What is a good competitive moveset for Hitmonchan? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Hitmonchan is a notable Fighting-typed Pokemon. Hitmonchan is a pretty standard Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Hitmonchan is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Species: Hitmonchan Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band Ability: Iron Fist Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - Close Combat / High Jump Kick - Throat Chop / Double-Edge - Earthquake - Fire Punch
Physical Sweeper Hitmonchan (Iron Fist)
Hitmonchan is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Hitmonchan's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Iron Fist, Hitmonchan's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker punch is not boosted. Throat Chop was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Hitmonchan's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Hitmonchan's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ◆ 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). ◆ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves). ◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ◆ 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).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Hitmonchan? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Species: Hitmonchan Item: Shell Bell / Eject Pack Ability: Iron Fist Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - Close Combat / High Jump Kick - Earthquake / Bulldoze - Rock Slide - Double-Edge / Ice Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hitmonchan (Iron Fist)
Hitmonchan is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Hitmonchan recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Iron Fist, Hitmonchan's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker punch is not boosted. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Hitmonchan's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Hitmonchan's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ◆ 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 Pokemon speed by 1 stage). ◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch). ◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Hitmonchan can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS 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: Power-Up Punch
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