Hello,
i wanted to try Lucario COL because i think Lucario is overlooked because of Lost world. Since Lostgar doesnt look strong enough, i think Lucario can become an option for Regionals.
The followong is based on theory and my thoughts. I dont have much time to test so i hope there will be some players to test my theories. Besides if you dont like my thoughts, tell me what you think and i will quote good others opinions as well.
1. Lucario COL
Its your main attacker. It has 90 HP, :colorless: retreat and 2x sychic: weakness. You should focus on Dimension Sphere. It is a :colorless::colorless: attack which does 30 damage + 20 for every pokemon in your lost zone. The other attack cost :fighting::fighting::colorless: and ignores resistances. In some situations this attack can be decent, but you will use Dimension Sphere a lot. That means you need Pokemon in your Lost Zone as soon as possible to make Lucario dangerous for your opponent.
2. Choosing Riolu
We have a Riolu from LA; PT; UL and COL. I suggest to use the LA or PT one because both have 60 hp and no 2xsychic: weakness.
3. How to get Pokemon in Lost Zone
In MD-ON we have
Palkia G Lv.X
Mew Prime
Absol Prime
Relicanth COL
to get Pokemon in our Lost Zone. Mew, Absol and Relicanth need to attack, Palkia G has a Poke-Power. So i start with the attackers first.
Mew Prime has 60 HP, 2xsychic: weakness and 0 retreat. Its attack need a sychic: and let you get any pokemon from the deck to lost zone. The body allows you to use any attack from the pokemon in lost zone.
Statswise this card is just bad. Low HP and 2xsychic: weakness hurt a lot. However the 0 retreat cost is very nice. The attack is very good for Lucario AND Mew. You send any pokemon which helps against the opponent´s deck to the lost zone and you can use Mew as a second attacker. Against SP you will send a SF Champ and abuse Take Off. Agaisnt a :fighting: deck you send a Houndoom UL/COL and use Fire counterattack to do lot damage for one energy. Against a poke-power/body only deck you send an UD Umbreon into lost zone and use moonlight fang. etc etc. Besides you get 100% a pokemon in the lost zone. However you have to make sure you start with Mew AND Psychic energy. Besides you cant use See off a lot because of Mews Stats.
Absol Prime has 80 HP, 2x:fighting: weakness and -20 sychic: resistance and 1 retreat. Its attack needs a:dark: and :colorless: and does 70 damage but you have to send a pokemon in lost zone. The body is like a miasma valley, but it works only if Absol is active. however every basic pokemon gets damage.
Statswise Absol is the best of the 3 attackers. Decent HP, an okay weakness, good resistance but 1 retreat cost. However you need at least 2 turns to attack which is very slow compared to Mew and Relicanth. Moreover some decks are so fast that you cant even attack with Absol. Besides you cant abuse Techs well like mew does, because you have to search them (bebe, luxury ball, poke comm etc). Furthermore what can you send into your lost Zone? . But this is a good Lostgar Tech. Some might think:" Are you serious? this attack support gengar so well. He/she doesnt need to use hurl into darkness and can use Cursed Droplets to get their aim faster" Well this might be true, but Gengar cant keep up with decks which OHKOS gengar every turn. If you see he/she cant get gengar rdy, retreat it and use lucario instead which should be able to get your last prizes.
Relicanth is the last of the 3 attackers. It has 80 HP, 2x:grass: and :colorless::colorless: as retreat cost. You need one 1 :colorless: to get a card into your lost zone and you can draw 3 cards.
Statswise this card look decent on the hand and bad on the other hand. 80HP is good and 2x :grass: weakness as well because there are not many grass decks. But the 2 Retreat cost hurts a lot because i doubt you want to use 2 energies to retreat it. If there is a trainer lock, you cant use Switch/WP as well.
But Relicanth is faster than Absol. You also can setup a lot better than with absol. Besides a 2nd/3rd/4th Relicanth becomes useless which is a good material for your Lost zone. But this card cant deal damage like Mew and Absol does. So you rely too much on Lucario as attacker.
My Conclusion:
Of course it isnt good to play only one of these attackers. You should play at least 2 of them. I suggest to use Mew in every lucario deck. Absol vs Relicanth? Well this decision needs playtesting but if your meta is a lot trainer lock, i think ABsol is the better choice because you can retreat it faster. Relicanth is good against decks which make your setup hard.
3.1 Palkia G
So i think Palkia G needs an own part because it is different from Mew, Absol and relicanth. You only have to get bench pokemon and then you can send pokemon into lost zone by using the poke-power.
First of all the stats. Palkia G is a 100HP basic pokemon with 2x:lightning: weakness and :colorless::colorless: retreat cost. it got a :water::colorless: hit and run attack and a :water::colorless::colorless: spread. The Lv.X got 20hp more than the Non X and its attack is similiar to Dragon Rush.
Statswise it is decent. 100 HP /120HP are too good, but the weakness and retreat cost hurts a lot. Besides you need to have Palkia G active to play the Lv.X which is slow. But if you get the LV.X out, you can send pokemon into the lost zone without wasting a turn for the attack. Pokemon which should be sent into the lost Zone are pokemon with a "Come-into-play" effect like
Uxie LA
Mesprit LA
Azelf LA
Shaymin UL
Giratina PT
If you use Pokemon tools (unown q e.g.) you can send an extra pokemon into your lost zone.
4. end part
So guys that are my thougts on lucario COL. Pls tell me what you think and which option you would suggest if you play Lucario. I know I did some language mistakes but English isnt my main language and i hope you understand me what i want to say. Critism is also welcome but i dont like comments like "Lost World will beat you. take another Deck". Against Lost World Decks you have to play different. If i get time i will add some techs they could help in this deck
i wanted to try Lucario COL because i think Lucario is overlooked because of Lost world. Since Lostgar doesnt look strong enough, i think Lucario can become an option for Regionals.
The followong is based on theory and my thoughts. I dont have much time to test so i hope there will be some players to test my theories. Besides if you dont like my thoughts, tell me what you think and i will quote good others opinions as well.
1. Lucario COL
Its your main attacker. It has 90 HP, :colorless: retreat and 2x sychic: weakness. You should focus on Dimension Sphere. It is a :colorless::colorless: attack which does 30 damage + 20 for every pokemon in your lost zone. The other attack cost :fighting::fighting::colorless: and ignores resistances. In some situations this attack can be decent, but you will use Dimension Sphere a lot. That means you need Pokemon in your Lost Zone as soon as possible to make Lucario dangerous for your opponent.
2. Choosing Riolu
We have a Riolu from LA; PT; UL and COL. I suggest to use the LA or PT one because both have 60 hp and no 2xsychic: weakness.
3. How to get Pokemon in Lost Zone
In MD-ON we have
Palkia G Lv.X
Mew Prime
Absol Prime
Relicanth COL
to get Pokemon in our Lost Zone. Mew, Absol and Relicanth need to attack, Palkia G has a Poke-Power. So i start with the attackers first.
Mew Prime has 60 HP, 2xsychic: weakness and 0 retreat. Its attack need a sychic: and let you get any pokemon from the deck to lost zone. The body allows you to use any attack from the pokemon in lost zone.
Statswise this card is just bad. Low HP and 2xsychic: weakness hurt a lot. However the 0 retreat cost is very nice. The attack is very good for Lucario AND Mew. You send any pokemon which helps against the opponent´s deck to the lost zone and you can use Mew as a second attacker. Against SP you will send a SF Champ and abuse Take Off. Agaisnt a :fighting: deck you send a Houndoom UL/COL and use Fire counterattack to do lot damage for one energy. Against a poke-power/body only deck you send an UD Umbreon into lost zone and use moonlight fang. etc etc. Besides you get 100% a pokemon in the lost zone. However you have to make sure you start with Mew AND Psychic energy. Besides you cant use See off a lot because of Mews Stats.
Absol Prime has 80 HP, 2x:fighting: weakness and -20 sychic: resistance and 1 retreat. Its attack needs a:dark: and :colorless: and does 70 damage but you have to send a pokemon in lost zone. The body is like a miasma valley, but it works only if Absol is active. however every basic pokemon gets damage.
Statswise Absol is the best of the 3 attackers. Decent HP, an okay weakness, good resistance but 1 retreat cost. However you need at least 2 turns to attack which is very slow compared to Mew and Relicanth. Moreover some decks are so fast that you cant even attack with Absol. Besides you cant abuse Techs well like mew does, because you have to search them (bebe, luxury ball, poke comm etc). Furthermore what can you send into your lost Zone? . But this is a good Lostgar Tech. Some might think:" Are you serious? this attack support gengar so well. He/she doesnt need to use hurl into darkness and can use Cursed Droplets to get their aim faster" Well this might be true, but Gengar cant keep up with decks which OHKOS gengar every turn. If you see he/she cant get gengar rdy, retreat it and use lucario instead which should be able to get your last prizes.
Relicanth is the last of the 3 attackers. It has 80 HP, 2x:grass: and :colorless::colorless: as retreat cost. You need one 1 :colorless: to get a card into your lost zone and you can draw 3 cards.
Statswise this card look decent on the hand and bad on the other hand. 80HP is good and 2x :grass: weakness as well because there are not many grass decks. But the 2 Retreat cost hurts a lot because i doubt you want to use 2 energies to retreat it. If there is a trainer lock, you cant use Switch/WP as well.
But Relicanth is faster than Absol. You also can setup a lot better than with absol. Besides a 2nd/3rd/4th Relicanth becomes useless which is a good material for your Lost zone. But this card cant deal damage like Mew and Absol does. So you rely too much on Lucario as attacker.
My Conclusion:
Of course it isnt good to play only one of these attackers. You should play at least 2 of them. I suggest to use Mew in every lucario deck. Absol vs Relicanth? Well this decision needs playtesting but if your meta is a lot trainer lock, i think ABsol is the better choice because you can retreat it faster. Relicanth is good against decks which make your setup hard.
3.1 Palkia G
So i think Palkia G needs an own part because it is different from Mew, Absol and relicanth. You only have to get bench pokemon and then you can send pokemon into lost zone by using the poke-power.
First of all the stats. Palkia G is a 100HP basic pokemon with 2x:lightning: weakness and :colorless::colorless: retreat cost. it got a :water::colorless: hit and run attack and a :water::colorless::colorless: spread. The Lv.X got 20hp more than the Non X and its attack is similiar to Dragon Rush.
Statswise it is decent. 100 HP /120HP are too good, but the weakness and retreat cost hurts a lot. Besides you need to have Palkia G active to play the Lv.X which is slow. But if you get the LV.X out, you can send pokemon into the lost zone without wasting a turn for the attack. Pokemon which should be sent into the lost Zone are pokemon with a "Come-into-play" effect like
Uxie LA
Mesprit LA
Azelf LA
Shaymin UL
Giratina PT
If you use Pokemon tools (unown q e.g.) you can send an extra pokemon into your lost zone.
4. end part
So guys that are my thougts on lucario COL. Pls tell me what you think and which option you would suggest if you play Lucario. I know I did some language mistakes but English isnt my main language and i hope you understand me what i want to say. Critism is also welcome but i dont like comments like "Lost World will beat you. take another Deck". Against Lost World Decks you have to play different. If i get time i will add some techs they could help in this deck