Machoke | Pokémon guide

The Superpower Pokémon, Machoke, is a little divisive for some due to its extremely humanoid appearance, but this gen one gem is a fantastic friend and even better team member in battles. We’ve gone over everything you need to know about it below.

The Pokédex is full of other fantastic gen 1 Pokémon, and every ‘mon is someone’s favorite, so take a look around at the rest of our Pokémon content while you’re here.

Here’s everything in our Machoke guide:

Here’s the key information you need to know about Machoke:

Machoke’s evolution

Machoke evolves from Machop starting from level 28. It then evolves into Machamp when traded or exposed to a Linking Cord.

Machoke’s locations

Here are all the locations you can find Machoke in each Pokémon game:

Gen 1 locations

Gen 2 locations

Gen 3 locations

Gen 4 locations

Gen 5 locations

Gen 6 locations

Gen 7 locations

Gen 8 locations

Gen 9 locations

How do I get Machoke in Pokémon Pokopia?

To get Machoke in Pokopia, you need to create either the grassy training field or the box to the rhythm Pokopia habitat. Luckily, finding Machoke is part of the Rocky Ridges storyline, so it’s pretty easy to spawn. The grassy training field is the easiest habitat to put together, requiring only four red tall grass and two sandbags.

Machoke’s base stats

Machoke’s base stats are as follows. As you level it up, these stats grow.

• HP – 80
• Attack – 100
• Defense – 70
• Sp. Atk – 50
• Sp. Def – 60
• Speed – 45

Machoke’s type strengths and weaknesses

As a pure fighting Pokémon, Machoke only has three weaknesses and resists three different types, giving it a decent matchup spread in battles. As it’s weak to psychic moves, you could say that Machoke’s brawn is no match for psychic brains.

Machoke’s moveset

In the latest generation of Pokémon games, Machoke can learn the following moves:

Level up moves

Learnable TMs

That’s everything you need to know about Machoke!