Shadow Hitmonlee Raid Guide

Shadow Hitmonlee

Shadow Hitmonlee is available from Tier 3 Shadow Raids, and it can be shiny! As a pure Fighting type, it is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic type attacks.

It can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

• 1342 – 1472 CP (no weather boost, 100 IV Shadow Hitmonlee at Level 20)
• 1677 – 1840 CP (Cloudy weather, 100 IV IV Shadow Hitmonlee at Level 25)

This is a challenging tier 3 raid due to the Shadow Raid mechanism. You will need to be well prepared with top counters, correct movesets, powered-up Pokémon, and most importantly, Purified Gems.

We would suggest that if you intend to solo this raid, you keep an eye on the weather. Avoid weather that boosts Hitmonlee’s types, Cloudy weather, and ensure that you are using top tier counters. These are much more difficult raids than your usual tier 3 raid. If you are lower level or without ideal counters, you will definitely need to bring a friend, or two!

Best Shadow Hitmonlee Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	40.45	2	102s
2.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	39.91	2	103s
3.	Mega X Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	39.21	2	105s
4.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	35.65	4	117s
5.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic	32.72	4	128s
6.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	29.54	3	139s
7.	Mega Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	29.74	4	140s
8.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	30.10	4	136s
9.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	29.82	4	139s
10.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	29.05	3	143s
11.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	28.21	5	147s
12.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Fly	28.27	5	139s
13.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	27.85	5	146s
14.	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	27.60	4	146s
15.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	26.52	3	155s
16.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion	Psychic	28.21	7	149s
17.	Apex Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast+	25.89	2	157s
18.	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic	28.69	8	146s
19.	Tapu Lele	Confusion	Nature’s Madness	26.32	3	157s
20.	Mega Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	26.33	4	157s
21.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Moongeist Beam	25.52	1	159s
22.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Fly	25.80	3	158s
23.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	27.27	6	154s
24.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Air Slash	Play Rough	26.46	5	158s
25.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	25.21	3	163s
26.	Shadow Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	26.11	5	158s
27.	Shadow Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	26.34	6	160s
28.	Therian Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	25.08	4	162s
29.	Shadow Exeggutor	Confusion	Psychic	26.13	7	160s
30.	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Fly	24.34	2	168s

Shadow Hitmonlee Stats and Moveset

	Shadow Hitmonlee Fighting
Max CP	2099
ATK	143
DEF	184
HP	163
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Double Kick Low Kick Rock Smash
Charge moves	Brick Break* Close Combat Low Sleep Blaze Kick Stone Edge Stomp*

*denotes a Legacy Move, only obtainable via an Elite TM.

Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Shadow Hitmonlee	Shadow Hitmonlee

Tips and Tricks

Communication will be key for this raid! You will want to plan not only your Mega Pokémon team positions and counters, but also your use of Purified Gems, so be sure you communicate with your fellow trainers.

We would suggest groups of 5+ for trainers with top counters that are maxed out, and armed with Purified Gems, or 8-10+ for lower-level trainers and those without ideal counters. Purified Gems are a must!

While Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up, we have included the top Shadow Pokémon you can use against Shadow Hitmonlee. Ensure you no longer have Frustration on these Pokémon before considering adding them to your team. If you have any of these as an option, while they may take more damage than non-shadow Pokémon, they will also deal more.

We would highly recommend the use of Mega Evolved Pokémon in Shadow Hitmonlee raids. They provide not only greater damage output, but also boost Pokémon of the same typing in the raid. We would suggest discussing your counter choices with your fellow trainers, and plan Mega Pokémon, and their position in your team accordingly.

If you have a group of 6, for example, one person should have their mega in slot 1, the next slot 2, the next slot 3, etc., you can try to keep the mega boost going throughout the raid.

As these raids are in person only, you can make use of the Party Power raid bonus through Party Play! The Party Power is a Raid bonus that fills up as members of your Party attack the Raid Boss. Once the Party Power bonus is full, your next Charge Attack will receive a special boost. You can see the Party Power button and your progress towards achieving the bonus in the bottom left corner of your Raid Battle.

Related reading

• Pokémon GO Shadow Raids: Comprehensive Guide is an overall guide to all things Shadow Raids

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a Shadow Raid, Hitmonlee will hit harder than ever before, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right moveset, and aren’t weak to the Raid Boss’ moves. These tier 3 raids are quite challenging, even for the most prepared trainers, and you will need Purified Gems to defeat them. Shadow Raid Bosses will grow enraged as you battle them, boosting their attack and defense.

You will need to subdue Shadow Hitmonlee using Purified Gems, an item that can be assembled from Shadow Shards.

Shadow Shards are mysterious gem pieces that may be dropped by Team GO Rocket grunts, leaders, and from Shadow Raids. You will need to gather enough shards to use Professor Willow’s newly invented Shard Refiner, and in return, you’ll be rewarded with a Purified Gem. Be sure to have collected as many as you can before you attempt a Shadow Hitmonlee Raid, as without them, you won’t be able to return it to its normal, non-enraged state.

There are multiple ways Purified Gems can assist your battle against enraged Shadow Raid Bosses:

• When you use a Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss’s attack and defence will be lowered temporarily. This can give you the opening you need to take them down.
• You and your fellow Trainers can use more than one Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid. If used at the same time, their effects will stack.
• If enough Purified Gems are used, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss will be subdued—returned to its non-enraged state—which might give you the edge you need to defeat it!

Purified Gems will show in the bottom left corner of the raid battle when you are able to use them, so be sure to communicate with your raid group to stack their effects!

Good luck, Trainers!