I suggest you train both a Jolteon and a Zapdos. Both are vulnerable to Electric attacks, making Electric Pokémon the single most important addition to any team. You may also want to check out the dual Psychic-type Starmie. Teach it moves like Blizzard and Surf and check out what it can do. Only the most powerful attacks can get through this floating bad boy's insanely high Defense. Another worthwhile dual Water type is the Ice Pokémon Cloyster. Sure, it's a dual Flying type - but you wouldn't use a Water Pokémon against an Electric type anyway, right? Gyarados just looks cool and has wonderful Special, Attack and HP stats to boot. With the exception of Speed, it's got all the right stats to knock out those nasty Ground, Rock and Fire opponents. But there is simply no better choice against Ground, Rock and Fire types than a powerful Water Pokémon.īest Pokémon: Blastoise, Gyarados, Cloyster, Starmieīlastoise remains the most balanced Water Pokémon in the game. Water types are abundant in all the Pokémon games - which is a good thing if you've got a lot of Electric and Grass Pokémon. Finally, add Flareon to your team if you want pure Attack power. The only problem is that it doesn't learn any decent techniques by itself (use TMs) and the fact that it's a dual type, but its stats are awesome. If you're looking for something with a bit more Special power, try Moltres. Although Flareon and Moltres are excellent Fire types, this Fire Lion has got the Speed and HP to make a difference in any battle. It's better to stick with a single-type Fire Pokémon.Īrcanine rocks. Although the flying lizard has good stats, it's also very vulnerable to Electric and Ice attacks. Most players tend to train Charizard the most out of all their Fire Pokémon. In general, Fire Pokémon are not quite as powerful as Water or Electric types, but they're an excellent choice against Grass, Ice and Bug types. Plus, it learns Rest, which lets it recover all its HP and heal all status changes. This slow creature can be very effective in tough, long battles. Snorlax, on the other hand, is more of a tank. Bring it up to a high level and teach it powerful elemental Fire, Ice, Water, Ground and Electric attacks and it will be virtually unstoppable. This multi-tailed bull has very balanced stats, but it's got one major problem: it doesn't learn any decent attacks on its own. Tauros has got to be the most underrated Pokémon in the game. Use this fact to your advantage when training Normal types. You just never know what techniques its trainer has chosen to concentrate on.

This makes battling a Normal quite a bit less predictable than going up against a Pokémon of another type. The good thing about many of them is that they can learn diverse techniques like Toxic, Blizzard, Seismic Toss, and so on. Normal types may have fewer weaknesses than the other types, but they also lack damage modifiers. Performance enhancers can also help turning an average Pokémon into a mean fighting machine, so be sure to give the items page a thorough look.īelow, you'll find a selection of the best performers for each type, along with a description of each type's strengths. It's all about selecting the right moves and raising the Pokémon to a high level. With the exception of a few low-level misfits like Magikarp, Weedle, Caterpie and Kakuna, almost every Pokémon can be a worthwhile addition to your team. The damage any given attack causes is further determined by each individual Pokémon's Level as well as Attack and Special stats.īelow, you will find a quick listing of the categories, as well as my personal favorite for each Pokémon type. Note that a Pokémon that uses an attack that is of its same type (ie: Mewtwo, a Psychic Pokémon, using the Psychic technique) deals 50% more damage than a Pokémon that uses a non-matching attack (ie: Mewtwo, a Psychic Pokémon, using the Thunder technique). 'X' (red) means this attack can't hit that particular opponent type (ie: Electric techniques can't harm Ground Pokémon).'-' (orange) means it is not effective and will only deal half the damage (ie: a Bug attack is not effective against a Fire opponent).'+' (green) means the attack is effective and deals twice the damage (ie: a Fire attack causes double damage when used on a Grass type).

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