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Riolu's Type

FIGHTING

Riolu's Pokédex #s

National #: 447

Galar #: 298

Armor #: --

Crown #: 134

Sinnoh #: 115

Riolu's Base Stats

HP:: 40

Attack:: 70

Defense:: 40

Sp. Atk:: 35

Sp. Def:: 40

Speed:: 60

Total:: 285

Misc. Info

Height:: 2'4" (0.7m)

Weight:: 44.5 lbs. (20.2 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Undiscovered

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,059,680

EV Yield:: 1 Attack

Base EXP:: 57

Catch Rate:: 75

Base Happiness:: 70

Riolu's Abilities

Here are what abilities Riolu can possibly have, along with their effects.

Steadfast: Raises Riolu's Speed by one stage whenever it flinches.

Inner Focus: Riolu cannot flinch.

Prankster: Riolu's status moves have their priority increased by one stage, but fail if used against a Dark-type Pokémon.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Riolu's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: FLYING

PSYCHIC

FAIRY

½: BUG

ROCK

DARK

Riolu's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Riolu evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Riolu: starting form

Lucario: level up w/ high happiness (Daytime only)

Riolu's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Riolu can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Riolu learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Quick Attack Has higher priority.	NORMAL	40	100%	30	One Target
1	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
4	Feint Strikes first and breaks through the target's Protect-like moves.	NORMAL	30	100%	10	One Target
8	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Riolu's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	50	95%	35	One Target
12	Counter Counters Physical-based damage received this turn.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	Counter
16	Work Up Raises Riolu's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
20	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target
24	Nasty Plot Raises Riolu's Special Attack by two stages.	DARK	--	--	20	User
28	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
32	Quick Guard Protects your team from moves that that have positive priority for the turn.	FIGHTING	--	--	15	User's Field
36	Force Palm Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	FIGHTING	60	100%	10	One Target
40	Swords Dance Raises Riolu's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
44	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
48	Copycat Copies the last used move of any Pokémon and uses it immediately.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
52	Final Gambit Does damage equal to Riolu's remaining HP and then Riolu faints.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	5	One Target
56	Reversal Does more damage when Riolu's HP is low.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Riolu can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM00	Mega Punch Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	85%	20	One Target
TM01	Mega Kick Damages the target.	NORMAL	120	75%	5	One Target
TM04	Ice Punch Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	75	100%	15	One Target
TM05	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM16	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
TM21	Rest Riolu restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM22	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Riolu from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Riolu is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM41	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
TM42	Revenge Attacks last; if damaged this turn, hits for double damage.	FIGHTING	60	100%	10	One Target
TM43	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM48	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Riolu attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Riolu's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM63	Drain Punch Heals Riolu by half the damage dealt.	FIGHTING	75	100%	10	One Target
TM65	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
TM75	Low Sweep Lowers the target's Speed by one stage.	FIGHTING	65	100%	20	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM79	Retaliate Damage is doubled if one of your Pokémon fainted during the previous turn.	NORMAL	70	100%	5	One Target
TM81	Bulldoze 100% chance of lowering all nearby Pokémon's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	60	100%	20	All But Self

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Riolu can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR00	Swords Dance Raises Riolu's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TR07	Low Kick Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	One Target
TR10	Earthquake Does double damage against targets using Dig.	GROUND	100	100%	10	All But Self
TR12	Agility Raises Riolu's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Riolu's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR21	Reversal Does more damage when Riolu's HP is low.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	15	One Target
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Riolu's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR31	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TR32	Crunch 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR41	Blaze Kick 10% chance of burning the target. Higher crit rate. (+1 stage.)	FIRE	85	90%	10	One Target
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Riolu's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR48	Bulk Up Raises Riolu's Attack and Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	--	--	20	User
TR57	Poison Jab Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	80	100%	20	One Target
TR64	Focus Blast 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	70%	5	One Target
TR68	Nasty Plot Raises Riolu's Special Attack by two stages.	DARK	--	--	20	User
TR69	Zen Headbutt Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	PSYCHIC	80	90%	15	One Target
TR85	Work Up Raises Riolu's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Riolu can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Riolu.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Cross Chop Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	FIGHTING	100	80%	5	One Target
EGG	Detect Protects Riolu from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	FIGHTING	--	--	5	User
EGG	Bite Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
EGG	Mind Reader The next move used by Riolu will always hit the target.	NORMAL	--	--	5	One Target
EGG	High Jump Kick Riolu takes 50% max HP in recoil damage if High Jump Kick misses.	FIGHTING	130	90%	10	One Target
EGG	Vacuum Wave Has higher priority.	FIGHTING	40	100%	30	One Target
EGG	Bullet Punch Has higher priority.	STEEL	40	100%	30	One Target
EGG	Circle Throw -6 priority. After doing damage, forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	FIGHTING	60	90%	10	One Target
EGG	Howl Raises all allies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	40	All Allies

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Riolu can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Coaching Raises the Attack and Defense of Riolu's allies by one stage each.	FIGHTING		--	--	10	User

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Riolu learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Quick Attack Has higher priority.	NORMAL	40	100%	30	One Target
1	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
4	Feint Strikes first and breaks through the target's Protect-like moves.	NORMAL	30	100%	10	One Target
8	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Riolu's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	50	95%	35	One Target
12	Counter Counters Physical-based damage received this turn.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	Counter
16	Work Up Raises Riolu's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
20	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target
24	Nasty Plot Raises Riolu's Special Attack by two stages.	DARK	--	--	20	User
28	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
32	Quick Guard Protects your team from moves that that have positive priority for the turn.	FIGHTING	--	--	15	User's Field
36	Force Palm Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	FIGHTING	60	100%	10	One Target
40	Swords Dance Raises Riolu's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
44	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
48	Copycat Copies the last used move of any Pokémon and uses it immediately.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
52	Final Gambit Does damage equal to Riolu's remaining HP and then Riolu faints.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	5	One Target
56	Reversal Does more damage when Riolu's HP is low.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Riolu can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM01	Focus Punch Low priority. Charges for the turn. If hit, lose focus and do nothing for the turn.	FIGHTING	150	100%	20	One Target
TM05	Roar Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
TM08	Bulk Up Raises Riolu's Attack and Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	--	--	20	User
TM10	Work Up Raises Riolu's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM17	Protect Protects Riolu from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM23	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TM26	Earthquake Does double damage against targets using Dig.	GROUND	100	100%	10	All But Self
TM27	Low Sweep Lowers the target's Speed by one stage.	FIGHTING	65	100%	20	One Target
TM28	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM31	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Riolu's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM39	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Riolu is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Riolu restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM52	Focus Blast 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	70%	5	One Target
TM56	Fling Throws Riolu's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM60	Drain Punch Heals Riolu by half the damage dealt.	FIGHTING	75	100%	10	One Target
TM63	Nasty Plot Raises Riolu's Special Attack by two stages.	DARK	--	--	20	User
TM65	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
TM66	Payback Does double damage if Riolu attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM75	Swords Dance Raises Riolu's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TM80	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Riolu's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM83	Bulldoze 100% chance of lowering all nearby Pokémon's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	60	100%	20	All But Self
TM84	Poison Jab Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	80	100%	20	One Target
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Riolu's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM96	Strength Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	100%	15	One Target
TM98	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Riolu can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Riolu.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Cross Chop Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	FIGHTING	100	80%	5	One Target
EGG	Detect Protects Riolu from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	FIGHTING	--	--	5	User
EGG	Bite Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
EGG	Mind Reader The next move used by Riolu will always hit the target.	NORMAL	--	--	5	One Target
EGG	High Jump Kick Riolu takes 50% max HP in recoil damage if High Jump Kick misses.	FIGHTING	130	90%	10	One Target
EGG	Vacuum Wave Has higher priority.	FIGHTING	40	100%	30	One Target
EGG	Bullet Punch Has higher priority.	STEEL	40	100%	30	One Target
EGG	Circle Throw -6 priority. After doing damage, forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	FIGHTING	60	90%	10	One Target
EGG	Howl Raises all allies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	40	All Allies
EGG	Agility Raises Riolu's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
EGG	Crunch 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Low Kick Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Iron Defense Raises Riolu's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
EGG	Blaze Kick 10% chance of burning the target. Higher crit rate. (+1 stage.)	FIRE	85	90%	10	One Target
EGG	Follow Me Draws attention towards Riolu in a Double or Triple Battle, forcing the opponent's single-target moves to target it.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
EGG	Meteor Mash Has a 20% chance of raising Riolu's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	90	90%	10	One Target

Riolu's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Riolu's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Riolu's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Riolu is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	190	221	253	284	40
Attack	145	176	208	239	70
Defense	85	116	148	179	40
Sp. Atk	75	106	138	169	35
Sp. Def	85	116	148	179	40
Speed	125	156	188	219	60
Total					285

Where to Find Riolu in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

If you're looking for where to find Riolu, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Riolu in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Riolu in the Wild

Giant's Cap

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	5%	--	--
						Lv. 28-30

Giant's Cap (Northwest Grass)

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	5%	--	--
						Lv. 28-30

Giant's Cap (Atop Cliffs)

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	5%	--	--
						Lv. 29-32

Roaring-Sea Caves

Overworld Encounters

Any Weather
5%			Lv. 60-65

Location information on where to find Riolu in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Riolu

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

It's exceedingly energetic, with enough stamina to keep running all through the night. Taking it for walks can be a challenging experience.

Shield

It can use waves called auras to gauge how others are feeling. These same waves can also tell this Pokémon about the state of the environment.

Generation 7 Pokédex Entries

Sun

It can discern the physical and emotional states of people, Pokémon, and other natural things from the shape of their aura waves.

Moon

It's tough enough to run right through the night, and it's also a hard worker, but it's still just a youngster.

Ultra Sun

It knows how people and Pokémon feel by looking at their auras. It doesn't approach dangerous opponents.

Ultra Moon

It uses waves called auras to communicate with others of its kind. It doesn't make any noise during this time, so its enemies can't detect it.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X Omega Ruby

It uses the shapes of auras, which change according to emotion, to communicate with others.

Y Alpha Sapphire

The aura that emanates from its body intensifies to alert others if it is afraid or sad.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White

It has the peculiar power of being able to see emotions such as joy and rage in the form of waves.

Black 2 White 2

It uses the shapes of auras, which change according to emotion, to communicate with others.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond

The aura that emanates from its body intensifies to alert others if it is afraid or sad.

Pearl

Its body is lithe yet powerful. It can crest three mountains and cross two canyons in one night.

Platinum

It has the peculiar power of being able to see emotions such as joy and rage in the form of waves.

HeartGold SoulSilver

They communicate with one another using their auras. They are able to run all through the night.