hitmonlee
#106

Hitmonlee

Kicking Pokémon

Fighting

Hitmonlee’s legs freely contract and stretch. Using these springlike legs, it bowls over foes with devastating kicks. After battle, it rubs down its legs and loosens the muscles to overcome fatigue.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 120
Defense 53
Sp. Atk 35
Sp. Def 110
Speed 87
Total 455
EV Yield 2 Attack

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

nu Usage: 3.8%
Terrain Sweeper
Item
Grassy Seed
Ability
Unburden
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Tera Type
DarkPoisonSteel

Strategy Overview

Hitmonlee is a powerful physical sweeper on Grassy Terrain offense teams, taking advantage of the Defense and Speed boosts from Grassy Seed and Unburden to set up on, outspeed, and sweep through foes like Flygon, Bronzong, and Duraludon. Close Combat and Knock Off are great options against the majority of the metagame, and moves like Poison Jab and Earthquake can give it a super effective option against other foes, such as Scream Tail and Overqwil. Hitmonlee's bulk can be a bit lacking, and the Defense boost from Grassy Seed is required in order to find a turn to set up. Further, if it is phazed by Swampert's or Vaporeon's Roar or Duraludon's Dragon Tail, it will lose this boost and its Unburden boost, severely hampering its later effectiveness. Without a Speed boost, Hitmonlee is limited - it is outsped by common threats like Flamigo, Flygon, and Munkidori, all of which can seriously threaten it. Outside of Grassy Terrain, Hitmonlee is outclassed by other Fighting-types, such as Flamigo, Infernape, and Paldean Tauros-W.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
90.3%
Reversal
10.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc