Competitive Information for Machamp [Diamond/Pearl]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Machamp? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Machamp is a marvelous Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's common to see Machamp show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. Machamp can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Machamp's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Item: Leftovers / Focus Sash
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dynamic Punch
- Ice Punch
- Payback
- Bullet Punch
Physical Sweeper Machamp (Popular/Trending)
Machamp is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Machamp last longer regaining it's healthiness every turn. Focus Sash helps protect Machamp from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With No Guard, every move used by or against Machamp will always hit.
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Machamp moves after the target).
♦ Bullet Punch is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Steel-type move (usually goes first).
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Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Karate Chop
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Machamp (Guts)
Machamp is popular Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Machamp at the end of the turn which will activate Machamp's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Machamp 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 Machamp a sweet boost.
♦ Karate Chop is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fighting-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Machamp is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Machamp this turn).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 6 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge / Thunder Punch
- Bullet Punch
- Dynamic Punch
- Earthquake / Ice Punch
Machamp Physical Tank (Machamp The Champ)
Machamp is an outstanding Physical Tank. It was designed to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Machamp last longer regaining it's health points every turn. With No Guard, every move used by or against Machamp will always hit. Good endurance, strong attack, speed of a dead body... I'm currently using the 1st noticed moves, Dynamic Punch is a STAB 100 BP 100% Confuse move, and EdgeQuake combo to hurt.
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Bullet Punch is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Steel-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Dynamic Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 128 Hp / 252 Atk / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Cross Chop / Poison Jab
- Dynamic Punch / Close Combat
- Rock Slide / Fire Punch
- Earthquake
Machamp Physical Tank (We Are The Machampions)
Machamp is an outstanding Physical Tank. It's meant to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Machamp's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With No Guard, every move used by or against Machamp will always hit.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Dynamic Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machamp's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Machamp? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Karate Chop
- Earthquake
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Machamp (Guts)
Machamp is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Machamp at the end of the turn which will activate Machamp's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Machamp 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 Machamp a sweet boost.
♦ Karate Chop is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fighting-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Machamp is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Machamp this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Machamp 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 Machamp can perform in Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP Move and Ability Combos for Machamp
- 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 Machamp's stats
- Bulk Up
- Meditate
Most notable and possible best moves for Machamp
- Bullet Punch
- Dynamic Punch
- Earthquake
- Ice Punch
- Light Screen
- Other
- Payback
- Protect
- Rest
- Stone Edge
- Substitute
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Machamp in Diamond and Pearl
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 40/252/4/0/0/212/ )
- Optimize Machamp's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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