Lugia

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Lugia Diving Pokémon ルギア Lugia #249 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Psychic Flying
Abilities Pressure Multiscale Hidden Ability
Gender ratio Genderless	Catch rate 3 (0.4%)
Breeding Egg Group Undiscovered Hatch time 31097 - 31353 steps Egg not obtainable
Height 17'01" 5.2 m	Weight 476.2 lbs. 216.0 kg
Regional numbers Pokédex #252 Johto Browser R-301 Oblivia
Base experience yield 220 Gen. II-IV 306 V+	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 3 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style	Footprint
Pokédex color   White	Base friendship 0
External Links Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Lugia (Japanese: ルギア Lugia) is a dual-type Psychic/Flying Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

It is often considered to be part of the Tower duo with Ho-Oh, even sometimes as Ho-Oh's polar opposite. Silver represents Lugia as "guardian of the seas", and Gold represents Ho-Oh as "guardian of the skies." Lugia is also the trio master of the Legendary birds.

Lugia is the game mascot of Pokémon Silver, its remake Pokémon SoulSilver, and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (as Shadow Lugia), appearing on the boxart of them all.

In Pokémon XD, Shadow Lugia, codenamed XD001, is a main part of the storyline, and Cipher's ultimate Shadow Pokémon.

Biology

 

Lugia folding back its plates

Lugia is a large Pokémon that resembles a dragon, a plesiosaur, and a bird. It is primarily pale silver-white, but it has blue undersides with slightly varying tones. It has a ridged mouth similar to a beak, although it has pointed teeth on its lower jaw. Its head has a point to the back, and Lugia’s eyes have pointed blue or black spikes on them. Lugia has a long, slender neck and a smooth, streamlined body. Dark blue or black plate-like protrusions run down the length of its back, and there are two smaller, more pointed ones on the end of its tail. It can fold back these plates to increase its speed. It has large wings that resemble hands. Though it is genderless, a young Lugia has been observed, suggesting that there is a breeding population. Lugia has been shown to be fiercely protective of its young.

Lugia leads the Legendary birds. When they fight over territory, Lugia is the only Pokémon that can quell their ceaseless fighting, as observed in the second Pokémon movie. Much like the birds, it possesses the ability to control the weather; most notably, it can calm and give rise to storms. It is said that a light flutter of its wings is capable of causing winds powerful enough to tear down cliffs. If it were to flap its wings, it could hypothetically spawn storms lasting as long as 40 days. It is highly intelligent, and because of the devastating power it could accidentally inflict, it isolates itself deep underwater and tends to sleep in solitude. Lugia is the only known Pokémon that learns Aeroblast. It is extremely rare and is hardly ever seen.

In the anime

In the main series

 

Lugia in the anime

Major appearances

Lugia (M02)

A Lugia was featured in The Power of One, central to the legend of Shamouti Island. Its psychic powers allow it to communicate with humans.

Silver (Johto)

A parent Lugia and its child (nicknamed Silver by Oliver) lived near Silver Rock Isle in the Whirl Islands. Dr. Namba attempted to capture both the parent Lugia and Silver for Giovanni in The Mystery is History, A Parent Trapped!. and A Promise is a Promise. The series pays mention of the Lugia that was seen in the Orange Islands, with both James and Ash stating that it was "like" the one they'd seen in the Orange Islands. In both versions, Ash first refers to the baby Lugia as a "mysterious Pokémon."

Other

A Lugia appeared in Hoopa and the Clash of Ages along with many other Legendary Pokémon. It is unknown if this Lugia is the same as the one that appeared in The Power of One, although it is unlikely, as this Lugia did not speak through telepathy.

Minor appearances

Lugia saved Ash, Misty and Brock from being sucked into a whirlpool in Around the Whirlpool. It later turned out to be the mother of Silver in The Mystery is History.

A Lugia also appeared in a Team Rocket fantasy in An Egg Scramble!.

Lugia made a brief cameo at the beginning of Jirachi: Wish Maker, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Rise of Darkrai, Giratina and the Sky Warrior, Arceus and the Jewel of Life and Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

In Pokémon Generations

 

Lugia in Pokémon Generations

A wild Lugia appeared in The Adventure. 

In the manga

 

Lugia in Pokémon Pocket Monsters

In the movie adaptations

Main article: Lugia (M02)

Lugia is a major character in the second Pokémon movie, The Power of One. Likewise, it appears in the manga adaptation of the film by Tanigami Toshio.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 

Lugia in Pokémon Adventures

The Masked Man apparently caught Lugia twice (its plucked feather item Silver Wing is shown under his possession several years ago, only to be stolen by Green), but both times it went back to the wild along with Ho-Oh.

The Kanto Elite Four tried to exterminate humans using Lugia, which appeared as a spirit, in The Might of... Metapod?! of Volume 7 of the Yellow chapter. It was encountered as a being of shimmering light, when Lance summoned it to aid his schemes. After they were defeated, it flew to the west. It wasn't until much later in Sandslash Surprise that it was properly identified as Lugia. It was battled by the Johto dexholders, in Lively Lugia I,II and III, where it was captured by The Masked Man just before Crystal's attempt.

Besides the two, it was also controlled for some time by Will and Karen while they were under the Masked Man's jurisdiction.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Lugia makes a brief appearance at the end of the chapter Epilogue: Wild Type.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Shu captured Lugia once, but released it in order to let it continue protecting the ocean.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Lugia appeared in Clefairy Rangers to the Rescue!!.

Lugia also appeared in Take me to the Dragon Palace!.

In the TCG

Main article: Lugia (TCG)

In the TFG

One Lugia figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Lugia

Other appearances

 

Lugia in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Melee/Brawl/3DS/Wii U

When released from a Poké Ball, Lugia will fly up out of the stage and return in the background, where it unleashes a powerful Aeroblast on the stage.

Melee trophy information

The waters of the Whirl Islands are home to this legendary Pokémon, whom very few have seen. Lugia live quietly in the deepest ocean trenches for one very good reason: its combined aerial and psychic powers are so strong as to be extremely dangerous. The special moves of this gargantuan creature include the destructive wind assault known as Aeroblast.

Brawl trophy information

"A Diving Pokémon. A legendary Pokémon often referred to as 'guardian of the seas,' it has the impressive ability to control the wind. Lugia typically spends its time quietly at the bottom of the ocean. Highly powerful in all areas, Lugia's Aeroblast move is especially powerful. It uses strong flapping of its wings to target damage on a foe's weak spot."

3DS/Wii U trophy information

NA: Despite being a Psychic/Flying-type Pokémon, Lugia sleeps on the ocean floor. Legend says the flapping of Lugia's wings can create storms that last up to 40 days. It's impossible to know for sure, but in Smash Bros., Lugia definitely brings a storm with its Aeroblast attack.

PAL: Despite being a Psychic- and Flying-type, Lugia sleeps on the ocean floor. It's said that if it were to flap its wings on waking up, it could cause a storm lasting 40 days. No one can say whether that's true or not, but Lugia's attacks certainly make it seem so. It flies behind the stage and creates a mighty gust of wind with its Aeroblast attack.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Language/Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
GSC	Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Lugia	English	United States	40	November 15 to 21, 2002; December 6 to 12, 2002
RSEFRLG	Top Ten Distribution Lugia	English	United Kingdom	70	June 10, 2006; October 14 to November 19, 2006
RSEFRLG	Top Ten Distribution Lugia	Italian	Italy	70	June 23 to 25, 2006
RSEFRLG	Top Ten Distribution Lugia	Spanish	Spain	70	June 27 to August 27, 2006
RSEFRLG	Top Ten Distribution Lugia	German	Germany	70	September 24 to November 5, 2006
RSEFRLG	Top Ten Distribution Lugia	French	France	70	September 26, 2006
XYORAS	7-Eleven Lugia	Japanese region	Online	50	August 1 to September 30, 2015
XYORAS	Pokémon Center Lugia	Japanese region	Nintendo Network	50	September 7 to 13, 2015

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Leftovers (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM03 Psyshock Psychic Special 80 100% 10 TM04 Calm Mind Psychic Status — —% 20 TM05 Roar Normal Status — —% 20 TM06 Toxic Poison Status — 90% 10 TM07 Hail Ice Status — —% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100% 15 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status — —% 5 TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 90 100% 10 TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70% 5 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90% 5 TM16 Light Screen Psychic Status — —% 30 TM17 Protect Normal Status — —% 10 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status — —% 5 TM19 Roost Flying Status — —% 10 TM20 Safeguard Normal Status — —% 25 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical — 100% 20 TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100% 15 TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110 70% 10 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100% 10 TM27 Return Normal Physical — 100% 20 TM29 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100% 10 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100% 15 TM32 Double Team Normal Status — —% 15 TM33 Reflect Psychic Status — —% 20 TM37 Sandstorm Rock Status — —% 10 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 —% 20 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 70 100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status — —% 10 TM48 Round Normal Special 60 100% 15 TM49 Echoed Voice Normal Special 40 100% 15 TM51 Steel Wing Steel Physical 70 90% 25 TM57 Charge Beam Electric Special 50 90% 10 TM58 Sky Drop Flying Physical 60 100% 10 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90% 5 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status — 90% 20 TM76 Fly Flying Physical 90 95% 15 TM77 Psych Up Normal Status — —% 10 TM78 Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100% 20 TM82 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 60 90% 10 TM85 Dream Eater Psychic Special 100 100% 15 TM87 Swagger Normal Status — 85% 15 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status — —% 10 TM90 Substitute Normal Status — —% 10 TM94 Surf Water Special 90 100% 15 TM98 Waterfall Water Physical 80 100% 15 TM100 Confide Normal Status — —% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lugia Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Lugia Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 4 Recruit rate: 99.9% Friend Area: Deep-Sea Current Phrases 51%-100% HP My power is with you! 26%-50% HP Hm! Already, my health is in half? 1%-25% HP I'm ready to fall... Who knew my power would fail me? Level up My level has risen like my power.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 4 Recruit rate: 10% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Psychic Poké Assist: (present) Psychic Field move: (present) (None ×-) Not available in the past. Browser entry It uses water tornadoes and whirlpools to attack.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●●●● Speed ●●●●
Pokémon Battle Trozei Psychic Attack Power: ★★★★★ Power of Five Increases the damage dealt by matching five Pokémon.			Pokémon Shuffle Flying Attack Power: 80 - 100  0 #305 Eject+ Sometimes removes three non-Support Pokémon icons.

Evolution

Unevolved Lugia  Psychic  Flying

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II   Gold   Silver   Crystal         Front Back   Front Back   Front Back
Generation III   Ruby Sapphire   Emerald   FireRed LeafGreen         Front Back   Front Back   Front Back
Generation IV   Diamond Pearl   Platinum   HeartGold SoulSilver         Front Back   Front Back   Front Back
Generation V   Black White   Black 2 White 2     Front Back   Front Back
Generation VI   X Y   Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire     Front Back   Front Back

 For other sprites and images, please see Lugia images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Lugia is the only Legendary Pokémon to be part of Viz Media's Pokémon All-Stars DVD series.
• Lugia has been the mascot of three games, namely: Pokémon Silver, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, and Pokémon SoulSilver, making it the record holder of most number of times used as a game mascot.
• Before the introduction of Pokémon Gold and Silver, Lugia was known as "Pokémon X." In the anime, Dr. Namba also refers to Lugia as "Pokémon X."
  • Perhaps coincidentally, it also is known by its codename, XD001, in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness—also long before its true identity is revealed.
• In Gold and Silver, Lugia, like Ho-Oh, has the same encounter music as normal wild Pokémon. The same was true for the Legendary beasts before they received unique encounter music in Crystal. However, Lugia and Ho-Oh got their own unique battle themes in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• Despite not being a Water type, Lugia has occasionally been depicted as a Water-type in the Trading Card Game.
• Lugia is tied with Ho-Oh for the highest base Special Defense of all Flying types.
• In the book adaptation of The Power of One, Lugia is mistakenly referred to as a Water/Flying type Pokémon.
• Lugia's Generation IV, V, and VI Pokédex entries that mention it being able to cause a 40-day storm may be a biblical reference to Noah's Ark.
• When Lugia's Shiny form is shown in Pokémon Stadium 2, it is green rather than pink.

Origin

Lugia's tendency for being underwater resembles plesiosaurs. It is also possible that Lugia may be based on Ryūjin, a dragon who lived on the ocean floor and was the Shinto fake creature of the sea. The two have similarities in mythology, and Lugia's Shiny colors (red and white) are the same colors as the coral Ryujin's palace was made of. Lugia's avian body, coloration and face-markings suggests that it may be somewhat based on the grey heron. The beluga whale, a white whale with a similar body shape and coloration to Lugia, may also be a basis for Lugia's design and name. Lugia's back fins and tail spikes are reminiscent of the Stegosaurus.

Name origin

Lugia may be derived from lutetium (a silverish element), which in turn is named after Lutetia (the Roman name for Paris, the city of light). It may also involve Lugeo (Latin for to lie dormant, alluding to the way Lugia lies at the bottom of the sea) and luna (Latin for moon). Alternatively, it may come from beluga whale. It may also incorporate deluge.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning  Japanese ルギア Lugia From lutetium, Lutetia, lugeo, luna, and beluga whale  French Lugia Same as Japanese name  Spanish Lugia Same as Japanese name  German Lugia Same as Japanese name  Italian Lugia Same as Japanese name  Korean 루기아 Rugia Transliteration of its Japanese name  Cantonese Chinese 利基亞 Leihgēi'a Transliteration of its Japanese name  Mandarin Chinese 洛奇亞 / 洛奇亚 Luòqíyǎ / Luòqíyà Transliteration of its Japanese name

[hide]More languages  Hindi लूगिया Lugia Transcription of English name  Russian Лугиа Lugia Transcription of English name

Related articles

• Lugia (M02)
• Silver (Johto)
• Shadow Lugia
• Tower duo
• Legendary birds

External links

• Article on Wikipedia