Hitmonlee

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Hitmonlee Kicking Pokémon #140
Type Fighting Unknown Unknown
Abilities Limber or Reckless		Hidden Ability Unburden
Mega Ability
Gender ratio 100% male		Catch rate 55 (7.2%)
Breeding Egg group Human-Like Hatch time 6630 steps*
Height 1.5 m 4'11" m m m		Weight 49.8 kg 109.8 lbs {{{weight2-kg}}} kg {{{weight2-lbs}}} lbs {{{weight3-kg}}} kg {{{weight3-lbs}}} lbs {{{weight4-kg}}} kg {{{weight4-lbs}}} lbs
Base experience yield 159		Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 0 HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style		Footprint
Pokédex color   Brown		Base friendship 70
Cry

Hitmonlee is a Fighting-type Pokémon

It evolves from Tyrogue level 20 if its attack is higher than its defense.

Pokédex entry

Pokédex entry Its legs freely stretch and contract. Using these springlike limbs, it bowls over foes with devastating kicks. After battle, it rubs down its tired legs.

Biology

(From Bulbapedia) Hitmonlee is a humanoid Pokémon with an ovoid body. Lacking a distinct neck and head, its upper torso has almond-shaped eyes with black rings around them and appears to lack a nose and mouth. Primarily brown, it has cream-colored, segmented arms and legs, with three fingers and three clawed toes respectively. The soles of its feet and its ankles have circular, yellow markings. It is an exclusively male species with no female counterpart. Hitmonlee's legs freely contract and stretch similar to a coiled spring. This flexibility allows Hitmonlee to run with lengthy strides and gives it greater reach for its kicks. Its excellent sense of balance enables it to kick in succession from any position. After battling, it rubs down its legs to relax the tight muscles. Rare in the wild, it is primarily found in urban areas.

Game locations

Availability None evolve Tyrogue Common Uncommon Fossil Rare One

Held items

Held item(s) None This Pokémon cannot be found holding an item. Common Uncommon Rare Always

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 50	110 - 157	210 - 304
Attack: 120	112 - 189	220 - 372
Defense: 53	52 - 115	99 - 225
Sp.Atk: 35	36 - 95	67 - 185
Sp.Def: 110	103 - 178	202 - 350
Speed: 87	82 - 152	161 - 300
Total: 455   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Doubly weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Moves

By leveling up

By leveling up

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  1 Revenge Fighting Physical 60 100% 10 1 Double Kick Fighting Physical 30 100% 30 5 Meditate Psychic Status — —% 40 9 Rolling Kick Fighting Physical 60 85% 15 13 Jump Kick Fighting Physical 100 95% 10 17 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100% 15 21 Focus Energy Normal Status — —% 30 25 Feint Normal Physical 30 100% 10 29 Hi Jump Kick Fighting Physical 130 90% 10 33 Mind Reader Normal Status — —% 5 37 Foresight Normal Status — —% 40 41 Wide Guard Rock Status — —% 10 45 Blaze Kick Fire Physical 85 90% 10 49 Endure Normal Status — —% 10 53 Mega Kick Normal Physical 120 75% 5 57 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100% 5 61 Reversal Fighting Physical — 100% 15

A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Hitmonlee obtained at level 1 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hitmonlee Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hitmonlee

By TM/HM

By TM/HM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 Bounce Flying Physical 08585 085}}85% 5 TM31 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM08 Bulk Up Fighting Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM78 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 Covet Normal Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 20 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 10 TM52 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150150 100}}100% 20 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100}}100% 25 Low Kick Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM47 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM98 Power-Up Punch Fighting Physical 04040 100}}100% 20 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 Retaliate Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 5 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 20 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 04040 100}}100% 15 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 Role Play Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 Secret Power Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 Strength Normal Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 Superpower Fighting Physical 120120 100}}100% 5 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 090}}90% 15 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hitmonlee Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hitmonlee

By breeding

By breeding

Father   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Hitmonlee Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hitmonlee Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hitmonlee

Evolution

Unevolved Tyrogue  Fighting	Level 20 Attack>Defense →	First evolution Hitmonlee  Fighting
	Level 20 Defense>Attack →	First evolution Hitmonchan  Fighting
	Level 20 Attack=Defense →	First evolution Hitmontop  Fighting

Sprites

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny

Trivia

Design origin

(From Bulbapedia) Hitmonlee may be a personification of taekwondo, a sport that focuses on kick attacks. Due to its lack of a head, Hitmonlee bears resemblance to mythical headless men such as the Xing Tian and the Hindu demon Kabandha. Based on its Japanese name and kicking attribute, Hitmonlee may also represent Japanese kickboxer Tadashi Sawamura. From the Japanese names of its Abilities—Flexible, Life-Risking and Acrobatics—Hitmonlee may also be based on an acrobat.

Name origin

(From Bulbapedia) Hitmonlee is a combination of hit, monster, and Lee (a reference to Bruce Lee). The name is also related to Hitmonchan and Hitmontop, both of which are parallel evolutions to it as of Generation II.

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