4th Gen Did you use your Riolu?

I remember I never really used it before, but now when I play I always make sure that I get him or her and they always end up being a pivotal member of my team. He's usually the one that I use again most of Cynthia's pokemon because of his versatility with moves and everything

Yes, but only my first one because she hatched female and female Lucario are pretty rare.

Nah, Lucario is overrated and never appealed to me so I never even hatched it

I really needed a Fighting-type and a Steel-type at the time iirc, so I just went with what I got and conveniently this lil Riolu evolves into a Steel/Fighting-type! So yup, used Riolu + Lucario. Hatch and use it every game (Pearl/Platinum) as it always proves to be super useful in my teams =')

Only if I chose Turtwig as my starter. I normally don't like having two Pokemon of the same type on my team, so Empoleon (Water/Steel) and Infernape (Fire/Fighting) would discourage me from using it.

Nope. I remember it was one of the last I had to evolve in order to complete my dex since it requires friendship to evolve.

The first time I actually used a Lucario in my team was in Y.

I thought about it. I didn't do it though. I just didn't feel like hatching an egg halfway through playing my game so I didn't really bother with it. <_<

I ended up boxing Lucario. I already had enough physical power on my team with Staraptor and Garchomp so Lucario wasn't needed much. Not to mention it would be a pain to raise a Pokemon from LV1 after getting 4-5 badges.

I did hatch it because it looked like a cool surprise and all but once i found out it was that low a level i was way to lazy to train it to where my other pokes were :3

My team is always far too high levelled by that point for me to be bothered to train up for Lucario.

Should really have been given to you earlier in the game I think.

nope. just left it with Riley! he can hatch it himself for once!

Sometimes I use it but usually I won't bother. I don't like Lucario that much as a Pokémon but after playing through Pearl about 50 times it's nice to mix things up a bit! I do remember he always felt quite strong once you'd levelled him up a tad.

I didn't, because it takes time to make similar level to my party. And I didn't know Lucario is good.

Interestingly, during my first Platinum playthrough, I don't think I ever did use it. Nor do I remember using it in mostly subsequent playthroughs except maybe once or twice.

I did in my first run, it was kind of a pain at first having to find somewhere I could safely grind, but it was worth it. I was so hyped when Riolu evolved into Lucario.

Yep, I found it pretty useful! Nice typing and good attacks. I kind of didn't want to, since Lucario is so popular and everywhere kind of, being the poster kid of a movie etc. But it was good c:

I remember wanting to, but I'm not sure if I did - I was still switching around my Pokémon a lot. Needless to say it didn't make my final team, but I definitely wanna use it next time.

I got to use mine a bit but i ultimately decided not too.

No because 1. I already had a well balanced team once I got it, and 2. There was usually at least 1 decent fighter or metal mon on my team. And since I dislike the line now, I'll probably never use it in the future.

I used Riolu, when it evolved to Lucario, its moves helped alot.