Machamp Solo Raid Guide

A comprehensive guide on how to solo a Machamp Raid, written by Kristy. Be warned, this is a huge guide.

A Machamp solo raid can be effectively performed starting around Level 31, with a team of carefully selected Machamp counters. With high level Mewtwo, Espeon, Moltres, or even Alakazam, you have a good chance of taking down this raid boss.

Machamp’s raid boss CP is 19707 and we would describe the difficulty of a Machamp solo raid as challenging, but fair. It becomes much easier to pull off if using Mewtwo.

Quick fact sheet

• Reliably soloable around Level 31, possibly earlier in windy weather
• Requires a full team of high level (31+) Psychic, Flying or Fairy counters: Mewtwo, Alakazam, Espeon, Moltres, and so on
• Difficulty: challenging, but fair

Solo Machamp Counters

Machamp is weak to Psychic, Flying and Fairy types. We recommend using the counters from the table below, powered up to level 31/32 and without dodging.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	64.36s	1.80
2.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	71.90s	1.50
3.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	72.78s	1.50
4.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	83.75s	1.30
5.	Mega Pidgeot	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	79.65s	2.90
6.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	91.53s	1.90
7.	Mega Y Charizard	Air Slash Flying	Overheat Fire	95.47s	2.40
8.	Mega Slowbro	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	100.09s	1.60
9.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw Ghost	Psychic Psychic	98.98s	1.90
10.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin Fire	Brave Bird Flying	100.80s	3.20
11.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	98.22s	4.00
12.	Lunala	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	113.95s	1.30
13.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	112.32s	2.40
14.	Confined Hoopa	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	114.00s	2.30
15.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	110.89s	3.00
16.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	114.80s	2.50
17.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Outrage Dragon	116.82s	2.20
18.	Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	111.54s	3.89
19.	Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	115.82s	2.80
20.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	112.63s	4.00
21.	Mega Medicham	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psychic Psychic	113.15s	3.60
22.	Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	115.78s	3.20
23.	Espeon	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	115.09s	3.78
24.	Metagross	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	120.90s	2.75
25.	Tapu Lele	Confusion Psychic	Moonblast Fairy	122.85s	2.25
26.	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	120.52s	2.67
27.	Azelf	Extrasensory Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	117.52s	3.78
28.	Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	122.63s	2.57
29.	Xurkitree	Spark Electric	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	117.74s	4.29
30.	Ho-Oh	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	125.44s	1.86
31.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Psychic Psychic	125.80s	3.00
32.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	123.00s	2.67
33.	Mega Altaria	Peck Flying	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	122.39s	3.00
34.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	123.69s	2.50
35.	Zacian	Quick Attack Normal	Play Rough Fairy	132.45s	2.00

Machamp raid movesets difficulty

Machamp has access to the following moves:

• Bullet Punch (fast, Steel type)
• Counter (fast, Fighting type)
• Close Combat (charge, 1 bar, Fighting type)
• Dynamic Punch (charge, 2 bars, Fighting type)
• Heavy Slam (charge, 2 bars, Steel type)
• Rock Slide (charge, 2 bars, Rock type)
• Cross Chop (charge, 2 bars, Fighting type)

Bullet Punch and Heavy Slam is a surprisingly difficult moveset to go up against, as the normal Psychic type counters that would be used do not resist it, and therefore go down very quickly. Counter is the easier of the two fast moves. Rock Slide makes for the second most difficult charge move, for similar reasons, and your Flying types will not appreciate it very much! Being a two bar move, like Dynamic Punch and Heavy Slam, it can fire off a lot faster than you would like. Close Combat, being a Fighting type, 1 bar move, can be countered by your Psychic and Flying types, and since it is 1 bar, it will fire off less frequently than the other two. Cross Chop is pretty weak outside of PvP, so it’s one of the better options for safety.

Solo Machamp weather influence

Windy weather would be the best weather to attempt soloing Machamp, as it boosts the power of both Psychic and Flying, but if you do not encounter any Windy weather, it would be best to attempt it outside of Cloudy weather in any other neutral weather. Although Cloudy boosts Fairy type moves, it would also boost the Fighting moves. If it is Cloudy and Machamp has a double Steel move set it could be worth trying, but not in any other instance.

Overall, Windy or neutral weather would be best.

Additional Notes

If you are alone and below Level 30, soloing a raid might be difficult for you, but the levels of your Pokémon matter as much as your trainer level. It might take some candy and stardust to get your Pokémon up to par to take on a powerful raid boss, such as Machamp, by yourself.

Weather is important! Use it to your advantage when you can — Windy weather is a huge help.

The moves that Machamp has also plays an impact on your success in the raid, and it is usually hard to tell what moves it has until you have already used up your raid pass and saw what counters the game set for you.

Otherwise, this should not be too difficult of a raid boss to beat, as Machamp’s defensive stats are not particularly high, and the right Pokémon will resist its attacks. Glass cannons such as Alakazam are useful, but so are the bulkier Pokémon such as Lugia. It has been soloed many times before, so good luck!