Pokemon GO Hawlucha in PvP and PvE guide: Best moveset, counters, and more

Pokemon GO players started encountering Hawlucha on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, the same time when the season of Rising Heroes was running. While it was supposed to be exclusive to Mexico, there have been reports that players from other countries also came across this fighting bird in the game.

In this article, we will look at the best moveset for Hawlucha in GO PvP and PvE.

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Best PvE moveset for Hawlucha in Pokemon GO

Hawlucha, as seen in the anime (Image via The Pokemon Company)

Best offensive PvE moveset for Hawlucha

The best offensive PvE moveset for Hawlucha in GO would be Low Kick as the Fast move, along with Flying Press and Aerial Ace as the Charged moves.

You will primarily be using Low Kick and Flying Press as the primary moves for Hawlucha. Both Low Kick and Flying Press share the same elemental typings with Hawlucha. This combo will give you the Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB) as the moves and the user have the same Fighting elemental typing.

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Best defensive PvE moveset for Hawlucha

Poison Jab as the Fast move with Aerial Ace and X-Scissor as the Charged moves would be the best defensive PvE moveset for Hawlucha.

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Is Hawlucha good in Pokemon GO PvE?

Hawlucha has a decent attack stat. Flying Press makes it viable among the other Fighting-type titans in this title.

However, it suffers from mediocre bulk and doesn't have the necessary stats to become a top-tier Fighting-type attacker. It pales in comparison to other creatures in its class, like Medicham and Machamp.

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Best PvP moveset for Hawlucha in Pokemon GO

Low Kick as the Fast move with Wing Attack and Flying Press as the Charged moves would be the best PvP moveset for Hawlucha in GO.

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Is Hawlucha good in Pokemon GO PvP?

Hawlucha has quite a few counters (Image via The Pokemon Company)

Once again. Hawlucha gets outclassed by the likes of Medicham, Poliwrath, and Machamp. Especially with the shadow variants of the last two beasts, you could not justify using Hawlucha as a Fighting-type attacker.

When it comes to Flying elemental typing coverage, we have Pidgeot, Noctowl, Altaria, and Charizard dominating the current meta. So, we don't see how Hawlucha would be useful when you already have so many readily available Pocket Monsters that are far better than this bird.

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Hawlucha Pokemon GO strengths and weaknesses

Hawlucha is a Dual Fighting- and Flying-type beast, and that makes it vulnerable to the following elemental typings:

• Flying
• Electric
• Psychic
• Ice
• Fairy

Hawlucha is resistant to the following elemental typings:

• Fighting
• Grass
• Dark
• Ground
• Bug

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All moves that Hawlucha can learn in Pokemon GO

Hawlucha can learn the following moves in the game:

Fast moves:

• Low Kick
• Poison Jab
• Wing Attack

Charged moves:

• X-Scissor
• Power-Up Punch
• Flying Press
• Aerial Ace
• Sky Attack

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Best counters for Hawlucha in Pokemon GO

• Mega Rayquaza
• Shadow Mewtwo
• Rayquaza
• Mega Alakazam
• Mega Gardevoir
• Mewtwo
• Mega Latios
• Shadow Moltres
• Shadow Latios
• Shadow Zapdos
• Shadow Lugia
• Shadow Raikou
• Lunala
• Shadow Ho-Oh

Aside from these monsters, there are counters with similar elemental typings that perform well against Hawlucha.