Competitive Information for Hawlucha [Sun/Moon]
Fighting / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Hawlucha? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Hawlucha is a fabulous Fighting and Flying-typed Pokemon. Hawlucha are common Pokemon to see in the SM metagame. Hawlucha can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Hawlucha is weak to Electric, Fairy, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Electric Seed / Psychic Seed
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Drain Punch
- Poison Jab
- Acrobatics
- Swords Dance
Physical Sweeper Hawlucha (Popular/Trending)
Hawlucha is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's 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.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Hawlucha recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Hawlucha has no held item).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Hawlucha's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / High Jump Kick
- Sky Attack / Sky Drop
- X-Scissor / Throat Chop
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Hawlucha (Unburden)
Hawlucha is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Hawlucha 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. X-Scissor or Throat Chop are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Hawlucha is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Sky Drop is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Hawlucha and foe fly up turn 1. damages on turn 2).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 SpA / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Round / Snore
- Grass Knot
- Roost
- Bulk Up
Special Sweeper Hawlucha (Unburden)
Hawlucha is popular Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Hawlucha 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.
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Hawlucha must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Hawlucha's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Power Herb
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Acrobatics
- Sky Attack
- High Jump Kick
- Swords Dance
Hawlucha Physical Sweeper (Mucha Lucha)
Hawlucha is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's 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. Power Herb allows certain 2-turn attacks to be completed in 1. For this moveset try using Sky Attack as soon as possible. This will consume your Power Herb, increasing the power of your acrobatics and as well as activating unburden which doubles your speed!
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Hawlucha is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Hawlucha's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Hawlucha? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / High Jump Kick
- Rock Slide
- Sky Attack / Wing Attack
- X-Scissor / Throat Chop
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hawlucha (Unburden)
Hawlucha is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Hawlucha 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. X-Scissor or Throat Chop are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Hawlucha is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 SpA / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Round / Snore
- Grass Knot
- Roost
- Bulk Up
Doubles Special Sweeper Hawlucha (Unburden)
Hawlucha is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Hawlucha 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.
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Hawlucha must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Hawlucha's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Hawlucha 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 Hawlucha can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Hawlucha
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Ability: Unburden + Move: Acrobatics
- 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
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Detect, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Guard, Feint
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog, Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Hawlucha's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Hone Claws
- Power-Up Punch
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Hawlucha
- Acrobatics
- Baton Pass
- Drain Punch
- Hidden Power
- High Jump Kick
- Other
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Roost
- Stone Edge
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Hawlucha in Sun and Moon
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 96/252/0/0/36/124/ )
- Optimize Hawlucha's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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