Hitmonchan

Hitmonchan is a solid Pokemon in PU thanks to its amazing role compression. It's an offensive spinner that threatens many of the tier's Stealth Rock setters such as Regirock, Alolan Sandslash, and Aggron while being bulky enough to act as a blanket check to some of the best specially offensive Pokemon such as Aurorus, and it can act as a revenge killer thanks to Mach Punch. While it lacks a method of reliable recovery, it can mitigate this with Drain Punch or a pinch Berry. However, Hitmonchan's limited movepool leaves it unable to deal with Pokemon that can threaten it out of the battle such as Clefairy and Tangela, and it is worn down quickly by entry hazards and status conditions. Unless it runs Toxic or an appropriate coverage move, Hitmonchan is helpless against Ghost-types such as Jellicent and Sableye and other hazard setters such as Roselia and Qwilfish, which can make it an unreliable spinner at times. Hitmonchan is also vulnerable to being revenge killed by physically offensive threats such as Gurdurr, Kangaskhan, and Dodrio because of its low Defense. Gurdurr, in particular, can set up in front of it and take advantage of Toxic by activating Guts.