Gen 9 NU Terrain Sweeper
Hitmonlee @ Grassy Seed / Psychic Seed
Ability: Unburden
Tera Type: Fire / Poison / Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- Blaze Kick / Earthquake
Hitmonlee dropped to NU, and Terrain teams are already good at the time this was posted, so here is a set Hitmonlee can use on Terrain teams. When you send out Hitmonlee in the terrain you're using, Hitmonlee will consume its terrain seed, activating Unburden. Hitmonlee got access to Swords Dance this Gen, which allows Hitmonlee to have more breaking power than previous generations. Close Combat is used for Hitmonlee's Fighting STAB since it is powerful. Knock Off allows Hitmonlee to remove items from opposing Pokemon and is useful to hit Pokemon who resist or are immune to Close Combat such as Chandelure, Dragalge, Delphox, Basculegion, Golurk, Galarian Slowbro, and Palossand. Blaze Kick allows Hitmonlee to hit Vileplume super effectively. Poison Jab can be used to hit Fairy-types such as Florges, Grimmsnarl, and Sylveon super effectively. Earthquake is an option mostly to hit Qwilfish should Qwilfish rise in usage to check Hitmonlee. Grassy Seed is used if you use Hitmonlee on Grassy Terrain teams, giving a boost to Hitmonlee's frail defense stat. Psychic Seed is used for Psychic Terrain teams, protecting Hitmonlee from priority moves.
Hitmonlee has a few Tera Types it can use. Tera Fire is used if you use Blaze Kick. Not only does Tera Fire Blaze Kick let it OHKO Vileplume after a +2 Attack boost, but it also lets Hitmonlee resist Fairy moves. Tera Poison is used with Poison Jab so Hitmonlee can hit Fairy-types hard. If you use Earthquake, you can use a Tera Type such as Dark, as Tera Dark gives Hitmonlee a Psychic immunity and a boost to Knock Off.
