Mega Lucariois making itsPokemon Godebut this week, being released with its own Raid Day, a one-day event centered around Raiding a specific Pokemon. In addition to this, there will be different bonuses and features available for all players, further enhancing their Raiding experience.

The Mega Lucario Raid Day will take place onSaturday, June 10, 2025, from 11am local time to 5pm local time. Below you can find all the information about this Raid Day, including all event details and strategies to make the most of it.

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Lucario’s Mega Evolution, Mega Lucario, will be available for the first time starting with this Raid Day. With Mega Lucario being the featured Pokemon for this Raid Day, they will beappearing in the majority of Raid locations during the event window.

Additionally, any Lucario encountered following the successful completion of a Mega Lucario Raid will haveincreased odds of being Shiny.With the number of Mega Lucario Raids taking place throughout this event, you will have great odds of obtaining a Shiny Lucario, as long as you participate.

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Each time you successfully complete a Mega Lucario Raid, you will be rewarded withLucario Mega Energy.

This is the only way to obtain this, a resourceneeded to Mega Evolve your own Lucario.

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Lucario caught as a Raid completion reward will also possess a Featured Attack,Force Palm. This Fighting-type Fast Attack’s in-game stats can be found below.

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Raid Day Bonuses

There will befour different bonusesactive during the Mega Lucario Raid Day, all having to do with Raid battles. These four bonuses include:

Raid Day Event Ticket

There will be aRaid Day Ticketavailable for purchase for this event, unlocking additional bonuses for ticket-holders. The Mega Lucario Raid Day Ticket will cost$5.00 USDat the Pokemon Go in-game shop, providing you with the following bonuses:

Mega Lucario Raid Strategies

To benefit from all of this Raid Day’s features and bonuses, you will want to make sure that you can consistently complete Mega Lucario Raids. To do this, you will need to make sure that you’reputting together a team of Pokemon that specifically counter Mega Lucario.

Because of itsSteel and Fighting dual-typing, you will want to use Pokemon with eitherFire, Fighting, or Ground-type attacks. Attacks of these three types will be super effective against Mega Lucario,dealing increased damage in battle.

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Use Pokemon withattacks that match their type if possible.

This will activateSame Type Attack Bonus, known as STAB, increasing the damage of each attack.

In addition to these weaknesses, Mega Lucario’s typing also gives it a several resistances on the battlefield. This includes resistance toPoison, Bug, Rock, Dark, Normal, Steel, Grass, Ice, and Dragon-type attacks.

Even when using Pokemon with these attacks, it’s important that you go into each Raid battle with enough players. In the case of Mega Lucario’s Raid, this meansattempting it with a group of at least three to five Trainers.