Riolu

No. 0447 · Gen 4

Riolu weakness and type

Hit RIOLU with Flying, Psychic and Fairy for 2× damage.

Moves against Riolu

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Flying deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • SteadfastNo change to type matchups
  • Inner FocusNo change to type matchups
  • PranksterNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack70
  • Defense40
  • Sp. Atk35
  • Sp. Def40
  • Speed60
  • Total285

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Riolu gives 1 Attack EV.

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How Riolu evolves

RioluFighting
  • High friendship in the dayZ-A, ArceusLevel up with high friendship in the dayS/V, BD/SP, Sw/Sh, US/UM, S/M, OR/AS, X/Y, B/W, HG/SS, D/P/Pt
All evolutions

What Riolu can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
FightingFocus Punchsame typePhysical150
NormalMega KickPhysical120
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
SteelIron TailPhysical100
FireBlaze KickPhysical85
DarkCrunchPhysical80
PoisonPoison JabPhysical80
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
IceIce PunchPhysical75
ElectricThunder PunchPhysical75
RockRock SlidePhysical75
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60
GrassTrailblazePhysical50
BugFury CutterPhysical40
DragonDual ChopPhysical40

Type counters to Riolu

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.