HitmonleeLevel 20 (Atk > Def)HitmonchanLevel 20 (Atk < Def)HitmontopLevel 20 (Atk = Def)
Is Hitmonlee Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Tyrogue from the Karate King in Mt. Mortar, or Crystal's Odd Egg. The Odd Egg can hatch Tyrogue much earlier than the Mt. Mortar route. If Attack is higher than Defense at level 20, Hitmonlee brings fast Fighting coverage for Whitney and Jasmine.
Falkner's team hits Tyrogue's weaknesses hard.
Bugsy's typing presses Tyrogue's defenses.
Whitney's typing presses Tyrogue's defenses.
Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
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Hitmonlee resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
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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 on Route 34 at Lv 5. Hatch Odd Egg received from Day-Care Man (random). Hatch the Odd Egg received from the Day-Care Man on Route 34. The Egg randomly hatches into one of seven baby Pokemon, with a 14% chance of being Shiny.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5NormalTacklePower 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 Hitmonlee
Tyrogue evolves into Hitmonlee at Level 20. Your Tyrogue should hit Level 20 before you reach Morty, 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 Hitmonchan
Tyrogue evolves into Hitmonchan at Level 20. Your Tyrogue should hit Level 20 before you reach Morty, 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 Hitmontop
Tyrogue evolves into Hitmontop at Level 20. Your Tyrogue should hit Level 20 before you reach Morty, 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 Hitmonlee in Crystal
Hitmonlee has no wild form, and there's no dojo choice here either. It comes from a Tyrogue whose Attack beats its Defense at level 20, the Karate King's gift being the source.
Catch Tyrogue at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Hitmonlee.
- 1Catch Tyrogue
- 2Evolve Hitmonleeat Lv.20
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Badge 4How to Obtain Hitmonlee in C
- Step 2Hitmonlee ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Tyrogue egg.
How to Get Shiny Hitmonlee in Crystal
Hitmonlee begins as a shiny Tyrogue from the Odd Egg at 1 in 7; raise that Tyrogue so Attack outgrows Defense by level 20. Compare Shiny Hitmonlee odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Hitmonlee Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Odd Egg: Accept the Odd Egg from the Day-Care Man on Route 34. Each baby has its own shiny chance of 1 to 3 percent, fixed when you take the egg, so save first and reset until it hatches shiny.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Crystal shiny odds for Hitmonlee.
Hitmonlee Weakness
Type-wise, Hitmonlee takes extra damage from Flying and Psychic. Few weaknesses and 3 resistances make the typing clean. Hitmonlee'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 Hitmonlee Weak Against
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Hitmonlee Evolutions
Hitmonlee is one of 3 ways Tyrogue's chain can end. This one takes the level-up path, while the siblings go different directions. Breed through Tyrogue to get eggs. Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan share the same 455 total stats, but they're distributed differently. Check the comparison below to see where each one specializes. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Hitmonlee 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.
C Hitmonlee Best Moveset
Dark types give Fighting TermStab legitimate targets for the first time. High Attack fires physical Fighting moves against Tyranitar and Snorlax. MoveEarthquake and MoveRock Slide round out coverage. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The matchup improvement brings Fighting from irrelevance to a genuine offensive role.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- High Jump Kick
- Meditate
- Hidden Power Ghost
- Body Slam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. High Jump Kick and Mach Punch aren't available any other way for Hitmonlee, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of High Jump Kick and Jump Kick for solid options.
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
18 of 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It is also called the Kick Master. It uses its elastic legs to execute every known kick.
Hitmonlee Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Hitmonlee plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Hitmonlee has appeared in 20 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
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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