Competitive Information for Hitmonlee [X/Y]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Hitmonlee? 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.
Hitmonlee is a fabulous Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Hitmonlee out in the 6th generation battlefield. Hitmonlee is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 Def / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Knock Off / Double-Edge
- Blaze Kick
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Hitmonlee (Reckless)
Hitmonlee is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Hitmonlee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Hitmonlee's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Reckless, Hitmonlee's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle. Knock Off was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ 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).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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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 a decent Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is 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 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Hitmonlee? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 Def / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Knock Off / Double-Edge
- Rock Slide
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hitmonlee (Reckless)
Hitmonlee is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Hitmonlee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Hitmonlee's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Reckless, Hitmonlee's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle. Knock Off was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ 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).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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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 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 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, Helping Hand, Protect, Wide Guard, Bullet Punch, Fake Out, Feint, Mach Punch, Sucker Punch, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Hitmonlee's stats
- Bulk Up
- Meditate
- Power-Up Punch
- 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 X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Hitmonlee's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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