Best moveset for Shadow Lugia in Pokmon Go

Publish date: 2024-08-20
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Shadow Lugia has arrived in Pokémon Go for a limited time. If you’re keen on capturing it, you’ll need to complete the Misunderstood Mischief Special Research available during the Season of Mischief. You’ll need to complete it before the end of November 2021. Then, you’ll have to take on Giovanni and beat him to rescue Shadow Lugia. Once you do that, you’ll need to teach this legendary Pokémon the best attacks to make it a powerful ally. These are the best moves to teach shadow Lugia in Pokémon Go.

Shadow Lugia is a Flying and Psychic-type Pokémon. It will be weak against Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-type moves, but it’s resistant against Fighting, Ground, Grass, and Psychic-type attacks. Lugia already has a powerful defense stat. Removing some of that for even more attack power becomes an even more robust Pokémon to use in the Master League, jumping ahead of its traditional form.

These are all of the moves shadow Lugia can learn.

Fast moves

Charged moves

The best fast move you can give shadow Lugia is dragon tail. While it is a Dragon-type move, it does enough damage and nearly provides the same energy as extrasensory. Therefore, dragon tail is a better move to select overall.

You always want to make sure that shadow Lugia has access to sky attack for the charged move. The primary reason for this is because of how much energy all of Lugia’s charged moves costs. Sky attack is the cheapest at 45 energy, whereas the next one is future sight for 65 energy. Lugia needs sky attack to potentially bait an opponent into using a shield, exposing them for the second choice, Lugia’s best attack, aeroblast. However, Aeroblast will be a rare sight for shadow Lugia because it is exclusive unless you want to use an Elite Charged TM.

The best moveset to give shadow Lugia is the fast move dragon tail and the charged moves sky attack and aeroblast.

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Zack Palm

Zack Palm is the Senior Writer of Gamepur and has spent over five years covering video games, and earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Oregon State University. He spends his free time biking, running tabletop campaigns, and listening to heavy metal. His primary game beats are Pokémon Go, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV, and any newly released title, and he finds it difficult to pull away from any Star Wars game.

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