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How to beat Hop (Circhester, Sobble 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
  • DubwoolLv 40Normal typeMoves: Fighting and Normal
  • CorviknightLv 40Flying and Steel typeMoves: Flying and Normal
  • PincurchinLv 39Electric typeMoves: Electric and Water
  • SnorlaxLv 39Normal typeMoves: Steel, Normal and Dark
  • CinderaceLv 41Fire typeMoves: Fire, Normal and Fighting

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 5 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Fighting2× · 2/5Ground2× · 2/5Fire2× · 1/5Water2× · 1/5

+2 more

Electric2× · 1/5Rock2× · 1/5

Good to catch

Catchable before Hop in Sword & Shield.

One takes normal hits from their moves. Five are weak to part of their team: switch out where the card says.

  • SeismitoadWaterGroundhits 2× with Fighting, Ground or Water · 4/5Bubble Beam · Lv 20takes 1×Catch Tympole · West Lake Axewell · evolves at 36 Add
  • MudsdaleGroundhits 2× with Fighting or Ground · 4/5High Horsepower · Lv 28later: Earthquake at 40switch out against PincurchinCatch Mudbray · Route 3 · evolves at 30 Add
  • LucarioFightingSteelhits 2× with Fighting or Ground · 4/5Aura Sphere · on evolvingswitch out against Dubwool and CinderaceCatch Lucario · North Lake Miloch Add
  • HippowdonGroundhits 2× with Fire or Ground · 3/5Dig · Lv 16switch out against PincurchinCatch Hippopotas · Route 6 · evolves at 34 Add
  • GurdurrFightinghits 2× with Fighting or Rock · 3/5Low Kick · Lv 1switch out against CorviknightCatch Timburr · Galar Mine · evolves at 25 Add
  • HawluchaFightingFlyinghits 2× with Fighting · 2/5Submission · Lv 24switch out against Corviknight and PincurchinCatch Hawlucha · Hammerlocke Hills Add

Slot by slot

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

  • DubwoolLv 40Beat it withHawluchahits 2×Submission · Lv 24WallGolurk takes 0×Catch Golurk · Watchtower Ruins
  • CorviknightLv 40Beat it withSolrockhits 2×Flare Blitz · Lv 1Catch Solrock · Giant’s Cap · Sword onlyWallTogedemaru takes ½×Catch Togedemaru · Route 8 · rare
  • PincurchinLv 39Beat it withLucariohits 2×Bone Rush · Lv 36WallShedinja takes 0×Catch Nincada · West Lake Axewell · evolves at 20 · needs an empty party slot and a spare Poké Ball · rare
  • SnorlaxLv 39Beat it withLucariohits 2×Aura Sphere · on evolvingWallNo catch resists all of its moves.
  • CinderaceLv 41Beat it withHippowdonhits 2×Dig · Lv 16WallJellicent takes ½×Catch Jellicent · East Lake Axewell

Other bosses in Sword & Shield

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

Quick picks for Sword & Shield

Up nextPiersSpikemuth, SpikemuthLv 46. Team types: Dark, Fighting, Psychic, Poison and Normal. Scrafty, Malamar, Skuntank and Obstagoon.

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. 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, up next. 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.