Pokémon Spotlight Hour will feature a different Pokémon and special bonus for one hour at 6:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday during the month of May. Hitmonchan & Hitmonlee Spotlight Hour takes place on May 7th, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with 2× Transfer Candy bonus.
This Spotlight Hour runs along side the Rivals Week Event and is the first May 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as both featured Pokémon can be shiny and you will get 2x Candy on transfer! In other words, it’s a great time to have a clear out of your Pokémon storage.
Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Pokémon caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
Rivals Week Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x Candy for transferring Pokémon -
Shiny Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee are available in Pokémon GO
Note on Transfer Bonus
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon, you can make use of the 2x Transfer Candy bonus in other ways.
- Check out our Rivals Week Event top priorities article… if you are looking to build some PVP ‘mon you can save some event spawns to transfer during the spotlight hour.
- If you are not into PVP, or have plenty of candies for powering up the top priorities, you can try transferring any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag! This is a great opportunity to clear out your storage, transfer Legendary Pokémon you have been clinging onto, and rare Pokémon you need more candy for. If you need help managing your Pokémon storage, check out our full guide here.
Hitmonchan is a Fighting-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, with a maximum Combat Power of 2636 CP. Hitmonchan best moveset in Pokémon GO is Counter and Close Combat. It is weather boosted by Cloudy weather, and it was originally found in the Kanto region. Shiny Hitmonchan is available in Pokémon GO.
Hitmonchan is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic moves. It is strong against Bug, Dark, and Rock moves.
Shiny Hitmonchan
If you’re shiny hunting during this spotlight, this is thankfully an easy one to spot! Hitmonchan turns to a green colour with blue boxing gloves!
Hitmonchan CP and IV Chart
Mega Pokémon that boost Hitmonchan
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Hitmonchan if they are Mega evolved.
Mega Catch Bonus
While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.
Is it worth building Hitmonchan?
JTizzle says – Hitmonchan has a bit more viability as a bit of a Swiss Army knife style player with all of its different elemental punches, but it’s also quite fragile and doesn’t see much play in the open meta. Definitely prefers to be a shadow and in the right limited meta too, although it’s got some spice value in the Ultra League too! It’s just a shame that Poliwrath and Annihilape are now the supreme fighters in the open metal.
Hitmonlee fact sheet
Hitmonlee is a Fighting-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, with a maximum Combat Power of 2912 CP. Hitmonlee best moveset in Pokémon GO is Double Kick and Blaze Kick. It is weather boosted by Cloudy weather, and it was originally found in the Kanto region. Shiny Hitmonchan is available in Pokémon GO.
Hitmonlee is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic moves. It is strong against Bug, Dark, and Rock moves.
Shiny Hitmonlee
This is thankfully another one you can’t miss! Shiny Hitmonlee is bright green – happy shiny hunting trainers.
Hitmonlee CP and IV Chart
Mega Pokémon that boost Hitmonlee
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Hitmonlee if they are Mega evolved.
Mega Catch Bonus
While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.
Is it worth building Hitmonlee?
JTizzle says – Hitmonlee is way too frail to get a look in for the open meta, but has had a number of moveset updates to try and improve its viability. It’s definitely waiting for the right limited meta to come along for it to shine, such as a return of the fighting cup.
