Lugia #0249

PsychicFlying

Max CP	L403703L504186L51 · Best Buddy4236
Buddy Distance	20 km per Candy
Released	Jul 22, 2017Mar 16, 2018

Type Effectiveness

Lugia takes 160% from Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost and Dark moves.

Weak ×1.6

ElectricIceRockGhostDark

Resists ×0.6

GrassPsychic

Resists ×0.4

FightingGround

Lugia is a Psychic/Flying-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost and Dark.

It reaches 4186 CP at level 50, or 4236 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Extrasensory with Fly.

Base Stats

Attack193

Defense310

Stamina235

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	PsychicExtrasensory	FlyingFly	13.1	495
2	PsychicExtrasensory	FlyingAeroblast	13.0	490
3	PsychicExtrasensory	FlyingSky Attack	12.1	456
4	DragonDragon Tail	FlyingFly	12.0	455
5	DragonDragon Tail	FlyingAeroblast	11.8	447
6	DragonDragon Tail	FlyingSky Attack	11.2	423
7	PsychicExtrasensory	PsychicFuture Sight	11.0	417
8	DragonDragon Tail	PsychicFuture Sight	10.2	386

6 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	PsychicExtrasensory	WaterHydro Pump	10.0	378
10	PsychicExtrasensory	GroundEarth Power	10.0	376
11	PsychicExtrasensory	NormalReturn	9.7	368
12	DragonDragon Tail	GroundEarth Power	9.6	360
13	DragonDragon Tail	WaterHydro Pump	9.4	356
14	DragonDragon Tail	NormalReturn	9.2	346

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Dragon Tail	Dragon	14	8	1.0s	14.0	8.0
Extrasensory	Psychic	11	11	1.0s	11.0	11.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
AeroblastE	Flying	180	100	3.5s	51.4	1.80
ReturnP	Normal	25	33	0.5s	50.0	0.76
Future Sight	Psychic	115	100	2.5s	46.0	1.15
Fly	Flying	90	50	2.0s	45.0	1.80
Sky Attack	Flying	80	50	2.0s	40.0	1.60
Hydro Pump	Water	135	100	3.5s	38.6	1.35
Earth Power	Ground	100	50	3.5s	28.6	2.00

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Dragon Tail	Dragon	9	12	3	3.0	4.0
Extrasensory	Psychic	8	10	3	2.7	3.3

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
AeroblastE	Flying	170	75	2.27
ReturnP	Normal	130	70	1.86
Fly	Flying	80	45	1.78
Hydro Pump	Water	130	75	1.73
Future Sight	Psychic	110	65	1.69
Earth Power	Ground	90	50	1.80
Sky Attack	Flying	75	50	1.50

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Purified: Return is learned by purifying a Shadow.

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Mega Raichu YElectricThunder ShockElectricZap Cannon+22.2 eDPS
2Dawn Wings NecrozmaGhostShadow ClawGhostMoongeist Beam21.6 eDPS
3White KyuremIceIce FangIceIce Burn20.3 eDPS
4Mega GengarGhostLickEGhostShadow Ball20.2 eDPS
5Mega HoundoomDarkSnarlDarkDark Pulse+20.0 eDPS
6Shadow ZekromElectricCharge BeamElectricFusion BoltE19.8 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Not stronger than the everyday pick against any Tier 5 or Mega boss.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	152110/10/10	158715/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	202810/10/10	211515/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	253510/10/10	264515/15/15
L40	40	32530/0/0	370315/15/15
L50	50	36780/0/0	418615/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	37220/0/0	423615/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1587	1394
Level 20	2115	1859
Level 25	2645	2324
Level 30	3174	2788
Level 35	3438	3021
Level 40	3703	3253
Level 45	3941	3462
Level 50	4186	3678
Level 51	4236	3722

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	100 Candy · 100,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	5.21 m · 216 kg
Gender Ratio	Genderless
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Lugia in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/11/111500 CP at level 15.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/11/11	1500	15.5	100.00%
#2	0/6/15	1500	15.5	99.96%
#3	0/13/9	1498	15.5	99.84%
#4	0/8/13	1499	15.5	99.83%
#5	4/14/15	1500	15	99.70%
#6	0/10/11	1497	15.5	99.68%
#7	0/10/12	1500	15.5	99.68%
#8	0/15/7	1497	15.5	99.67%
#9	0/15/8	1500	15.5	99.67%
#10	0/5/15	1498	15.5	99.65%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2385 of 4,096, with 94.74% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/152499 CP at level 25.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/15	2499	25.5	100.00%
#2	0/15/13	2493	25.5	99.71%
#3	0/15/14	2498	25.5	99.71%
#4	0/13/15	2495	25.5	99.69%
#5	1/13/13	2498	25.5	99.61%
#6	1/11/15	2500	25.5	99.58%
#7	0/14/13	2489	25.5	99.40%
#8	0/14/14	2494	25.5	99.40%
#9	0/12/15	2491	25.5	99.38%
#10	0/2/15	2500	26	99.35%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2143 of 4,096, with 95.47% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

Event Costumes

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Lugia #0249

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League

Event Costumes