Now that we’ve covered the typing of moves, let’s say you’re researching a Pokemon and it has multiple possible moves of the same type which one should you choose? Well, again, there are different schools of thought about choosing between different moves of the same type.

(By the way, if you want to devote your life to a single species, Mewtwo is the undisputed king of all three categories Psychic Mewtwo is the best Psychic type, Shadow Ball Mewtwo is the best generalist, and the others are among the best Ice, Electric, and Fire attackers in the game.) Metagross enjoys the tankiness of a Steel-type with the power of a Psychic-type, while the more single-minded Gengar is a glass cannon who can put out some insane damage in its short lifespan. They often use a mixture of Ghost, Dragon, and Steel moves due to those types having great coverage and few weaknesses. You might also ignore STAB when just starting out and still looking for good Pokemon of the meta-relevant types “Blue Tyranitar” is the community nickname for a Bite/Crunch Gyarados since the species has a high enough attack stat that it can pinch-hit if you haven’t evolved the king of Dark types yet.ģ- And finally, some Pokemon can be specced out as generalists, dealing good neutral DPS regardless of who they’re fighting.

This Mewtwo can pepper Blissey with super-effective charge moves while shrugging off her attacks in a way a fighting Pokemon can’t. Blissey is a top-tier Gym defender who is weak to Fighting however, Blissey knows several powerful Psychic and Fairy-type moves that counter Fighting. Anyone’s first order of business should be to get a powerful fully-dedicated Fighting type like Machamp since Fighting is the most important counter to all three of the core gym defenders.Ģ- Certain Pokemon can be specced without STAB so that their moves are super-effective against Pokemon who would normally counter that type. When building these Pokemon, you’ll often have specific targets in mind this Alola Ninetails was crafted to counter Dragonite, Salamance and Alola Exeggutor due to dealing super-effective damage while also double-resisting their types. The game actively rewards doing this through a damage boost called “Same Type Attack Bonus”, or STAB. There are three schools of thought regarding what move types to teach Pokemon:ġ- Often, you’ll want Pokemon to know moves of the same types as itself.

These 18 types have an ambitious rock-paper-scissors relationship that I’m assuming you already know (If not, this is my personal favorite graphic for studying it). Every pokemon is either one or two types, which cannot be changed except through evolution to a new Pokemon. It’s pretty easy from a surface look, but there are loads of little ways to optimize your Pokemon so they can be the very best. Let’s cover the basics.

The slow rollout of Gen IV and the imminent PvP mode is creating all sorts of buzz.īut its also bringing in a lot of players who don’t know the core elements of Pokemon GO‘s battling system. The research quest mechanic gives players constant goals beyond simply catching Pokemon, and the new Adventure sync system that links Pokemon Go’s progress with your fitness app of choice is encouraging players to use the app to get fit. Pokemon GO is experiencing a booming renaissance after Niantic added several awesome features that augment the core gameplay.

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