No. 0066 · Generation I · Superpower Pokémon
ワンリキーWanrikī · From 腕力 wanryoku – 'arm strength' or physical strength – read as 腕 wan (arm) and 力 riki (strength); its trademarked spelling is Wanriky.
The Superpower Pokémon · Fighting type · first seen in Pokémon Red & Green (1996)
01Overview
Meet Machop
Everything you need to know about the Superpower Pokémon — the creature behind the number.
Machop is the gym rat of the Pokémon world. The Superpower Pokémon is a small, blue-grey humanoid about the size of a young child, with three brown ridges along the top of its head, big red eyes, a flat face and three thin, rib-like stripes on each side of its chest. Look closely and you'll even spot a short, stubby tail – one of a few reptilian touches on what is otherwise a pint-sized bodybuilder.
Every inch of it is muscle, and not the ordinary kind: Machop's muscles never get sore, never cramp and never tire, however hard it pushes them. Just as well, because pushing hard is all Machop wants to do. It passes the time lifting boulders, hefts Graveler about as if they were barbells and studies every style of martial art going. For all its small size, it is said to be able to hurl a hundred grown-ups, or hoist a sumo wrestler onto its shoulders with ease.
“Its whole body is composed of muscles. Even though it's the size of a human child, it can hurl 100 grown-ups.”
Pokédex · Pokémon Red (Japan), Green (Japan), FireRed, Y, Sword & Legends: Z-A · 1996
Machop live in the mountains, away from people, and some set off to travel the world in search of new fighting styles to master. Its dedication grows right along with its muscles – watching them swell day by day only spurs it on – and it is never satisfied, even after training all day long. Instinct steers it towards highly nutritious food that builds muscle efficiently, and once it has trained with its friends long enough to feel confident, it goes looking for a Makuhita to take on.
One of the original 151, Machop has been #066 since Red and Green in 1996; an early working name was simply 'Karate'. At level 28 it becomes the belted Machoke, which turns into four-armed Machamp when traded – and since Sword and Shield, Machamp can even Gigantamax. In Hoenn, Gym Leader Brawly brings a Machop to his Dewford Gym battles in Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
Fans love Machop for its earnest, can-do spirit. It is the series' dependable labourer, stomping ground flat on building sites and turning up wherever there's heavy lifting to be done, yet it has a soft side too: in Pokémon: Twilight Wings, Bea's Machop cheers up its worn-out Trainer with a snack. Small, sincere and seriously strong, it's the training partner everyone wishes they had.
How big is Machop?
At 0.8 m (2′07″), Machop stands about as tall as a toddler – a little under kitchen-worktop height – and at 19.5 kg (43.0 lb) it weighs about the same as a suitcase packed right up to a 20 kg baggage allowance. Not bad for something that can throw a hundred adults.
02In the Pokédex's words
Machop's Pokédex entries
20 different entries across 46 games, from 1996 to 2022. Here is how the Pokédex has described Machop over the years, in the order the games came out.
Generation I
Its whole body is composed of muscles. Even though it's the size of a human child, it can hurl 100 grown-ups.
Kanto Pokédex
Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger.
Kanto Pokédex
Very powerful in spite of its small size. Its mastery of many types of martial arts makes it very tough.
Kanto Pokédex
Its whole body is covered with muscles, so it can raise bulges anywhere. It can throw a hundred adults.
Kanto Pokédex
Generation II
Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger.
Johto Pokédex
It loves to work out and build its muscles. It is never satisfied, even if it trains hard all day long.
Johto Pokédex
It trains by lifting rocks in the mountains. It can even pick up a Graveler with ease.
Johto Pokédex
Generation III
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.
Hoenn Pokédex
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.
Hoenn Pokédex
It continually undertakes strenuous training to master all forms of martial arts. Its strength lets it easily hoist a sumo wrestler onto its shoulders.
Hoenn Pokédex
Machop packs a lot of power in its small body. It can easily shatter small Rocks.
Capture Styler (Pokémon Ranger series)
Generation IV
It hefts a Graveler repeatedly to strengthen its entire body. It uses every type of martial arts.
Sinnoh Pokédex
Its muscles never cramp however much it trains. It lives in the mountains away from humans.
Sinnoh Pokédex
It attacks by punching and launching orbs of aura power.
Capture Styler (Pokémon Ranger series)
Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once.
Sinnoh Pokédex
Generation VII
It loves working out. As it gazes at its muscles, which continue to swell day by day, it becomes more and more dedicated to its training.
Rotom Pokédex
With its superhuman strength, it's able to throw a hundred people all at the same time. Its strength comes from lifting Graveler every day.
Rotom Pokédex
Once this Pokémon has gained enough confidence and muscle from training with its friends, it challenges Makuhita to a battle.
Rotom Pokédex
It likes food that's highly nutritious because its instincts drive it to build muscle efficiently.
Rotom Pokédex
Generation VIII
Though as small as a child, it has strength enough to easily throw a well-built adult. Striving to become ever stronger, Machop trains by carrying a Graveler on its shoulders.
Hisui Pokédex
03Stats, moves & where to find it
Machop in the video games
Base stat total 305 · 24 core-series games · 30 spin-offs · every move it learns, generation by generation.
Base stats
Machop's base stats have never changed: 70 HP, 80 Attack, 50 Defense, 35 Sp. Atk, 35 Sp. Def and 35 Speed, a total of 305 built on raw power. In Red, Green, Blue and Yellow it had a single Special stat of 35; when Gold and Silver split Special in two, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def both kept that 35. Its base experience yield was 88 in Generations I–III and 75 in Generation IV, and has been 61 since; its base friendship dropped from 70 (Generations II–VII) to 50. In HeartGold and SoulSilver's Pokéathlon it rates 3 stars for Speed and Power (up to 4), 2 for Stamina (up to 3) and Jump, but just 1 for Technique (up to 3).
Abilities
- Gutssince Gen III
When Machop is hit with a status condition such as poison, paralysis or a burn, its Attack jumps by half – and a burn can't sap its power. - No Guardsince Gen IV
Every move Machop uses – and every move aimed at it – is guaranteed to hit. - SteadfastHidden abilitysince Gen V
Each time Machop flinches, it digs in and its Speed rises.
Type matchups
How hard each attacking type hits a Fighting Pokémon.
In Generation I Machop was weak only to Flying and Psychic and resisted Bug and Rock. Gold and Silver added a resistance to the new Dark type, and X & Y made it weak to the new Fairy type (2013).
Training & breeding
- Catch rate
- 180
- Base friendship
- 50
- Base experience
- 61
- Growth rate
- Medium Slow
- EV yield
- 1 Attack
- Egg groups
- Human-Like
- Egg cycles
- 20
- Colour
- Grey
- Gender ratio
- 75% male
- Body shape
- bipedal, tailed
Where to find Machop
| Game | Year | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Red & Green | 1996 | Wild in Rock Tunnel and on Victory Road, in both versions |
| Blue (Japan) | 1996 | Wild in Rock Tunnel and on Victory Road |
| Red & Blue | 1998 | Wild in Rock Tunnel and on Victory Road, in both versions |
| Yellow | 1998 | Wild on Route 10 and in Rock Tunnel |
| Gold & Silver | 1999 | Wild in Mt. Mortar in Johto and Rock Tunnel in Kanto; in-game trade for a Drowzee at the Goldenrod Department StoreThe traded Machop arrives holding a Gold Berry. |
| Crystal | 2000 | Wild in Mt. Mortar (morning and day) and Rock Tunnel; in-game trade for an Abra at the Goldenrod Department Store |
| Ruby & Sapphire | 2002 | Wild on Route 112, in Fiery Path and on Jagged PassGym Leader Brawly uses a Lv. 17 Machop alongside his Makuhita at the Dewford Gym. |
| FireRed & LeafGreen | 2004 | Wild on Mt. Ember, in Rock Tunnel and on Victory Road |
| Emerald | 2004 | Wild in Fiery Path and on Jagged PassBrawly's Dewford Gym team: a Lv. 16 Machop, a Lv. 16 Meditite and a Lv. 19 Makuhita. |
| Diamond & Pearl | 2006 | Wild on Routes 207, 208 and 210 and in Mt. CoronetIt can also be brought over from a Game Boy Advance game through Pal Park, where it turns up in the Mountain area. |
| Platinum | 2008 | Wild on Routes 206, 207, 210 and 211 and in Mt. Coronet |
| HeartGold & SoulSilver | 2009 | Wild in Cliff Cave, Mt. Mortar and Rock Tunnel and in the Johto Safari Zone's Wasteland; in-game trade for a Drowzee at the Goldenrod Department StoreThe traded Machop holds a Macho Brace. Pokéwalker owners can also find Machop on the Rugged Road, Dim Cave and Scary Cave routes. |
| Black & White | 2010 | White: wild in White Forest. Black: trade or Poké Transfer onlyPokémon Dream World's Rugged Mountain also offered it. |
| Black 2 & White 2 | 2012 | Trade only |
| X & Y | 2013 | Wild in Glittering Cave |
| Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire | 2014 | Wild on Route 112, in Fiery Path and on Jagged PassBrawly brings a Lv. 14 Machop to the Dewford Gym. |
| Sun & Moon | 2016 | Wild in Ten Carat Hill's Farthest Hollow; in-game trade for a Spearow on Route 2The traded Machop holds an X Attack. |
| Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon | 2017 | Wild in Ten Carat Hill's Farthest HollowKahuna Hala's grand trial team includes a Machop. |
| Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! | 2018 | Wild in Rock Tunnel and on Victory Road |
| Sword & Shield | 2019 | Wild on Route 3 and in the Wild Area (North and South Lake Miloch, Watchtower Ruins, Giant's Seat, Giant's Mirror and Stony Wilderness), plus Max Raid BattlesThese are the games in which Machamp gained its Gigantamax form. |
| Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl | 2021 | Wild on Routes 207, 208 and 210 and in Mt. Coronet; Grand Underground (Spacious Cave, Grassland Cave, Whiteout Cave and Sunlit Cavern) |
| Legends: Arceus | 2022 | Obsidian Fieldlands (Oreburrow Tunnel, near Obsidian Falls), Cobalt Coastlands (near Ginkgo Landing, Castaway Shore), Coronet Highlands (Bolderoll Ravine, near Cloudcap Pass) and Alabaster Icelands (Icebound Falls, Arena's Approach, Snowfall Hot Spring)It also shows up in mass outbreaks in the Coronet Highlands and Alabaster Icelands. |
| Scarlet & Violet | 2022 | Unobtainable |
| Legends: Z-A | 2025 | Wild in Wild Zone 12 (Bleu District) and Wild Zone 8 (Jaune District)Mega Dimension DLC: also in Hyperspace Lumiose's 1★ and 3★ Fighting-type wild zones. |
Sprites through the ages
Spin-offs & cameos
Super Smash Bros.
Machop's Super Smash Bros. role is a walk-on: it is one of the many Pokémon that cameo in the opening movie of Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001). Its final evolution gets more of a workout in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where Machamp is a Primary spirit – its Spirit Battle sends you to the Wrecking Crew stage to take on a pair of giant Captain Falcons, four fists between them. Machamp's core is also one of the ingredients for summoning the Super Macho Man spirit from Punch-Out!!, a fitting match for a Pokémon whose name comes from 'macho'.
Pokémon GO
Machop has been flexing in Pokémon GO since launch day, 6 July 2016. It evolves into Machoke for 25 Candy and into Machamp for 100 – or for no Candy at all if you trade for your Machoke – and earns a Candy every 3 km as your buddy, fighting with Karate Chop or Rock Smash (which replaced Low Kick on 16 February 2017) backed up by Low Sweep, Brick Break or Cross Chop. Shiny Machop first appeared on 5 March 2019 during Battle Showdown 2019. Its big day was Machop Community Day on 16 January 2021: any Machoke evolved during the event, or up to two hours afterwards, became a Machamp that knew the exclusive move Payback, with the ticketed Special Research 'Straight to the Top, Machop!' alongside. It returned for a Community Day Classic on 24 May 2025, when Machoke evolved up to 31 May learned Payback once more. Shadow Machop arrived on 10 June 2020, stomped into one-star Shadow Raids from 22 May 2023 and could be Shiny from 27 March 2024, when Team GO Rocket leader Cliff started using it. Dynamax Machop has turned up in two-star Max Battles since 3 December 2024 – and its final evolution, Machamp, can even Gigantamax.
Its Base Set card, Low Kick and all, is one of the cards you can collect and duel with in the Game Boy adaptation.
Catch it at Rock Mountain or Indigo Plateau, on either the Red or the Blue Field.
Machop flexes in full 3D among the original 151, and the game's Pokédex claims it is so muscular it can raise bulges anywhere on its body.
Back for more battles – and its Pokédex entry changes depending on which Game Boy game is plugged in.
The Japan-only sequel has three Machop cards to collect: the Base Set original, its Team Rocket card and a card from the Japanese vending sheets.
Machop is one of the many Pokémon that cameo in the game's opening movie.
Scanned in from Expedition-era e-Reader cards, this minigame puts you in Machop's shoes, smashing falling rocks. Score 50 or more and it evolves into Machoke; hit 100 and it goes all the way to Machamp.
Catch it in the Cave area on both the Ruby and the Sapphire Field.
A common piece in Endless Level 27, Forever Level 27 and Mr. Who's Den.
Answer the personality quiz as a Brave boy and you'll play as Machop. Wild ones can be recruited in Buried Relic and Wish Cave, and they settle in Mt. Discipline. 'I'd fight even against a hundred foes!' it boasts.
Found in Krokka Tunnel, Machop can Crush small rocks for you – the Browser notes how much power it packs into its small body.
Recruit one on Mt. Bristle, in Labyrinth Cave or in the Final Maze.
Lives on the Peril Cliffs. Its Browser entry says it attacks by punching and launching orbs of aura power.
Mt. Bristle, Labyrinth Cave and the Final Maze are still the places to recruit one.
Look for it in Cheerful Meadow.
Found in Pugilis, Machop fights with Karate Chop – and evolves into Machoke not at a set level but once its Attack reaches 86.
Catch it on Roseus Center's Stage 242. Its skill, Pummel, boosts the damage done by every Fighting type in the combo.
Complete Machop's Connection Orb mission and it joins your team – one of its lines is simply 'Muscle! Muscle!'
Around since launch day, Machop had its own Community Day on 16 January 2021, when evolving Machoke gave Machamp the exclusive move Payback.
Turns up on several of the game's seas, the Charizard Sea among them.
Machop can hatch from an Egg to team up with your own player character, then evolve into Machoke and Machamp.
The personality quiz now hands Machop to Brave players of either gender, and it can be your partner too. Wild ones wait in Buried Relic and Wish Cave.
Machamp, a melee All-Rounder, starts every match as Machop, evolving into Machoke at level 5 and Machamp at level 9.
Listed as #156 in Pokopia's Pokédex, which reuses Diamond's line about Machop hefting a Graveler to strengthen its whole body.
Moves
Red and Blue's Machop was a no-nonsense brawler with just six level-up moves: a Normal-type Karate Chop to start, then Low Kick, Leer, Focus Energy, its trademark Seismic Toss and finally the reckless Submission at 46. TMs did the rest, from Mega Punch and Counter to a surprising Fire Blast. Gold and Silver made Karate Chop a true Fighting move and added Vital Throw and the crit-happy Cross Chop, Ruby and Sapphire crowned the list with DynamicPunch and handed out Bulk Up and Brick Break as TMs, and Diamond and Pearl brought Wake-Up Slap plus egg moves such as Bullet Punch and Close Combat.
Later games keep sharpening the karate kit. Black and White add Low Sweep, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire speed up the whole list and slip in Knock Off, Dual Chop and Bulk Up, and Let's Go saves Superpower for level 36. Sword and Shield retire Karate Chop and finish with Double-Edge, Legends: Arceus trims the list to eight moves with Mach Punch and Close Combat, and although Machop sits out Scarlet and Violet, Legends: Z-A teaches it Brutal Swing and Detect and still saves Dynamic Punch for last.
Signature moves
Machop's very first move in Red and Blue, back when it was Normal-type. Gold and Silver made it a true Fighting move, and it stayed on the level-up list right up to Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon and Let's Go before Sword and Shield retired it.
Learnt at level 20 in Red and Blue, then a starting move in every core game from Gold and Silver to Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Since Ruby and Sapphire it hits harder the heavier the target is.
The trademark throw that deals damage equal to Machop's level. It is on the level-up list in every core game from Red and Blue (level 39) to Sword and Shield (level 40), and Let's Go teaches it at 12.
The original big finish at level 46 in Red and Blue, and TM17 as well. This reckless tackle also hurts the user; it stayed on the level-up list up to Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon and Let's Go, but in Sword and Shield it has to be bred onto a Machop.
Arrived at level 37 in Gold and Silver: a 100-power chop with a high critical-hit ratio. It has been in every core level-up list since, up to level 48 in Sword and Shield, with only Let's Go and the Legends games leaving it out.
TM01 in Gold and Silver, then the level-49 finale from Ruby and Sapphire. It hits only half the time, but every hit leaves the target confused, and it is still Machop's last level-up move in Legends: Z-A, at level 54.
The bodybuilder's move, raising Attack and Defense together. A TM ever since Ruby and Sapphire, it joined the level-up list in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (level 37), and both Legends games teach it by level-up too.
Complete learnsets
Generation I · Red, Green, Blue & Yellow6 level-up · 23 TM/HM
In Red and Blue, Machop lives in Rock Tunnel and on Victory Road, while Yellow puts it on Route 10 and in Rock Tunnel. The levels are the same in all four games: it starts with Karate Chop, which is a Normal-type move in this generation, then learns Low Kick at 20, Leer at 25, Focus Energy at 32, Seismic Toss at 39 and Submission at 46. The TM case adds heavy hitters such as Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Earthquake and Rock Slide, plus Counter and a surprising Fire Blast. In Generations I to III a move's type decides whether it is physical or special, so Machop's Fighting attacks run off its Attack while Fire Blast uses its Special stat. 'Transfer' lists moves from Gold, Silver and Crystal that a Machop can bring back through the Time Capsule, including Thrash from the event Machop handed out at the Pokémon Center New York.
By level-up
| RGBY | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karate Chop | Normal | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 20 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | 50 | 90 | 20 |
| 25 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 32 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 39 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 46 | Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 25 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM01 | Mega Punch | Normal | Physical | 80 | 85 | 20 |
| TM05 | Mega Kick | Normal | Physical | 120 | 75 | 5 |
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 |
| TM08 | Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 |
| TM09 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| TM10 | Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| TM17 | Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 25 |
| TM18 | Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM19 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM20 | Rage | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| TM26 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| TM27 | Fissure | Ground | Physical | — | 30 | 5 |
| TM28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| TM31 | Mimic | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM34 | Bide | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 |
| TM35 | Metronome | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM38 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 120 | 85 | 5 |
| TM40 | Skull Bash | Normal | Physical | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM48 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 |
| TM50 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| HM04 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Fire Punch | Gen II (TM) |
| Flamethrower | Gen II (Crystal tutor) |
| Headbutt | Gen II (TM) |
| Ice Punch | Gen II (TM) |
| Light Screen | Gen II (breeding) |
| Meditate | Gen II (breeding) |
| Rolling Kick | Gen II (breeding) |
| Thrash | Gen II (event Machop) |
| ThunderPunch | Gen II (TM) |
Generation II · Gold, Silver & Crystal10 level-up · 27 TM/HM · 4 egg · 1 tutor · 2 event
Machop lives in Rock Tunnel and Mt. Mortar in Gold, Silver and Crystal, and the Goldenrod Department Store offers one in a trade (for a Drowzee in Gold and Silver, an Abra in Crystal). Karate Chop becomes a proper Fighting-type move and moves to level 13, Low Kick is now a starting move, and Foresight, Vital Throw (a throw that always hits but goes last) and the powerful Cross Chop all join, with Submission closing the list at 49. The new TM case brings DynamicPunch, Rock Smash, Detect and all three elemental punches, and Crystal's move tutor can teach Flamethrower. Encore, Light Screen and Meditate can be bred in from Mr. Mime and friends, and Rolling Kick from Hitmonlee or Hitmontop. The event Machop from the Pokémon Center New York came with Thrash and False Swipe. Categories still follow the move's type, Hidden Power's depends on its calculated type, and Curse has a mystery type all of its own. 'Transfer' lists Red, Blue and Yellow TM moves that can come forward through the Time Capsule.
By level-up
| GSC | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | 50 | 90 | 20 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 7 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 13 | Karate Chop | Fighting | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 19 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Foresight | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 31 | Vital Throw | Fighting | Physical | 70 | — | 10 |
| 37 | Cross Chop | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 80 | 5 |
| 43 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 49 | Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 25 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM01 | DynamicPunch | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 |
| TM02 | Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| TM03 | Curse | ??? | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 |
| TM08 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 20 | 100 | 15 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Varies | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM13 | Snore | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM20 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM26 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| TM31 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Physical | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM33 | Ice Punch | Ice | Special | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM34 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 |
| TM35 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM38 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 120 | 85 | 5 |
| TM41 | ThunderPunch | Electric | Special | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM43 | Detect | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Special | 40 | 100 | 10 |
| TM48 | Fire Punch | Fire | Special | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| HM04 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 | Mr. Mime |
| Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 | Mr. Mime, Electabuzz |
| Meditate | Psychic | Status | — | — | 40 | Drowzee, Hypno, Hitmonlee, Mr. Mime |
| Rolling Kick | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 85 | 15 | Hitmonlee, Hitmontop |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 | Crystal |
Event moves
| Move | Event |
|---|---|
| Thrash | Pokémon Center New York Machop (US) |
| False Swipe | Pokémon Center New York Machop (US) |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Bide | Gen I (TM) |
| Body Slam | Gen I (TM) |
| Counter | Gen I (TM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen I (TM) |
| Fissure | Gen I (TM) |
| Mega Kick | Gen I (TM) |
| Mega Punch | Gen I (TM) |
| Metronome | Gen I (TM) |
| Mimic | Gen I (TM) |
| Rage | Gen I (TM) |
| Rock Slide | Gen I (TM) |
| Skull Bash | Gen I (TM) |
| Substitute | Gen I (TM) |
| Take Down | Gen I (TM) |
Generation III · Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed & LeafGreen (tutor data also covers XD)12 level-up · 23 TM/HM · 7 egg · 19 tutor
Machop lives on Route 112, the Fiery Path and Jagged Pass in Ruby and Sapphire (just the Fiery Path and Jagged Pass in Emerald), and on Mt. Ember, in Rock Tunnel and on Victory Road in FireRed and LeafGreen; it can't be caught in Colosseum or XD. The levels are the same in all five games: Foresight moves to 22, Revenge arrives at 25, Submission comes earlier at 37 with Cross Chop at 40, and DynamicPunch becomes the level-49 finale. Low Kick now hits harder the heavier the target is, so it has no fixed power. TMs add Focus Punch, Bulk Up and Brick Break, and Rock Smash becomes HM06. Counter and SmellingSalt are new egg moves, and Rock Slide needs chain breeding through Spinda. Tutor games are FireRed/LeafGreen, Emerald and XD: FireRed and LeafGreen teach ten moves, including Counter and Mega Punch; Emerald teaches 19, adding DynamicPunch and the three elemental punches; and XD offers six to a Machop traded in.
By level-up
| RSE/FRLG | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 7 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 13 | Karate Chop | Fighting | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 19 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 22 | Foresight | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 25 | Revenge | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 31 | Vital Throw | Fighting | Physical | 70 | — | 10 |
| 37 | Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 25 |
| 40 | Cross Chop | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 80 | 5 |
| 43 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 49 | DynamicPunch | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM01 | Focus Punch | Fighting | Physical | 150 | 100 | 20 |
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 |
| TM08 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Varies | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM18 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM26 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM35 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| TM38 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 120 | 85 | 5 |
| TM39 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 50 | 80 | 10 |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM43 | Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Special | 40 | 100 | 10 |
| HM04 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| HM06 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 20 | 100 | 15 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop |
| Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 | Mr. Mime |
| Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 | Mr. Mime, Electabuzz |
| Meditate | Psychic | Status | — | — | 40 | Drowzee, Hypno, Hitmonlee, Mr. Mime, Meditite, Medicham |
| Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 | Spinda (chain breeding needed: the father must have learnt it as an egg move itself) |
| Rolling Kick | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 85 | 15 | Hitmonlee, Hitmontop |
| SmellingSalt | Normal | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 | Makuhita, Hariyama |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 | FRLG, Emerald, XD |
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | FRLG, Emerald |
| Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | FRLG, Emerald, XD |
| DynamicPunch | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 | Emerald |
| Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | Emerald |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Special | 75 | 100 | 15 | Emerald |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Special | 75 | 100 | 15 | Emerald |
| Mega Kick | Normal | Physical | 120 | 75 | 5 | FRLG, Emerald |
| Mega Punch | Normal | Physical | 80 | 85 | 20 | FRLG, Emerald |
| Metronome | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | FRLG, Emerald |
| Mimic | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | FRLG, Emerald, XD |
| Mud-Slap | Ground | Physical | 20 | 100 | 10 | Emerald |
| Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 | FRLG, Emerald |
| Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | FRLG, Emerald, XD |
| Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | Emerald |
| Snore | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 | Emerald |
| Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | FRLG, Emerald, XD |
| Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 | Emerald, XD |
| ThunderPunch | Electric | Special | 75 | 100 | 15 | Emerald |
Generation IV · Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold & SoulSilver13 level-up · 35 TM/HM · 13 egg · 11 tutor
Machop lives on Routes 207, 208 and 210 and Mt. Coronet in Diamond and Pearl (Routes 206, 207, 210 and 211 in Platinum), and in Cliff Cave, Rock Tunnel, Mt. Mortar and the Safari Zone in HeartGold and SoulSilver, where the Goldenrod Department Store again trades one for a Drowzee. This is the first generation in which every move has its own physical or special category: Machop's punches and chops are physical, while the new Focus Blast TM is a special Fighting attack. Most moves arrive a little earlier, with Karate Chop at 10, Foresight at 13 and Submission at 31, the new Wake-Up Slap comes at 34, and DynamicPunch now ends the list at 46. TMs add Focus Blast, Poison Jab, Payback and Fling, and HM08 Rock Climb. Bullet Punch (from Hitmonchan), Close Combat and the elemental punches are new egg moves, with Power Trick in HeartGold and SoulSilver only. Platinum's tutors teach Superpower, Vacuum Wave and the elemental punches, and HeartGold and SoulSilver add Headbutt, Low Kick and Role Play. 'Transfer' lists Generation III tutor moves.
By level-up
| DPPt/HGSS | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 7 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 10 | Karate Chop | Fighting | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 13 | Foresight | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 19 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 22 | Revenge | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Vital Throw | Fighting | Physical | 70 | — | 10 |
| 31 | Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 25 |
| 34 | Wake-Up Slap | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Cross Chop | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 80 | 5 |
| 43 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 46 | DynamicPunch | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM01 | Focus Punch | Fighting | Physical | 150 | 100 | 20 |
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 |
| TM08 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM18 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM26 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM35 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| TM38 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 120 | 85 | 5 |
| TM39 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 50 | 80 | 10 |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM43 | Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 10 |
| TM52 | Focus Blast | Fighting | Special | 120 | 70 | 5 |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 |
| TM58 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| TM78 | Captivate | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM80 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 |
| TM82 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM83 | Natural Gift | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| HM04 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| HM06 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| HM08 | Rock Climb | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet Punch | Steel | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 | Hitmonchan |
| Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Makuhita, Hariyama, Monferno, Infernape, Lucario |
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Lucario |
| Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 | Mr. Mime |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Magmar, Magmortar, Medicham, Electivire |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Medicham |
| Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 | Mr. Mime, Electabuzz, Electivire |
| Meditate | Psychic | Status | — | — | 40 | Drowzee, Hypno, Hitmonlee, Mr. Mime, Meditite, Medicham |
| Power Trick | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | Meditite, Medicham |
| Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 | Spinda (chain breeding needed: the father must have learnt it as an egg move itself) |
| Rolling Kick | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 85 | 15 | Hitmonlee, Hitmontop |
| SmellingSalt | Normal | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 | Makuhita, Hariyama |
| ThunderPunch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Electabuzz, Electivire, Medicham, Magmortar |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Pt, HGSS |
| Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 | HGSS |
| Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | Pt, HGSS |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Pt, HGSS |
| Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | HGSS |
| Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 | Pt, HGSS |
| Role Play | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | HGSS |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 | Pt, HGSS |
| Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | Pt, HGSS |
| ThunderPunch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Pt, HGSS |
| Vacuum Wave | Fighting | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 | Pt, HGSS |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Body Slam | Gen III (tutor) |
| Double-Edge | Gen III (tutor) |
| Mega Kick | Gen III (tutor) |
| Mega Punch | Gen III (tutor) |
| Metronome | Gen III (tutor) |
| Mimic | Gen III (tutor) |
Generation V · Black, White, Black 2 & White 214 level-up · 36 TM/HM · 14 egg · 11 tutor · 2 event
Machop is found in White Forest in White; Black has no wild Machop, and Black 2 and White 2 don't either, so there it has to be traded in. A Machop met in the Pokémon Dream World's Rugged Mountain could arrive knowing Bullet Punch or Helping Hand. Low Sweep, a kick that also lowers the target's Speed, joins at 13, and the rest of the list moves back a few levels, with DynamicPunch again closing at 49. TMs bring Low Sweep, Smack Down, Bulldoze, Retaliate, Work Up and Incinerate, while Heavy Slam, Knock Off and Tickle are new egg moves. Black 2 and White 2's tutors teach 11 moves, including Dual Chop, Knock Off, Superpower and Low Kick. 'Transfer' lists moves from Generations III and IV.
By level-up
| BW/B2W2 | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 7 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 10 | Karate Chop | Fighting | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 13 | Low Sweep | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 19 | Foresight | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 22 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Revenge | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 31 | Vital Throw | Fighting | Physical | 70 | — | 10 |
| 34 | Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 25 |
| 37 | Wake-Up Slap | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 43 | Cross Chop | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 80 | 5 |
| 46 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 49 | DynamicPunch | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| TM08 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM16 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM18 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM23 | Smack Down | Rock | Physical | 50 | 100 | 15 |
| TM26 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM35 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| TM38 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 120 | 85 | 5 |
| TM39 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 50 | 80 | 10 |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 10 |
| TM47 | Low Sweep | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| TM48 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| TM52 | Focus Blast | Fighting | Special | 120 | 70 | 5 |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 |
| TM59 | Incinerate | Fire | Special | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| TM67 | Retaliate | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| TM78 | Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| TM80 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 |
| TM83 | Work Up | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM94 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| HM04 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet Punch | Steel | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 | Hitmonchan |
| Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Makuhita, Hariyama, Monferno, Infernape, Lucario, Sawk |
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Lucario, Sawk |
| Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 | Mr. Mime |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Electivire, Magmar, Magmortar, Medicham |
| Heavy Slam | Steel | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | Makuhita, Hariyama |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Medicham |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 | Makuhita, Hariyama, Sableye |
| Meditate | Psychic | Status | — | — | 40 | Drowzee, Hypno, Hitmonlee, Mr. Mime, Meditite, Medicham, Mienfoo, Mienshao |
| Power Trick | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | Meditite, Medicham |
| Rolling Kick | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 85 | 15 | Hitmonlee, Hitmontop |
| SmellingSalt | Normal | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 | Makuhita, Hariyama |
| ThunderPunch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Electabuzz, Electivire, Magmortar, Medicham |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Mr. Mime, Gothita, Gothorita, Gothitelle |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Chop | Dragon | Physical | 40 | 90 | 15 | B2W2 |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | B2W2 |
| Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | B2W2 |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | B2W2 |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 | B2W2 |
| Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | B2W2 |
| Role Play | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | B2W2 |
| Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | B2W2 |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 | B2W2 |
| Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | B2W2 |
| ThunderPunch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | B2W2 |
Event moves
| Move | Event |
|---|---|
| Bullet Punch | Pokémon Dream World (Rugged Mountain) |
| Helping Hand | Pokémon Dream World (Rugged Mountain) |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Body Slam | Gen III (tutor) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen III (tutor) |
| Endure | Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (TM) |
| Focus Punch | Gen III–IV (TM) |
| Headbutt | Gen IV (tutor) |
| Mega Kick | Gen III (tutor) |
| Mega Punch | Gen III (tutor) |
| Metronome | Gen III (tutor) |
| Mimic | Gen III (tutor) |
| Mud-Slap | Gen III–IV (tutor) |
| Natural Gift | Gen IV (TM) |
| Secret Power | Gen III–IV (TM) |
| Vacuum Wave | Gen IV (tutor) |
Generation VI · X, Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire17 level-up · 40 TM/HM · 15 egg · 11 tutor
Machop lives in Glittering Cave in X and Y, and back on Route 112, the Fiery Path and Jagged Pass in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. X and Y keep Black and White's levels, so there are two columns: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire bring most moves forward and add Knock Off at 21, Dual Chop at 31 and Bulk Up at 37, with Dynamic Punch now the level-45 finale. Move names get their modern spellings (Dynamic Punch, Thunder Punch, Smelling Salts), Knock Off rises to 65 power and Submission drops to 20 PP. The new Power-Up Punch TM raises Machop's Attack every time it lands. Rock Smash is TM94 in X and Y but HM06 in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, where TM94 is Secret Power and all 11 tutor moves, Focus Punch among them, are found. Quick Guard is a new egg move, and Knock Off can now be passed down from another Machop, Machoke or Machamp. 'Transfer' lists moves from Generations III to V.
By level-up
| XY | ORAS | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 7 | 3 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 10 | 7 | Karate Chop | Fighting | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 19 | 9 | Foresight | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 13 | 13 | Low Sweep | Fighting | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 22 | 15 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | 19 | Revenge | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| — | 21 | Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 31 | 25 | Vital Throw | Fighting | Physical | 70 | — | 10 |
| 37 | 27 | Wake-Up Slap | Fighting | Physical | 70 | 100 | 10 |
| — | 31 | Dual Chop | Dragon | Physical | 40 | 90 | 15 |
| 34 | 33 | Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 20 |
| — | 37 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 43 | 39 | Cross Chop | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 80 | 5 |
| 46 | 43 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 49 | 45 | Dynamic Punch | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 | |
| TM08 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 | |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 | |
| TM16 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 | |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM18 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 | |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM23 | Smack Down | Rock | Physical | 50 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM26 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | |
| TM35 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM38 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 110 | 85 | 5 | |
| TM39 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 60 | 95 | 15 | |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 | |
| TM47 | Low Sweep | Fighting | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM48 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM52 | Focus Blast | Fighting | Special | 120 | 70 | 5 | |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | |
| TM59 | Incinerate | Fire | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM67 | Retaliate | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 | |
| TM78 | Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM80 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 | |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 | |
| TM88 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM94 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 | XY |
| TM94 | Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | ORAS |
| TM98 | Power-Up Punch | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM100 | Confide | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | |
| HM04 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | |
| HM06 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 | ORAS |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet Punch | Steel | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 | Hitmonchan |
| Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Makuhita, Hariyama, Monferno, Infernape, Lucario, Sawk |
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Lucario, Sawk |
| Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 | Mr. Mime, Hawlucha |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Electivire, Magmar, Magmortar, Medicham |
| Heavy Slam | Steel | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | Makuhita, Hariyama |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Medicham |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 | Machop, Machoke, Machamp, Makuhita, Hariyama, Sableye |
| Meditate | Psychic | Status | — | — | 40 | Drowzee, Hypno, Hitmonlee, Mr. Mime, Meditite, Medicham, Mienfoo, Mienshao |
| Power Trick | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | Meditite, Medicham |
| Quick Guard | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Mr. Mime, Lucario, Sawk, Mienfoo |
| Rolling Kick | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 85 | 15 | Hitmonlee, Hitmontop |
| Smelling Salts | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 10 | Makuhita, Hariyama |
| Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Electabuzz, Electivire, Magmortar, Medicham |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Mr. Mime, Gothita, Gothorita, Gothitelle |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Chop | Dragon | Physical | 40 | 90 | 15 | ORAS |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | ORAS |
| Focus Punch | Fighting | Physical | 150 | 100 | 20 | ORAS |
| Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | ORAS |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | ORAS |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 | ORAS |
| Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | ORAS |
| Role Play | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | ORAS |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 | ORAS |
| Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | ORAS |
| Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | ORAS |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Body Slam | Gen III (tutor) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen III (tutor) |
| Endure | Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (TM) |
| Headbutt | Gen IV (tutor) |
| Mega Kick | Gen III (tutor) |
| Mega Punch | Gen III (tutor) |
| Metronome | Gen III (tutor) |
| Mimic | Gen III (tutor) |
| Mud-Slap | Gen III–IV (tutor) |
| Natural Gift | Gen IV (TM) |
| Vacuum Wave | Gen IV (tutor) |
| Work Up | Gen V (TM) |
Generation VII · Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon17 level-up · 33 TM/HM · 15 egg · 11 tutor
Machop lives in the Farthest Hollow of Ten Carat Hill in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and in Sun and Moon a trainer on Route 2 will swap one for a Spearow. One level list covers all four games and matches Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon's tutors teach the same 11 moves as Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and Bullet Punch can now also be bred from Pangoro. Dig, Power-Up Punch, Retaliate and Rock Smash are no longer TMs, so they only come with a Machop sent from an earlier game. The transfer list now reaches back to Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and Crystal, whose Virtual Console releases can send Pokémon forward.
By level-up
| SM/USUM | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 3 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 7 | Karate Chop | Fighting | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 9 | Foresight | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 13 | Low Sweep | Fighting | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 15 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 19 | Revenge | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 21 | Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Vital Throw | Fighting | Physical | 70 | — | 10 |
| 27 | Wake-Up Slap | Fighting | Physical | 70 | 100 | 10 |
| 31 | Dual Chop | Dragon | Physical | 40 | 90 | 15 |
| 33 | Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 20 |
| 37 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 39 | Cross Chop | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 80 | 5 |
| 43 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 45 | Dynamic Punch | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM01 | Work Up | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| TM08 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM16 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM18 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM23 | Smack Down | Rock | Physical | 50 | 100 | 15 |
| TM26 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM35 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| TM38 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 110 | 85 | 5 |
| TM39 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 60 | 95 | 15 |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| TM47 | Low Sweep | Fighting | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| TM48 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| TM52 | Focus Blast | Fighting | Special | 120 | 70 | 5 |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 |
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| TM78 | Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| TM80 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| TM88 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM100 | Confide | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet Punch | Steel | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 | Hitmonchan, Pangoro |
| Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Makuhita, Hariyama, Monferno, Infernape, Lucario, Sawk |
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Meditite, Medicham, Lucario, Sawk |
| Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 | Mr. Mime, Hawlucha |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Magmar, Magmortar, Medicham, Electivire |
| Heavy Slam | Steel | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | Makuhita, Hariyama |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Medicham |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 | Machop, Machoke, Machamp, Makuhita, Hariyama, Sableye |
| Meditate | Psychic | Status | — | — | 40 | Drowzee, Hypno, Hitmonlee, Mr. Mime, Meditite, Medicham, Mienfoo, Mienshao |
| Power Trick | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | Meditite, Medicham |
| Quick Guard | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Mr. Mime, Lucario, Sawk, Mienfoo |
| Rolling Kick | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 85 | 15 | Hitmonlee, Hitmontop |
| Smelling Salts | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 10 | Makuhita, Hariyama |
| Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Hitmonchan, Electabuzz, Electivire, Medicham, Magmortar |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Gothita, Gothorita, Gothitelle |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Chop | Dragon | Physical | 40 | 90 | 15 | USUM |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | USUM |
| Focus Punch | Fighting | Physical | 150 | 100 | 20 | USUM |
| Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | USUM |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | USUM |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 | USUM |
| Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | USUM |
| Role Play | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | USUM |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 | USUM |
| Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | USUM |
| Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | USUM |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Bide | Gen I (TM) |
| Body Slam | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Curse | Gen II (TM) |
| Detect | Gen II (TM) |
| Dig | Gen I–VI (TM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Endure | Gen II (TM), Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (TM) |
| Fissure | Gen I (TM) |
| Headbutt | Gen II (TM), Gen IV (tutor) |
| Incinerate | Gen V–VI (TM) |
| Mega Kick | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Mega Punch | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Metronome | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Mimic | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Mud-Slap | Gen II (TM), Gen III–IV (tutor) |
| Natural Gift | Gen IV (TM) |
| Power-Up Punch | Gen VI (TM) |
| Rage | Gen I (TM) |
| Retaliate | Gen V–VI (TM) |
| Rock Smash | Gen II (TM), Gen V (TM), Gen VI (TM, HM) |
| Secret Power | Gen III–IV (TM), Gen VI (TM) |
| Skull Bash | Gen I (TM) |
| Strength | Gen I–II (HM), Gen V–VI (HM) |
| Take Down | Gen I (TM) |
| Vacuum Wave | Gen IV (tutor) |
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!10 level-up · 21 TM/HM
Machop lives in Rock Tunnel and on Victory Road, just as in Red and Blue. Let's Go writes it a brand-new list: Low Kick and Leer to start, Focus Energy at 4, Bide at 8, Seismic Toss at 12, Karate Chop at 16, Brick Break at 21, Submission at 26, Bulk Up at 31 and Superpower as the level-36 finale. Its 21 TMs include Superpower, Brick Break, Earthquake and all three elemental punches. There is no breeding or move tutor in these games.
By level-up
| LGPE | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 4 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 8 | Bide | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 |
| 12 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Karate Chop | Fighting | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 21 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 26 | Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 20 |
| 31 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 36 | Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM01 | Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| TM03 | Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM05 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM06 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| TM07 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM08 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM10 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TM12 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM13 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM15 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM22 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 |
| TM23 | Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM26 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| TM27 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| TM30 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM31 | Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM35 | Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM37 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| TM41 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| TM46 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 110 | 85 | 5 |
| TM49 | Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
Generation VIII · Sword & Shield (incl. Expansion Pass), Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl15 level-up · 78 TM/HM · 18 egg · 1 tutor
Sword and Shield: Machop lives on Route 3, around Lake Miloch, at the Watchtower Ruins, Giant's Seat, Giant's Mirror and in the Stony Wilderness, and also turns up in Max Raid Battles. Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl: Routes 207, 208 and 210 and Mount Coronet, plus the Grand Underground's Spacious Cave, Grassland Cave, Whiteout Cave and Sunlit Cavern. One level-up list serves both pairs, with a new move roughly every four levels: Revenge at 8, Knock Off at 16, Strength at 29, Seismic Toss at 40 and Cross Chop at 48, and Double-Edge as the new level-52 finale. Karate Chop, Foresight, Wake-Up Slap and Submission have left the list, though Submission survives as an egg move. TMs, TRs and egg moves are marked SwSh or BDSP; TRs are Sword and Shield's single-use Technical Records, which bring Close Combat, Superpower and Reversal. Coaching, which powers up Machop's partners in Double Battles, comes from the Expansion Pass move tutor. In Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Submission needs chain breeding through the Chimchar line, and Tickle can only come from a Machop-line parent that already knows it. The transfer list gathers older moves that only come with a Machop moved up from an earlier game; many of them, such as Karate Chop, Return and Hidden Power, can't be used in Sword and Shield.
By level-up
| SwSh/BDSP | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 4 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 8 | Revenge | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 12 | Low Sweep | Fighting | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 20 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 24 | Vital Throw | Fighting | Physical | 70 | — | 10 |
| 29 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 32 | Dual Chop | Dragon | Physical | 40 | 90 | 15 |
| 36 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 40 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 44 | Dynamic Punch | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 |
| 48 | Cross Chop | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 80 | 5 |
| 52 | Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM00 | Mega Punch | Normal | Physical | 80 | 85 | 20 | SwSh |
| TM01 | Mega Kick | Normal | Physical | 120 | 75 | 5 | SwSh |
| TM03 | Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM04 | Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM05 | Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM15 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM17 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 | SwSh |
| TM21 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TM22 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM23 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 | SwSh |
| TM24 | Snore | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM25 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TM26 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM31 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM33 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 | SwSh |
| TM34 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 | SwSh |
| TM39 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | SwSh |
| TM41 | Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | SwSh |
| TM42 | Revenge | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM43 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM48 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 60 | 95 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM57 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM59 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM75 | Low Sweep | Fighting | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 | SwSh |
| TM76 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM79 | Retaliate | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 | SwSh |
| TM81 | Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | SwSh |
| TR01 | Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TR02 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TR07 | Low Kick | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | SwSh |
| TR10 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TR13 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | SwSh |
| TR14 | Metronome | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TR15 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 110 | 85 | 5 | SwSh |
| TR20 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TR21 | Reversal | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TR26 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TR27 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TR30 | Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 | SwSh |
| TR39 | Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | SwSh |
| TR48 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 | SwSh |
| TR53 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | SwSh |
| TR57 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 | SwSh |
| TR64 | Focus Blast | Fighting | Special | 120 | 70 | 5 | SwSh |
| TR79 | Heavy Slam | Steel | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TR85 | Work Up | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | SwSh |
| TM01 | Focus Punch | Fighting | Physical | 150 | 100 | 20 | BDSP |
| TM08 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 | BDSP |
| TM10 | Work Up | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | BDSP |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 | BDSP |
| TM16 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 | BDSP |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP |
| TM18 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 | BDSP |
| TM26 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM27 | Low Sweep | Fighting | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 | BDSP |
| TM28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | BDSP |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | BDSP |
| TM35 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 | BDSP |
| TM38 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 110 | 85 | 5 | BDSP |
| TM39 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 60 | 95 | 15 | BDSP |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | BDSP |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | BDSP |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 | BDSP |
| TM52 | Focus Blast | Fighting | Special | 120 | 70 | 5 | BDSP |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM58 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP |
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM80 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM82 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP |
| TM83 | Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | BDSP |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 | BDSP |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 | BDSP |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP |
| TM96 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | BDSP |
| TM98 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 | BDSP |
| TM100 | Rock Climb | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 | BDSP |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet Punch | Steel | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 | SwSh | Hitmonchan, Pangoro |
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | SwSh | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Lucario, Sawk, Scorbunny, Raboot, Cinderace |
| Quick Guard | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 | SwSh | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Mr. Mime, Lucario, Gallade, Sawk, Mienfoo, Mienshao |
| Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 20 | SwSh | Hawlucha, Clobbopus, Grapploct |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | SwSh | Gothita, Gothorita, Gothitelle |
| Bullet Punch | Steel | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 | BDSP | Hitmonchan |
| Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | BDSP | Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Makuhita, Hariyama, Monferno, Infernape, Lucario, Gallade |
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | BDSP | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Meditite, Medicham, Lucario |
| Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 | BDSP | Mr. Mime, Volbeat |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | BDSP | Hitmonchan, Magmar, Magmortar, Medicham |
| Heavy Slam | Steel | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | BDSP | Makuhita, Hariyama |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | BDSP | Hitmonchan, Medicham |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 | BDSP | Machop, Machoke, Machamp, Makuhita, Hariyama, Sableye |
| Power Trick | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP | Meditite, Medicham |
| Quick Guard | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 | BDSP | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Mr. Mime, Lucario, Gallade |
| Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80 | 20 | BDSP | Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape (chain breeding needed: the father must have learnt it as an egg move itself) |
| Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | BDSP | Hitmonchan, Electabuzz, Electivire, Medicham |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | BDSP | Machop, Machoke, Machamp (no ordinary father can pass it on: it has to come from a Machop-line parent that already knows it, such as one caught in the Grand Underground) |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | Fighting | Status | — | — | 10 | Expansion Pass |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Bide | Gen I (TM), Let's Go (level-up) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Confide | Gen VI–VII (TM) |
| Curse | Gen II (TM) |
| Detect | Gen II (TM) |
| Fissure | Gen I (TM) |
| Foresight | Gen II–VII (level-up) |
| Frustration | Gen II–VII (TM) |
| Headbutt | Gen II (TM), Gen IV (tutor), Let's Go (TM) |
| Hidden Power | Gen II–VII (TM) |
| Incinerate | Gen V–VI (TM) |
| Karate Chop | Gen I–VII (level-up) |
| Meditate | Gen II–VII (breeding) |
| Mimic | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Mud-Slap | Gen II (TM), Gen III–IV (tutor) |
| Natural Gift | Gen IV (TM) |
| Power Trick | Gen IV–VII (breeding) |
| Power-Up Punch | Gen VI (TM) |
| Rage | Gen I (TM) |
| Return | Gen II–VII (TM) |
| Role Play | Gen IV–VII (tutor) |
| Rolling Kick | Gen II–VII (breeding) |
| Secret Power | Gen III–IV (TM), Gen VI (TM) |
| Skull Bash | Gen I (TM) |
| Smack Down | Gen V–VII (TM) |
| Smelling Salts | Gen III–VII (breeding) |
| Take Down | Gen I (TM) |
| Toxic | Gen I–VII (TM) |
| Vacuum Wave | Gen IV (tutor) |
| Wake-Up Slap | Gen IV–VII (level-up) |
Pokémon Legends: Arceus8 level-up · 11 tutor
Machop turns up in four of Hisui's five wild areas: the Obsidian Fieldlands (Oreburrow Tunnel and near Obsidian Falls), the Cobalt Coastlands (near Ginkgo Landing and on the Castaway Shore), the Coronet Highlands (Bolderoll Ravine and near Cloudcap Pass) and the Alabaster Icelands (Icebound Falls, Arena's Approach and Snowfall Hot Spring), with massive mass outbreaks in the last two. Moves work differently here: each has a level at which it is learnt and a higher level at which it is mastered, after which it can be used in strong or agile style. Power is given for normal, strong and agile style, and accuracy for normal and strong style. The list is just eight moves: Tackle, Rock Smash and Bullet Punch early on, then Double Hit, which in this game is a status move that leaves Machop primed so its attacks hit harder for a few turns, followed by Mach Punch at 22, Bulk Up at 25, Double-Edge at 34 and Close Combat at 43. There are no TMs or breeding; the move tutor teaches 11 moves, including the three elemental punches and Flamethrower.
By level-up
| Learn | Master | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. normal / strong / agile |
Acc. normal / strong |
PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 / 50 / 30 | 100 | 30 |
| 6 | 15 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 / 50 / 30 | 100 | 20 |
| 11 | 20 | Bullet Punch | Steel | Physical | 40 / 50 / 30 | 100 | 20 |
| 18 | 28 | Double Hit | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 22 | 32 | Mach Punch | Fighting | Physical | 40 / 50 / 30 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | 35 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 34 | 45 | Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 100 / 120 / 80 | 100 | 5 |
| 43 | 54 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 100 / 120 / 80 | 100 | 5 |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. normal / strong / agile |
Acc. normal / strong |
PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | — | 10 | Legends: Arceus |
| Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 / 75 / 45 | 100 | 20 | Legends: Arceus |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 / 90 / 60 | 100 | 10 | Legends: Arceus |
| Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 80 / 100 / 60 | 100 | 10 | Legends: Arceus |
| Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | Legends: Arceus |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 / 90 / 60 | 100 | 10 | Legends: Arceus |
| Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 / 100 / 60 | 100 | 10 | Legends: Arceus |
| Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | Legends: Arceus |
| Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 / 90 / 60 | 90 / 100 | 10 | Legends: Arceus |
| Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 / 50 / 30 | 100 | 20 | Legends: Arceus |
| Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 / 90 / 60 | 100 | 10 | Legends: Arceus |
Generation IX · Scarlet & Violet
Machop cannot be obtained in Scarlet and Violet, so it has no learnset there. Its Generation IX home is Legends: Z-A.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A (incl. Mega Dimension)13 level-up · 32 TM/HM
Machop lives in Wild Zone 12 in the Bleu District and Wild Zone 8 in the Jaune District, and the Mega Dimension expansion adds it to Hyperspace Lumiose's 1★ and 3★ Fighting-type wild zones. Moves here have no PP or accuracy columns: each has the level at which it is learnt, the level at which it becomes a Plus Move, its power and its cooldown. The list starts with Leer and Rock Smash, picks up Power-Up Punch at 12, Brutal Swing at 14, Bullet Punch at 16 and Knock Off at 18, adds Detect at 36 and Double-Edge at 44, and ends with Dynamic Punch at 54. Its 32 TMs include Close Combat, Drain Punch, Focus Blast and Comet Punch. Some moves are reworked in this game, so powers are as listed for Z-A (Bullet Punch 30, Comet Punch 30, Dual Chop 45). There is no breeding and there are no tutors.
By level-up
| Learn | Plus | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Cooldown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 6 |
| 1 | 10 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | 10 |
| 12 | 15 | Power-Up Punch | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 10 |
| 14 | 17 | Brutal Swing | Dark | Physical | 60 | 6 |
| 16 | 19 | Bullet Punch | Steel | Physical | 30 | 3 |
| 18 | 21 | Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 10 |
| 20 | 23 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | 18 |
| 25 | 28 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 7 |
| 30 | 33 | Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 | 6 |
| 36 | 39 | Detect | Fighting | Status | — | 13 |
| 44 | 47 | Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 10 |
| 54 | 57 | Dynamic Punch | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 12 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Cooldown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM004 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 6 |
| TM010 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 7 |
| TM011 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — | 18 |
| TM012 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 7 |
| TM016 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | 12 |
| TM017 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | 15 |
| TM018 | Power-Up Punch | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 10 |
| TM023 | Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 7 |
| TM024 | Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 7 |
| TM028 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 12 |
| TM029 | Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 7 |
| TM033 | Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 8 |
| TM035 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | 12 |
| TM036 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 60 | 10 |
| TM038 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 110 | 10 |
| TM045 | Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 10 |
| TM056 | Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 10 |
| TM062 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 90 | 8 |
| TM069 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 10 |
| TM077 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 8 |
| TM078 | Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 | 6 |
| TM085 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | 10 |
| TM099 | Metronome | Normal | Status | — | 4 |
| TM102 | Focus Blast | Fighting | Special | 120 | 12 |
| TM103 | Work Up | Normal | Status | — | 15 |
| TM107 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 12 |
| TM108 | Comet Punch | Normal | Physical | 30 | 6 |
| TM109 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 7 |
| TM113 | Low Sweep | Fighting | Physical | 65 | 6 |
| TM131 | Drain Punch | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 7 |
| TM135 | Dual Chop | Dragon | Physical | 45 | 6 |
| TM154 | Fissure | Ground | Physical | 250 | 20 |
04On screen
Machop in the anime
Debut EP029The Punchy Pokémon · First major role EP265Pop Goes the Sneasel · Its appearances on screen, and 2 other trainers who raised one.
Machop has never travelled with Ash, but the Superpower Pokémon has been throwing its weight around the anime since its first bout. It debuted in the opening round of the P1 Grand Prix, battering Ash's Primeape with Karate Chop and Seismic Toss until Primeape started listening to Ash and fought back to win. In Hoenn it became the opening act for Dewford Town's surf-loving Gym Leader Brawly, knocking out Taillow in their first Gym battle and returning for the rematch that earned Ash the Knuckle Badge.
Away from the Gyms, Machop tends to turn up wherever there is heavy lifting or a scrap to be had: teaming up with a Machoke and a scheming Sneasel to block the way to a shrine's sacred flame, chasing a runaway Psyduck for the wealthy Emily alongside the rest of its evolutionary family, stomping the ground flat for a new Gym in Vermilion City, and lining up for sumo bouts, pancake races and ping-pong tournaments. In Pokémon: Twilight Wings, a Machop even plays the caring sidekick to Galar's Bea, handing its worn-out Trainer a snack to keep her going.
Other trainers’ Machop
First seen: AG020Brave the Wave
Dewford Town's surfing Gym Leader sends Machop out first in both of his Gym battles against Ash. In their first meeting it soaks up a barrage of Wing Attacks from Taillow, keeps getting back up and knocks it out with Cross Chop, but Treecko proves trickier: Machop rolls clear of every Pound and dodges a Quick Attack, only for Treecko to slip behind it and finish it with Pound (AG020). Brawly's Makuhita then evolves into Hariyama and wins him the match. In the rematch, Treecko sidesteps Machop's Karate Chops until a geyser launches Machop into a Cross Chop and Ash recalls Treecko just before impact. His newly caught Corphish takes over and knocks Machop out with Bubble Beam and Crabhammer, and Ash goes on to win the Knuckle Badge (AG031).
- AG020Brave the Wave · vs Taillow Won
- AG020Brave the Wave · vs Treecko Lost
- AG031Just One of the Geysers · vs Treecko, then Corphish Lost
First seen: AG140Sitting Psyduck
Emily, a wealthy girl who lives in a mansion, keeps the whole Machop family as her Superpower Pokémon: Machop, Machoke and Machamp. When her Psyduck runs away, the trio track it down and corner it in a stream, and Machop takes a swing at Ash's Phanpy with Karate Chop, only to be bowled over by Rollout; a Thunderbolt from Pikachu then sends all three running. Later, when Team Rocket net Psyduck and Phanpy, Machoke and Machamp haul the balloon back down while Machop sets to work freeing the captives (AG140).
- AG140Sitting Psyduck · vs Phanpy Lost
Ash & Machop
Ash has never caught a Machop, but he keeps running into them in battle. His Primeape's opening bout at the P1 Grand Prix was against a Machop (EP029). In Dewford Town, Brawly opened both of their Gym battles with his Machop: it knocked out Taillow before falling to Treecko (AG020), then lost to Ash's newly caught Corphish in the rematch that won Ash the Knuckle Badge (AG031).
Featured episodes
- EP029The Punchy PokémonIn the opening round of the P1 Grand Prix, a Trainer's Machop pummels Ash's Primeape with Karate Chop and catches its flying kick for a Seismic Toss. Once Primeape starts listening to Ash, it turns the bout around with Scratch and Mega Kick.
- EP265Pop Goes the SneaselA wild Machop and Machoke, bossed about by a scheming Sneasel, block the way to the sacred flame of Ho-Oh at a shrine. Harrison's Houndoom knocks Machop out with Flamethrower, and after a second scrap ends with Houndoom and Ash's Phanpy throwing the pair down the hill, the shrine's attendant decides to hire Machop and Machoke as permanent guards.
More appearances
- EP058Riddle Me This A Machop at the Pokémon Lab on Cinnabar Island is one of Team Rocket's targets.
- EP108Pokémon Double Trouble A Machop works out at the Kumquat Island Gym.
- EP166Two Hits and a Miss A Trainer's Machop trains at a Fighting-type dojo.
- EP170A Better Pill to Swallow A Machop pops up in one of Brock's daydreams.
- EP209Machoke, Machoke Man! A Machop belonging to one of Chuck's students is at the Cianwood Gym.
- AG068A Double Dilemma A Machop lives in North Petalburg.
- AG151Weekend Warrior A Coordinator's Machop competes in the Silver Town Pokémon Contest.
- AG162Spontaneous Combusken! A Machop is on the beach on Chrysanthemum Island.
- BW134The Journalist from Another Region! A Trainer's Machop is entered in the Pokémon Sumo Tournament on Harvest Island.
- XY100A Festival of Decisions! A ninja's Machop helps round up the rogue ninjas who attacked the Ninja Village.
- SM013Racing to a Big Event! Two Trainers' Machop compete in the Pokémon Pancake Race.
- SM015Rocking Clawmark Hill! Two Machop are training on Clawmark Hill.
- SM066Smashing with Sketch! A Trainer's Machop competes in the Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament.
- JN003Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower! A picture of the new Vermilion City Gym's construction site shows a Worker and several Machop stomping the ground flat.
- HZ001The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One) Two Machop appear, one of them belonging to a student at Indigo Academy.
- HZ093Clash of the Nidothing Fans A Farmer's Machop appears.
Beyond the main series
Anime gallery
Anime trivia
- May's Pokédex reckons a Machop has enough strength to throw 100 average-sized adults (AG020).
- Machop is the English dub's Who's That Pokémon? in The Mandarin Island Miss Match, even though it never appears in the episode – Japanese viewers were asked to guess Cloyster instead.
- Machop got a second dub-only Who's That Pokémon? turn in Z-Move Showdown!, where the Japanese version featured a Shiny Guzzlord.
- In the English dub of The Punchy Pokémon, the P1 Grand Prix announcer mistakenly calls a Machoke "Machop".
- Emily's Superpower trio in Sitting Psyduck is the complete Machop family: Machop, Machoke and Machamp.
- In Japan, Machop was the subject of Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture in Make Room for Gloom (EP068).
- The picture of Machop stomping the ground flat for the new Vermilion City Gym in Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower! nods to the construction site seen in Vermilion City in the games.
“Machop. Its body is pure muscle. Its special attack is the Seismic Toss.”
Ash's Pokédex (Dexter) · EP029
05On the big screen
Machop in the movies
featuring Machop.
Machop hasn't had a real part in a Pokémon film, a Pikachu short or a TV special. Trainers' Machop are among the Pokémon in I Choose You! (2017), The Power of Us (2018) and Secrets of the Jungle (2020), and Machop is also in the cast lists of The Power of One and Pikachu's Rescue Adventure (both 1999), but none of them gets a scene of its own – for Machop's screen moments, turn to the TV series instead.
06Trading Card Game · every card
Machop in the Pokémon TCG
35 cards since 1999, oldest first. Tap any card to see it full size.
Machop has been flexing in the card game since day one. It was in Japan's very first Expansion Pack in October 1996 and reached English players in Base Set in January 1999, a 50 HP Basic with one Low Kick. It has stayed an honest Fighting-type Basic: no ex, EX, GX, V or Mega card, every main-set print a Common, and a move list that reads like a martial-arts syllabus, from Karate Chop, Knuckle Punch and Dual Chop to Submission, Mach Punch and four helpings of Low Kick. Along the way it picked up a few characters: Giovanni's Machop in Gym Challenge, whose Fury Punch grows with every hit it takes, a glossy Japanese vending-machine card, e-Reader cards in Expedition and Skyridge, and a 2014–15 Pokémon League season named after it.
Its art tells the story of the game's changing styles. Ken Sugimori drew it three times, and Mitsuhiro Arita's original painting returned in a retro frame for Evolutions twenty years on. Later artists put Machop into the wider world: sui's Plasma Blast card features the Pokémon Transfer Lab, Kouki Saitou's Furious Fists Machop competes in a town tournament spread across a row of cards, and Crimson Invasion's Mankey tips its hat to Miki Tanaka's Skyridge picture. In 151 it got card number 066, matching its Pokédex number. Pokémon TCG Pocket has given three classic pictures, by Kyoko Umemoto, Mina Nakai and Atsuko Nishida, a second life, and added Shin Nagasawa's Shiny Machop.
Cards to know
- Base Set 52/102 — Where it all began: Mitsuhiro Arita's 50 HP Machop with a single Low Kick. Check your Unlimited copy for the 'Yellow Belly' ink smudge.
- Gym Challenge 72/132 (Giovanni's Machop) — The Team Rocket boss's own Machop. Its Fury Punch hits harder the more damage it has taken.
- Expansion Sheet 2 vending card (Japan only) — Tomokazu Komiya's glossy 1998 vending card: flip for Focused One Shot and, on heads, Corkscrew Punch hits for double next turn.
- Plasma Blast 47/101 — sui set this Machop at the Pokémon Transfer Lab, a sneaky slice of Unova scenery.
- Furious Fists 44/111 — Part of a town-tournament scene with a bracket board and confetti, spread across a whole row of Furious Fists cards.
- TCG Pocket Celestial Guardians 223/155 — Shin Nagasawa's Shiny Rare, with a Shiny Machop.
Every English-language card
Promo cards
Japan-exclusive cards
Other regional releases
Pokémon TCG Pocket
Digital card games
- Pokémon Trading Card Game (Game Boy Color): Machop (Base Set 52 art, Mitsuhiro Arita), card A27, Common, from the Colosseum booster pack. One copy is in each of the Charmander & Friends and Squirtle & Friends starter decks Dr. Mason offers you, and Fighting Club member Jessica's Love to Battle Deck has four.
- Pokémon Card GB2 (Japan only): Machop (Base Set 52 art, Mitsuhiro Arita), card A34, Common, in the Beginning Pokémon pack. Fighting Club member Michael's first deck, the You Can Do It Machop! Deck, has four.
- Pokémon Card GB2 (Japan only): Machop (Team Rocket 59 art, Ken Sugimori), card G29, Common, in the We Are Team Rocket pack.
- Pokémon Card GB2 (Japan only): Machop (Vending Expansion Sheet 2 art, Tomokazu Komiya), card F30, Common, in the Sky Flying Pokémon pack; in this game Jessica's Love to Battle Deck uses four of these.
- Pokémon Play It! (PC): the very first practice battle in the Learn menu, the 'Machop stage', puts you in charge of Base Set Machop against Julie's Staryu. It returns as Basic stage 1 in Pokémon Play It! Version 2.
- Pokémon TCG Online: XY Trainer Kit: Latias & Latios's two half decks, Machop included, became the Eon Strike theme deck in the Trainer Challenge, and the Pokémon League's 2014–15 'Machop Dewford Gym' season gave out online codes for four Furious Fists Machop.
The artists behind the cards
- Ken Sugimori — 3 artworks (Team Rocket 59, Giovanni's Machop in Gym Challenge 72, EX Power Keepers 53)
- Shin Nagasawa — 2 (Triumphant 67, TCG Pocket Celestial Guardians 223 Shiny)
- Mitsuhiro Arita — 1 artwork on 3 cards (Base Set 52, reprinted in Base Set 2 and reused for the Evolutions 57 remake)
- Atsuko Nishida, Kyoko Umemoto and Mina Nakai — 1 each (Diamond & Pearl 86, Guardians Rising 62, Generations 40), each reused in TCG Pocket
- One artwork each: Tomokazu Komiya (Japanese vending card), Toshinao Aoki, Shin-ichi Yoshida, Miki Tanaka, Hajime Kusajima, Yukiko Baba, Midori Harada, sui, Kouki Saitou, Masakazu Fukuda, Shibuzoh., Yuka Morii, Ryuta Fuse
07On the page & beyond
Machop in manga, books & other media
From the earliest manga to story books and songs.
In print, Machop is all muscle. Pokémon Adventures named a chapter after it, Karate Machop!, in which Bruno's army of Machop tears up Pewter City and Brock has to step in, and later gave Gym Leader Brawly one that falls to Sapphire's Combusken before growing into a Machoke. Elsewhere it pounds the food for an arrogant chef-Trainer in Yeah! I Got Pokémon!, hangs out in Giovanni's workout room in Pocket Monsters and throws a sneaky elbow in a Sinnoh Contest. Its starring role came in 1998, in the Japanese clay-model picture book Let's Make Pizza, Wanriky!, where its strength wrecks the dough but builds a perfect stone oven. It also stands in for Santa's reindeer in the Pokémon cast's reading of The Night Before Christmas, and inspires Ash to get fit in a Pokémon Learning League lesson.
Manga
Books
Other media
More from the page
08Did you know?
Machop trivia
Name origins, design secrets and the facts that make Machop such a fan favourite.
What’s in a name?
Machop is a punchy mash-up of 'macho' – manly, and the Spanish and Portuguese word for 'male' – and 'chop', as in a karate chop. Its Japanese name, ワンリキー (Wanrikī, trademarked as Wanriky), is an alternative reading of 腕力 wanryoku, 'arm strength' or physical strength, built from 腕 wan (arm) and 力 riki (strength). Mandarin uses the same two characters, 腕力 (Wànlì). Elsewhere the name gets even more macho: in French it's Machoc, from macho and choc (shock or impact); in German it's Machollo, from 'Macho' and 'Proll', a scornful word for someone loutish and vulgar; and in Korean it's 알통몬 (Altongmon), from altong, bulging biceps.
Design origins
Machop looks like a bodybuilder in miniature – albeit one with a few reptilian touches, from its face and the three plate-like crests on its head to its little tail and blue-grey colouring. Martial arts were part of the plan from the start: in the beta of Red and Green, Machop's English placeholder name was 'Karate' (also written 'Kara-tee'), and its evolutions followed suit as 'Kungfo' for Machoke and 'Judoh' for Machamp. The family sits right after Abra, Kadabra and Alakazam in the Pokédex, and the two lines mirror each other neatly: three Human-Like stages, mostly male, each finishing with a trade evolution – brawn on one side, brains on the other.
Names around the world
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ワンリキー Wanrikī | An alternative reading of 腕力 wanryoku (arm strength, physical strength) |
| French | Machoc | From macho and choc (shock or impact) |
| Spanish | Machop | Same as the English name |
| German | Machollo | From Macho and Proll (a derogatory word for someone common and vulgar) |
| Italian | Machop | Same as the English name |
| Korean | 알통몬 Altongmon | From 알통 altong (muscles, biceps) and monster |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 腕力 Wànlì | From 腕 wàn (wrist) and 力 lì (strength) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 腕力 Wúnlihk | From 腕 wún (wrist) and 力 lihk (strength); used in the games |
| Chinese (Cantonese, older media) | 鐵腕 Titwún | From 鐵 tit (iron) and 腕 wún (wrist); used before Generation VII |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Machop | Same as the English name |
| Hindi | मचोप Machop | Transcription of the English name |
| Russian | Мачоп Machop | Transcription of the English name |
| Thai | วันริกี Wanriki | Transcription of the Japanese name |
Did you know?
- Sort every Pokémon's Japanese name in gojūon order – the Japanese equivalent of alphabetical order – and Machop's Wanrikī comes last.
- Machop has a near-twin in Unova's Timburr: both are pure Fighting types with Guts, a 3:1 male-to-female ratio, a base stat total of 305 and identical Attack, Sp. Def and Speed.
- The likeness goes further: Machop and Timburr both first evolve in their twenties, finish their evolution by trade, and are the Pokémon you'd expect to find on a building site in their home regions.
- In the Red and Green beta, Machop's English placeholder name was 'Karate' – a neat fit for a Pokémon that trains in every martial art.
- Back in Gold, Silver and Crystal, Vital Throw was Machop's signature move – it learned it at level 31.
- Machop, Machoke and Machamp all share one title: the Superpower Pokémon.
- Gym Leader Brawly fields a Machop at the Dewford Gym: Lv. 17 in Ruby and Sapphire, Lv. 16 in Emerald and Lv. 14 in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
- In Gold and Silver you can trade a Drowzee for a Machop in the Goldenrod Department Store; in Crystal, the trader wants an Abra instead.
- In December 2002 the New York City Pokémon Center handed out Lv. 5 Machop that knew Thrash for Gold, Silver and Crystal, followed in January 2003 by Machop with False Swipe.
- Take the personality quiz in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team as a Brave boy and you'll spend the adventure as a Machop.
- In Pokémon Conquest, Machop ignores levels altogether: it evolves into Machoke once its Attack stat reaches 86.
- The e-Reader minigame Machop at Work lets you play as Machop smashing falling rocks – and a high enough score evolves it.
- Pokémon Stadium's Pokédex says Machop is so covered in muscle that it can raise bulges anywhere on its body.
- Platinum, Black and White go one better than barbells: they say Machop can easily heft and throw several Geodude at once.
- Ultra Sun's Pokédex reveals Machop's ambition: once it has trained with its friends long enough to feel confident, it challenges Makuhita to a battle.
- In Pokémon GO, Machamp evolved during Machop Community Day (16 January 2021) learned the exclusive move Payback.
09Quizzes, archive & further reading
More Machop
Test yourself
Professor Oak's Kanto Quiz: BeginnerProfessor Oak has a few questions before you set foot in the tall grass. How well do you know the region where it all began?Take the quiz →
Who's That Pokémon? Kanto: BeginnerIt's the classic challenge! Can you name these original 151 Pokémon from their silhouettes alone?Take the quiz →
Indigo League Anime: IntermediateGrab your cap and set off on Ash's very first adventure. How much do you remember from the Indigo League days?Take the quiz →
Pokémon Horizons Anime: BeginnerAll aboard for a brand-new adventure! See how well you know Liko, Roy and the crew of Pokémon Horizons: The Series.Take the quiz →
Pokémon TCG: IntermediateShuffle up and draw! From the very first booster packs to the digital age, how well do you know the Pokémon Trading Card Game?Take the quiz →
Pokémon General Knowledge: IntermediateReady to dig deeper? Test what you know about where Pokémon came from, the people behind it and its many spin-offs.Take the quiz →From the archive: Gengar’s Online Pokédex
Before this page, Pokémon Dungeon was home to Gengar’s Online Pokédex, the classic fan Pokédex for Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver & Crystal by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter). Its Machop entry is preserved in full, with its original art, moves and locations.
Further reading
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