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How to beat Hop (Motostoke, Grookey start) in Sword & Shield

Hop’s team, what hits it hard, and what you can catch before the fight. Add your own team to see who to lead with.

Plan with your team

Their team

Other bosses
  • WoolooLv 11Normal typeMoves: Normal
  • RookideeLv 12Flying typeMoves: Flying
  • SobbleLv 14Water typeMoves: Normal and Water. It also stops you switching out, with a move like Wrap or Mean Look (the binding moves also chip each turn).

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 3 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Electric2× · 2/3Grass2× · 1/3Ice2× · 1/3Fighting2× · 1/3

+1 more

Rock2× · 1/3

Good to catch

Catchable before Hop in Sword & Shield.

Strongest matchup first. All six are weak to part of their team: switch out where the card says.

  • MachopFightinghits 2× with Fighting · 1/3Revenge · Lv 8later: Low Sweep at 12switch out against RookideeCatch Machop · South Lake Miloch Add
  • OddishGrassPoisonhits 2× with Grass · 1/3Mega Drain · learns at 12switch out against RookideeCatch Oddish · Dappled Grove Add
  • LombreWaterGrasshits 2× with Grass · 1/3Mega Drain · learns at 12switch out against RookideeCatch Lotad · Route 2 · evolves at 14Shield only Add
  • RoseliaGrassPoisonhits 2× with Grass · 1/3Mega Drain · Lv 5switch out against RookideeCatch Roselia · South Lake Miloch · rare Add
  • MudbrayGroundhits 2× with Fighting · 1/3Double Kick · Lv 8switch out against SobbleCatch Mudbray · Dappled Grove · rare Add
  • PanchamFightinghits 2× with Fighting · 1/3Arm Thrust · Lv 4later: Circle Throw at 12switch out against RookideeCatch Pancham · West Lake Axewell · rare Add

Slot by slot

What to send against each of their Pokémon, and what takes its moves best.

  • WoolooLv 11Beat it withMachophits 2×Revenge · Lv 8later: Low Sweep at 12Catch Machop · South Lake MilochWallDrifloon takes 0×Catch Drifloon · Watchtower Ruins
  • RookideeLv 12Beat it withOnixhits 2×Smack Down · Lv 4Catch Onix · East Lake Axewell · rareWallKlink takes ½×Catch Klink · Dappled Grove · rare
  • SobbleLv 14Beat it withOddishhits 2×Mega Drain · learns at 12Catch Oddish · Dappled GroveWallNo catch resists all of its moves.

Other bosses in Sword & Shield

Every boss, in the order you meet them. All Sword & Shield bosses

Quick picks for Sword & Shield

Up nextMiloTurffield, TurffieldLv 20. Team types: Grass. Gossifleur and Eldegoss.

Gyms and Hop

  1. 01HopGrookey startLv 8. Team types: Normal, Flying and Water. Wooloo, Rookidee and Sobble.
  2. 01HopScorbunny startLv 8. Team types: Normal, Flying and Grass. Wooloo, Rookidee and Grookey.
  3. 01HopSobble startLv 8. Team types: Normal, Flying and Fire. Wooloo, Rookidee and Scorbunny.
  4. 02HopGrookey startLv 14. Team types: Normal, Flying and Water. Wooloo, Rookidee and Sobble.
  5. 02HopScorbunny startLv 14. Team types: Normal, Flying and Grass. Wooloo, Rookidee and Grookey.
  6. 02HopSobble startLv 14. Team types: Normal, Flying and Fire. Wooloo, Rookidee and Scorbunny.
  7. 03MiloTurffieldLv 20, up next. Team types: Grass. Gossifleur and Eldegoss.
  8. 04HopGrookey startLv 21. Team types: Normal, Flying and Water. Wooloo, Corvisquire and Drizzile.
  9. 04HopScorbunny startLv 21. Team types: Normal, Flying and Grass. Wooloo, Corvisquire and Thwackey.
  10. 04HopSobble startLv 21. Team types: Normal, Flying and Fire. Wooloo, Corvisquire and Raboot.
  11. 05NessaHulburyLv 24. Team types: Water and Rock. Goldeen, Arrokuda and Drednaw.
  12. 06KabuMotostokeLv 27. Team types: Fire and Bug. Ninetales, Arcanine and Centiskorch.
  13. 07HopGrookey startLv 33. Team types: Flying, Water, Electric, Poison and Ground. Cramorant, Toxel, Silicobra and Drizzile.
  14. 07HopScorbunny startLv 33. Team types: Flying, Water, Electric, Poison, Ground and Grass. Cramorant, Toxel, Silicobra and Thwackey.
  15. 07HopSobble startLv 33. Team types: Flying, Water, Electric, Poison, Ground and Fire. Cramorant, Toxel, Silicobra and Raboot.
  16. 08Beain SwordLv 36. Team types: Fighting and Dark. Hitmontop, Pangoro, Sirfetch’d and Machamp.
  17. 08Allisterin ShieldLv 36. Team types: Ground, Ghost, Fairy and Poison. Galarian Yamask, Mimikyu, Cursola and Gengar.
  18. 09OpalBallonleaLv 38. Team types: Poison, Fairy, Steel and Flying. Galarian Weezing, Mawile, Togekiss and Alcremie.
  19. 10HopGrookey startLv 37. Team types: Ghost, Grass, Fire, Normal, Electric and Water. Trevenant, Heatmor, Snorlax, Boltund and Inteleon.
  20. 10HopScorbunny startLv 37. Team types: Ghost, Grass, Fire, Normal and Electric. Trevenant, Heatmor, Snorlax, Boltund and Rillaboom.
  21. 10HopSobble startLv 37. Team types: Ghost, Grass, Fire, Normal and Electric. Trevenant, Heatmor, Snorlax, Boltund and Cinderace.
  22. 11Gordiein SwordLv 42. Team types: Rock, Water, Bug and Fire. Barbaracle, Shuckle, Stonjourner and Coalossal.
  23. 11Melonyin ShieldLv 42. Team types: Ice, Bug and Water. Frosmoth, Galarian Darmanitan, Eiscue and Lapras.
  24. 12HopGrookey startLv 41. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric and Water. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax and Inteleon.
  25. 12HopScorbunny startLv 41. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric and Grass. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax and Rillaboom.
  26. 12HopSobble startLv 41. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric and Fire. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax and Cinderace.
  27. 13PiersSpikemuthLv 46. Team types: Dark, Fighting, Psychic, Poison and Normal. Scrafty, Malamar, Skuntank and Obstagoon.
  28. 14RaihanHammerlockeLv 48. Team types: Rock, Ground, Dragon and Steel. Gigalith, Flygon, Sandaconda and Duraludon.

Champion Cup

  1. 01MarnieSemifinalLv 49. Team types: Dark, Poison, Fighting, Electric and Fairy. Liepard, Toxicroak, Scrafty, Morpeko and Grimmsnarl.
  2. 02HopGrookey startLv 49. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric and Water. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax and Inteleon.
  3. 02HopScorbunny startLv 49. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric and Grass. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax and Rillaboom.
  4. 02HopSobble startLv 49. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric and Fire. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax and Cinderace.
  5. 03OleanaRose TowerLv 52. Team types: Ice, Ghost, Grass, Poison, Fire and Water. Froslass, Tsareena, Salazzle, Milotic and Garbodor.
  6. 04BedeFinalsLv 53. Team types: Steel, Fairy and Psychic. Mawile, Gardevoir, Galarian Rapidash and Hatterene.
  7. 05NessaFinalsLv 53. Team types: Bug, Water, Flying and Rock. Golisopod, Pelipper, Barraskewda, Seaking and Drednaw.
  8. 06Beain SwordLv 54. Team types: Fighting and Flying. Hawlucha, Grapploct, Sirfetch’d, Falinks and Machamp.
  9. 06Allisterin ShieldLv 54. Team types: Ghost, Fire and Poison. Dusknoir, Chandelure, Cursola, Polteageist and Gengar.
  10. 07RaihanFinalsLv 55. Team types: Fire, Dragon, Ground and Steel. Torkoal, Goodra, Turtonator, Flygon and Duraludon.

Darkest Day

  1. 01RoseEnergy PlantLv 57. Team types: Bug, Steel and Grass. Escavalier, Ferrothorn, Perrserker, Klinklang and Copperajah.
  2. 02EternatusEnergy PlantLv 60. Team types: Poison and Dragon. Eternatus.

Champion

  1. 01LeonGrookey startLv 65. Team types: Steel, Ghost, Dragon, Water, Ground, Fire and Flying. Aegislash, Dragapult, Haxorus, Seismitoad, Cinderace and Charizard.
  2. 01LeonScorbunny startLv 65. Team types: Steel, Ghost, Dragon, Ice, Psychic, Water, Fire and Flying. Aegislash, Dragapult, Haxorus, Mr. Rime, Inteleon and Charizard.
  3. 01LeonSobble startLv 65. Team types: Steel, Ghost, Dragon, Ground, Rock, Grass, Fire and Flying. Aegislash, Dragapult, Haxorus, Rhyperior, Rillaboom and Charizard.

Post-game

  1. 01HopGrookey startLv 60. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric and Water. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax, Cramorant and Inteleon.
  2. 01HopScorbunny startLv 60. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric, Water and Grass. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax, Cramorant and Rillaboom.
  3. 01HopSobble startLv 60. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric, Water and Fire. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax, Cramorant and Cinderace.