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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#106 Hitmonlee

Fighting

  • SpeciesKicking Pokémon
  • Japanese nameSawamular
  • PronunciationHIT-MOAN-LEE
  • Height4′ 11″ 1.50 m
  • Weight110.0 lb 49.50 kg
  • Gender♂ 100% · ♀ 0%
Hitmonlee official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Combination of HIT, MONSTER, and LEE (refers to Bruce Lee, the famous martial arts master.)

Evolution

  1. TyrogueLevel 20 (AT > DF)Hitmonlee
Hitmonlee in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Hitmonlee as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue When in a hurry, its legs lengthen progressively. It runs smoothly with extra long, loping strides.
Yellow When kicking, the sole of its foot turns as hard as a diamond on impact and destroys its enemy.
Stadium Repeatedly kicks its enemy with legs that freely stretch and contract. Some people refer to it as the “kicking master.”
GoldStadium 2 This amazing POKEMON has an awesome sense of balance. It can kick in succession from any position.
Silver If it starts kicking repeatedly, both legs will stretch even longer to strike a fleeing foe.
Crystal It is also called the Kick Master. It uses its elastic legs to execute every known kick.

Where to find Hitmonlee

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Saffron City NA One
Red NA One
Yellow NA One
Gold Evolve from Tyrogue at L20 when Defense is less than Attack or trade from RBY Any Evolve
Silver Any Evolve
Crystal Any Evolve

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
R/B ✓
Yellow ✓
G/S ✓
Crystal ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×1
  • Water×1
  • Electric×1
  • Grass×1
  • Ice×1
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×2
  • Psychic×2
  • Bug×0.5
  • Rock×0.5
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×0.5
  • Steel×1
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 2 : 3 (67%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 weaknesses and 2 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
  • This Pokémon has more resistances in GSC than RBY, thus has a better defense ratio in GSC.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalGood
  • FireNormal
  • WaterNormal
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassNormal
  • IceGood
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonBad
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingBad
  • PsychicBad
  • BugBad
  • RockGood
  • GhostNo Effect
  • DragonNormal
  • DarkGood
  • SteelGood
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 5 advantages and 5 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 advantages and 5 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 3:5 (60%).

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Start Double Kick Fighting Physical
Start 6 Meditate Psychic Status
33 11 Rolling Kick Fighting Physical
38 16 Jump Kick Fighting Physical
43 21 Focus Energy Normal Status
48 26 Hi Jump Kick Fighting Physical
— 31 Mind Reader Normal Status
— 36 Foresight Normal Status
— 41 Endure Normal Status
53 46 Mega Kick Normal Physical
— 51 Reversal Fighting Physical

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

None.

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM01Dynamicpunch
  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Rock Smash
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM17Protect
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM27Return
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM39Swift
  • TM43Detect
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM46Thief
  • HM04Strength

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM01Mega Punch
  • TM05Mega Kick
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM17Submission
  • TM18Counter
  • TM19Seismic Toss
  • TM20Rage
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Bide
  • TM35Metronome
  • TM39Swift
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM44Rest
  • TM50Substitute
  • HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Humanshape Pokémon group 4

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Hi Jump Kick Mate with a Hitmonlee with Ditto.
Mach Punch Mate with a Hitmonchan with Ditto.
Mind Reader Mate with a Hitmonlee with Ditto.
Rapid Spin Mate with a Hitmontop with Ditto.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 50 273-303 32/4527.43% 29/4230.85%
Attack 120 308-338 4/4996.41% 4/4596.41%
Defense 53 174-204 35/5529.14% 30/4427.43%
Speed 87 242-272 13/4777.31% 13/4274.19%
Special Attack G/S/C 35 138-168 39/4612.54% —
Special Defense G/S/C 110 288-318 9/4193.32% —
Special R/B/Y 35 138-168 — 25/2910.60%
Total 455 G/S/C
345 R/B/Y
1423-1603
1135-1285
26/8767.35% 29/6550.00%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library