Is Hitmonlee Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Gift from the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City. Pick Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan, not both. Hitmonlee brings the higher Attack and kicks through Giovanni and Bruno. Pure Fighting without much flexibility, but the damage output is real.
Not available yet. You cannot get Hitmonlee before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Hitmonlee before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Hitmonlee before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Hitmonlee before this fight.
Koga's team hits Hitmonlee's weaknesses hard.
Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Giovanni's team.
Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Lorelei's team.
Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Trace's team.
This is the Let's Go Eevee team. In Let's Go Pikachu, Trace brings Jolteon Lv 57 in place of Raichu Lv 57.
Gift
Hitmonlee is given to you as a gift in Saffron City at Lv 30. Choose Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan. Choose as a reward after defeating the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30FightingJump KickPower 150Accuracy 95%PP 10
- LV 30FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 30FightingRolling KickPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 15
- After Erika
- TMPoisonPoison JabPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 40NormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5
- LV 45FightingHigh Jump KickPower 195Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMFightingSuperpowerPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- TMGroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10
Catch Hitmonlee
Catch Hitmonlee in Victory Road (walking, Lv 41-46, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 41)
- LV 41FightingJump KickPower 150Accuracy 95%PP 10
- LV 41FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 41FightingRolling KickPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 15
- LV 41NormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5
- After Erika
- TMPoisonPoison JabPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 45FightingHigh Jump KickPower 195Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMFightingSuperpowerPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- TMGroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Hitmonlee Locations
Low spawn rates for Hitmonlee across 2 locations in late-game routes. Nothing complicated. Check the sorted list below, compare the top few options, and head to whichever is closest.
2 locations to catch Hitmonlee
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Hitmonlee in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
How to Get Shiny Hitmonlee in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Hitmonlee is Catch Combo, which reaches about 1 in 274 at full boosts. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Hitmonlee odds across every game
Shiny Hitmonlee Evolution
Does Not EvolveLet's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Hitmonlee Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Catch Combo at full boosts, about 1 in 274 on each try. Tune it below.
Catch Combo: Catch one species back-to-back. A Lure stacks on top of a 31-plus combo.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 29 |
| 25%one in four | 79 |
| 50%coin flip | 190 |
| 90%very likely | 630 |
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 Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee shiny odds for Hitmonlee.
Hitmonlee Weakness
Type-wise, Hitmonlee takes extra damage from Flying, Psychic, and Fairy. 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, Fairy |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
What is Hitmonlee Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Hitmonlee
 Fearow Normal | C | |
 Pidgeot Normal | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hitmonlee View Butterfree builds →Air Slash 2x60-71% Psybeam 2x35-41% | ||
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Mr. Mime PsychicFairy | C | |
 Charizard Fire | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Clefairy Fairy | D | |
 Farfetch'd Normal | D | |
Hitmonlee Evolutions
No evolution chain here. Hitmonlee is a standalone Fighting type with 455 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Let's Go Hitmonlee Best Moveset
120 Attack at 87 Speed behind Fighting TermStab. Without AbilityReckless boosting recoil moves or AbilityUnburden doubling Speed after item use, the moveset runs clean physical Fighting on raw numbers. MoveHigh Jump Kick still hits hard, but missing is even more punishing without any recovery options.
Best Build
Hitmonlee Candy
Mighty Candy+ATKAdamant raises Attack and lowers Sp. Atk. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Red, then Blue. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Hitmonlee
- Hitmonlee Candy
- Mighty Candy
Mighty Candy L
Mighty Candy XL
Hitmonlee Candy raises every stat, but only Hitmonlee can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Hitmonlee is Mighty Candy (Attack), and any Pokemon can eat it; Mighty Candy L needs level 30 and Mighty Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Master Trainer
Cheng battles with one level 75 Hitmonlee that knows High Jump Kick and Feint. It takes extra damage from Flying, Psychic and Fairy moves. Win to earn the Hitmonlee Master title. Find Cheng in Saffron City.
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Hitmonlee learns High Jump Kick and Jump Kick naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Normal and Ground and beyond give it real matchup play.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- 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 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 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
All 14 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When kicking, the sole of its foot turns as hard as a diamond on impact and destroys its enemy.
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
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