‹ #404 Luxio

Luxray

#405 (Sinnoh)

#406 Budew ›

Pokémon type

Electric

Boosted in Rain weather

Luxray weaknesses

Luxray is weak to Ground-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Luxray is resistant to Flying, Steel and Electric-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Luxray

The best moves for Luxray are Snarl and Wild Charge when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. This combination also deals the most damage per turn in Trainer Battles.

Attacking

Snarl

11DPS

Wild Charge

43.2DPS

Defending

Hidden Power

10DPS

Wild Charge

43.2DPS

Trainer Battles

Snarl

4.3EPT

Wild Charge

2.67DPE

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Evolution

There are 3 Pokémon in the Shinx family. Luxray evolves from Luxio for 100 Candy.

Game images

Luxray, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Luxray is an Electric Pokémon which evolves from Luxio. It is weak to Ground moves. Luxray's best moveset is Snarl & Wild Charge and it has a Max CP of 3,265.

About

"Luxray's ability to see through objects comes in handy when it's scouting for danger."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Snarl	11	13	11
Hidden Power	15	10	10
Spark	4	12	9.6

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Wild Charge	90	2	2.16
Crunch	65	3	1.97
Hyper Beam	150	1	1.5
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Psychic Fangs Elite TM	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Snarl	5	3	1.7	4.3
Spark	5	2	3	3.5
Hidden Power	9	3	3	2.7

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Wild Charge ▼▼ def	100	45	2.67
Hyper Beam	150	80	1.88
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Crunch ▼ def	70	45	1.56
Psychic Fangs Elite TM ▼ def	40	35	1.14
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Snarl 11 DPS	Wild Charge 43.2 DPS	13.2	100%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Wild Charge 43.2 DPS	12.7	96%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Wild Charge 43.2 DPS	11.7	89%
Snarl 11 DPS	Hyper Beam 37.5 DPS	11.1	84%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Hyper Beam 37.5 DPS	10.7	81%
Snarl 11 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	10	76%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Hyper Beam 37.5 DPS	9.7	74%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9.6	72%
Snarl 11 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	9.4	71%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	9.2	69%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	8.7	66%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	8.7	66%
Snarl 11 DPS	Psychic Fangs Elite TM 25 DPS	8.6	65%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Psychic Fangs Elite TM 25 DPS	8.3	63%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Psychic Fangs Elite TM 25 DPS	7.7	58%
Snarl 11 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.5	49%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.2	47%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	5.8	44%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Wild Charge 43.2 DPS	5.4	100%
Snarl 11 DPS	Wild Charge 43.2 DPS	5.2	97%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Hyper Beam 37.5 DPS	4.4	83%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	4.3	80%
Snarl 11 DPS	Hyper Beam 37.5 DPS	4.2	79%
Snarl 11 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	4.1	77%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Wild Charge 43.2 DPS	3.4	63%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.2	60%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Psychic Fangs Elite TM 25 DPS	3.1	57%
Snarl 11 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3	56%
Snarl 11 DPS	Psychic Fangs Elite TM 25 DPS	2.9	53%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	2.8	53%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Hyper Beam 37.5 DPS	2.7	50%
Hidden Power 10 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.1	40%
Snarl 11 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.9	36%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.9	36%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Psychic Fangs Elite TM 25 DPS	1.9	35%
Spark 9.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.3	24%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Wild Charge ▼▼ def 2.67 DPE	12	13.2	100%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Wild Charge ▼▼ def 2.67 DPE	14	12.3	93%
Hidden Power 2.7 EPT	Wild Charge ▼▼ def 2.67 DPE	18	10.1	76%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Hyper Beam 1.88 DPE	21	9.8	74%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	9.7	73%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Hyper Beam 1.88 DPE	24	9.6	72%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	9.5	72%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Crunch ▼ def 1.56 DPE	14	8.4	64%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Crunch ▼ def 1.56 DPE	12	8.4	64%
Hidden Power 2.7 EPT	Hyper Beam 1.88 DPE	30	8	61%
Hidden Power 2.7 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	27	8	60%
Hidden Power 2.7 EPT	Crunch ▼ def 1.56 DPE	18	7.2	54%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Psychic Fangs Elite TM ▼ def 1.14 DPE	10	7	53%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Psychic Fangs Elite TM ▼ def 1.14 DPE	9	6.6	50%
Hidden Power 2.7 EPT	Psychic Fangs Elite TM ▼ def 1.14 DPE	15	6.1	46%
Spark 3.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	20	3.5	26%
Hidden Power 2.7 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	27	3.4	26%
Snarl 4.3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	2.3	17%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

Top Luxray counters

For the full ranking, the boss's moves and a raid simulator, see best Luxray Raid Counters »

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Groudon (Shadow)

Mud Shot

Precipice Blades

0.55
2
Excadrill (Shadow)

Mud-Slap

Scorching Sands

0.58
3
Garchomp (Shadow)

Mud Shot

Earth Power

0.59
4
Landorus (Therian Forme)

Mud Shot

Sandsear Storm

0.6
5
Rhyperior (Shadow)

Mud-Slap

Earthquake

0.6

The best Mega or Primal to bring is Primal Groudon with Mud Shot and Precipice Blades.

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Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		232
Defense		156
Stamina		190

Max HP

Level 40	162
Level 50	172

Average size

Height	1.4 m
Weight	42 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	75,000
Candy	75

Purification cost

Stardust	5,000
Candy	5

Other

Buddy walk distance

5 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,237
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,650
Level 30 Max wild	2,475
Level 40	2,888
Level 50	3,265

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	2,063
Level 35 (wild)	2,682