master League, Lugia gets to use its full power, and it has a lot of power. As one of the bulkiest Pokémon in the game, with a fantastic moveset in Dragon Tail + Sky Attack, it's a threat to be reckoned with. It does have some real weaknesses, but it can threaten many of its threats with whatever your secondary charged move is. 

Fast Moves

12
Extrasensory
More Info

Psychic

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
1.10
0.20
10.91
10.91
13.64
15
Dragon Tail
More Info

Dragon

1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
1.10
0.20
8.18
13.64
17.05

Charge Moves

80
Sky Attack
More Info

Flying

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
2.00
0.20
0.00
 1.60
40.00
50.00
 64.00
130
Hydro Pump
More Info

Water

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
3.30
2.10
0.00
 1.30
39.39
49.24
 51.21
120
Future Sight
More Info

Psychic

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
2.70
1.30
0.00
 1.20
44.44
55.56
 53.33

Secondary Charge Move Unlock Cost

Candy 100
Stardust 100,000

Other

Flee Rate 4.0 %
Buddy Distance 20 km
Capture Rate2.0 %

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

160% damage
160% damage
160% damage
160% damage
160% damage

Resistant

39.1% damage
62.5% damage
39.1% damage
62.5% damage

Raid Boss Catch Rate

Flying Medal

None
Bronze
Silver
Gold

Psychic Medal

None
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Normal Nice! Great! Excellent!
No Berry -
Curve
Razz Berry -
Curve
Golden Razz Berry -
Curve

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Countering Lugia and Sky Attack's Changes

Pokemon Min/Max CP Values

How to use: You need to know your Pokemon's exact level. To find exactly what level your Pokémon is, power up your Pokémon following this chart until you're certain of your level from Stardust cost changes.

A Pokémon's minimum level is 1.

Every time you power up, your Pokémon gains half a level.

StardustLevelMin CPMax CP
20014652
2001.595108
2002144164
2002.5193220
4003242275
4003.5291331
4004340387
4004.5389443
6005438499
6005.5487555
6006537611
6006.5586667
8007635723
8007.5684778
8008733834
8008.5782890
10009831946
10009.58801002
1000109291058
100010.59761111
13001110221164
130011.510691216
13001211151269
130012.511621322
16001312081375
160013.512551428
16001413011481
160014.513481534
19001513941587
190015.514401640
19001614871692
190016.515331745
22001715801798
220017.516261851
22001816731904
220018.517191957
25001917662010
250019.518122063
25002018592115
250020.519052168
30002119522221
300021.519982274
30002220452327
300022.520912380
35002321382433
350023.521842486
35002422312539
350024.522772592
40002523242645
400025.523702698
40002624172750
400026.524632803
45002725092856
450027.525562909
45002826022962
450028.526493015
50002926953068
500029.527423121
50003027883174
500030.528123200
60003128353227
600031.528583253
60003228813280
600032.529053306
70003329283332
700033.529513359
70003429743385
700034.529983412
80003530213438
800035.530443465
80003630673491
800036.530903517
90003731143544
900037.531373570
90003831603597
900038.531833623
100003932073650
1000039.532303676
100004032533703
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