Lugia #0249 Apex Shadow

PsychicFlying

Max CP	L403703L504186L51 · Best Buddy4236
Buddy Distance	20 km per Candy
Purification	5,000 Stardust · 5 Candy

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

Apex Shadow 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 Aeroblast+.

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	FlyingAeroblast+	16.3	513
2	PsychicExtrasensory	FlyingFly	15.5	488
3	PsychicExtrasensory	FlyingAeroblast	15.3	480
4	DragonDragon Tail	FlyingAeroblast+	14.7	463
5	PsychicExtrasensory	FlyingSky Attack	14.3	450
6	DragonDragon Tail	FlyingFly	14.2	448
7	DragonDragon Tail	FlyingAeroblast	13.9	437
8	DragonDragon Tail	FlyingSky Attack	13.2	416

6 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	PsychicExtrasensory	PsychicFuture Sight	12.8	404
10	DragonDragon Tail	PsychicFuture Sight	11.9	373
11	PsychicExtrasensory	GroundEarth Power	11.8	370
12	PsychicExtrasensory	WaterHydro Pump	11.7	367
13	DragonDragon Tail	GroundEarth Power	11.2	353
14	DragonDragon Tail	WaterHydro Pump	11.0	345

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
Aeroblast+	Flying	200	100	3.5s	57.1	2.00
AeroblastE	Flying	180	100	3.5s	51.4	1.80
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
Aeroblast+	Flying	170	75	2.27
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.

Top Counters

Full Rankings

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

1Mega Raichu YElectricThunder ShockElectricZap Cannon+22.1 eDPS
2Dawn Wings NecrozmaGhostShadow ClawGhostMoongeist Beam21.4 eDPS
3White KyuremIceIce FangIceIce Burn20.3 eDPS
4Mega GengarGhostLickEGhostShadow Ball19.9 eDPS
5Mega HoundoomDarkSnarlDarkDark Pulse+19.9 eDPS
6Shadow ZekromElectricCharge BeamElectricFusion BoltE19.6 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Stronger than the everyday pick against 7 of 134 Tier 5 and Mega bosses.

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.

Mega FalinksMega RaidPsychicExtrasensoryFlyingAeroblast++1.2% Gainover Salamence
Mega BlazikenMega RaidPsychicExtrasensoryFlyingAeroblast++1.1% Gainover Salamence
Mega LopunnyMega RaidPsychicExtrasensoryFlyingAeroblast++0.7% Gainover Blaziken
Hero of Many Battles ZamazentaTier 5 RaidPsychicExtrasensoryFlyingAeroblast++0.6% Gainover Salamence
Mega HeracrossMega RaidPsychicExtrasensoryFlyingAeroblast++0.2% Gainover Salamence
Mega StaraptorSuper Mega RaidPsychicExtrasensoryFlyingAeroblast++0.2% Gainover Salamence
Mega Mewtwo XSuper Mega RaidPsychicExtrasensoryFlyingAeroblast++0.0% Gainover Dragapult

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

Apex Shadow Lugia is caught at level 15 with at least 10/10/10, and a Shadow cannot be traded, so only the spreads it can have are listed. Ranks are still out of all 4,096. It is over the Great League cap at level 15.

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs10/11/122499 CP at level 24.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#658	10/11/12	2499	24.5	97.14%
#761	12/14/15	2498	24	96.99%
#856	13/14/13	2500	24	96.86%
#866	10/12/11	2497	24.5	96.84%
#868	10/14/10	2500	24.5	96.84%
#873	10/10/12	2495	24.5	96.83%
#874	10/10/13	2500	24.5	96.83%
#887	11/15/15	2490	24	96.81%
#982	12/15/13	2492	24	96.69%
#983	12/15/14	2497	24	96.69%

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.

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Lugia #0249 Apex Shadow

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

Ultra League