If you can evolve it, use it and abuse it. If you can't evolve Machoke, its just not as good as other Fighting-types you can get and gets reduced to Low Tier status. Not only do you have one of the most powerful physical attackers in the game, but it gains boosted experience. This line is much more suited for regular trainer battles.Īdditional Comments: If I didn't emphasize it enough, let me do it again: in Yellow version, you can a Machamp in a trade for a Cubone. It can be somewhat helpful against Giovanni and Lorelei, but it doesn't excel against any of the Gyms or Elite Four. Match Ups: By the time you get Machop/Machamp, it is almost useless against the remaining major battles. Machop can't take a Psychic-type attack to save its life. Just stay away from the almost equally dominant Flying-types and rarer but much more dangerous Psychic-types. Type: In a game dominated by Normal-types, Machop and its evolutions STAB moves, as mediocre as they are, are incredibly helpful. Machamp, on the other hand, can deal amazing amounts of damage and, despite its low Speed, is easily the best fully-evolved Fighting-type in the game.
It can do decent damage with its 100 base Attack, but you are probably better off with Hitmonlee or Primeape, who deal more damage and are faster. Power: Unless you are playing Yellow version or somehow find someone who still has a link cable (props if you do!), you are likely going to be using Machoke. Moves like Strength, Rock Slide, Mega Kick, Earthquake and Fissure can be used to fill in the gaps in its level up movepool, which in all honesty isn't that good. Low Kick and Submission are its only STAB options, neither of which are exceptionally good. Movepool:Starts with Karate Chop, which has a high critical hit ratio. Since you can recieve a Machamp through a trade in Yellow, it levels up faster and can easily be a few steps ahead of your team, contributing to higher overall stats.
Stats: High Attack, good HP and Defense, below-average Special and low Speed when full evolved Machoke has a good Attack stat with average or less-than-average stats everywhere else. In Yellow version, you can receive a Machoke in a trade for a Cubone who immediately evolves into Machamp upon trading. Machop - Low Tier(Red and Blue) / High Tier(Yellow)Īvailability: Towards the middle of the Game, Rock Tunnel specifically.