🎯 Master Pokemon Type Matchups

Understanding type effectiveness is the foundation of competitive Pokemon battling. This comprehensive calculator provides instant analysis of all 18 Pokemon types and their interactions, helping you identify weaknesses, resistances, and immunities for any type combination. Whether you're preparing for VGC championships, Smogon tournaments, or casual battles, mastering type matchups gives you an unbeatable strategic advantage.

🏆 Competitive Applications:

• Team Building: Identify type coverage gaps and create balanced defensive cores that resist common threats
• Battle Strategy: Predict opponent moves and make informed switching decisions for favorable matchups
• Tournament Preparation: Analyze metagame trends and prepare specific counters for popular Pokemon
• Nuzlocke Challenges: Plan your team composition to handle gym leaders, elite four, and rival battles
• Draft Leagues: Evaluate Pokemon value based on their defensive typing and offensive coverage
• SPEEDRUN Planning: Optimize team composition for quick progression through story content

🔍 Advanced Features of This Calculator:

• Dual-Type Analysis: Calculates compound effectiveness for Pokemon with two types, including rare 4x weaknesses and 0.25x resistances
• Complete Coverage: All 18 Pokemon types including Fairy, Steel, and Dark types from modern generations
• Instant Results: Real-time calculation showing defensive profile against all possible attacking types
• Visual Organization: Color-coded effectiveness indicators for quick understanding of defensive strengths
• Strategic Insights: Clear categorization of weaknesses, resistances, and complete immunities

📊 Understanding Type Mechanics:

Super Effective (2x): Moves deal double damage against these types. These are your primary defensive weaknesses to protect against.

Not Very Effective (0.5x): Moves deal half damage. These are important resistances that can help your Pokemon tank hits.

Quad Weakness (4x): The most dangerous defensive vulnerability, affecting dual-type Pokemon with shared weaknesses. One hit can potentially knock out your Pokemon.

Quad Resistance (0.25x): The ultimate defensive advantage, taking only 25% damage from certain attack types.

Immunity (0x): Complete damage negation. The Ghost type's immunity to Normal or the Ground type's immunity to Electric can be game-changing.

⚔️ Strategic Team Building Tips:

• Synergistic Cores: Build Pokemon pairs that cover each other's weaknesses (Water/Rock, Grass/Poison, etc.)
• Offensive Coverage: Ensure your team has moves that hit common defensive types for super effective damage
• Prediction Skills: Learn common switch patterns and type advantage plays in competitive battles
• Meta Awareness: Know which types are most prevalent in your specific format and prepare accordingly
• Ability Considerations: Remember that abilities like Levitate can alter type effectiveness dramatically

🎮 Format-Specific Considerations:

VGC (Double Battles): Type coverage becomes even more critical with two Pokemon on each side. Spread moves and targeting multiple Pokemon require different defensive planning.

Smogon Singles: Entry hazards like Stealth Rock can punish certain types, making type-based team switching more strategic.

Nuzlocke Challenges: Defensive typing is paramount for survival against type specialists and varied boss encounters.

🛡️ Defensive Tier Rankings:

While individual stats and abilities matter, some type combinations consistently prove superior defensively:

• S-Tier Defenses: Steel/Fairy, Water/Fairy, Dragon/Steel - Few weaknesses, multiple resistances
• A-Tier Defenses: Water/Poison, Steel/Flying, Ghost/Steel - Strong defensive profiles with niche advantages
• High Risk/High Reward: Ice/Ghost, Dragon/Dragon - Powerful offenses but vulnerable defensive typing

Remember: This calculator analyzes pure type effectiveness, but competitive Pokemon battles involve many additional factors including Abilities, Items, Stats, Moves, and Terrain effects. Use this tool as your foundation for understanding type mechanics, then build upon it with deeper battle knowledge and experience!

🔬 Technical Accuracy:

This calculator uses the official Pokemon type chart with precise mathematical calculations. Each type interaction follows the exact formula used in official Pokemon games, ensuring 100% accurate damage multipliers for battle planning and strategy development.