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Pokémon type matchups and coverage: four video explainers

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.

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Pokémon Type Matchups Explained

MandJTV

A long walk through type weaknesses, resistances and immunities, for anyone who still finds the chart hard to remember.

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Pokemon 101: Building a Team (Non Competitive)

Brian Dawson

A short take on building a team for casual play, not competitive battling. An older video, so newer types and mechanics may be missing.

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Best Offensive Pokemon Type Combos (Every type)

Hero of Sinnoh

A quick tour of strong offensive type pairings for every type: the coverage idea from our guide, applied type by type.

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Solving Pokemon Types With Math and Calculating the Best Possible Team

Gosu Garage

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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Videos belong to their creators and play from YouTube when you press play. We picked them and wrote the notes; the guide behind them is Pokémon type coverage: how to pick four moves.

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