Pokémon Go: Difference between revisions
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''' | '''Assuming random Attack type, being a dual-type Pokémon is a benefit more often than a liability.''' Most types enjoy a net resistance (a negative column total), so having two of them means means greater total resistance (plus more Attack types with a STAB bonus) more often than it does less. | ||
Assuming every species must have exactly one or two distinct types, there are 306 (18 * 17) total type pairs possible plus the base 18, for a total of 18<sup>2</sup> = 324 possible species typings (not all of them are actually populated in the game). Against a given typing, an Attack could theoretically have an exponent as low as -4 and as high as 2. No Attack type is very ineffective against two different types, though, so the actual minimum is -3. | Assuming every species must have exactly one or two distinct types, there are 306 (18 * 17) total type pairs possible plus the base 18, for a total of 18<sup>2</sup> = 324 possible species typings (not all of them are actually populated in the game). Against a given typing, an Attack could theoretically have an exponent as low as -4 and as high as 2. No Attack type is very ineffective against two different types, though, so the actual minimum is -3. | ||