#0237

Hitmontop

Handstand Pokémon

Fighting

After doing a handstand to throw off the opponent’s timing, it presents its fancy kick moves.

In Pokémon GO · 2156 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height1.4 m

Weight48.0 kg

Gender100.0% ♂ · 0.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time25 cycles · ~6,630 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP159

Abilities

Intimidate

Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.

Technician

Strengthens moves of 60 base power or less to 1.5× their power.

SteadfastHidden

Raises Speed one stage upon flinching.

Egg groups: Human-Like

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

110

Speed

Total

455

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Flying2×

Psychic2×

Fairy2×

Resistant to

Rock½×

Bug½×

Dark½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Rapid Spin

Moves

Item

Heavy-Duty Boots

AbilityTechnician

Nature{"Adamant","Jolly"}

TeraSteelFighting

EV spread

Atk252

Def4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Hitmontop

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Colosseum

Agate Village Shadow Pokémon Lab Snagem Hideout

Sword

Lake of Outrage

Shield

Lake of Outrage

Evolution

Lv. 20

Lv. 20

Lv. 20

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Hitmontop can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Rolling Kick Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Fighting	Physical	60	85	15
0	Triple Kick Hits three times, increasing power by 100% with each successful hit.	Fighting	Physical	10	90	10
1	Fake Out Can only be used as the first move after the user enters battle. Causes the target to flinch.	Normal	Physical	40	100	10
1	Feint Hits through Protect and Detect.	Normal	Physical	30	100	10
1	Focus Energy Increases the user’s chance to score a critical hit.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
1	Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out.	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
4	Quick Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	30
8	Gyro Ball Power raises when the user has lower Speed, up to a maximum of 150.	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
12	Detect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Fighting	Status	—	—	5
16	Rapid Spin Frees the user from binding moves, removes Leech Seed, and blows away Spikes.	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
16	Revenge Inflicts double damage if the user takes damage before attacking this turn.	Fighting	Physical	60	100	10
21	Quick Guard Prevents any priority moves from hitting friendly Pokémon this turn.	Fighting	Status	—	—	15
21	Wide Guard Prevents any multi-target moves from hitting friendly Pokémon this turn.	Rock	Status	—	—	10
24	Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move.	Dark	Physical	70	100	5
28	Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
32	Dig User digs underground, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
36	Close Combat Lowers the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage after inflicting damage.	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
40	Counter Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last physical hit it took.	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
44	Endeavor Lowers the target’s HP to equal the user’s.	Normal	Physical	—	100	5