>>51419082Difference being that Lucario has always been a shillmon, it's arguably even more shilled than CHARIZARD
>Hyped up as a legendary-tier in gen 4 prerelease, highest rank in PMD R/B was Lucario Rank>Lucario and the Mystery of Mew>Lucario is your only pokemon in the DP demo>Cynthia has Lucario>Lucario in Brawl>Ash loses to Lucario in BW like you said>Riolu is available before the first gym in BW2>Giant golden statue of Lucario in XY>You are basically given a free Mega Lucario in XY, and can get Riolu relatively early as well>Lucario as one of Ash's mons in JourneysThe only gen I can think of where it isn't given such special treatment is 7, where it's relegated to a postgame area as a rare encounter.
