Is Machop Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Route 207 catch right before the path to Eterna City. Machop is one of the earlier Fighting options in Sinnoh. The investment toward Machamp pays off, but you'll need a trade partner to get there.
Machop has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Machop trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Machoke trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Machoke trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Machoke's weaknesses hard.
Machoke has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Machamp trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Machamp trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Machamp has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Machamp trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Machop on Route 207 (walking, Lv 5-7, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- LV 25FightingVital ThrowPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 37FightingCross ChopPower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- Post-Game
- TM08FightingBulk UpPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Machop to Machoke
Machop evolves into Machoke at Level 28. Your Machop should hit Level 28 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 28)
- LV 28FightingVital ThrowPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- LV 32FightingSubmissionPower 120Accuracy 80%PP 25
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 40FightingCross ChopPower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Machoke to Machamp
Machoke evolves into Machamp when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Candice.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 39)
- LV 39FightingVital ThrowPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 40FightingCross ChopPower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Machop in Diamond & Pearl
Machop is all over the early mountain paths. Eighteen encounters across four spots, common in most, with the level climbing as you move through Mt. Coronet and the connecting routes. Some shift rarity by time of day.
4 locations to catch Machop
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Where To Catch Machop in DP
Machop is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 5-58 across 76 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into MachokeRoute 211 - EastLv.27-28GrassRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 210 - NorthLv.26GrassRate 10%Route 211 - EastLv.27GrassRate 10%NightVictory Road - 1FLv.44-46CaveRate 25%Victory Road - B1FLv.44-46CaveRate 25%Route 216Lv.33-34GrassRate 20%Morning/dayAcuity LakefrontLv.35-36GrassRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 217Lv.35-36GrassRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - SummitLv.39-40CaveRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - B1FLv.31CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - Route 216 EntranceLv.31CaveRate 10%Route 216Lv.34GrassRate 10%NightAcuity LakefrontLv.36GrassRate 10%NightRoute 217Lv.36GrassRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - 2FLv.37CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 3FLv.37CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 4F Room 1Lv.39CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 4F Room 3Lv.39CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - SummitLv.40CaveRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - Top CaveLv.40CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 5FLv.41CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 6FLv.41CaveRate 10%Victory Road - Nat Dex AreaLv.50-52CaveRate 25%Victory Road - Nat Dex Area B1FLv.50-52CaveRate 25%Victory Road - Nat Dex Exit AreaLv.50-52CaveRate 25%Route 226Lv.53GrassRate 10%Stark Mountain - EntranceLv.56CaveRate 10%Stark Mountain - InteriorLv.58CaveRate 10%Route 225Lv.51GrassRate 5%or evolve from Machop (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into MachampBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Machop egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Machop.
How to Get Shiny Machop in Diamond & Pearl
Machop trains in the grass on Route 207, Route 208, and Route 210, where a PokeRadar chain sets its shiny at 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Machop odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Machop Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Machop.
Machop Weakness
Type-wise, Machop takes extra damage from Flying and Psychic. Its Fighting typing keeps the defensive matchups simple. Only 2 weaknesses makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Machop Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Machop
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Drifblim builds →Fly 2x103-122%KO Psychic 2x93-110%KO | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Murkrow builds →Fly 2x109-129%KO Psychic 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Noctowl builds →Sky Attack 2x114-135%KO Psychic 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Mothim builds →Psychic 2x97-114%KO Gust 2x67-79% | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Machop View Beautifly builds →Psychic 2x102-121%KO Gust 2x69-82% | ||
 Chingling Psychic | D | |
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 a decent partner pool 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 39 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Bullet Punch, Close Combat, Counter and 9 more to offspring.
DP Machop Best Moveset
Physical Fighting attacks and AbilityNo Guard for guaranteed accuracy are the moveset's tools, but 80 Attack at 35 Speed means hitting hard while always going last. Machoke, then Machamp.
Best Build
Machop best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Tank Moveset
- Payback
- Dynamic Punch
- Substitute
- Bulk Up
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Bullet Punch and Close Combat aren't available any other way for Machop, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Focus Punch and Focus Blast for solid options.
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
33 of 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It hefts a GRAVELER repeatedly to strengthen its entire body. It uses every type of martial arts.
Its muscles never cramp however much it trains. It lives in the mountains away from humans.
Machop Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, 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 9 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 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
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