Competitive Information for Machop [Black/White]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Machop? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Machop is a marvelous Fighting-typed Pokemon. Machop is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Machop can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Machop's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Item: Flame Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Close Combat
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Machop (Guts)
Machop is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Machop's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Machop from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Machop at the end of the turn which will activate Machop's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Machop is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Machop a sweet boost.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machop's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Machop is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Machop this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Close Combat
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Earthquake
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Machop (Steadfast)
Machop is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Machop's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Machop from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Machop's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Steadfast, if Machop flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machop's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Machop? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Flame Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Superpower
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Machop (Guts)
Machop is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Machop's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Focus Sash helps protect Machop from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Machop at the end of the turn which will activate Machop's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Machop is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Machop a sweet boost.
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machop's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Machop is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Machop this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Superpower
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Frustration
Doubles Physical Sweeper Machop (Steadfast)
Machop is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Machop's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Focus Sash helps protect Machop from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Machop's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Steadfast, if Machop flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machop's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Machop learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Machop can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Machop
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Machop's stats
- Bulk Up
- Meditate
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Machop
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Machop in Black and White
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