Is Machop Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Machop picks up wild in Hoenn with Fighting coverage for Roxanne. AbilityNo Guard makes every attack land, including the opponent's. The trade evolution to Machamp limits solo players, but even Machoke alone handles Norman and Sidney.
Machop resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Machop has the type edge here and should clean up 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 has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Machamp trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catch Machop on Route 112 (walking, Lv 14-17, common).
Your Machop should hit Level 28 before you reach Norman, at typical leveling pace.
Most players are ready to trade before reaching Tate & Liza.
How to Get Machop in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Machop's 3-stage chain starts with Machop, which appears in the wild in the locations below. Level through 3 stages while you find a trade partner. Everything except the trade step is solo.
Where To Catch Machop in ORAS
Machop is your first catch on the way to Machop. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 8-21 across 14 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Machop ✓Jagged PassLv.10GrassRate 60%Horde battleRoute 112 - Area 2Lv.13-16GrassRate 40%Route 112 - Area 1Lv.14-17GrassRate 40%Route 112 - Area 1Lv.8GrassRate 35%Horde battleRoute 112 - Area 2Lv.8GrassRate 35%Horde battleFiery PathLv.15CaveRate 5%Jagged PassLv.18-21GrassRate 40%
Step 2Evolve into Machoke
Step 3Evolve into Machamp
Machop Weakness
Type-wise, Machop takes extra damage from Flying, Psychic, and Fairy. 3 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic, Fairy |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
What is Machop Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Machop
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Chatot Normal | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodPetalburg City Surfing | ||
Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Gardevoir builds →Psychic 2x179-211%KO Draining Kiss 2x100-118%KO | ||
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodPetalburg City Surfing | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Latios builds →Psychic 2x188-221%KO Fly 2x74-87% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Latias builds →Psychic 2x162-191%KO Fly 2x69-81% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Gardevoir builds →Psychic 2x180-212%KO Draining Kiss 2x103-121%KO | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodPetalburg City Surfing | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Latios builds →Psychic 2x192-227%KO Fly 2x75-89% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x247-291%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x165-195%KO | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Latias builds →Psychic 2x167-197%KO Fly 2x69-81% | ||
 Gothitelle Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Machop View Gothitelle builds →Future Sight 2x196-231%KO | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Xatu builds →Psychic 2x147-174%KO Air Slash 2x124-147%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x88-104%KO | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Latios builds →Psychic 2x188-222%KO Fly 2x73-87% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x243-287%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x163-193%KO | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Latias builds →Psychic 2x163-193%KO Fly 2x66-78% | ||
Gothitelle Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Machop View Gothitelle builds →Future Sight 2x192-226%KO | ||
Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Xatu builds →Psychic 2x144-170%KO Air Slash 2x122-143%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x86-101%KO | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Latios builds →Dream Eater 2x215-254%KO Fly 2x74-88% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Latias builds →Dream Eater 2x187-220%KO Fly 2x68-80% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x249-293%KO Moonblast 2x198-234%KO | ||
 Deoxys Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Deoxys builds →Psycho Boost 2x342-402%KO Aerial Ace 2x77-90% | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Clefable can KO Machop with Moonblast (125-147%). Salamence threatens a KO with Outrage (112-132%). Alakazam's Psychic also KOs at 193-227%.
 Clefable Fairy | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemLeftovers NatureBold Moves
Damage vs Machop View Clefable builds →Moonblast 2x125-147%KO | ||
 Salamence Dragon | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityMoxie ItemLum Berry NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Machop View Salamence builds →Earthquake62-73% Outrage112-132%KO | ||
 Alakazam Psychic | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemFocus Sash NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Machop View Alakazam builds →Psychic 2x193-227%KO Focus Blast86-101%KO Shadow Ball57-67% Dazzling Gleam 2x114-135%KO | ||
Machop Evolutions
Machop is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Machoke first, then eventually reaches Machamp. For breeding, average hatch time with plenty of partners via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 200 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Machop easily with 56 breeding partners from the Humanshape egg group. Pass egg moves like Bullet Punch, Close Combat, Counter and 12 more to offspring.
ORAS Machop Best Moveset
Fighting at 80 Attack with AbilityNo Guard making every move hit. The moveset fires at pre-evolution power. Machamp two evolutions away turns No Guard into a devastating tool with 100%% accuracy MoveDynamic Punch.
Best Build
Machop best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Revenge Killer Moveset
- Dynamic Punch
- Knock Off
- Rock Slide
- Ice Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Hard to wall, honestly. Machop threatens 10 types beyond its own STAB, with Dark and Dragon standing out. Pair that with Focus Punch and Focus Blast and switchins need to think twice.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Machop’s muscles are special—they never get sore no matter how much they are used in exercise. This Pokémon has sufficient power to hurl a hundred adult humans.
Machop exercises by hefting around a Graveler as if it were a barbell. There are some Machop that travel the world in a quest to master all kinds of martial arts.
Machop Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Machop does the job early-game if you need a Fighting type on your team. Evolve it into Machoke before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Machop has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 21 titles across all 10 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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 7LGPE
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