Competitive Information for Hitmonchan [Sword/Shield]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
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 an extraordinary Fighting-typed Pokemon. Hitmonchan is a normal Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Hitmonchan is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
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 popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries 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.
◆ 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).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/is10a6b
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.
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 a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is meant 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.
◆ 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).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/id10a6b
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 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: Fire Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Mega 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: Mach Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Focus Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Drain Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Bullet Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Power-Up Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Mach Punch, Fake Out, Helping Hand, Feint, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Hitmonchan's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Curse
- Power-Up Punch
- Rapid Spin
- Skull Bash
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Hitmonchan
- Earthquake
- Fake Out
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Hitmonchan in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Hitmonchan's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
Related Videos
Here are various how-to-use and competitive moveset analysis video guides for Hitmonchan in Sword/Shield. These featured videos will most likely contain additional strategies and combos not listed on our site. Disclaimer: All videos belong to their respective owners along with the views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the videos. They belong solely to the author and not to us.
We currently do not have any competitive video guides for Hitmonchan in Sword/Shield
Want to have your Competitive Pokemon videos sponsored on our site? Contact us!
Some builds on this page have been hidden, click here to display them
Here are the best movesets for Hitmonchan. Top rated Hitmonchan Sword/Shield movesets. You can find Hitmonchan builds Sword/Shield. Hitmonchan movesets Sword/Shield are listed here. VGC Hitmonchan Competitive Movesets can be found here. Find various EV spreads, find the best nature for Hitmonchan in Sword/Shield along with competitive movesets. Basic info and Movesets for evolution