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hitmonlee
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Hitmonlee

Kicking Pokémon

Fighting

The legs freely contract and stretch. The stretchy legs allow it to hit a distant foe with a rising kick.

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

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

uu Usage: 0.5%
Wallbreaker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Reckless
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Endure + Reversal
Moves
Stone Edge / Mach Punch
Item
Liechi Berry
Ability
Unburden
Nature
Lonely
EVs
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

While being an offensive hazard remover in a metagame where entry hazard removal in general is limited may seem appealing, Hitmonlee has fatal flaws that prevent it from fulfilling that role to a decent extent. Such flaws include being rather slow at base 87 Speed for such a frail Pokemon, competition from better Fighting-types to use in general, and the inability to beat many entry hazard setters due to the aforementioned low Speed and frailty. Hitmonlee also fails to perform a cleaner role effectively due to its lack of raw power, even with a Liechi Berry, the fact it can only attempt a sweep once per game, and its vulnerability to being revenge killed by any priority moves due to it always attempting to sweep at 1 HP.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
74.8%
Fake Out
68.9%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc