Is Machoke Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Evolves from native Hoenn Machop. AbilityGuts with a status condition makes Machoke hit even harder. Handles Norman's Slaking and contributes against Sidney. Trade for Machamp if you can, but Machoke with Guts is already strong enough.
Machop has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Machop trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Machop trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Machop trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Machoke has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Machoke trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Machamp trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Machamp resists most of Sidney's coverage and hits back hard.
Phoebe's team hits Machamp's weaknesses hard.
Machamp resists most of Glacia's coverage and hits back hard.
Machamp trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Machamp trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Machop
Catch Machop on Route 112 (walking, Lv 14-16, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- LV 31FightingVital ThrowPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 37FightingSubmissionPower 120Accuracy 80%PP 25
- LV 40FightingCross ChopPower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
Evolve Machop to Machoke
Machop evolves into Machoke at Level 28. Your Machop should hit Level 28 before you reach Norman, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM08FightingBulk UpPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Brawly
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 33FightingVital ThrowPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 41FightingSubmissionPower 120Accuracy 80%PP 25
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 46FightingCross ChopPower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Machoke to Machamp
Machoke evolves into Machamp when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Tate & Liza.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33FightingVital ThrowPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Brawly
- TM08FightingBulk UpPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Brawly
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 46FightingCross ChopPower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Machoke in Ruby & Sapphire
Machoke is the level-28 evolution of a Machop caught near the Fiery Path. The next step to Machamp then needs a trade partner.
Catch Machop at any of these 3 spots to eventually evolve into Machoke.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 4How to Obtain Machoke in RS
The path to Machoke starts with Machop at Lv. 14-22 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
How to Get Shiny Machoke in Ruby & Sapphire
With no wild Machoke around, grab a shiny Machop from Route 112 or Jagged Pass and evolve your way up to it. Compare Shiny Machoke odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Machoke Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds for Machoke.
Machoke Weakness
Machoke's Fighting typing leaves it vulnerable to Flying and Psychic. Few weaknesses and 3 resistances make the typing clean. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Machoke Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Machoke
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Kirlia Psychic | D | |
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machoke View Beautifly builds →Psychic 2x67-79% Gust 2x33-40% | ||
 Spoink Psychic | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) | ||
 Swellow Normal | C | |
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Baltoy GroundPsychic | D | |
 Swablu Normal | D | |
Machoke Evolutions
Sitting between Machop and Machamp, Machoke is part of a chain that requires a trade. Not your typical level-up setup. So far, Sp.Def got the biggest boost (+25 from Machop). The final form adds another 100 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Machoke to get Machop eggs easily using 28 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include Counter, Encore, Light Screen and 4 more.
RS Machoke Best Moveset
100 Attack with MoveCross Chop for Fighting TermStab and MoveEarthquake for coverage. AbilityGuts boosts Attack when statused. Machamp does everything harder at 130 Attack. One evolution short.
Best Build
Machoke best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Tank Moveset
- Earthquake
- Bulk Up
- Cross Chop
- Hidden Power Ghost
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Counter and Encore on Machoke. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Focus Punch and Cross Chop, they expand what Machoke can actually threaten in practice.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
MACHOKE’s thoroughly toned muscles possess the hardness of steel. This POKéMON has so much strength, it can easily hold aloft a sumo wrestler on just one finger.
MACHOKE undertakes bodybuilding every day even as it helps people with tough, physically demanding labor. On its days off, this POKéMON heads to the fields and mountains to exercise and train.
Machoke Ruby & Sapphire Guide
No. Machoke only evolves into Machamp through a real trade. There is no in-game alternative in Ruby & Sapphire. Trade needs a Game Boy Advance link cable and a second GBA running another Gen 3 game (FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald). Trade Machoke to a friend, then have them trade it back. The 2026 Switch re-release supports the same trade through local wireless on the Pokemon Center 2F Wireless Club, with no cables required.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Machoke has appeared in 21 games: nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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