HitmonleeLevel 20 (Atk > Def)HitmonchanLevel 20 (Atk < Def)HitmontopLevel 20 (Atk = Def)
Is Hitmonchan Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Tyrogue evolves into Hitmonchan when Defense is higher than Attack at level 20. The elemental punches are still fun but Hitmonlee's raw speed and power make it the better choice for most players.
Falkner's team hits Tyrogue's weaknesses hard.
Bugsy's typing presses Tyrogue's defenses.
Whitney's typing presses Tyrogue's defenses.
Morty's team hits Tyrogue's weaknesses hard.
Chuck's typing presses Tyrogue's defenses.
Hitmonlee resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Jasmine:
Hitmonlee resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
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Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
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Sabrina's team hits Hitmonlee's weaknesses hard.
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Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
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Janine's team hits Hitmonlee's weaknesses hard.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
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Hitmonlee resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
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Blue's team hits Hitmonlee's weaknesses hard.
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Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
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Koga's team hits Hitmonlee's weaknesses hard.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
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Lance's team hits Hitmonlee's weaknesses hard.
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Gift Tyrogue
Tyrogue is given to you as a gift in Mt. Mortar at Lv 10. Defeat Karate King. Reward from the Karate King deep inside Mt. Mortar after defeating his Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 10)
- LV 10NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM08FightingRock SmashPower 30Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 36
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- TM46DarkThiefPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 10Team Rocket HQ (Mahogany Town)
Evolve Tyrogue to Hitmonchan
Tyrogue evolves into Hitmonchan at Level 20. Your Tyrogue should hit Level 20 before you reach Jasmine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 26FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 26IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 26ElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingDynamic PunchPower 150Accuracy 50%PP 5Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 32FightingMach PunchPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- LV 38NormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20
Evolve Tyrogue to Hitmonlee
Tyrogue evolves into Hitmonlee at Level 20. Your Tyrogue should hit Level 20 before you reach Jasmine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20FightingJump KickPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 25
- LV 20FightingRolling KickPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 15
- LV 20PsychicMeditatePower —Accuracy 100%PP 40
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 26FightingHigh Jump KickPower 128Accuracy 90%PP 20
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingDynamic PunchPower 150Accuracy 50%PP 5Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 46NormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5
Evolve Tyrogue to Hitmontop
Tyrogue evolves into Hitmontop at Level 20. Your Tyrogue should hit Level 20 before you reach Jasmine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20FightingRolling KickPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 15
- LV 20DarkPursuitPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 20NormalQuick AttackPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM28GroundDigPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
How to Get Hitmonchan in Gold & Silver
The mirror of its sibling, Hitmonchan branches off a level 20 Tyrogue whose Defense beats its Attack. Nothing spawns wild, so the whole thing rides on how you train that one Tyrogue.
Catch Tyrogue at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Hitmonchan.
- 1Catch Tyrogue
- 2Evolve Hitmonchanat Lv.20
Badge 4How to Obtain Hitmonchan in GS
- Step 2Hitmonchan ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Tyrogue egg.
How to Get Shiny Hitmonchan in Gold & Silver
Hitmonchan starts on Tyrogue, so grab the Karate King's gift in Mt. Mortar or hatch one from the Hitmon line, then evolve that shiny at level 20 with Defense above Attack. Compare Shiny Hitmonchan odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Hitmonchan Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Hitmonchan preloaded.
Hitmonchan Weakness
Hitmonchan's Fighting typing leaves it vulnerable to Flying and Psychic. Not many exploitable gaps in the Fighting typing defensive chart. Hitmonchan's special bulk (base 110 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Hitmonchan Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Hitmonchan
 Scyther Bug | B | |
 Natu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hitmonchan View Natu builds →Future Sight 2x80-95% Peck 2x28-34% | ||
 Golbat Poison | B | |
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
 Farfetch'd Normal | C | |
 Fearow Normal | C | |
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hitmonchan View Butterfree builds →Confusion 2x28-33% Gust 2x28-34% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Pidgeotto Normal | D | |
 Slowpoke WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing | ||
Hitmonchan Evolutions
Out of 3 evolutions from Tyrogue, Hitmonchan comes from the level-up path. The method you use determines which form you end up with. Breed through Tyrogue to get eggs. Both Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee hit 455 total stats from Tyrogue. The difference is how those stats are split. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Hitmonchan to get Tyrogue eggs (with patience) using 15 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include High Jump Kick, Mach Punch, Mind Reader and 1 more.
GS Hitmonchan Best Moveset
The elemental punches (Fire, Ice, Thunder) all use Sp. Atk since those types are special, not the 105 Attack that should power them. MoveMach Punch provides priority Fighting damage from the correct stat. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The stat mismatch still defines and limits the moveset.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Rapid Spin
- Hidden Power Ghost
- High Jump Kick
- Pursuit
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for High Jump Kick and Mach Punch on Hitmonchan. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from High Jump Kick and Dynamic Punch, they expand what Hitmonchan can actually threaten in practice.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
21 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its punches slice the air. However, it seems to need a short break after fighting for three minutes.
Its punches slice the air. They are launched at such high speed, even a slight graze could cause a burn.
Hitmonchan Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, use Hitmonchan as a setup sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling,
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Hitmonchan appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Hitmonchan have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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