Competitive Information for Hawlucha [X/Y]
Fighting / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Hawlucha? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Hawlucha is a notable Fighting and Flying-typed Pokemon. Hawlucha is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 6. Hawlucha is weak to Electric, Fairy, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: White Herb / Power Herb
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / High Jump Kick
- X-Scissor / Fire Punch
- Sky Attack / Sky Drop
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Hawlucha (Unburden)
Hawlucha is a notable Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Hawlucha's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). 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 Fire Punch 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).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 SpA / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Round / Snore
- Grass Knot
- Roost
- Detect
Special Sweeper Hawlucha (Unburden)
Hawlucha is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It is meant 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).
♦ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Hawlucha this turn).
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 notable 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. 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).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Hawlucha? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: White Herb / Power Herb
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / High Jump Kick
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor / Return
- Sky Attack / Sky Drop
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hawlucha (Unburden)
Hawlucha is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Hawlucha's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). 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 was 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).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ 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).
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 SpA / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Round / Snore
- Grass Knot
- Roost
- Detect
Doubles Special Sweeper Hawlucha (Unburden)
Hawlucha is an interesting Special Sweeper. It was 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).
♦ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Hawlucha this turn).
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 X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Hawlucha
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Ability: Unburden + Move: Acrobatics
- 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: Detect, Protect, Helping Hand, Quick Guard, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Optimize Hawlucha's EVs for X/Y
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