What is a good competitive moveset for Machoke? 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.
Machoke is an extraordinary Fighting-typed Pokemon. Machoke is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Machoke's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Species: Machoke Item: Flame Orb Ability: Guts Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 188 Hp / 252 Atk / 68 SpD Moveset: - Close Combat / Karate Chop - Facade / Double-Edge - Earthquake - Protect
Physical Sweeper Machoke (Guts)
Machoke is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Machoke at the end of the turn which will activate Machoke's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Machoke 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 Machoke a sweet boost.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machoke's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ♦ 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 Machoke 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 Machoke this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Machoke? 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.
Species: Machoke Item: Flame Orb Ability: Guts Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 188 Hp / 252 Atk / 68 SpD Moveset: - Close Combat / Karate Chop - Earthquake - Facade / Double-Edge - Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Machoke (Guts)
Machoke is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Machoke at the end of the turn which will activate Machoke's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Machoke 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 Machoke a sweet boost.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machoke's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ♦ 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 Machoke 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 Machoke this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Machoke 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Machoke 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 Machoke
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