Talk:Lucario vs Shadow/@comment-26374068-20150823051534

Well, here goes.

Strength. Shadow is able to lift an entire bus briefly with one arm and flip it with relative ease. Shadow is also able to tear through metal with ease using the Spindash. Lucario can smash through boulders using his fists and feet, and was able to deflect an island busting blast by pushing it upwards.

Strength (Lifting) - Shadow

Strength (Striking) - Shadow

Speed. Shadow is FTL and can react to FTL attacks. Lucario is only bullet speed+, but can read enemies' aura and read anything they're about to do, and has been able to dodge attacks like Quick Attack by doing that. Also, Extreme Speed drastically increases his speed.

Speed (Movement) - Shadow

Speed (Reactions) - Lucario

Now, durability. Shadow can tank atmospheric re-entry and a star exploding. Lucario doesn't exactly have advanced durability. Sure, he can take attacks far above the average human can, but that's it. Essentially superhuman.

Durability - Shadow

Next, Intelligence. This one easily goes to Lucario, for him not being arrogant and actually being a strategist.

Intelligence - Lucario

Next, Weapons/Skills. Lucario:

Aura Sphere, Force Palm, Double Team, Bone Rush, Aura Storm, and many more moves. He can Mega Evolve, and he's also able to up his durability, speed, and strength over time, and as said before, read others' Aura.

Shadow:

Chaos Spear, Chaos Control, Chaos Blast, Inhibitor Rings give a temporary boost, Chaos Emeralds, Shadow Rifle, and a sword.

Verdict. Basically Lucario wins. It's an extremely close match, sadly for Lucario this is also without Archie, but Lucario takes it. Here's how though. Lucario's ability to read Aura, strengthen himself over time, Mega Evolve, and his MASSIVE abundance of moves all makes it way too hard for Shadow too win. Here's a final comparison.

Lucario (Victor):

+ Aura basically ensures victory

+ Abundance of moves made him far less predictable

+ Mega Lucario can counter Super Shadow

+ Far smarter

- Slower in movement at first

- Nowhere near as strong at first

- Not nearly as durable at first

+++ Aura could give him the upper hand in every category as time passes by

Shadow (Loser):

+ Far stronger at first

+ Far faster in movement at first

+ Far more durable at first

+ Super Shadow could counter Mega Lucario

- Weaponry is useless

- No counter for the Aura abilities

- Far more predictable

- Not nearly as smart

--- Couldn't stop Lucario from getting more and more powerful

The Winner is Lucario!