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hitmonlee
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Hitmonlee

Kicking Pokémon

Fighting

When kicking, the sole of its foot turns as hard as a diamond on impact and destroys its enemy.

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

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Locations

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

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

Competitive

nu Usage: 5.0%
Curse
Item
White Herb
Ability
Unburden
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Hitmonlee is an interesting, albeit very flawed, setup sweeper in NeverUsed. Its appeal comes from access to both Curse and the ability Unburden, which, after consuming a White Herb, makes Hitmonlee the fastest non-Choice Scarf Pokemon in the tier. However, despite a naturally high Attack stat, Hitmonlee has trouble breaking through typical Fighting-type answers such as Garbodor, Palossand, and especially Weezing. Furthermore, Hitmonlee only gets one chance to sweep, and if it loses its White Herb before it sets up, it is potentially dead weight, limiting it to being a late-game sweeper. If it doesn't set up, Hitmonlee's middling Speed and poor bulk mean it is easily revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Whimsicott, Choice Scarf Passimian, and Delphox. This is why Hitmonlee finds itself outclassed as a Fighting-type by Passimian and Medicham.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
87.8%
Fake Out
32.6%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
14.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc