Physical vs Special Lucario/Mega Lucario?

I have never had any Pokemon for competitive purposes and I’m going to IV breed and EV train Lucario but I don’t know which way I should go, special or physical. Here are my two movesets:

Lucario @ LucarioniteAbility: Justified —> AdaptabilityEVs: 252 Atk / 4 HP / 252 SpdJolly Nature-Close Combat (STAB)-Iron Tail (STAB)-Swords Dance-Zen Headbutt or Ice Punch (coverage) / Extreme Speed or Bullet Punch (priority) / Crunch*

Lucario @ LucarioniteAbility: Steadfast —> AdaptabilityEVs: 252 SAtk / 4 HP / 252 SpdTimid nature-Aura Sphere (STAB)-Flash Cannon (STAB)-Nasty Plot-Water Pulse (coverage) / Dark Pulse or Dragon Pulse (coverage) / Vacuum Wave (priority)*

*: means I’m not sure about which move tu use in this slot could use some advice

Physical Advantages:-Mega Lucario has better Att than Sp. Att-CC and IT have more power than AS and FC-Swords Dance has a way cooler animation than Nasty Plot

Special Advantages:-Unaffected by Burn or Intimidate-AS and FC have better accuracy than CC and IT-AS doesn’t have the drop in both defenses like CC-Aura Sphere is Lucario’s signature move which I think each Pokemon should have

Please help me out by giving more advantages or disadvantages for each set and with the last move of each set too. Thanks in advance!!

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I’d say go with physical.I encountered quite some Lucario’s, and most of them either had physical or mixed movestes.One swords dance+ close combat devestates anything.

I think Lucario is supposed to be physical too, because if you mega evolve him, the attack stat turns out better than special attack.

As for the move, if you want coverage, go with ice punch.If you want priority, go with extreme speed, it’s really good for finishing off anything.Bullet punch gets STAB, but this doesn’t matter if it’s not very effective.Both good, but extreme speed is pretty balanced, so i’d go with that.

Crunch doesn’t even get STAB so forget about that.

I have a Lucario too and this moveset works just fine.Hope I could help a bit!

Luke is rare. He actually works as a mixed attacker.

Drain punchBullet punchAura sphereFlash cannon

Invest in the defensive EVs or Speed and HP and a neutral nature. This is precisely why mega luke was banned in Smogon. Heal up with drain punch when possible. Steel and fighting offer good coverage, and being tanky helps.

Being dual invested with good knowledge means you get advantages over mono tanks like blissey, snorlax, etc. .. while powering through set up Pokemon.

You never have to switch out, losing a turn, on walls. Being bulky keeps you from having to switch out of checks. I prefer the defense set up, personally, as drain punch or aura sphere into bullet punch usually goes unchallenged. Adaptability removes the need for any investment in the attacks. You literally have the best of both worlds.