I ranked ALL 153 Pokemon Type Combinations
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- There are 153 different Pokemon type combinations, and world champion Wolfe Glick ranked every single one.
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I always wondered why S-tier was above A-tier. Now I know the S stands for Steel.
🤣
@Vedant Pachori then what is c, d and f
@@dangerous1580 C - Could be better
D - Das pretty bad, ngl
F - Frick my dude! just pick another one
@@San-lh8us nice one
B tier……. Still got the B tier…. (If you watch Spragels lol)
“However neither type can hit steel for even neutral damage” is the theme of the video
steel type is like a fortress
@@potatoman1763 Forretress*
With "However neither type can hit dragon for even neutral damage" being a close 2nd.
Lets make that wolfey's "emia meaning presence in blood"
Neither can Steel and Fairy but that aint mentioned
Two things I took from this:
1) Steel resists everything
2. Ice deals quad to everything
Ice as Pokémon Type D=
Ice as Attack type =D
@@El_Chuchuca the true glass cannon style
Yep. In my Scarlet run I taught my Luxray Ice Fang and with a Quick Claw it took out a few Ground Types.
@@El_Chuchuca which is why ice type is massively buffed by terastalization: Keep your offence, drop your junk defense
3: Ground also deals quad to everything
Wolfey: "Do you want a dragon that really loses to fairies?"
Me doing a monotype dragon run:
"Actually yes, it knows poison jab and has a sash"
Hydreigon is my favorite pokemon. I will die on this hill.
Steel and fairy: ☺️
@@ToddallanceCanonmy Garchimp know Brick Break… start counting
sash gets used up tho?
@@wiritpollapcharoenporn3168fairy resists fighting, nuetral damage
The main 2 characteristics of a good pokemon type combination:
1. Hit steel types
2. Be steel type
Steel fighting
Excadrill is still a powerhouse.
It doesn't even have to be super effective to work
Heatran is Jesus
@@hirschmeistr6842 who cannot touch the ground
“Just like Goliath, this pair give a 4x weakness to rock” Comedy gold
This quote has been approved by God
I’m an idiot so I scroll through comments as I’m watching videos, and I saw this comment just before it popped up in the video. Increíble.
@@Pablo360able you’re not an idiot!
I dont get it.
@@Crusina bible joke
30:23 Can we talk about the fact that Mamoswine threatens more than half of the Pokémon in the game with Super-Effective Damage
I can stop it with my flamethrower!
@@jeffreygao3956 it has thick fat
@@kimernhansen5624 That’s great…if it has a hidden ability. But none can stand the POWER OF AURA!
ghost and normal is just such a cool typing and the fact its so good is a nice bonus
What does the normal typing do in that scenario? It feels like a mono ghost typing
@@davidv1341 It removes Ghost's weakness to itself by making it into an immunity, and Ghost does the same to Normal's weakness to Fighting, leaving only a weakness to Dark Type, which it can hit neutrally with Normal.
0:15 bug-ice (153 F)
1:12 bug-flying (148 F)
2:00 bug-normal (145 F)
3:45 bug-fighting (141 D)
6:57 bug-poison (129 D)
7:31 bug-dark (127 D)
10:10 bug-psychic (118 D)
10:21 bug-fairy (117 D)
11:50 bug-rock (112 C)
13:47 bug-dragon (102 C)
17:46 bug-ground (79 C)
19:43 bug-fire (68 B)
24:33 bug-electric (40 B)
30:35 bug-steel (8 S)
0:24 ice-rock (152 F)
1:24 ice-normal (147 F)
4:52 ice-flying (137 D)
5:39 ice-fairy (134 D)
5:55 ice-fire (133 D)
7:47 ice-psychic (126 D)
10:36 ice-poison (116 D)
15:43 ice-fighting (90 C)
21:47 ice-electric (55 B)
30:20 ice-ground (9 A)
0:36 dark-psychic (151 F)
2:10 dark-rock (144 F)
8:02 dark-ice (125 D)
9:24 dark-fighting (121 D)
9:54 dark-normal (119 D)
13:41 dark-dragon (103 C)
17:32 dark-ground (81 C)
18:39 dark-flying (73 C)
0:48 grass-bug (150 F)
1:00 grass-ice (149 F)
1:41 grass-psychic (146 F)
7:16 grass-flying (128 F)
8:21 grass-fighting (124 D)
11:39 grass-fairy (113 C)
13:59 grass-normal (101 C)
14:48 grass-water (96 C)
15:08 grass-dark (94 C)
18:48 grass-ghost (72 C)
20:48 grass-fire (61 B)
2:25 fire-rock (143 F)
11:02 fire-electric (114 D)
13:11 fire-poison (106 C)
14:40 fire-flying (97 C)
15:35 fire-normal (91 C)
18:19 fire-water (75 C)
22:48 fire-fighting (49 B)
23:08 fire-ground (47 B)
27:32 fire-psychic (25 A)
29:37 fire-fairy (14 A)
29:45 fire-dark (13 A)
3:30 normal-poison (142 D)
4:05 normal-rock (140 D)
13:33 normal-flying (104 C)
15:00 normal-fighting (95 C)
19:58 normal-ground (66 B)
31:28 normal-ghost (2 S)
17:53 poison-ground (78 C)
19:54 poison-grass (67 B) sus
25:37 poison-water (35 B)
30:43 poison-dark (7 S)
4:18 ground-grass (139 D)
4:39 ground-rock (138 D)
5:08 rock-poison (136 D)
5:26 rock-electric (135 D)
6:42 rock-psychic (130 D)
9:44 rock-steel (120 D)
12:31 rock-grass (109 C)
15:26 rock-flying (92 C)
16:30 rock-water (86 C)
18:28 rock-fighting (74 C)
19:08 rock-fairy (71 B)
6:08 dragon-rock (132 D)
6:26 dragon-grass (131 D)
12:39 dragon-flying (108 C)
12:51 dragon-fighting (107 C)
13:24 dragon-psychic (105 C)
14:19 dragon-ice (99 C)
18:10 dragon-electric (76 C)
20:39 dragon-ground (62 B)
21:08 dragon-normal (59 B)
21:39 dragon-poison (56 B)
21:55 dragon-fairy (54 B)
24:42 dragon-fire (39 B)
29:49 dragon-water (12 A)
8:46 ghost-psychic (123 D)
15:19 ghost-ice (93 C)
17:39 ghost-bug (80 C)
20:06 ghost-dark (65 B)
20:58 ghost-poison (60 B)
21:27 ghost-rock (57 B)
22:06 ghost-flying (53 B)
22:58 ghost-fairy (48 B)
23:36 ghost-dragon (45 B)
24:11 ghost-ground (42 B)
24:56 ghost-electric (38 B)
25:10 ghost-fire (37 B)
28:39 ghost-fighting (19 A)
28:52 ghost-water (18 A)
9:03 steel-ice (122 D)
16:43 steel-normal (85 C)
22:27 steel-poison (51 B)
22:37 steel-dark (50 B)
26:20 steel-grass (32 A)
26:50 steel-fire (29 A)
27:08 steel-flying (27 A)
27:22 steel-psychic (26 A)
27:54 steel-water (23 A)
29:04 steel-dragon (17 A)
29:13 steel-fighting (16 A)
29:59 steel-ghost (11 A)
30:11 steel-ground (10 A)
10:50 water-ice (115 D)
23:58 water-flying (43 B)
25:26 water-bug (36 B)
25:58 water-normal (34 A)
27:00 water-psychic (28 A)
27:42 water-fighting (24 A)
28:00 water-dark (22 A)
30:52 water-ground (6 S)
31:09 water-fairy (4 S)
12:04 fighting-poison (111 C)
20:16 fighting-ground (64 B)
24:21 fighting-flying (41 B)
12:17 flying-psychic (110 C)
16:11 flying-poison (88 C)
31:02 flying-ground (5 S)
14:09 electric-grass (100 C)
15:55 electric-poison (89 C)
17:06 electric-ground (83 C)
18:01 electric-water (77 C)
22:16 electric-normal (52 B)
23:24 electric-dark (46 B)
23:49 electric-psychic (44 B)
26:31 electric-steel (31 A)
28:16 electric-flying (21 A)
28:30 electric-fighting (20 A)
29:22 electric-fairy (15 A)
14:30 psychic-poison (98 C)
16:22 psychic-ground (87 C)
16:55 psychic-normal (84 D)
17:20 psychic-fighting (82 C)
19:19 psychic-fairy (70 B)
19:31 fairy-flying (69 B) :)
20:27 fairy-poison (63 B)
21:19 fairy-normal (58 B)
26:08 fairy-dark (33 A)
26:40 fairy-fighting (30 A)
31:19 fairy-ground (3 A)
31:38 fairy-steel (1 A) DA BEST
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I incredibly broke out laughing when wolfie said "Surprisingly,Bug/Ghost has some good amount of resistances and immunities" like if shedinja would ever need them anyways lmao
Those immunities weren't enough aperently
i mean, if theres ever another bug/ghost...
Shedinja has a decent amount of immunities. In terms of quantity of immunities, I would put it in C tier..
/s
That's part of why it's surprising, because you don't need to think about resistances or immunities when dealing with the only Bug/Ghost type at present.
@@gengarzilla1685 yea just bring a pokemon with fire type move or something
“Fire fighting, everyone’s favourite typing.” Made me laugh more than it should have.
With Pokémon Infinite Fusion getting more popular, this video is a great way to learn why you should(n't) combine certain types
I took the average of the spot that each type ended up at and here are the results (rounded up):
Steel - 39
Water - 44
Ghost - 50
Fairy - 53
Ground - 59
Electric - 61
Fire - 68
Fighting - 72
Dragon - 77
Flying - 80
Dark - 81
Poison - 85
Normal - 91
Psychic - 92
Bug - 104
Grass - 107
Ice - 115
Rock - 116
Good job
The top 5 best types for combinations, overall, are ground, thanks to 5 of its type combos being in the top ten, fairy, best offensive, ghost, for having the most immunities, and can hit steel types, water, for being all around balanced and is able to hit steel, which most types usually can not, and steel for being the best defensive, as for the 5 worst types, we have the two worst types, bug, which does better than ice, thanks to some higher placements for a few, and ice, which is the 2nd worst due to low placements, but at they have on in the top ten, grass, which has more higher placements than the other types, and but is held back due to lower placements, psychic, which gets a head a good bit thanks to having three in a, but none in s, and rock, which is the worst overall, thanks to having most of the combos in the lower tiers, with none in s or a, which allows bug, grass, and ice to get ahead of them.
definitive proof that steel is the best type in the game
Surprised to see Rock last, my guess would be Bug or Ice. Great work you did
@@juanaugustolopez8747 it’s mainly thanks to rock having no holders of the a or s teir, while every other types has at least one in either of the two top tiers.
What I understood from this video:
1) If you can't hit steel types for at least neutral you're trash
2) DO YOU WANNA REALLY LOSE TO FAIRY?
However Steel/Fairy is still #1 of all
and Grass/Dark which can hit Steel neutral is also trash.
Fairy is OP still.
And Ice, if not paired with Electric or Ground, is better off being pure Ice type.
The #1 typing does not hit Steel for neutral, though.
The fact that Wolfey went the extra length of showing random Pokémons for inexistent type combos (at that time at least) like Kricketot, Meowth-G, Garbodor, Sunflora, Meloetta-P, Zeraora, Vulpix and Phanpy but didn't show Malamar.
9:23
Do you want a Fighting Type that REALLY loses to Fairy?
12:50
Do you want a Dragon Type that REALLY loses to Fairy?
13:39
Do you want a Dark Type that REALLY loses to Fairy?
Patrick: Yes.
Do you want a pokemon that REALLY loses to Fairy?
Yes. Because all three can learn a move to cover that weakness.
That "That's how many pokemon there are" at both rank 151 and 150 was a good bit that I think is being criminally overlooked
also at 120
I got it because I grew up with gen 1. Its a bit of lore most people dont' know. (That is, mew was in the game as pokemon 151, but hidden until later in the anime/manga.
@@chrisatlas4503 I noticed this, but I don't get the joke 😅
@@SImrobert2001 Pretty sure just about everyone knows that...
Anyone know why it's also at 120?
"inability to hit steel types" sounds like a problem most types face tbh...
Turns out having a type that resists 11 other types and is strong against the best type in the game is a fairly big deal
I feel like for a Pokemon "good coverage", it needs to be able to at least hit Steel neutrally. That's like the Number 1 deciding factor
Steel literally resists the #1 typing on this list
I think Psychic is due a buff... Psychic neutral v Steel, whilst we're at it Fairy weak to Fire and loses it's Bug resist (or even add a bug freeze dry called Locust Plague that hits Fairy for SE)
@@johnhawkins5314 yeah, steel resisting psychic is really dumb when bending spoons is literally THE psychic thing
I love how similar Ground and rock are, but when rock is paired with Ice its horrible, but when ground is paired with ice its one of the best
Ground/Ice is still defensively dogshit though, and Wolfey only mentions offensive in his rating.
Sure, it's not as bad as Rock/Ice, but giving Ground/Ice an A ranking is optimistic
@InhabitantOfOffworld I thought Ground-Ice deserved S tier. I am more offensively because not being able to switch into STAB moves for almost any type combination is an important factor for a pokemon
Thank you for the explanation of this! I've played pokemon since I was a kid but am only just now trying to learn more about making actually good teams for battling. This was very educational.
Another thing about Ghost Fighting that I think should be mentioned, Not only can it hit all single types for neutral damage, It can hit all dual types with the exception to Normal Ghost for neutral too
That's interesting. That'd apply to any type that has immunities, like Electric Ghost can't hit a Normal Ground, but can hit everything else for neutral
It’s super fun because marshadow basically never needs coverage, the only attacking move it basically EVER runs that isn’t fighting or ghost is hidden power ice, basically solely for zygarde complete in gen 7 but since hidden power is gone now that isn’t even relevant
@@akio0191 Electric/Ghost also can't hit Grass/Normal, Electric/Normal, or Dragon/Normal for neutral. Ghost/Fighting is unique in that every type that resists one is weak to the other.
Honestly I’m surprised that wasn’t considered more important here. I feel like most Pokémon when they hit their final evolution are dual typed which would make it very relevant for a list such as this (but again, with the sheer number of them, I can see why it wasn’t included).
Ground/fairy hits every type combination for at least neutral….. In Gravity
And would also hit a lot more Pokémon for super-effective such as steel flying, electric flying, fire flying, rock flying, poison flying and all the Pokémon that hide their weakness through levitation.
He wasn’t lying went he said ground fairy could break the game.
“Do you want a pair that REALLY loses to Fairy?”
This and “However neither can hit steel for neural damage.”
The lessons of this video.
They were funny lol
Also but their 4x weakness to ground holds this type back
Next thing you know, throth types combine with each other phenomenally. It makes sense as the trifecta of holdbacks.
@@crimsonfox8496 next thing you know "this new type combination does 2x damage to every type in the game and is immune to every type in the game with one exception, which is its 4x weakness to ground which really holds it back, that's a C tier for me"
this is exactly why steel-fairy is THE strongest typing in pokemon
Oh, so this is why Mawile is ridiculously sturdy when I ran her through Omega Ruby. It’s my first pokemon run too.
Normal is my favorite type so it sucks that it really adds nothing to any type combination it's part of - I've thought for a long time that Normal should at least resist Fairy.
Out of the best types you choose normal
@@RerPorud-rl8ve I chose my favorite.
Two types *benefit* from normal, Psychic and Ghost
@@Hello_World_not_takenthat and normal synergizes with ghost so well it beats out almost all fairy and steel combinations.
IF A TYPE COMBINATION HAS NO POKEMON WE PUT A POKEMON THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR IT (FLYGON/DRAPION/GARBODOR/COFAGRIGUS ETC) HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR THE WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE BAYBEEEEEE
no cap Drapion caught me off guard
WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE 💪💪‼️‼️
THAT'S THE WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE BAYBEEEEE
woah, calm down wolfy...
Explains the mudsdale
What I'm hearing is that fire/poison, fire/steel, electric/steel, or any other type combo whose main weakness is x4 ground becomes MUCH better with Levitate
And two of these are part Fire, which is interesting considering how underrated Fire is defensively with having the second largest amount of resistances.
@@IgnitedQuils the issue is alot of fire types are just glass cannons
@@TheForbiddenMoon True, and there are some defensive Pokémon like Torkoal but it’s slow and Stealth Rock weak. Heatran circumvents this due to taking advantage of its Fire typing that gives it 5 4x resistances, good stats and having Flash Fire.
@@IgnitedQuils i know i was just saying most are just glass cannons and kinda pointless to have so many of the same thing
If we got a Levitate Pokemon with Skill Swap, battling would go wild.
Edit: yo, Bronzong can. Mismagius and Haunter too.
Edit 2: Cresselia as well, Wolfe even used it on a tournament to support Heatran!
I love how the video starts with the two worst types making the penultimate worst type combo and then ends with the two most obviously overpowered types making an obviously overpowered type combo
“Imagine if they gave Tyranitar a good typing” damn that aged real well with Scarlet and Violet 😳
Wait did tyranitar get buffed or something in scarlet/violet?? I must of missed something
@@testerwulf3357 in the trailer where they introduce Terastal Pokémon (new gimmick of Scarlet & Violet) they showed Tyranitar changing its type to Ghost so it would be immune to Fighting attacks (Terastal Phenomenon allows any Pokémon to change its type once per battle to a predetermined type when caught, though all Pokémon can have any type as their Terastal typing).
And also there's Iron Thorns, but that's more of a different Pokémon with a similar design
And in hindsight Tyranitar is good because dark/rock is still his best typing, Protecting him from Prankster, Rocks, counters the overwhelming amount of Psychic legendaries aswell as Flying types
@@Shinobin333 Tyranitar is not protected from rocks. Dark/ground, or dark/steel would have been much better as an anti-prankster sandstorm user
Not a SINGLE water type was mentioned until 115, that shows that it’s so good that it still can thrive when paired with ice
Water is the best single typing in the game, imo 😄
Only resisted by Water, Grass and Dragon, all weak to Freeze-Dry. There isn't a single type that doesn't combine well with Water.
Instant good type combo, just add Water
@@DreamerGalaxius steel exists
@@AdrianPothead ok?
'What type are you?' 'I am unable to hit steel types' 'Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?'
I really appreciate all the work that went into this ranking. I wonder if it’s feasible to rank them purely defensively and then purely offensively and then have their final rank be a composite value of their two scores. It seems like in some of the rankings, their numerous offensive capabilities are negated by one weakness, or 1/4 damage on a few types.
I love your job bro, thank your for all the help
While Ice/Fighting doesn't do well defensively, being able to hit 9 types (50% of the type chart) with super effective damage is an insane offensive combo... too bad it's on crabominable.
Crabominable really doesn't do the combo justice.
I played pokemon insurgence and there you can find a "delta scyther" who is ice/fighting. You can make him a mega scizor with that type combination and it absolutely destroys when it comes to offense power. Maybe thats why we don't see an actual good pokemon for that typing xD
In pokemon unbound, it has gorilla tactics and its kinda lit tbh. It hits sooo hard
if ice fighting was given on a fast, glass cannon like weavile, it 100% be banned from smogon OU
Imagine A Legendary Pokemon with an Ice/Fighting type.
Its lore is gonna be like Diancie. It will be like a mutated creature that exists once in while. It is a one of kind creature of an existing pokemon that lives in the mountains, managing to survive the harsh weather and cold. Once in a while, a Pokemon of their species will be chosen and will mutate (more like evolve), to become their chosen protector. It wards off evil doers that wants to capture their rare species by manipulating the unwelcoming blizzards.
Its typing would be Ice/Fighting. It is a frail but fast special attacker (Greninja or Calyrex-Shadow).
It's Signature ability would be called Icy Aura, which is the opposite of Speed Boost with a bonus. Every 2 turns, Pokemons including allies, will have their speed stat lowered by 1 stage. If contact moves were done against Pokemon with this ability, their speed stat is lowered by 2 stages.
It's Signature move would be called "Vacuum Chill" a Fighting type special move with 90 base power and 100% accuracy. Its effects is that it has a 15% of Freezing the target.
It has access to Earth Power and Freeze Dry.
And the Set would be like
Vacuum Chill
Freeze Dry
Earth Power
Flash Cannon
I just wanna cry if I ever face that kind of pokemon.
From my observation, rock types really get outclassed, it's almost like a detriment to be a rock type, plus all of the hard hitting rock moves tend to miss whenever I use them like Stone Edge
Yeah, Rock has often been the whipping boy dragging things like ground even further down. Ground is good until you combine it with rock and give it that 4x weakness to water and grass.
You try throwing a rock at a butterfly and see how it goes :L
@@VanishingPuppet depends on the size of the butterfly. Is it tiny or the size of a small child?
Yeah Rock has a ton of weaknesses to really common types, tied with Grass for the most weaknesses of any type. Because of this it’s really common for dual typings featuring Rock to have at least one 4x weakness because the probability of having an overlap is so high.
It’s got its merits though. Good offensive coverage STAB coverage, and it benefits a lot from sandstorms (getting a Sp.Def boost is really really good because most Rock types have great physical bulk, so the boost gives them very well-rounded defenses). STAB Rock Slide is really nice as well, and it has a fair number of useful resistances to make up for its weaknesses. Fire and Flying-types are pretty common so countering them is always useful.
@@DissedRedEngie Hey, Butterfree isnt that small
How fitting that the worst (Bug/Ice) loses badly to the best (Fairy/Steel).
I think it looses even more badly to Fire/Steel & Fire/Rock.
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Fun fact, in gen 1, paras and parasect had 3 4x weaknesses because bug was weak to poison.
Isn’t parasect bug poison? When you have a typing it’s resistant to that typing, no?
@@mattl1962 bug grass
@@mattl1962 not always. As pointed out, first of all, Paras is Bug/Grass, not Bug/Poison, and secondly, not all types resist themselves. There's the obvious in Ghost and Dragon being _weak_ to their own type, but there's also Normal, Fighting, Flying, Ground, Rock, Bug, and Fairy that are neutral to themselves. Only the remaining 9 types, Poison, Steel, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Ice, and Dark, resist themselves.
And it is one of the very few/ the only? Pokémon with an 8x weakness thanks to dry skin.
@@aldoushuxley5953 except that Dry Skin doesn't double damage, it adds 25%, so it's 1.25×4, or _5×_ weak to fire
I actually used a mathematical concept called "Pareto Optimization" to find what I would consider to be the best type combinations
Basically, it measures two characteristics, and if another combination can improve one without harming another, what you have is NOT a Pareto Optimal configuration. Anything where this does apply, and any gain to one characteristic comes at a cost to the other measured characteristic, is a Pareto Optimal Configuration.
The two characteristics I measured were the number of resistances (counting doubles and immunities as one), and number of types hit for super-effective damage. If any type combination had the same number of resistances as another but hit more types super-effectively, the other was removed from the list, and vice-versa.
After running through all the combinations I discovered there were only 9 Pareto Optimal Type Combinations (combos where no other type simultaneously resisted as much or more and hit as much or more):
Ice/Fighting (3 resistances, hits 9)
Fire/Ground (6 resistances, hits 8)
Fighting/Rock (6 resistances, hits 8)
Ground/Rock (6 resistances, hits 8)
Ground/Fairy (6 resistances, hits 8)
Ground/Steel (10 resistances, hits 7)
Steel/Fairy (11 resistances, hits 6)
Electric/Steel (12 resistances, hits 5)
Ghost/Steel (12 resistances, hits 5)
Using number of weaknesses as a tiebreaker (and, failing that, number of types that resist both), I brought it to five:
Ice/Fighting
Fire/Ground (had the fewest weaknesses of the 6/8s)
Ground/Steel
Steel/Fairy
Ghost/Steel (Electric/Steel couldn't hit electric types, while nothing resists both steel and ghost)
I decided to find the best by adding up resistances and hits and dividing by weaknesses, and got the following:
Ice/Fighting: 2
Fire/Ground: 4.67
Ground/Steel: 4.25
Steel/Fairy: 8.5
Ghost/Steel: 4.25
By this metric, Steel/Fairy is mathematically the best type combination in the game.
(For anyone curious, doing the same for single types yields only four Pareto Optimal single types: Fire, Steel, Fighting, and Ground, though Fighting is resisted by more types than Ground)
I still love how Ice/Fighting only lasted for so long by the fact that it hit nine types and nothing else. It’s also otherwise the most unimpressive Pareto Optimal typing.
What about taking into account the number of other type combos a type combo can hit for 4x damage?
Can we nerf fairy pls.
@@serge2cool I think it's balanced if you want to nerf , nerf steel
@@iantaakalla8180 The biggest glass-canon of the bunch, but nothing resists more without hitting less so it's "optimal" by this standard.
I always thought Dark + Ghost was op and putting that into Shedinja would be simply pain.
Wolfey saying Normal/Ghost Shedinja would be God-level when Dark/Ghost Shedinja wouldn't have to deal with priority.
this is a great video to get good ideas for gen 9 Tera types
I nearly lost my mind laughing when he put up Flygon at "Bug-Dragon"
lol
I hesitated for a second there lol
Oh man! ngl, I honestly got pissed off there for second. I just let it go and assumed he wanted to save a Garchomp sprite for the ground/dragon part.
Side note: The reason I got mad was because Flygon is one of my favorites and I’m just straight up sucker gen 3 in general. lol
Because it definitely makes sense that the Trapinch line, which is based on antlions, doesn’t have a Bug type
i noticed Bug-Dark was Drapion
Fun fact: Flying, Water, and Psychic are the only types to be paired with every other type
Not surprising since Birds and fish are the majority of the Animals on this planet.
Since Pokemon are usually inspired by existing animals it's a bit insane that both of them just got one standard type, meaning you basically fit 90% of Animals in two types.
You can find every type in a fish since there are so many of them. Same with Birds.
Psychic is also not surprising since it's basically just a short for "has magical abilitys" which is obviously well liked in Fantasy games and a very huge category. You can also just add that to basically anything.
Those three typings in this spot do make perfect sense.
@@eliasvonbrille when you find out insects are the majority of animals on the planet.
@@shorelinefishing9213 You know what I mean. But true. Insects also have just one type now that you mention it.
@@eliasvonbrille im just messing with you 🤣 i know haha
If Scarlet and Violet have a Dragon/Bug Pokemon than Dragon will also be paired with every other type
Psychic dark is probably most neutral double typing if it comes to pre gen 4 games
Glad you doubled subs since this vid!
At this rate, Pokemon Types are going to invade Wolfey’s dreams with the amount of combinations there are. We should be thankful there’s no Pokémon with three types otherwise, this video would just be a couple of hours long!
Congrats on 500k subs!
The maximum possible combinations with 18 types is 306))
Let It sink in
The mad lad did it
@@varsik289 That is a lot smaller than I'd thought it would be. With that number, this video would only be like an hour and a half, so not too bad.
Thinking about the best possible triple type...
@@varsik289 Depends on how you see it.
Is Water/Electric different from Electric/Water?
Then yes.
Otherwise, there's only half as many.
Gotta love how despite being one of the worst types overall, you can still see combinations with the bug type throughout the whole list and all ranks. Although they got carried pretty Hard by the Steel type, you gotta remember that Bug types resist both Fighting and Ground. Which eliminate two of the Steel Weaknesses, while Steel eliminates the Rock and Flying weaknesses of the Bug type. It's a match made in Pokemon Heaven when it comes to types.
Well asides from fire
@@theiandhchannel382 and hell is fire thus it's made for heaven!
Bug itself is actually a pretty good type. I think it gets a bad rap because so many bug pokemon happen to be bad, not the type itself.
@@stephen4006 Bug is an atrocious type, it's super effective against little and resisted by a LOT. Defensively it's ok, but gets hit neutrally by too much to be strong defensive typing unless paired with something that brings a bunch of resistances.
A case can be made for any typing depending on certain conditions, but bug is deservedly at the bottom.
@@voigto it’s super effective against 3 types, which is the norm. Defensively it has good resistances, being able to safely switch in on earthquake and fighting moves
the editing on the pokemon flying in was such a good touch to this lmfao
Interesting video thanks wolfe
Quick fun fact :
If there was a pokemon that every type in the game, it would have a 2x weakness to rock
Set up gravity and it's 8× weak to Ground. It's also 1/8 resistant to Bug and Grass.
@@EnriqueLaberintico It's also 4x weak to freeze-dry.
After playing Legends Arceus a lot, ghost/normal is just so fun to play with. I hope they use that pairing more in the future games
Ghost but it's immune to itself
Still holding out for a Schrodinger cat Pokemon
Yeah you hit basically everything for neutral damage
@@soulofsomething6651 Which is pretty good considering the typing’s defensiveness. Ghost-Normal is just a better Ghost.
@@OakenTome Both Types compliment each other SO WELL
Getting tips from one of the best players of all time is a really good way to become a great player in the future.
I was wondering when water fighting was gonna show up since i love using poliwrath,didnt expect it to be an A Tier since i thought it got carried by its offense,so i expect it an B or low B tier,truly interesting
"Number 13: Fire/Dark... Incineroar."
Actually killed me
It's not even that great of a type, it's got a lot of weaknesses, all of them are anoying (basically weak to the most spammed tyes in the game), but just the fact incineroar exists makes the type.
@@artimist0315 Its got pressure from bug, fairy, water, ground, etc.
@@tropicalsimonthirty2283 it is not weak against bug and fairy but being weak to rock slide, earthquake, water type attacks and fighting type attacks is not what I would expect for a top 15 type. Like you are weak to kyogre, groudon, rock slide, kingdra, ...
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incineroar is fire dark type
As a fan of steel types since I started playing Pokemon in the early 2000's, I declare this list based and steel-pilled.
Tell Sneako to take the SteelPill too
Arya Jasmine, Steven Stone, Byron, Wikstrom, Molayne, or Poppy?
If you escape the trick room, you will be free, all you need to do is take the Steel Pill. I hate Water Pilled normies that cope.
Steel type is so over powered that it does not only resist most mono types but resist most type combinations too.
26:25 I like how Ferrothorn is is slowly creeping up here like he is not capable of mass destruction.
Not in Pokemon Go he aint lmao
Huge congrats on 500k Wolfey! Just like Steel/Fairy, you are S Tier.
steel/fairy is a youtuber? what's its channel?
@@tekayo63 Oops, I edited it so it fits a bit better.
Steel fairy is busted shouldn't even exist , and to balance that out they introduces Zacian lmao
@@vedaryan334 well its not like they would make a pokemon with broken stats/typing and make its ability give it a free attack boost right?
@@VampiresAreRealGuys It's basically a choice band that doesn't lock you in one single move
Was wondering whether you’d just genuinely forgot that drapion was poison/dark and not bug/dark, but then I saw Flygon rep’ing it’s rightful typing and I knew I shouldn’t have let my faith waiver
Tf you talking about
@@Nadie47 at 7:35 he put up drapion which is poison and dark and not bug dark
Sunflora at grass fire tho?
@@RandomGenshinStuff because its a flower that looks like the sun that looks like fire and almost sounds like Sunfire
@@5l1g_fear11 you forgot about his other mistakes
I fell asleep almost at the end of the video, 10/10 video, both from good content and quailty, plus for the sleep
My favourite type combo ranked 48 being Ghost/Fairy. Thanks for showing my 2nd favourite pokemon mimikyu alongside it.
Mimikyu's my fav fictional thing ever :)
I like that bug gets a chance to shine when paired with the right type, making it somewhat viable to have a bug type
*Steel go brrrr*
@@BlackArche0ps _Scizor_ go brrr
@@planktonofbikinibottom exactly *brrr*
Fire/Bug is pretty Good
Volcarona especialy
@@soulofcinder518 bug and water. Bug and rock. Bug and steel. It’s actually extremely good as a secondary typing on some mons and completely terrible on others. Leavanny, frosmoth, shedinja, the later two ONLY being saved by their abilities. Shedinjas isn’t the worst but only adds weaknesses
To think that Tyranitar achieves excellence constantly with an F tier typing
Well he's just considering typing, not the stats
Well it is because he is enough of a beast offensively which neuters it's bad defensiveness typing.
Plus he has a wooping 225 base special defense when he has assault vest and sandstream. Making him actually a 725 base stats pokemon.
If you have problems with Calyrex-S bring a tyranitar. He easily resists and oneshots him. Plus if Calyrex has a Focus Sash, the sandstorm will either break it or finish him when it has 1hp.
Tyranitar would be a box legendary if it had at least a D tier typing
It should be noted he's only rating them defensively.
A lot of Pokemon are strong because they have extremely powerful STAB options that cover each other. Also not all weaknesses are created equal. TTar might be weak to a lot but he does have defensive utility in spades because rock's special defense is boosted by sandstorm, doesn't take damage from it, resists stealth rock and his dark typing gives him a lot of utility against psychics.
@@xshadowx32hd66 And with terastalization, it can!
I hope a fire electric pokemon comes out thats not a oven.
27:34 justice for My girl Delphox, she did nothing wrong
Yep. I'd always maintained that Water/Flying is an undervalued combo that gets unfairly dismissed just because of that double Electric weakness. This might be the first time I've seen someone actually give a fair analysis on it.
You and me both, in fact It is my favorite type combo mainly because of Gyarados.
@@gimmealldafoodz2625 This is the set i like running:
Slevian (Gyarados) (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Moxie
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 76 HP / 132 Atk / 228 Def / 60 SpD / 12 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Crunch
- Avalanche/Ice Fang
- Dragon Dance
When you type specialize in a type that has little-to-no electric coverage (at least, not on anything decent), like Dark, you begin to appreciate the threat that Water/Flying poses.
I've also always noted that Flying is way better coverage for Water than Ice. Ice coverage may hit Grass but Flying does that same thing without being resisted by Water itself; the utter bane of a Water/Ice combo. Water and Flying is altogether a very compatible pairing.
I really hope Quaxly's evolutions are Water/Flying because then I would always pick it for Gen 9 playthroughs.
@@gengarzilla1685 I mean, Gyarados only learns Bounce and Hurricane for Flying moves, but Bounce leaves you vulnerable to certain moves and Gyarados' SpA is horrible. It can, however, get Ice Fang, which hits Grass-types almost as hard, and Grass/Ground types like Torterra harder.
As funny as the quick takes on Amoonguss and Incineroar were, I'd really have liked to hear you go over why exactly those combos worked so well.
All I can gather for Fire/Dark is that fire’s fairy and bug resistance helps complement dark, and then dark resists stuff and is strong against stuff that fire isn’t
- Grass/Poison has 4 decently common weaknesses with 5 very useful resistances. The two hit 5 types super effective, but struggle against Poison and Steel types. Notably, a Grass/Poison Pokemon is a Poison-type that isn't weak to Ground, and being a Grass-type that isn't weak to Poison or Bug is something interesting.
- Fire/Dark has 6 good resistances and 1 immunity with only 4 weaknesses, albeit common ones. The two hit every individual type in the game at least neutrally, with 6 types being hit super effectively. Fire/Dark crucially gives you a Dark-type that isn't weak to Fairy (or Bug for that matter).
What about pyroar guysss
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amogus
My favourite type is normal normal type
It has a 2x immunity to ghost, that's cracked
Water Dark. I think the typing fits so well together. Like the deep blue dark sea.
Favorite type period is Steel type, that's because I love technology.
I would’ve liked if you threw in all the monotypes into this list too, just to see how they stack up against dual-typings, I’d have been curious to see how mono Electrics and Steels stack up against dual-typings that include Electric and Steel, for example.
Mono Electric is one of the worst types in the game. They invariably have garbage coverage and HAD TO rely on Hidden Power to not lose to any of the thousands of Ground-types littering higher level play. Now Hidden Power is gone, and mono-Electric is dookie. Mono Steel is pretty garbage offensively, but if it has good support moves it's great. Steel-types generally do not have good support moves, though, and Mono-Steels tend to be bulky and deal okay damage, but go down easily to one of the millions of Close Combats flying around.
@@Skeloperch what about every other type and where would you rank them on this list?
@@Borchert97 Just off the top of my head I would guess that mono water would have to be up there as one of the better ones, since it only has 2 weaknesses, hits 3 types for super effective, has 4 resistances, and only 3 types resist it. That’s why those bulky mono waters like Suicune, Milotic, Alomomola, Vaporeon, etc were so annoying, because they were so difficult to break. Just an idea though, I’d imagine mono steel would be up there too.
Among the monos, I'd say the best three are Water, Steel, and Fairy. You have to actively try to go wrong when combining any two of these types in one Pokémon.
@@gengarzilla1685 I know well which monotypes are the best, but which monotypes are better than most dual-types. For example, what dual-types get beat out by Water? Where would one plug the monotypes into this video’s list? I think it’s a fair question to answer and Wolfey should remake this video with the monotypes included.
Once they make a steel fairy type with Flame Absorb. You can just make it use magnet rise on itself or hold the Air balloon, you could also telekinesis it in double battles, so that it has 0 weaknesses. The day this comes, it will be over.
Until it is banned, or it just has horrendous stats
Mold breaker fire blast 👍
Bronzong but even worse.
Edit: This is possible in Almost Any Ability.
Well they likely wouldn't give it magnet rise, and an air balloon pops after one hit. Telekinesis in double battles is a valid concern
Wait until you find out about the tynamo line
Leaning more towards horrendous stats. It will have the power of a God, but won’t be able to use its full potential
I just realized, electric only has 1 weakness
my favorite pairing is ghost fairy, not only because ghost and fairy are my favorite types in the game, but also solely because of mimikyu. glad its pretty high in the ranks
I wish he included single types into this tier list just to see how single types compared to combinations
Normal / Electro probably the best
Water is right before Normal/Water or Water/Bug - but then you'd have to promote it to A-tier.
Most of them will probably just be beside the normal dual type
Monotype is the reason why some pokemon starters are horrendous to use. Rare case like Cinderace is good due to its stat spread and very good ability.
@@maikbottcher795 Normal/Ghost:
i’m curious where e tier went
Honestly needed this for Pokémon showdown team building lmao. Plus, i was always curious about what type combo was the best anyway… again the phone reads my mind.
I can't believe there are 153 type combinations, that "Kumber" of dual types is insane
Well I think that’s the number of them that have been used up because there are 18 type combos and a Pokemon can have just one type that gives 324 possible combos of types
@@adnanhussain9906 306 actually
@@TheAutisticBrony explain your reasoning as there’s 18 for the mono types and then 18*17 for the duo types 18+18*17=324 so I don’t know how you got 306
@@adnanhussain9906 OH that makes sense.
@@adnanhussain9906 Both of you are wrong. When you use 18x17, you duplicate type combos like Fire/Steel and Steel/Fire, just because they organized differently, doesn't make then unique types. Because of this you do 18+18×17÷2.
18×17 is 306
306÷2 = 153 (Total Dual Types)
153 + 18 = 171 (Total Possible Types)
Man, Steel is just so insanely busted when combined with other types. When it's by itself it's fine because of it's common weaknesses, but paid it with a type which covers said weaknesses just breaks everything.
Really… Bastiodon beg differ, the dude barely resist anything.
Does the guy who make this list know Earthquake is the most popular move?
@@wiritpollapcharoenporn3168 When paired with a type that patches its weaknesses, it is busted. Bastiodon is not paired with a type that patches Steel weaknesses, thus it is extremely mediocre as a defensive mon. Something like Steel/Flying is so much better defensively than Steel/Rock.
@@michaelbowman6684 Fair enough (Skarmory is a pain to climb over)... but it is offensive potential still left a gaping hole. And Steel pokemon are still ridiculously slow. Skarmory base 70 SP is an open invitation to fire/fighting/electric type to fuck it with coverage move.
As a type, Steel is a wall that couldn't hit back, and that make it subpar (Lack luster move pool).
The best type would be water from the raw offensive and defensive power. It two main weakness is electric and grass. Ang grass being highly vulnerable make Electric the sure fire counter.
Bastiodon's problems are twofold: The lack of reliable recovery, and the complete uselessness of Rock as a defensive type. Can you stop trying to hold this crap Pokémon up as though it's anything good?
I really feel like most stuff is just 'how does this do against fairy types?" this really helped though, amazing video!
This is going to help me with making teams
I knew Fairy/Steel would be high on the tier list, though I hadn't expected top rank. Magearna and Zacian are awesome
nah, they are overpowered shits. i hate them
Mawile is awesome too, if mega evolutions are brought back it’ll become so much better competitively, a great type + huge power could very easily sweep teams, and even if it’s considered bad competitively, I still love Mawile
@@something4320 It might not be one of my favs, but I do love Mawile. Really sad how much hate it gets sometimes, even if it's not the most competitively viable.
I like Bug/Electric. Galvantula is one of my favorite mons because it has a cool design and I like the idea of Electroweb as a flavorful signature move. It makes so much sense for a predatory spider, but it changes the concept because it isn't just Poison like in real life.
This should be a part of your teaching players abt competitive!
I would love to see an add on video about how single types fit into this list for comparison
i would’ve loved to see where individual types ranked on this list, just to see what type combos are literally worse than just being mono ice.
The only fire electric pokemon is heat rotom, which has levitate and is therefore not 4x weak to ground in most cases.
Been using this video as my guide of what types to fuse in Pokémon fusion
My favorite typing is definitely Water/Ghost combo. I think it will place modestly (A or B tiers) but it just has a lot that can be done with it i feel not only battling wise but also for creature designs and lore. :)
Let’s go! Huge congrats on 500k! Also how much you want to bet nearly every steel type combo is in the top 50%.
Not rock and steel, sadgeggron
@@sirocco2810 Ice/Steel neither
@@TunaBear64 yeah it's crazy that the best defensive type can't make the worst defensive type any decent
@@sirocco2810 As shown on the video the only types that can make Ice decent are the ones good at offense, especially paired with Ice
Good luck finding a reliable check for Ice/Fighting, Ice/Ground or Ice/Electric
as an ice type enthusiast, you love to see an ice typing make it into the top 10
@@mrmacura3421 Ayo can I join?? I'm a great ghost type user too 🥰🥰👻👻
it kills drago
This list just proves how good of a defensive type steel is because it is literally in almost every single top 10 type combo 😭
Whoever made ice only fucking resist itself is a menace to society
While fire-electric is 4x weak to ground, the only pokemon I can think of with that type is rotom-heat, which has levitate.
While you are correct, he judged these in a vaccum
@@Deltan8yt ok thanks I didn't think of that
@@Deltan8yt he said rotom heat which is an oven, rotom vacuum is a vacuum
he's judging the typing, not pokemon with the typing..
@@justin4296 yes I'm aware
Poison/Dark, Normal/Ghost and Fairy/Steel are my favorites. Evil creatures using poison as weapons fit so well, and Normal/Ghost and Fairy/Steel have a nice contrast
Did you factor in moves like forest's curse and trick or treat, which adds grass and ghots type respectively to a pokemon's typing? This opens up triple and quadruple typings.
I think the blatant misinformation in some of the type combo examples is really funny
SO happy to see Water-Ground high up. Its always been a favorite of mine, with great pokemon like Swampert, Seismitoad, and the best pokemon, Quagsire.
Facts
gastrodon is better quagsire
@@tuhinkumarkole true, love me some slug
@@tuhinkumarkole all of them are fren
Ground tier S, please!
I love Electric/Fire because both are my favorite types. Hopefully we get more than just Rotom Oven someday.
^^^^^ same
Rotom electric stove incoming
Definitely an awesome typing, also goes to show how the typing doesn't tell the whole story since Rotom having Levitate nullifies it's biggest weakness.
Same and if it can fly like Rotom it would negate it's weakness against ground Types. Unfortunately it has another 4 Times weakness, Rock. But since Rock Types usually are slow, it would take only one Attack from another Type to get rid of it.
@@markomarinic3073 it’s not 4x weak to rock though only 2x
I find it kinda funny that I didn’t question that you put Flygon for Bug/Dragon before I looked up its stats and saw that it was Ground/Dragon
6:57 for bug dark, drapion isn’t actually a bug type, he’s poison dark.