Pokémon

Overview

Pokémon are anthropomorphic creatures of the Pokémon franchise, often with a sense of self-awareness and intelligence better than normal creatures. There are currently 807 different Pokémon in the series, each with special types and abilities. Most Pokémon resemble animals, but there are some that look like plants, inanimate objects, or artificial constructs. Each Pokémon can learn a set of moves, often skills that normal animals cannot use, and use them to battle with each other. The Pokédex is a device that is used to keep track and share information about these Pokémon.

Behavior

Pokémon are shown to replace normal creatures in the Pokémon world, existing instead in their place. They often work with humans, helping them in various tasks and sharing a special relationship with their masters. Pokémon Trainers around the world can capture Pokémon using Poké Balls and use them in battle. In the games, Pokémon have cries akin to normal animals, but in the anime, they communicate via repetitions of their names. Some Pokémon, such as Meowth of Team Rocket, can learn to communicate with human words.

Battling

Pokémon often battle with each other, using a set of up to 4 skills with various strengths and weaknesses. They will fight one-on-one (or more in the later games), battling until one side faints. The victor will then gain experience which will help then level up and gain new points in their stats and new skills. Pokémon also have natures and abilities (introduced in Ruby/Sapphire), which can help or hinder their ability in combat.

In a Trainer battle, Pokémon will fight with their Trainers, responding to their commands and receiving help in the form of potions and berries. Each Trainer can have up to 6 Pokémon at any given time, and will often balance their teams with Pokémon that cover each other's weaknesses. Trainers can switch out their Pokémon at any time, and all Pokémon that faced that particular opponent will gain experience when it faints.

Evolution

Pokémon can often evolve to better forms of themselves by hitting a prerequisite, often the Pokémon's level. These Pokémon change their appearance, often becoming bigger and more menacing. They will also gain points in their stats, and can often change their type or ability. They might gain access to new skills too. Some Pokémon can evolve differently based on their method of evolution, like the Eevee, which has up to 7 different branches.

Breeding

Pokémon breeding was first introduced in Gold/Silver, and has become one of main places where Trainers can get new Pokémon. Trainers match 2 compatible Pokémon (or together with a Ditto) together in a daycare, and wait until an egg appears. This egg will hatch into a Pokémon after being carried around a while. The type of Pokémon that hatches depends on the mother's type, unless it was with a Ditto, which will then hatch to the other Pokémon's type. There are also Baby Pokémon, which will only appear if the parents held a certain type of incense when breeding.

Legendary Pokémon

Legendary Pokémon are special rare Pokémon that can be found throughout the world, and are often much stronger than their normal counterparts. There currently 47 Pokémon that are considered legendary. Legendary Pokémon often come in groups of 2 or 3, with special lore and story connections, and many legendary Pokémon affect the game's plot, either directly or indirectly. They are found at the bottom of their respective Regional Pokédexes.

A legendary Pokémon is often found at the end of a dungeon or roaming around the world, and Trainers often have to perform special tasks to be able to encounter it. They can then battle it to try to capture the legendary Pokémon, but these Pokémon often come at a much higher level than wild Pokémon, and have much lower capture rates than normal. Legendary Pokémon cannot breed with other Pokémon (with the exception of Manaphy), and cannot produce eggs. They are often one-of-a-kind in a single game, but Trainers can trade their legendary Pokémon to any other games they have, provided the games can trade with each other.

Pokémon Types

A Pokémon has either 1 or 2 types which help to increase their offensive and defensive capabilities against other Pokémon. This is a double edged sword, however, as some dual typings also combine to decrease effectiveness against different foes. There are eighteen types in Pokémon: Bug, Dark, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Steel and Water. Of these eighteen types Dark , Fairy, and Steel were the only three not found in the very first game Pokemon Red/Blue, Dark and Steel having been added in Pokemon Gold/Silver, and Fairy having been added in Pokemon X/Y.

Bug

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Fire, Flying and Rock attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Fighting, Grass and Ground attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Dark, Grass and Psychic dual types.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Dark, Grass and Psychic types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Poison and Steel types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Poison and Steel dual types.

Dark

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Bug and Fighting attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Dark and Ghost attacks.
• Immunity to Psychic type attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x2 super-effective attacks against Psychic type Pokémon.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Dark and Steel types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Dark/Steel type Pokémon.

Dragon

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Dragon and Ice attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Electric, Fire, Grass and Water attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x2 super-effective attacks against Dragon type Pokémon.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Steel type Pokémon.

Electric

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Ground attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Electric, Flying and Steel attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Water/Flying type Pokémon.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Flying and Water types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Dragon and Grass types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Dragon/Grass type Pokémon. (NOTE: As of Black/White, there are no Dragon/Grass type Pokémon)
• Completely ineffective against Ground-type Pokémon.

Fairy

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Poison and Steel attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Fighting, Bug, and Dark attacks.
• Immune to Dragon attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Fighting, Dragon, and Dark dual types.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Fighting, Dragon, and Dark types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Fire, Poison, and Steel types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Fire, Poison, and Steel dual types.

Fighting

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x0.5 resistant to Bug, Dark and Rock attacks.
• x2 weak against Flying and Psychic attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock and Steel dual types.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock and Steel types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Bug, Flying, Poison and Psychic types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Bug, Flying, Poison and Psychic dual types.
• Completely ineffective against Ghost type Pokémon.

Fire

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Ground, Rock and Water attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Bug, Fire, Grass, Ice and Steel attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Bug, Ice and Steel dual types.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Bug, Ice and Steel types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Dragon, Rock and Water types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Dragon, Rock and Water dual types.

Flying

There are no Pokémon (outside of Arceus with Sky Plate) with just the Flying base type. Most Flying Pokémon are of the Normal/Flying dual type.

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Electric, Ice and Rock attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Bug, Fighting and Grass attacks.
• Immune to ground attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Bug, Fighting and Grass dual types.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Bug, fighting and Grass types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Electric, Rock and Steel types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Electric, Rock and Steel dual types.

Ghost

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Dark and Ghost attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Bug and Poison attacks.
• Immune to Normal and Fighting attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x2 super-effective attacks against Ghost and Psychic types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Dark and Steel types.
• Ineffective against Normal type Pokémon

Grass

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice and Poison attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Electric, Grass, Ground and Water attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Ground, Rock, and Water dual types.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Ground, Rock and Water types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Bug, Dragon, Flying, Poison and Steel types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Bug, Dragon, Flying, Poison and Steel dual types.

Ground

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Ice, Grass and Water attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Poison and Rock attacks.
• Immune to Electric attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel dual types.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock and Steel types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Bug and Grass types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Bug/Grass types.
• Completely ineffective against Flying types.

Ice

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Fighting, Fire, Rock and Steel attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Ice attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Dragon, Flying, Grass, and Ground dual types.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Dragon, Flying, Grass and Ground types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Fire, Steel and Water types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Fire, Steel, and Water types.

Normal

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Fighting attacks.
• Immune to Ghost attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x0.5 less effective attacks against Rock and Steel types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Rock/Steel type Pokémon.
• Completely ineffective against Ghost type Pokémon.

Poison

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Ground and Psychic attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Bug, Fighting, Grass and Poison attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x2 super-effective attacks against Grass types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Ghost, Ground and Rock types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Ghost, Ground, and Rock dual types.
• Completely ineffective attacks Poison types.

Psychic

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Bug, Dark and Ghost attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Fighting and Psychic attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x2 super-effective attacks against Fighting types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Poison and Steel types.
• Completely ineffective against Dark types.

Rock

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel and Water attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Fire, Flying, Normal and Poison attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Bug, Fire, Flying, and Ice dual types.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Bug, Fire, Flying and Ice types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Fighting, Ground and Steel types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Fighting, Ground, and Steel dual types.

Steel

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Fighting, Fire and Ground attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Bug, Dark, Dragon, Flying, Grass, Ghost, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock and Steel attacks.
• Immune to Poison type attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x2 super-effective attacks against Ice and Rock types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Electric, Fire and Water types.
• x0.25 less effective attacks against Electric, Fire, and Water dual types.

Water

Defensive Effectiveness:

• x2 weak against Electric and Grass attacks.
• x0.5 resistant to Fire, ice, Steel and Water attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:

• x4 super-effective attacks against Fire/Ground types.
• x2 super-effective attacks against Fire and Ground types.
• x0.5 less effective attacks against Dragon and Grass types.

List of Pokémon

First Generation

Second Generation

Third Generation

Fourth Generation

Fifth Generation

Sixth Generation

Seventh Generation

Eighth Generation