What is a good moveset for Hitmonlee?
If you have a good competitive moveset for Hitmonlee,post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for any of its pre-evolutions can also be shared on this thread.
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Gen V
Hitmonlee (M) @ Normal GemAbility: UnburdenEVs: 252 Atk / 172 SpD / 84 SpeAdamant Nature- Fake Out- Close Combat- Stone Edge- Bullet Punch
A problem with Hitmonlee has always been low Speed. Unburden fixes that problem. You use Fake Out, which activates Normal Gem and will do some nice free damage. Now you’ve got Speed in the 400 range. Close Combat is more reliable than Hi Jump Kick, and your ability is Unburden, not Reckless. Stone Edge provides type coverage. No matter how fast you are, there is still a chance that you can be outsped. So Bullet Punch provides priority. Sucker Punch isn’t used because it isn’t able to be used along with Unburden. Your EVs give you enough Speed to outspeed most foes after Unburden. Attack is maxed out, and some bulk on the special side is also given.
Role: Anti-Hax Switch in KillerScrewyouHax! (Hitmonlee) (M) @ Life OrbAbility: LimberEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Stone Edge- Focus Punch- Bullet Punch- Earthquake
This set takes alot of predicting to use.
The point being, Para-hax has gotten to be a real pain lately, so here’s how you solve it!
Limber lets you switch in on Paralyzation, without getting paralyzed, if you predict the switch, you get a nasty STAB Focus Punch blow in! Which can beast your opponent up, but some opponents like togekiss, need to be taken down with Stone Edge.And others with Earthquake.
I am annoying(Hitmonlee) (M) @ Expert Belt / Life OrbAbility: UnburdenEVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Bulk Up- Hi Jump Kick- Blaze Kick- Stone Edge
Bulk Up:Covers for it’s low Defence and raises AttackHi Jump Kick:STAB, high power and a good chance to hitBlaze Kick:Covers multiple Sweepers and Threats to HitmonleeStone Edge:Coverage
Double/Triple Battle
Hitmonlee (M) @ Life OrbAbility: RecklessEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Wide Guard- Rock Slide- Earthquake- Hi Jump Kick
Wide Guard protects your team from multiple Pokemon hitting attacks. Rock Slide and Earthquake hit multiple Pokemon. Hi Jump Kick is STAB.
Hitmonlee @ LeftoversAbility: LimberEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeNaughty Nature- Stone Edge- Hi Jump Kick- Sucker Punch- Bulk Up
Hitmonlee @ Normal GemAbility: UnburdenEVs: 252 Atk / 36 Def / 160 SpDJolly Nature- Fake Out- Close Combat- Stone Edge- Sucker Punch
so you fake out to grab a speed boost, then beat the crap out of anything that opposes you. if they pull out a Psychic, Sucker Punch it right in its stupid face. Stone Edge Covers Flying Types and Ice types, if you decide you don’t want a Close Combat drop over an Ice kill.
I just thought of this moveset
Hitmonlee (M) @ Liechi BerryAbility: UnburdenEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeNaive / Naughty Nature- Endure- Reversal- Blaze Kick- Stone Edge / Rock Slide
I haven’t tried this set out yet, I literally just thought of it, I see a few problems if they don’t get you down to 1 HP, but this set can in theory do a lot of damage.
If this set doesn’t work I have tried the Normal Gem/Fake out sets and they do work really well
Here’s a fun one.
Hitmonlee (M) @ Weakness PolicyAbility: UnburdenEVs: 252 Atk / 252 SpeNaughty Nature- Endure- Reversal- Blaze kick / Stone Edge- Mach Punch / Bullet Punch
The idea is to bait the enemy into using a super effective attack to activate your weakness policy while enduring so you get 2x attack, and Reversal gets 200 BP due to you having 1 hp. Unburden doubles your speed so you can outspeed everything and Reversal will start destroying everything, even things that resist it.
Blaze kick is for coverage, Priority for other priority users. Mach punch counters sharpedo and crawdaunt.Bullet punch counters togekiss
Gen 8 PU
Hitmonlee @ Life OrbAbility: RecklessEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature
High Jump Kick is extremely powerful STAB boosted by Reckless. Don’t use it against something that you think has Protect. You shouldn’t be spamming HJK too much, because you risk knocking yourself out due to the potential 50% recoil if it misses. Knock Off covers Psychic types and is great utility. Stone Edge covers Flying types. Mach Punch is STAB priority, Poison Jab covers Fairy types and can poison.
Gen 8 PU
Hitmonlee @ White HerbAbility: UnburdenEVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpeAdamant Nature
Curse boosts Attack and Defense. Hitmonlee does have Bulk Up, however, Curse’s Speed lowering side effect is important, because it activates White Herb and also activates Unburden. Close Combat is STAB. Knock Off is great utility and covers Psychic types. Stone Edge or Earthquake can be used as coverage.
Gen 9 NU Terrain SweeperHitmonlee @ Grassy Seed / Psychic SeedAbility: UnburdenTera Type: Fire / Poison / DarkEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Swords Dance- Close Combat- Knock Off- Blaze Kick / Earthquake
Hitmonlee dropped to NU, and Terrain teams are already good at the time this was posted, so here is a set Hitmonlee can use on Terrain teams. When you send out Hitmonlee in the terrain you’re using, Hitmonlee will consume its terrain seed, activating Unburden. Hitmonlee got access to Swords Dance this Gen, which allows Hitmonlee to have more breaking power than previous generations. Close Combat is used for Hitmonlee’s Fighting STAB since it is powerful. Knock Off allows Hitmonlee to remove items from opposing Pokemon and is useful to hit Pokemon who resist or are immune to Close Combat such as Chandelure, Dragalge, Delphox, Basculegion, Golurk, Galarian Slowbro, and Palossand. Blaze Kick allows Hitmonlee to hit Vileplume super effectively. Poison Jab can be used to hit Fairy-types such as Florges, Grimmsnarl, and Sylveon super effectively. Earthquake is an option mostly to hit Qwilfish should Qwilfish rise in usage to check Hitmonlee. Grassy Seed is used if you use Hitmonlee on Grassy Terrain teams, giving a boost to Hitmonlee’s frail defense stat. Psychic Seed is used for Psychic Terrain teams, protecting Hitmonlee from priority moves.
Hitmonlee has a few Tera Types it can use. Tera Fire is used if you use Blaze Kick. Not only does Tera Fire Blaze Kick let it OHKO Vileplume after a +2 Attack boost, but it also lets Hitmonlee resist Fairy moves. Tera Poison is used with Poison Jab so Hitmonlee can hit Fairy-types hard. If you use Earthquake, you can use a Tera Type such as Dark, as Tera Dark gives Hitmonlee a Psychic immunity and a boost to Knock Off.
Hitmonlee @ Wide LensAbility: RecklessEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant / Jolly Nature- High Jump Kick- Stone Edge- Blaze Kick- Rapid Spin
It works well. Superpowered up HJK that has 99% accuracy? Oh yeah.
Fast sweeper:
Hitmonlee @ Weakness PolicyAbility: UnburdenEVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Endure- Reversal- Poison Jab- Stone Edge
Endure on a non-physically bulky fairy, then destroy. Don’t start this if your opponent may have priority.
Papa Garbador’s Set
Hitmonlee (M) @ Liechi BerryAbility: UnburdenEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeLonely / Naughty NatureIVs: 0 SpA- Endure- Reversal- Earthquake- Sucker Punch
Endure to 1 HP, get berry boost, unburden activates, reversal destruction ensues.
Gen 8
Hitmonlee @ Muscle Band / Focus Sash / Normal GemAbility: Limber / UnburdenEVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpeAdamant Nature
Hitmonlee @ Wide LensAbility: RecklessEVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- High Jump Kick- Blaze Kick- Rock Slide / Stone Edge- Poison Jab
High Jump Kick does even more damage than Close Combat and is 100% accurate because of Reckless and Wide Lens. You can use either Rock Slide or Stone Edge depending if you want more damage or more uses. You can use this build for PvP or PvE in which it is overpowered and does insane damage. I highly recommend using this build.
Hitmonlee @ Liechi BerryAbility: UnburdenEVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Reversal- Endure- Stone Edge- Earthquake
Simple, just use endure, leave hitmonlee with 1hp, it will eat its liechi berry, unburden activates, raising hitmonlee speed, then sweep with a 200 power reversal
Hope I helped!
Last of the Hitmon’s to answer. It doesn’t have any things that make it stand out from the others, but it has a great Attack stat. This set doesn’t specify on any tier.
Hitmonlee @ Choice ScarfAbility: Limber / RecklessTera Type: FightingEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeAdamant / Jolly NatureIVs: 0 SpA- Close Combat / High Jump Kick- Knock Off- Poison Jab / Rock Slide- Earthquake
Close Combat and High Jump Kick are very powerful moves with bad drawbacks, but Close Combat’s defense drops don’t really matter because Hitmonlee will probably never survive a strong hit. If you are using Hi Jump Kick, Reckless is the better Ability. Limber prevents you from getting crippled by Paralysis. Knock Off is a great utility move, and is coverage against Psychic types. Poison Jab and Rock Slide is coverage. Earthquake has nice coverage, hitting 5 types super-effectively. I recommend Adamant over Jolly, but if you run Jolly you reach 600 max Speed. Really fast!
