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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Machop

Base Stats for Machop

Fighting

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Machop
Machoke
Machamp

Weakness Chart for Fighting-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0.5x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

2x

0.5x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Machop? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.

Machop is a sensational Fighting-typed Pokemon. Machop is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Machop is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.

Species: Machop
Item: Flame Orb / Eject Pack
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 56 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 160 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Superpower
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Detect / Protect

Physical Sweeper Machop (Guts)

Machop is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Machop at the end of the turn which will activate Machop's Guts ability. Use Detect or 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).
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machop's attack and 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).
♦ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Machop this turn).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Machop this turn).

Species: Machop
Item: Shell Bell / Eject Pack
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 56 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 160 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Superpower
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Earthquake
- Knock Off

Physical Sweeper Machop (Steadfast)

Machop is popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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).
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machop's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Machop? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.

Species: Machop
Item: Flame Orb / Eject Pack
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 56 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 160 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Close Combat
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Knock Off / Facade
- Detect / Protect

Doubles Physical Sweeper Machop (Guts)

Machop is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Machop at the end of the turn which will activate Machop's Guts ability. Use Detect or 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. Knock Off was added to provide additional threat coverage.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).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machop's defense and special 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).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Machop is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Machop this turn).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Machop this turn).

Species: Machop
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 56 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 160 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Close Combat
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Knock Off / Double-Edge

Doubles Physical Sweeper Machop (Steadfast)

Machop is a decent Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Machop's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Steadfast, if Machop flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage. Knock Off was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Machop's attack and defense 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).
♦ 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).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).

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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Machop can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Machop

Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Ability: Guts + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
OHKO Combo - Ability: No Guard + Move: Fissure
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave, Quick Guard
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break

Optimize Machop's EVs for Sword/Shield

Competitive Information for Machop [Sword/Shield]