Hawlucha is a fighting and flying-type introduced in Pokemon X and Y based around a wrestler. Despite not having an evolution, Hawlucha has become a popular Pokemon thanks to its high speed and unique typing. Notably, it made an important appearance in the Pokemon anime, under the nickname "Dark Hawlucha", in the episode When Light and Dark Collide!, with Carl as its trainer.
About Hawlucha
| First appearance in anime | Pokemon the Series: X and Y |
| First appearance in game | X and Y |
| Region | Kalos |
| Evolution | N/A |
| 1st Evo level | N/A |
| 2nd Evo level | N/A |
| Pokedex Entry | With its wings, it controls its position in the air. It likes to attack from above, a maneuver that is difficult to defend against. Although its body is small, its proficient fighting skills enable it to keep up with big bruisers like Machamp and Hariyama. |
Hawlucha Base stats
| HP | 78 |
| ATTACK | 92 |
| DEFENCE | 75 |
| SP. ATTACK | 74 |
| SP. DEFENCE | 63 |
| SPEED | 118 |
| TOTAL | 500 |
Appearance
Hawlucha is a Pokemon with colorful plumage with a head that curves into a beak-shape in the front, and a mouth located in a white patch underneath the beak's curve. It has bluish green markings that resemble a mask across its face, an orange blaze marking running from the bottom of its forehead to the back of its neck, an orange ring encircling each eye and a small, pointed, red patch at the tip of its beak. Hawlucha has a black space around its eyes, which are yellow with pale yellow sclera and the back of its head are two rectangular, tassel-like feathers with red, cape-like wings. These wings have bluish green undersides and are connected to its tail feathers with hands that have three-claws at the tip of each of its wings. Hawlucha’s front is white with a red line along its neck and along the top of its chest, with small, yellow feet that have three toes each.
Behavior
Hawlucha is proficient in fighting, which allows it to keep up with bigger fighters like Machamp and Hariyam despite its small stature. It uses its speed to leap and stays in its opponent's blind spots while controlling its position in the air by using its wings. Hawlucha often chooses to strike from above because it is difficult to defend against and despite its strengths, opponents can exploit its vanity to gain the upper hand, since it has a tendency to show off.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Hawlucha has abnormal typing and high speed plus overall well rounded stats which makes it an effective Sweeper. As a flying and fighting-type, it is weak to flying, electric, psychic, ice, and fairy-type, immune to ground-types and resistant to fighting, bug, grass, and dark-types.
Shiny Hawlucha
Shiny Hawlucha is a version of Hawlucha in which the green is replaced by purple, orange is replaced by lime green, white is replaced by red, and red is replaced by black. Shiny Hawlucha can be caught by either luck or breeding Hawluchas until hatching a Shiny Hawlucha. Not only that, like all shiny Pokemon, Shiny Hawluchas gains a starry animation upon entering battle.
Best moveset
Acrobatics and High Jump Kick are Hawlucha's powerful STAB (same-type attack bonus) moves of choice because of their high base power. Swords Dance can be used to boost its attack and finally, Roost can be used to help Hawlucha last longer in battle.
| Acrobatics | Swords Dance |
| High Jump Kick | Roost |
How to catch Hawlucha in Pokemon Go?
As a flying-type, Hawlucha is more likely to dwell near farms, open fields, and parks. Due to its fighting-type, it is also more likely to be found near local gyms, stadiums, and arenas, as well as residential areas. Hawlucha can also be found more often in cloudy or windy weather
Trivia
- Hawlucha appears to be based on a combination of a bird of prey and a luchador (a person who competes in lucha libre wrestling, a form of Latin American professional wrestling), as well as taking inspiration from Aztec eagle warriors ( a special class of infantry soldier in the Aztec army)
- Hawlucha’s clawed wings resemble those of a juvenile hoatzin with coloration based around the male resplendent quetzal
- Hawlucha may be a combination of hawk and lucha libre or a combination of lucha libre and bull
- Hawlucha's eagle-like design and green, white and red color scheme may be inspired by the flag of Mexico
- As of Generation VIII, Hawlucha is the only Pokemon that is in the Human-Like and Flying egg groups
FAQs
What level does Hawlucha evolve?
Hawlucha does not evolve.
Is Hawlucha a good Pokemon?
Due to Hawlucha’s unique typing and high speed, with overall well rounded stats, it is a useful Pokemon for a variety of situations.
Is Hawlucha Legendary?
Hawlucha is not considered to be a Legendary Pokemon
Is Dark Hawlucha shiny?
"Dark Hawlucha", appeared in the Pokemon anime series episode, When Light and Dark Collide!, under the ownership of Carl as an actor. This Hawlucha is actual the shiny variant of Hawlucha
Conclusion
Hawlucha’s unique typing and moveset make it an effective sweeper for a wide variety of play styles and team setups. It is also recognizable within its Pokemon game, due to its unique design combination of a bird of prey and a luchador, which makes it stick out amongst other X and Y Pokemon.
