Competitive Information for Hitmonchan [Black/White]
Fighting
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Hitmonchan? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Hitmonchan is a spectacular Fighting-typed Pokemon. Hitmonchan are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Hitmonchan's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake
- Thunder Punch
Physical Sweeper Hitmonchan (Iron Fist)
Hitmonchan is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Hitmonchan's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Life Orb boosts the power of Hitmonchan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Hitmonchan's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Hitmonchan is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
Physical Sweeper Hitmonchan
Hitmonchan is a decent Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Hitmonchan's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Life Orb boosts the power of Hitmonchan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Hitmonchan cannot be made to flinch.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Hitmonchan is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Atk / 200 Def / 8 SpD / 100 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Bullet Punch
- Sky Uppercut
- Earthquake
Hitmonchan Physical Tank (Little Mac)
Hitmonchan is a spectacular Physical Tank. It's meant to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Hitmonchan last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Iron Fist, Hitmonchan's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted. Bullet Punch hits fairys for super effective damage.
♦ Bullet Punch is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Steel-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce, fly, or sky drop).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Hitmonchan? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hitmonchan (Iron Fist)
Hitmonchan is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Hitmonchan's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Life Orb boosts the power of Hitmonchan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Hitmonchan's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Hitmonchan is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hitmonchan
Hitmonchan is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Hitmonchan's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Life Orb boosts the power of Hitmonchan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Hitmonchan cannot be made to flinch.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Hitmonchan is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Hitmonchan learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Hitmonchan can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Hitmonchan
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Ability: Iron fist + Item: Punching glove
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Bullet Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Drain Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Focus Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Mach Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Comet Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Mega Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Sky Uppercut
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Guard, Bullet Punch, Fake Out, Feint, Mach Punch, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Hitmonchan's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Rapid Spin
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Hitmonchan
- Earthquake
- Fake Out
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Hitmonchan in Black and White
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