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Hitmonchan Solo

I want to start by commending Niantic for the new event. Not because I need any fighting pokes, I have my fighting squad. But because the new Tier 3 raids are awesome!
- Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee are two of the most fun and challenging solos to date. It's not a Claydol or Jolteon situation where anyone with high enough Kyogres/Groudons could do it (or in appropriate weather). These guys have awesome defending movesets with such variety that it makes them unpredictable and hard, requiring strategic dodging.
- Breloom on the other hand makes it super fun being able to use Pokémon that are usually best at Professor Oak's lab, like Skarmory, Altaria, Swellow, Pidgeot, Xatu, etc. It will be super fun making ridiculous teams work for a tier 3 raid, even with Pokes like Dodrio or Golbat.

With that said, let me just show off my Hitmonchan solo with Bullet Punch+Fire Punch.
5 attempts, 2 TMs spent and a lot of adrenaline. It was cloudy weather so it made my L29 Gardevoir viable and really the beast that took this home (3 seconds left).
I did around 2 strategical dodges: 1 with my Gardevoir to get an extra Dazzling Gleam off (4 in total) and 1 so that my weakest Psycho Cut Alakazam could fire off 2 Future Sights.

All in all, super fun. Well recommended :D

Asked by Redknotz7 years 3 months ago
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by daltry 7 years 3 months ago

I'll have to try an all Xatu team against Breloom.

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Sounds like my pair of Xatu will enjoy Breloom if any is spotted.

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Double flying birds are double effective. Not sure which would be the preferred move between AA or FS.

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Though Xatu double resists fighting and single resists grass, could be a good choice.

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Is it possible to solo the hitmons without a mewtwo? I still don't have one and not likely to get one anytime soon :(

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My Mewtwo had Shadow Ball, 10Attack, so definitely a high level Alakazam could replace it.

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Sure is, Alakazam and Espeon at 35 are good enough for them, dodging required without a good anchor though.

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Yes,

Earlier today I soloed hitmonchan with the following lineup:

All have confusion future sight except mewtwo:

Since I've managed to use a shadow ball mewtwo (which is in practice about the same as alakazam/espeon with future sight), you an definitely do it without mewtwo.

Espeon L30
Alakazam L34
Alakazam L32
Alakazam L30
Alakazam L30
Mewtwo L35 (Shadow Ball)

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