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These are my fighters (fighting types). IVs are A/D/S.

Machamp:
1: CP 2373 IV 93 (15/12/15) L29 C/DP
2: CP 1683 IV 96 (15/14/14) L20.5 C/Close Combat
3: CP 1640 IV 96 (14/15/14) L20 C/Cross Chop
4: CP 1616 IV 84 (14/10/14) L20 C/HS
5: Machop CP 936 IV 71 (10/15/07) L29

Poliwrath:
1: CP 1419 IV 93 (15/14/13) L20.5 RS/DP
2: CP 1921 IV 58 (A15) L29 B/IP
3: CP 1729 IV 93 (14/13/15) L25 B/IP

I have 50 Machop candy and 366 Poliwag candy. My main source of Machop candy has been pinapping solo raid Machamps (20 candies). Poliwag candy isn't that much of a problem, I can farm it any time.

Which of the Machamps and Poliwraths should I TM or power up?

Asked by DragoniteSlayer7 years 7 months ago
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by Sebhes 7 years 7 months ago

Definetely Machamp over Poliwrath.

I would charge TM number 5 to see if it gets DP as charge move. If yes, power up that one. If not, power up number 2. Alternatively do some more Machamp raids to save your charge TM. I strictly prefer DP over CC. It's good, but not so flexible.

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Number 5 is an un-evolved Machop, caught at the same Machop nest where I caught the Machops to evolve the first 2 Machamps.

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You're right. I meant number 4. Don't bother evolving Machop with this amount of candy, better focus on Machamp raids in that case.

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But evolving the Machop saves 65k stardust, compared to powering up a level 20 Machamp.
Almost all my stardust is going into my Machamp raid team now, so that I can solo any Machamp moveset.

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That's right. Depends on what you value more. You can obtain 65K star dust in a week. Machamp is a save investment and pays off during gym battles. Whatever you want. Just not Poliwrath over Machamp and preferably a DO one.

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My main source of Machop candy has been pinapping solo raid Machamps

Sounds like you can already solo Machamp raids from your wording.

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Whats your stardust like? And how often do you think you do Machamp raids?

Because if you're low on dust but Machop candies are not a problem for you, consider evolving the Machop even though it's attack IV is not that great.

On the other hand, if Machamp raids are not too common and you have lots of dust, instead of evolving a Machop, you could almost power up 2 Machamps from level 20 to 30.

As for Poliwrath, personally I would not use any charge TMs on them. I have too many fast TMs and nothing to use them on, but you might be in a different situation to me.

They're nice against Fire Blast Tyranitars, as there are often times I get the dodge glitch with my Machamps, but I wouldn't power one up because I won't use them anymore when I eventually have 6 Machamps.

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I'm often low on stardust, as I'm powering up my Dragonites, Tyranitars, 100% IV Alakazam, and SC/ShB Gengar as soon as I get stardust. I just realised I've been neglecting my Machamps.
Luckily I don't need to power anything for Suicune, as I already have a forest of Exeggutors, which do fine against any moveset except bug hidden power. I just send 6 Exeggutors for Suicune raids.

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