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hitmonlee
#106

Hitmonlee

Kicking Pokémon

Fighting

Its legs can stretch double. First-time foes are startled by its extensible reach.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 120
Defense 53
Sp. Atk 35
Sp. Def 110
Speed 87
Total 455

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Kicking Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 49.8 kg
Base Exp 159
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

hitmonlee Front Front
hitmonlee Back Back
hitmonlee Front Shiny Front Shiny
hitmonlee Back Shiny Back Shiny
hitmonlee Official Art Official Art
hitmonlee Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 3.3%
Unburden
Moves
Close Combat / High Jump Kick
Mach Punch / Fake Out
Return / Earthquake
Item
Fighting Gem / Normal Gem
Ability
Unburden
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Life Orb
Moves
Sucker Punch / Mach Punch
Double-Edge / Stone Edge
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Reckless
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Reversal Sweeper
Item
Liechi Berry
Ability
Unburden
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Hitmonlee at first glance might look like a simple Fighting-type Pokemon, but there are things that Hitmonlee is capable of doing well compared to its competition. Its base 120 Attack is wonderful, and is above average compared to other Fighting-types, and unlike most other powerful Fighting-types, it also has a very useful Speed stat, which allows it to outspeed threats such as Rotom-C, Gallade, Magmortar, and Kabutops. Hitmonlee also has a good offensive movepool to utilize, including its powerful STAB and coverage options such as Earthquake and Sucker Punch, as well as two great abilities in Reckless, which makes its High Jump Kick hit incredibly hard, and Unburden, which makes it one of the best late-game sweepers available to use in RU. However, Hitmonlee has a few major flaws. Although it has impressive coverage, it is fairly helpless against Psychic- and Ghost-types, especially considering that hitting Ghosts with High Jump Kick causes a lot of recoil damage. Hitmonlee is also extremely frail on the physical side, making it very vulnerable to priority moves and hard to switch in.

Most Used Moves

Fake Out
67.0%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
22.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc