
Machop is available in raids as a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon GO, and it can be caught with the following CP values:
- 678 – 730 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
- 848 – 913 CP at Level 25 with Cloudy weather boost
It is a Fighting type Pokémon, which makes it weak to Psychic, , and Fairy type moves. It is featured in both normal, and shadow raids.
Machop is available as a shiny from both normal, and shadow raids!
Shadow Raid Information
As a shadow raid, it will hit harder than the normal raid boss, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right moveset, and aren’t weak to the raid bosses moves. Lower levels trainers and those without top counters may need to bring a friend. Shadow Raid Bosses will grow enraged as you battle them, boosting their attack and defence. Continue to hold your ground and weaken the Shadow Raid Bosses to subdue them.
You can subdue Shadow Raid Bosses using Purified Gems, a new item that can be assembled from Shadow Shards.
Shadow Shards are mysterious gem pieces that may be dropped by Team GO Rocket. You will need to gather enough shards to use Professor Willow’s newly invented Shard Refiner, and in return you’ll be rewarded with a Purified Gem.
There are multiple ways Purified Gems can assist your battle against enraged Shadow Raid Bosses:
- When you use a Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss’s attack and defence will be lowered temporarily. This can give you the opening you need to take them down.
- You and your fellow Trainers can use more than one Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid. If used at the same time, their effects will stack.
- If enough Purified Gems are used, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss will be subdued—returned to its non-enraged state—which might give you the edge you need to defeat it!
Machop Raid Counters
Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.
Machop best raid counters are listed below:
# | Pokémon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
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Psycho Cut Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
5.28s | 0.00 |
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Charge Beam Electric |
Psychic Psychic |
5.90s | 0.00 |
3. |
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Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
6.78s | 0.00 |
4. |
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Zen Headbutt Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
7.00s | 0.00 |
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Zen Headbutt Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
7.00s | 0.00 |
6. |
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Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
6.97s | 0.00 |
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Shadow Claw Ghost |
Psychic Psychic |
7.10s | 0.00 |
8. |
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Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
7.37s | 0.00 |
9. |
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Gust |
Aerial Ace |
7.59s | 0.00 |
10. |
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Air Slash |
Flamethrower Fire |
7.70s | 0.00 |
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Shadow Claw Ghost |
Dazzling Gleam Fairy |
7.90s | 0.00 |
12. |
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Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
7.90s | 0.00 |
13. |
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Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
7.90s | 0.00 |
14. |
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Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
8.08s | 0.00 |
15. |
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Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
8.12s | 0.00 |
16. |
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Counter Fighting |
Blast Burn Fire |
8.30s | 0.00 |
17. |
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Psycho Cut Psychic |
Brave Bird |
8.68s | 0.00 |
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Zen Headbutt Psychic |
Psycho Boost Psychic |
8.74s | 0.00 |
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Bullet Seed Grass |
Leaf Blade Grass |
8.98s | 0.00 |
20. |
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Charm Fairy |
Psychic Psychic |
9.08s | 0.00 |
21. |
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Zen Headbutt Psychic |
Psycho Boost Psychic |
9.20s | 0.00 |
22. |
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Dragon Tail Dragon |
Outrage Dragon |
9.30s | 0.00 |
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Wing Attack |
Brave Bird |
9.33s | 0.00 |
24. |
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Zen Headbutt Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
9.40s | 0.00 |
25. |
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Wing Attack |
Brave Bird |
9.70s | 0.00 |
26. |
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Charm Fairy |
Dazzling Gleam Fairy |
9.80s | 0.00 |
27. |
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Mud Shot Ground |
Precipice Blades Ground |
9.88s | 0.00 |
28. |
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Peck |
Brave Bird |
9.95s | 0.00 |
29. |
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Poison Jab Poison |
Sludge Bomb Poison |
9.99s | 0.00 |
30. |
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Gust |
Psychic Psychic |
9.99s | 0.00 |
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Extrasensory Psychic |
Brave Bird |
10.05s | 0.00 |
32. |
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Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
10.10s | 0.00 |
33. |
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Dragon Breath Dragon |
Dazzling Gleam Fairy |
10.11s | 0.00 |
34. |
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Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
10.11s | 0.00 |
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Dragon Breath Dragon |
Blast Burn Fire |
10.30s | 0.00 |
Machop has plenty of weaknesses so the list could go on forever. If you don’t have any of the Pokémon listed above powered up, you can always use:
- “Generalist” Pokémon such as powerful dragon type Pokémon
- Other heavy-hitting megas
Machop shouldn’t take more than a couple of seconds to beat if you’re using the right counters, but don’t worry too much if you don’t have strong attackers powered up.
Stats and Max CP
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Max CP at Level 40 1278 | Max CP at Level 50 1445 | |||||
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ATK 137 | DEF 82 | STA 172 | |||
Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
Psychic Fairy | Normal Rock Steel Dark Ice |
Moveset
Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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Machop doesn’t have any niche uses unless you want to power a purified one up to level 50 (and potentially even best buddy it). Extremely spicy, but some people like to run it in some restricted PvP metas. It needs to be purified as Machop’s movepool only has fighting type moves.
Machamp on the other hand is one of the best Pokémon in the entire game. Need a good gym sweeper? Use Machamp. A good fighting type attacker to use in raids? Use Machamp. A good fighter/counter user to use in PvP? Guess what? You can also run Machamp.
If you want to use it in raids, its best moveset is Counter and Dynamic Punch. Its shadow variant is significantly better, so if you have one with decent IVs just power that one up. And if you don’t, power it up anyway. Seriously, shadow Machamp is awesome and will reign supreme until shadow Conkeldurr, shadow Lucario or Mega Lucario/Blaziken/Heracross are released.
In PvP, you want to run it with Counter, Cross Chop and either Rock Slide or Payback. Rock Slide is usually the best option, but Payback can work in some metas such as the Kanto Cup where Hypno is everywhere. Shadow Machamp is probably even better in PvP as well, so if you have one with good IVs I’d recommend trying it out. Just make sure you cover its weaknesses, preferably with a steel type Pokémon as it resists fairy, flying and psychic type moves.
We hope you found this raid guide useful, happy hunting!