How GOOD was Hitmonlee ACTUALLY? - History of Hitmonlee in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 1-7)
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Published 2020-05-17
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:42 - RBY/Gen 1
2:50 - GSC/Gen 2
4:43 - ADV/Gen 3
8:08 - DPP/Gen 4
10:39 - BW/Gen 5
13:49 - XY/Gen 6
15:57 - SM/Gen 7
16:59 - SS/Gen 8
17:21 - Outro
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DISCLAIMERS ON FORMATS COVERED:
Notice I said POPULAR formats, meaning a format where there is a significant amount of people who compete in it for tournaments and so on and so forth.
For the record, I do not care what rules or formats people play their battles by nor am I saying these formats are the only formats that should be played. The way you play Pokemon is between you and your opponent. I just like examining popular tournament formats.
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Resources and Historical References
History of Rule Variants: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rule_variants#Nint…
Smogon University:
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Maikiri
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Aaron Cybertron Zheng:
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Pokeaim
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Pokemon Battle Historia:
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Nintendo Cup 2000 Team Construction:
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Nintendo Cup 2000 Tier List:
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Pokemon Japanese Battle Wiki:
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All Comments (21)
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Hitmonlee's mantra: "Forget taking names, I just kick ass!" False Swipe Gaming: UNFORTUNATELY not in Gen 1.
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"Hitmonlee, the KICKING Pokemon!" Half the video Hitmonlee: Punches
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"say the line, False Swipe Gaming!!" sigh "unfortunately this Pokemon was underwhelming in its debut generation" audience cheers
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“It was inspired by famous kickboxers, then coded into the game by someone who hates kickboxers.”
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Im so surprised that Hitmonlee didn't receive a kicking version of the ability Iron Fist. Also props to Hitmonlee for keeping High Jump Kick in it's moveset in every generation
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Take a shot everytime a Pokemon video starts with "Unfortunately"
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18 minutes on Hitmonlee I'm legitimately scared of the eventual Tyranitar and Heatran movies
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Good to see Hitmonlee didn't kick the bucket on the way to Generation VIII.
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Hitmonlee was no Lando-T but it sure did never skip leg-day.
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"It can take a Flareon STAB" Backhanded compliments.
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I like how Gen 5 Hitmonlee's sprite is constantly kicking at the opponent's face.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've always wondered how Hitmonlee eats or drinks. That thing literally doesn't have a mouth...
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UU actually stands for "Unfortunately Used"
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Hitmonlee's gen 4 sprite looks like when you set the eye width to max on the character creation screen.
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It’s about time. Now all we need is Hitmonchan and the Hitmon Trio will be complete.
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"Say it with me now" me: UNFORTUNATELY
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Time to wait a few years for the final hitmon trio member. RIP Hitmonchan
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For a low tier, it was surprisingly good, it was nice to see this
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I’m surprised there’s no priority kick move for hitmonlee. It can even be called Swift Kick.
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The fact Hitmonlee, the kicking Pokémon, did not have a speed above 90 is stupid
