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hitmontop
#237

Hitmontop

Handstand Pokémon

Fighting

If you become enchanted by its smooth, elegant, dance-like kicks, you may get drilled hard.

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

nu Usage: 3.4%
Rapid Spin
Moves
Foresight / Protect
Close Combat / Low Kick
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

Hitmontop offers a very niche combination of Rapid Spin and Foresight to clear entry hazards against Ghost-type Pokemon and is a reliable check to Dark-type Pokemon such as Incineroar and Sneasel. Outside of this niche, however, other hazard removers and Fighting-type Pokemon offer much more utility or power. Hitmontop's exploitable weaknesses, lack of reliable recovery, and only good bulk mean that it gets worn down incredibly quickly without Wish support, leaving it very easily taken advantage of. It also relies on only Fighting-type STAB attacks and Toxic for damage, so it is easily walled by Fighting-resistant and Poison-immune Pokemon such as Garbodor, Weezing, and Golbat. This means that Hitmontop only finds a secure niche on stall teams that need a decent Incineroar check and entry hazard control.

Most Used Moves

Toxic
47.5%
Fake Out
24.6%
Protect
19.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
53.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc