Battle plan · Sun & Moon
How to beat Hau (Rowlet start)
Hau’s team, what hits it hard, and what you can catch before the fight in Sun & Moon. Add your own team to see who to lead with.
Stuck on a trial or a rival?
Pick one for their whole team, or their type. Pick two for a dual type.
Quick picks for Sun & Moon
Island challenge
Before the Elite Four
Elite Four and Champion
Hau: 6 good catches.
Their team
Alolan RaichuLv 53Electric and Psychic typeMoves: Electric, Normal, Psychic and Fighting
FlareonLv 53Fire typeMoves: Fire and Normal
KomalaLv 53Normal typeMoves: Grass, Dark, Ground and Ghost
PrimarinaLv 54Water and Fairy typeMoves: Water, Fairy and Normal
Hit it with
Best hit · how many of their 4 Pokémon it hits super effectively.
Ground2× · 2/4Water2× · 1/4Electric2× · 1/4Grass2× · 1/4Fighting2× · 1/4Poison2× · 1/4Bug2× · 1/4Rock2× · 1/4Ghost2× · 1/4Dark2× · 1/4
Good to catch
Catchable before Hau in Sun & Moon.
Best trade first. All 6 are weak to part of their team: switch out where the card says.
CharjabugBugElectrichits 2× with Bug or Ground · 3 of 4X-Scissor · Lv 31switch out against FlareonCatch Grubbin · Route 1
LanturnWaterElectrichits 2× with Bug or Water · 3 of 4Signal Beam · Lv 29switch out against KomalaCatch Chinchou · Route 8 (Fishing Rod, bubbles)
JolteonElectrichits 2× with Bug or Fighting · 3 of 4Double Kick · Lv 17switch out against KomalaGet Eevee · Paniola Ranch (egg, hatches at Lv. 1), then a Thunder Stone
PalossandGhostGroundhits 2× with Ground or Grass · 3 of 4Earth Power · Lv 47switch out against Komala and PrimarinaCatch Sandygast · Hano Beach
FlygonGroundDragonhits 2× with Ground · 2 of 4Earthquake · Lv 33switch out against PrimarinaCatch Trapinch · Haina Desert (sand clouds)
Alolan MukPoisonDarkhits 2× with Dark or Poison · 2 of 4Crunch · Lv 32switch out against KomalaCatch Alolan Grimer · Route 1
Slot by slot
What to send against each of their Pokémon, and what takes its moves best.
- Alolan RaichuLv 53Beat it withCharjabughits 2× · X-Scissor · Lv 31WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
- FlareonLv 53Beat it withLanturnhits 2× · Hydro Pump · Lv 51
WallRelicanth takes ½×Poni Wilds (Fishing Rod, bubbles) - KomalaLv 53
Beat it withPinsirhits 2× · Superpower · Lv 47Lush Jungle
WallHonchkrow takes ½×Catch Murkrow · Vast Poni Canyon, then a Dusk Stone - PrimarinaLv 54Beat it withCharjabughits 2× · Discharge · Lv 43WallNothing resists all its moves yet.