Competitive Information for Hitmonlee [Black/White]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Hitmonlee? 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.
Hitmonlee is a sensational Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to find yourself dealing with Hitmonlee when battling in the 5th generation meta. Hitmonlee's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Item: White Herb / Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 Def
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Superpower
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake
- Sucker Punch
Physical Sweeper Hitmonlee (Unburden)
Hitmonlee is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Hitmonlee's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Focus Sash helps protect Hitmonlee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Hitmonlee's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
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Item: Focus Band
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Naive (+Spe, -SpD)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Bulk Up
- Focus Punch / High Jump Kick
- Earthquake / Knock Off
Hitmonlee Physical Sweeper (Sashlee)
Hitmonlee is popular Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Hitmonlee's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Focus Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 150-base power Fighting-type move (fails if your Hitmonlee takes damage before it hits).
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Hitmonlee is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (removes the target's held item).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Hitmonlee? 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: White Herb / Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 Def
Moveset:
- Superpower / Close Combat
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Sucker Punch / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hitmonlee (Unburden)
Hitmonlee is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Hitmonlee's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Hitmonlee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability. Sucker Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Hitmonlee's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Hitmonlee 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 Hitmonlee 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 Hitmonlee
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Unburden + Move: Close combat
- Ability: Unburden + Item: Mirror herb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Recoil moves boosted by Reckless: Double-Edge
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Mach Punch, Fake Out, Helping Hand, Feint, Sucker Punch, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Hitmonlee's stats
- Bulk Up
- Meditate
- Rapid Spin
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Hitmonlee
- Earthquake
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Hitmonlee in Black and White
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