Machop in Pokémon GO

Type	Fighting
Pokédex number	#66
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	137 / 82 / 172
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,278 / 1,445 / 1,462
Max HP, level 50	157
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	0.8 m / 19.5 kg

Machop evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Machop evolves into Machoke for 25 Machop Candy.

Family: Machop · Machoke · Machamp

Machop CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	548	509	96	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	730	678	111	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	913	848	124	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,096	1,018	136	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,187	1,103	142
40	1,278	1,188	147
45	1,360	1,264	152
50	1,445	1,343	157
51	1,462	1,359	158	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Machop best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Machop at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Machop gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Low Kick	Cross Chop	7.8	Elite TM
Low Kick	Brick Break	7.6	Elite TM
Karate Chop	Cross Chop	7.5
Karate Chop	Brick Break	7.1
Low Kick	Low Sweep	6.9	Elite TM

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Karate Chop	Fighting	10	13	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2
Low Kick	Fighting	5	5	0.5 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2, Elite TM
Rock Smash	Fighting	17	12	1.5 s	11.3	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Brick Break	Fighting	40	33	1.5 s	26.7	same type, ×1.2
Cross Chop	Fighting	50	50	1.5 s	33.3	same type, ×1.2
Low Sweep	Fighting	40	33	2 s	20.0	same type, ×1.2

Machop weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Fighting. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Fairy	×1.6
Flying	×1.6
Psychic	×1.6
Bug	×0.625
Dark	×0.625
Rock	×0.625

Machop CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,278 · HP 147

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.