Which is better for gym attacking, Mewtwo or Machamp?
Mewtwo with Psycho Cut/Focus Blast and Machamp with Counter/Dynamic Punch are both great at smashing Blissey, Snorlax, Slaking and Chansey in gyms, but which is better for gym attacking?
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Overall, Machamp.
You can still use a personal strategy. For example, when the Blissey has full motivation, I start with my Mewtwo. After that first fight, Machamp does much better because of the double charge move, and the Confusions don't hit as hard. This is particularly useful when I'm low on potions.
Note that if you are not trying to dodge, Confusion/Focus Blast is better than Psycho Cut/Focus Blast. Psycho Cut charges energy faster, but makes you more reliant on using the charge move for damage. If there are any low motivated defenders or anything resistant to fighting mixed in then you will waste time/energy. The main advantage for Psycho Cut is dodging or if you are attacking something that resists psychic.
Neither one is strictly better than the other so it comes down to what you personally value.
Machamp is faster, uses more potions, has less dodge friendly fast moves and more dodge friendly charge moves (C is slowish, DP is fast).
Mewtwo is slower, uses less potions, has more dodge friendly fast moves and less dodge friendly charge moves (PC is super fast, FB is glacial, you often can't fire it completely safe from getting hit with DG before recovery).
I prefer Machamp for fighting normals, my powered Mewtwo is currently a PC/SB swiss army knife that can defeat anything Machamp struggles with.