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Hawlucha (Japanese: ルチャブル Luchabull) is a dual-type Fighting/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Hawlucha is a bipedal, birdlike Pokémon with colorful plumage. Its head curves into a beak-shape in the front, but its mouth is located in a white patch under the beak's curve. It has a blue-green mask-like marking across its face, an orange blaze running from its forehead to the back of its neck, an orange ring around each eye, and a small, red patch at the tip of its beak. There is black space around its eyes, which are yellow with paler yellow sclerae. On the back of its head are two rectangular, tassel-like feathers. Its red, cape-like wings have blue-green undersides and are connected to its feathery tail. Near the tip of each wing is a three-clawed hand. Its front is white with a line of red along its neck and the top of its chest. It has small, yellow feet with three toes each.

Hawlucha makes up for its small body with its proficiency in fighting, which allows it to keep up with bigger fighters such as Machamp and Hariyama. It leaps around to stay in its opponent's blind spots and controls its position in the air by using its wings. A favored tactic is to strike from above because it is a difficult maneuver to defend against. However, Hawlucha has a tendency to show off in the heat of battle; opponents can exploit its vanity to gain the upper hand. In Paldea, Primeape is Hawlucha's natural enemy.

Hawlucha is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Flying Press by leveling up.

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI Kalos
Coastal #089 		Hoenn
#—
X Although its body is small, its proficient fighting skills enable it to keep up with big bruisers like Machamp and Hariyama.
Y With its wings, it controls its position in the air. It likes to attack from above, a maneuver that is difficult to defend against.
Omega Ruby Although its body is small, its proficient fighting skills enable it to keep up with big bruisers like Machamp and Hariyama.
Alpha Sapphire With its wings, it controls its position in the air. It likes to attack from above, a maneuver that is difficult to defend against.
Generation VII Alola
 US  UM : #096 		Kanto
#—
This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sun, Moon, Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
Ultra Sun It overwhelms opponents with quick moves, but sometimes it showboats for too long when it's using a special move and gets itself into a pinch.
Ultra Moon In combat, Hawlucha leaps nimbly about, taking advantage of its opponents' blind spots. It's also skilled at using superb submission holds.
Generation VIII Galar
#320 		Sinnoh
#— 		Hisui
#—
This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword It drives its opponents to exhaustion with its agile maneuvers, then ends the fight with a flashy finishing move.
Shield It always strikes a pose before going for its finishing move. Sometimes opponents take advantage of that time to counterattack.
Generation IX Paldea
#301 		Kitakami
#— 		Blueberry
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Scarlet Its elegant finishing moves—performed by nimbly leaping around using its wings—are polished in the forest where it was born and raised.
Violet Hawlucha live quietly without flocking together. They fight constantly with their natural enemies: noisy groups of Primeape.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
Generation IX

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII side games.
Cross-Generation

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
Damaged
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Immune to:
Resistant to:

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hawlucha
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hawlucha
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM

Generation IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hawlucha
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Hawlucha
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation IX
  • Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Hawlucha
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hawlucha
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hawlucha
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

Special moves

Generation IX
  • A superscript level indicates that Hawlucha can learn this move normally in Generation IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hawlucha
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hawlucha
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Rush
Rush701Body.png Walking Speed: 1.67 seconds Base HP: 55
Base Attack: 79 Base Defense: 53 Base Speed: 70

Evolution data

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
Cross-Generation

In the anime

Shiny Hawlucha in the anime

Major appearances

Ash's Hawlucha

Hawlucha debuted in The Forest Champion!. Prior to his capture by Ash, Hawlucha was the champion of a forest. Later, Ash challenged Hawlucha to battle with the condition that if he wins, Hawlucha will join his team. Although Hawlucha didn't lose the battle, he decided to join Ash's team anyway.

Other

A Mirror World Hawlucha appeared in The Cave of Mirrors!, under the ownership of Mirror Ash. He was sent out to battle Team Rocket, but he was defeated due to his timid personality.

A Shiny Hawlucha, nicknamed "Dark Hawlucha", appeared in When Light and Dark Collide!, under the ownership of Carl. It was one of Carl's actors in his Super Pokémon Battle Shows.

A Hawlucha appeared in Solitary and Menacing!, under the ownership of Bea. It was used in her World Coronation Series battle against Ash, where it went up against his Farfetch'd and won. It was then recalled for Grapploct. It reappeared in a flashback in Octo-Gridlock at the Gym!. In Battle Three With Bea! and A Battle of Mega Versus Max!, it took part in Ash's third battle against Bea.

In It's... Champion Time!, Diantha's Hawlucha was briefly seen during a montage of her and Leon's Masters Eight Tournament battle.

Minor appearances

A Hawlucha appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry
XY035 Hawlucha Ash's Pokédex Hawlucha, the Wrestling Pokémon. Possessing an artistic way of executing its moves, Hawlucha takes great pride in their elegance.
Episode Pokémon Source Entry
JN034 Hawlucha Goh's Rotom Phone Hawlucha, the Wrestling Pokémon. A Fighting and Flying type. Using its wings, Hawlucha can control its position in the air. It overpowers opponents with lighting-fast moves.

In the manga

Movie adaptations

Ash's Hawlucha appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

A Hawlucha appeared in Solitary and Menacing!, under the ownership of Bea.

Pokémon Adventures

In Hawlucha Attacks, Essentia used four Hawlucha to attack Professor Sycamore at Anistar City. They were soon defeated by X and his newly acquired Pinsir, nicknamed Rute.

A Dynamax Hawlucha appeared in Rumble!! The Horrific Darkest Day.

In the TCG

Main article: Hawlucha (TCG)

Trivia

Origin

Hawlucha appears to be based on a combination of a bird of prey and a luchador, and may also draw inspiration from Aztec eagle warriors. The clawed wings resemble those of a juvenile hoatzin. Its coloration may be based on the male resplendent quetzal.

Hawlucha's eagle-like design and green, white and red color scheme may be inspired by the flag of Mexico, which fits its lucha libre inspiration.

Name origin

Hawlucha may be a combination of hawk and lucha libre, a form of Latin American professional wrestling.

Luchabull may be a combination of lucha libre and bull.

In other languages

More languages
India Flag.png Hindi हॉलूचा Hawlucha Transcription of English name
Russia Flag.png Russian Хавлуча Khavlucha Transcription of English name
Thailand Flag.png Thai ลูจาบูล Luchabun Transcription of Japanese name

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