Machop Starting Stats and Moves

This is a page about the Pokemon Machop in the game Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for Nintendo Switch. Read on to find out about Machop's Base Stats, Abilities, and Moves on starting the game.

Basic Information

Type

Machop
Type 1	Type 2
Fighting	-

Base Stats

Ability

Is Recruiting Machop Worth It?

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Best Pokemon for the Story

Best Partner for Machop

Pokemon	Type
Pikachu	Type 1: Electric Type 2:

As a Fighting-type, Machop needs protection from Fairy-, Flying-, and Psychic-types. In that case, Pikachu can best serve as Machop's partner.

On top of covering Flying-type Pokemon with its Electric-type moves, Pikachu can also cover Psychic- and Fairy- type Pokemon with Thief and Iron Tail.

Best Moveset

Move	Type	Effect
Bulldoze	Ground	It damages nearby enemies. It also lowers their Travel Speed.
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It also makes the enemy Confused.
Flamethrower	Fire	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also leave the enemy with a Burn.
Rock Tomb	Rock	It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.

Notes

• This moveset provides Machop with a strong STAB option in Dynamic Punch and good type coverage.
• Flamethrower is highly reliable. You can switch it out with Fire Blast if you prefer.
• Rock Tomb is great move and it gives Machop a fighting chance with many of the Flying type bosses in the game.
• Other moves to consider: Poison Jab, Knock Off, Thief, Dual Chop, Strength, Earthquake, Smack Down
• Take note that Dynamic Punch is learned at Lv. 45. Settle with the other Fighting moves first like Brick Break.

Learned Moves

Starting Moves

Move	Type	Effect
Brick Break	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It also shatters the enemy's Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Veil conditions.
Bullet Punch	Steel	It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.
Karate Chop	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
Strength	Normal	It damages an enemy.

Moves Learned By Level Up

Lv.	Move	Type	Effect
Base	Low Kick	Fighting	It damages an enemy. The heavier the enemy, the greater the damage.
Base	Leer	Normal	It lowers the enemy's Defense.
3	Focus Energy	Normal	You'll get the Focus Energy condition, which raises your critical-hit rate.
7	Karate Chop	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
9	Foresight	Normal	It resets an enemy's boosted evasiveness. If the enemy is Ghost type, it also makes the enemy Exposed, which enables Normal- and Fighting-type moves to hit the enemy.
13	Low Sweep	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.
15	Seismic Toss	Fighting	You'll throw your teammate or an enemy in front of you at another Pokemon or at a trap.
19	Revenge	Fighting	You'll get the Bide status for a little while, and then you'll damage an enemy. The more damage you take while biding, the greater the damage you can cause.
21	Knock Off	Dark	It damages an enemy. The power goes up if the enemy has an item. It also knocks the enemy's held item to the floor near it.
25	Vital Throw	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It never misses.
27	Wake-Up Slap	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It causes more damage if the enemy is in the Sleep, Nightmare, or Napping condition, but it will wake the enemy up.
31	Dual Chop	Dragon	It damages an enemy 2 times in a row.
33	Submission	Fighting	It damages an enemy-but you'll receive recoil damage, too.
37	Bulk Up	Fighting	It boosts your Attack and Defense. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
39	Cross Chop	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
43	Scary Face	Normal	It reduces the enemy's Travel Speed.
45	Dynamic Punch	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It also makes the enemy Confused.

Moves Learned By TM

Move	Type	Effect
Attract	Normal	It makes an enemy Infatuated, which makes the enemy's moves more likely to fail.
Brick Break	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It also shatters the enemy's Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Veil conditions.
Bulk Up	Fighting	It boosts your Attack and Defense. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Bulldoze	Ground	It damages nearby enemies. It also lowers their Travel Speed.
Confide	Normal	It lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.
Double Team	Normal	It boosts your evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Earthquake	Ground	It damages all Pokemon in the same room except for you. It can also damage Pokemon that are underground while using Dig.
Facade	Normal	It damages an enemy. The damage it causes goes up if you have a bad status. It also prevents your Attack from being lowered when you use this move while you have a Burn.
Fire Blast	Fire	It damages an enemy. It could also leave the enemy with a Burn.
Flamethrower	Fire	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also leave the enemy with a Burn.
Fling	Dark	You throw an item in an arc, hitting another Pokemon with it. It causes the same effect as throwing an item at an enemy.
Focus Blast	Fighting	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
Frustration	Normal	It damages an enemy. The less you have opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Hidden Power	Normal	It damages an enemy. The move's type changes on each adventure.
Light Screen	Psychic	You and your teammates in the same room get the Light Screen condition, which reduces the damage taken from special moves.
Low Sweep	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.
Payback	Dark	You'll get the Counter condition, which enables you to counter when you take damage from physical moves.
Poison Jab	Poison	It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Poisoned.
Protect	Normal	You'll Protect yourself from enemies' moves. But its chance of failure rises if you use it after you've already used a move that blocks enemies' attacks.
Rain Dance	Water	It changes the floor's weather to Rain. The power of Fire-type moves goes down, and the power of Water-type moves goes up.
Rest	Psychic	You'll get the Napping condition. With the Napping condition, you'll fall asleep, awakening later with all your HP restored and bad statuses healed.
Return	Normal	It damages an enemy. The more you've opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Rock Slide	Rock	It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
Rock Tomb	Rock	It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.
Round	Normal	It damages an enemy. It causes more damage if your teammate in the same room just used the same move.
Sleep Talk	Normal	If you're sleeping, a move you know will be used automatically on an enemy near you. But keep in mind that nothing will happen if you use this while you're wide awake.
Smack Down	Rock	It damages an enemy. If the enemy is flying, it will be Grounded, which allows Ground-type moves to hit it. This move also hits a Pokemon that's in the air from using a move like Fly.
Substitute	Normal	You'll create a Substitute if you have more than half your max HP. Every time you use this move, your HP decreases. When you create a Substitute, you won't be targeted by enemies, but you can't use moves or items, and you can't restore your HP naturally.
Sunny Day	Fire	It changes the floor's weather to Sunny. The power of Fire-type moves goes up, and the power of Water-type moves goes down.
Swagger	Normal	It makes an enemy Confused, but it also sharply raises the enemy's Attack.
Thief	Dark	It damages an enemy. You'll also steal an item that the enemy has. If you can't carry any more items, your attempt to steal will fail.
Toxic	Poison	It makes the enemy Badly Poisoned. It never misses if used by a Poison-type Pokemon. It will even hit a Pokemon that's used Dig, Fly, or the like.

Evolution

Evolution Chain

Pokemon	How to Evolve
Machop	-
Machoke	Evolves from Machop at Lv. 28
Machamp	Evolves from Machoke using Evolution Crystals

Can Machop Mega Evolve?

This Pokemon can not Mega Evolve.

How to Get Machop

Dungeons Where Machop is Found

This Pokemon is not found in any Dungeons.

Machop's Rescue Camp

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Treecko	Psyduck	Chikorita	Charmander
Bulbasaur	Torchic	Cubone	Machop
Eevee	Squirtle	Skitty	Meowth

Pokemon by Type

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Electric	Ice	Fighting
Poison	Ground	Flying
Psychic	Bug	Rock
Ghost	Dragon	Dark
Fairy	Steel	Normal

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