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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#066 Machop

Fighting

  • SpeciesSuperpower Pokémon
  • Japanese nameWanriky
  • PronunciationMAH-CHOP
  • Height2′ 7″ 0.79 m
  • Weight43.0 lb 19.35 kg
  • Gender♂ 75% · ♀ 25%
Machop official artwork

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Name meaning

Combination of MACHO, meaning “manly” and CHOP, as in “karate chop”. May also be related to MASTER.

Evolution

  1. MachopLevel 28MachokeLink Cable TradeMachamp
Machop in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Machop as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger.
Yellow Very powerful in spite of its small size. Its mastery of many martial arts makes it very tough.
Stadium Its whole body is covered with muscles, so it can raise bulges anywhere. It can throw a hundred adults.
GoldStadium 2 Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger.
Silver It loves to work out and build its muscles. It is never satisfied, even if it trains hard all day long.
Crystal It trains by lifting rocks in the mountains. It can even pick up a GRAVELER with ease.

Where to find Machop

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Rock Tunnel, Victory Road NA Many
Red NA Many
Yellow Rock Tunnel, Route 10 NA Many
Gold Mt. Mortar, Rock Tunnel, Goldenrod City (Dept. Store 5F)(Trade) Any Many
Silver Any Many
Crystal Morn. or Day Many

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
R/B ✓
Yellow ✓
G/S ✓ ✓ ✓
Crystal ✓ ✓ ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×1
  • Water×1
  • Electric×1
  • Grass×1
  • Ice×1
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×2
  • Psychic×2
  • Bug×0.5
  • Rock×0.5
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×0.5
  • Steel×1
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 2 : 3 (67%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 weaknesses and 2 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
  • This Pokémon has more resistances in GSC than RBY, thus has a better defense ratio in GSC.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalGood
  • FireNormal
  • WaterNormal
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassNormal
  • IceGood
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonBad
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingBad
  • PsychicBad
  • BugBad
  • RockGood
  • GhostNo Effect
  • DragonNormal
  • DarkGood
  • SteelGood
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 5 advantages and 5 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 advantages and 5 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 3:5 (60%).

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start 13 Karate Chop FightingG/S/C NormalR/B/Y Physical
20 Start Low Kick Fighting Physical
25 Start Leer Normal Status
32 7 Focus Energy Normal Status
39 19 Seismic Toss Fighting Physical
— 25 Foresight Normal Status
— 31 Vital Throw Fighting Physical
— 37 Cross Chop Fighting Physical
— 43 Scary Face Normal Physical
46 49 Submission Fighting Physical

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

  • Flamethrower

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM01Dynamicpunch
  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Rock Smash
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM17Protect
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM26Earthquake
  • TM27Return
  • TM28Dig
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Ice Punch
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM38Fire Blast
  • TM41Thunderpunch
  • TM43Detect
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM46Thief
  • TM48Fire Punch
  • HM04Strength

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM01Mega Punch
  • TM05Mega Kick
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM17Submission
  • TM18Counter
  • TM19Seismic Toss
  • TM20Rage
  • TM26Earthquake
  • TM27Fissure
  • TM28Dig
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Bide
  • TM35Metronome
  • TM38Fire Blast
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM44Rest
  • TM48Rock Slide
  • TM50Substitute
  • HM04Strength
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Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Humanshape Pokémon group 4

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Encore Mate with a male Mr. Mime.
Light Screen Mate with a male from Electabuzz, Machop, or Mr. Mime Family.
Meditate Mate with a male Drowzee/Hypno or Mr. Mime.
Rolling Kick Mate with a Hitmonlee or Hitmontop.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 70 313-343 23/4553.98% 20/4257.93%
Attack 80 228-258 17/4961.79% 17/4559.86%
Defense 50 168-198 37/5525.82% 32/4424.20%
Speed 35 138-168 41/4712.54% 38/429.68%
Special Attack G/S/C 35 138-168 39/4612.54% —
Special Defense G/S/C 35 138-168 37/4110.60% —
Special R/B/Y 35 138-168 — 25/2910.60%
Total 305 G/S/C
270 R/B/Y
1123-1303
985-1135
64/8715.87% 46/6518.41%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library