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Hawlucha, a Fighting and Flying type Pokémon, official artwork

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Hawlucha: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Hawlucha is a speedy utility Pokémon, led by its Speed (118) and Attack (92), with a base stat total of 500. Competitively it is banned from RarelyUsed for overperforming there. It currently appears on 2.9% of OU teams.

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What is Hawlucha weak to?

How much damage Hawlucha takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toElectricFairyFlyingIcePsychic
0.5×ResistsDarkFightingGrass
0.25×ResistsBug
0×Immune toGround

Hawlucha takes super-effective damage from Electric, Fairy, Flying, Ice, Psychic. It resists Dark, Fighting, Grass, Bug and is immune to Ground.

Best moveset for Hawlucha

The most-used moves on Hawlucha in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Swords DanceNormal-26.3%
  • AcrobaticsFlying5525.6%
  • Close CombatFighting12022.3%
  • Fire PunchFire759%
  • EncoreNormal-5.7%
  • SubstituteNormal-5.2%

Best nature for Hawlucha

Adamant. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Adamant with 96/252/0/0/36/124 EVs (47.1% of sets).

Abilities

  • LimberThis Pokemon cannot be paralyzed. Gaining this Ability while paralyzed cures it.
  • UnburdenSpeed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches, gets new item/Ability.
  • Mold BreakerThis Pokemon's moves and their effects ignore the Abilities of other Pokemon.

Best counters for Hawlucha

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Hawlucha:

Best teammates for Hawlucha

Pokémon most often paired with Hawlucha on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (73 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Sky AttackFlying14090%Physical
High Jump KickFighting13090%Physical
Brave BirdFlying120100%Physical
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Cross ChopFighting10080%Physical
Flying PressFighting10095%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
FlyFlying9095%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
BounceFlying8585%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
LungeBug80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
Upper HandFighting65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Wing AttackFlying60100%Physical
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Dual WingbeatFlying4090%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
FeintNormal30100%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
Baton PassNormal--Status
Bulk UpFighting--Status
CoachingFighting--Status
DefogFlying--Status
DetectFighting--Status
EncoreNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
EntrainmentNormal-100%Status
Feather DanceFlying-100%Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
Mean LookNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Quick GuardFighting--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoostFlying--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status