Pokémon Type Matchups Explained
A long walk through type weaknesses, resistances and immunities, for anyone who still finds the chart hard to remember.
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Our guide argues that you should pick moves for what they cover together, and gives you a tool to check any set of move types against the chart. These videos come at the same chart from different directions.
Start with the long matchups explainer if the weaknesses, resistances and immunities still feel like a wall of facts. The short team-building video is for playing through the story rather than battling online. The last two go further: one looks at which pairs of attacking types work best together, the other runs the whole chart through some maths to rank types and build a team. Use them alongside the coverage tool rather than instead of it.
A long walk through type weaknesses, resistances and immunities, for anyone who still finds the chart hard to remember.
Watch on YouTube ↗A short take on building a team for casual play, not competitive battling. An older video, so newer types and mechanics may be missing.
Watch on YouTube ↗A quick tour of strong offensive type pairings for every type: the coverage idea from our guide, applied type by type.
Watch on YouTube ↗Ranks single and dual types with a spreadsheet, then tries to build the best team from the numbers. Chapters split single types, dual types and team building.
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