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hitmontop
#237

Hitmontop

Handstand Pokémon

Fighting

It fights while spinning like a top. The centrifugal force boosts its destructive power by ten.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 95
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 35
Sp. Def 110
Speed 70
Total 455

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Handstand Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 48.0 kg
Base Exp 159
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

hitmontop Front Front
hitmontop Back Back
hitmontop Front Shiny Front Shiny
hitmontop Back Shiny Back Shiny
hitmontop Official Art Official Art
hitmontop Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

doublesou Usage: 12.4%
Bulky Support
Item
Sitrus Berry
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 252
Spe 4

Strategy Overview

Hitmontop is one of the most flexible support Pokemon in the metagame with Intimidate, the pressure it applies from Fake Out, access to numerous useful support moves, and decent offensive capabilities. However, Hitmontop lacks firepower against the metagame's many Fighting-type resistances and can be forced off the field by foes with Intimidate and its own Close Combat stat drops. While Hitmontop can patch up a team's weaknesses with its appealing role compression, it often finds itself generating little pressure against some of the tier's most common Pokemon such as Metagross and Mew.

Most Used Moves

Fake Out
100.0%
Detect
31.2%
Protect
16.2%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc