I ranked ALL 153 Pokemon Type Combinations

[@WolfeyVGC]

Really, truly, thank you all for 500K Subscribers. I honestly never thought I'd even hit 100K, so it's a little hard to wrap my head around reaching this milestone. Here's to a million subs by the end of gen 9.

[@Nibbi106]

U deserve it ur a educational and funny guy. Ur editor is great btw I love how he edits

[@exocleats6937]

congrats!

[@EBOLAVlRUS]

good job wolfey!

[@memocvfl]

Congratulations

[@touchmyGstring]

30k sub gang here. How far you've come! Congrats

[@Tyr_ndo]

The main 2 characteristics of a good pokemon type combination: 1. Hit steel types 2. Be steel type

[@alisinanorouzi]

Steel fighting

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

Excadrill is still a powerhouse.

[@gekisage7448]

It doesn't even have to be super effective to work

[@hirschmeistr6842]

Heatran is Jesus

[@vihaan5734]

@@hirschmeistr6842 who cannot touch the ground

[@_lumpia]

“However neither type can hit steel for even neutral damage” is the theme of the video

[@potatoman1763]

steel type is like a fortress

[@Liam-Welch]

@@potatoman1763 Forretress*

[@LucianDevine]

With "However neither type can hit dragon for even neutral damage" being a close 2nd.

[@SuperUmizoomi]

Lets make that wolfey's "emia meaning presence in blood"

[@oof5992]

Neither can Steel and Fairy but that aint mentioned

[@Reczack]

I always wondered why S-tier was above A-tier. Now I know the S stands for Steel.

[@indianchad]

🤣

[@dangerous1580]

@Vedant Pachori then what is c, d and f

[@San-lh8us]

@@dangerous1580 C - Could be better D - Das pretty bad, ngl F - Frick my dude! just pick another one

[@dangerous1580]

@@San-lh8us nice one

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

B tier……. Still got the B tier…. (If you watch Spragels lol)

[@DeltaPhox]

30:23 Can we talk about the fact that Mamoswine threatens more than half of the Pokémon in the game with Super-Effective Damage

[@jeffreygao3956]

I can stop it with my flamethrower!

[@kimernhansen5624]

@@jeffreygao3956 it has thick fat

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@kimernhansen5624 That’s great…if it has a hidden ability. But none can stand the POWER OF AURA!

[@IamTrueGodFather]

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

[@hanastd]

Thank you hero!

[@yrockerboy]

You dropped this 👑 king

[@lorenzobarletta7760]

You deserve an award for this, i would pin this.

[@sushitrash4949]

Hero we needed

[@TheHamwichMan]

you deserve more likes

[@WolfeyVGC]

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

[@alejandromenchaca5153]

no cap Drapion caught me off guard

[@Scizor_-jf4gj]

WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE 💪💪‼️‼️

[@gribberoni]

THAT'S THE WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE BAYBEEEEE

[@HowlsWorkingFortress]

woah, calm down wolfy...

[@Animedingo]

Explains the mudsdale

[@stealthy25_]

Two things I took from this: 1) Steel resists everything 2. Ice deals quad to everything

[@El_Chuchuca]

Ice as Pokémon Type D= Ice as Attack type =D

[@stealthy25_]

@@El_Chuchuca the true glass cannon style

[@cmrobbins88]

Yep. In my Scarlet run I taught my Luxray Ice Fang and with a Quick Claw it took out a few Ground Types.

[@sinteleon]

@@El_Chuchuca which is why ice type is massively buffed by terastalization: Keep your offence, drop your junk defense

[@the_supern0va238]

3: Ground also deals quad to everything

[@Salmonboyo]

ghost and normal is just such a cool typing and the fact its so good is a nice bonus

[@davidv1341]

What does the normal typing do in that scenario? It feels like a mono ghost typing

[@Mr-Trox]

​@@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.

[@maestro9765]

It's Paranormal

[@ratticusmaximus3710]

​@@maestro9765HAHA

[@Nick-jt5nb]

@@davidv1341 Normal is immune to Ghost, leaving Dark as the sole weakness

[@eduardoantohe5172]

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?

[@AacroX]

However Steel/Fairy is still #1 of all

[@owenaspinall2046]

and Grass/Dark which can hit Steel neutral is also trash.

[@TheSpecialPsycho]

Fairy is OP still.

[@iantaakalla8180]

And Ice, if not paired with Electric or Ground, is better off being pure Ice type.

[@17Master]

The #1 typing does not hit Steel for neutral, though.

[@bigfootspopcorn9025]

“Just like Goliath, this pair give a 4x weakness to rock” Comedy gold

[@Zephyrin26]

This quote has been approved by God

[@Pablo360able]

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.

[@mr.greasy6483]

@@Pablo360able you’re not an idiot!

[@Crusina]

I dont get it.

[@Pablo360able]

@@Crusina bible joke

[@Flamindrake]

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

[@miguelgoncalves5365]

Good job

[@tristarnova3454]

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.

[@skotiaH2O]

definitive proof that steel is the best type in the game

[@juanaugustolopez8747]

Surprised to see Rock last, my guess would be Bug or Ice. Great work you did

[@tristarnova3454]

@@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.

[@CaptainvonDore]

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.

[@sumansaxena2277]

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

[@emilstoqanov3270]

Those immunities weren't enough aperently

[@unkindled6410]

i mean, if theres ever another bug/ghost...

[@keylimepython641]

Shedinja has a decent amount of immunities. In terms of quantity of immunities, I would put it in C tier.. /s

[@gengarzilla1685]

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.

[@monsterteamtr6488]

@@gengarzilla1685 yea just bring a pokemon with fire type move or something

[@expo_pkmn]

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

[@chrisatlas4503]

also at 120

[@SImrobert2001]

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.

[@supermonkeyqwerty]

@@chrisatlas4503 I noticed this, but I don't get the joke 😅

[@librask3009]

@@SImrobert2001 Pretty sure just about everyone knows that...

[@Thagnoth]

Anyone know why it's also at 120?

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

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

[@LucianDevine]

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.

[@VanishingPuppet]

You try throwing a rock at a butterfly and see how it goes :L

[@DissedRedEngie]

@@VanishingPuppet depends on the size of the butterfly. Is it tiny or the size of a small child?

[@timothylawrence8929]

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.

[@TunaBear64]

@@DissedRedEngie Hey, Butterfree isnt that small

[@devicto0]

With Pokémon Infinite Fusion getting more popular, this video is a great way to learn why you should(n't) combine certain types

[@AdamasMudkip]

The exact reason i’m watching this video rn lol

[@seththeblue3321]

@@AdamasMudkip Same!!

[@flawful525]

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

[@akio0191]

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

[@pikazilla6405]

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

[@petrie911]

@@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.

[@JoeyPastrami]

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).

[@abdullaiamir9642]

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.

[@StickMaster500]

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!

[@varsik289]

The maximum possible combinations with 18 types is 306)) Let It sink in

[@TheHumanPerson9753]

The mad lad did it

[@neroisntdead3681]

@@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.

[@toasteroven6761]

Thinking about the best possible triple type...

[@volcarona8401]

@@varsik289 Depends on how you see it. Is Water/Electric different from Electric/Water? Then yes. Otherwise, there's only half as many.

[@wingedbluj1674]

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.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Crabominable really doesn't do the combo justice.

[@SeBaArMaNi]

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

[@auroradraco9974]

In pokemon unbound, it has gorilla tactics and its kinda lit tbh. It hits sooo hard

[@lillyie]

if ice fighting was given on a fast, glass cannon like weavile, it 100% be banned from smogon OU

[@peeenguinne3858]

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.

[@samgreen6493]

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?

[@trevbev45]

Patrick: Yes.

[@nicoborken9963]

Do you want a pokemon that REALLY loses to Fairy?

[@Mr-Trox]

Yes. Because all three can learn a move to cover that weakness.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Fairy is just that good. There's a reason I was never a fan of Single Strike Urshifu, that huge weakness to such a top tier type was undesirable. This isn't Gen 5 anymore.

[@pussmagic1541]

And once Ghost becomes weak to Fairy, do you want a Ghost-Type that REALLY loses to Fairy? Talking about the Ghost-Types paired with either Dark, Dragon or Fighting. Hot take: Ghost should have been weak to Fairy so Ghost/Dark gets the well deserved nerf.

[@josiahd4073]

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

[@DreamerGalaxius]

Water is the best single typing in the game, imo 😄

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

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.

[@off-the-grounder568]

Instant good type combo, just add Water

[@AdrianPothead]

@@DreamerGalaxius steel exists

[@DreamerGalaxius]

@@AdrianPothead ok?

[@Jeszter]

“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

[@crimsonfox8496]

Also but their 4x weakness to ground holds this type back

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

Next thing you know, throth types combine with each other phenomenally. It makes sense as the trifecta of holdbacks.

[@Logan-dk8of]

@@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"

[@aquaknight2269]

this is exactly why steel-fairy is THE strongest typing in pokemon

[@OverlordZenith]

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

[@IgnitedQuils]

And two of these are part Fire, which is interesting considering how underrated Fire is defensively with having the second largest amount of resistances.

[@TheForbiddenMoon]

@@IgnitedQuils the issue is alot of fire types are just glass cannons

[@IgnitedQuils]

@@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.

[@TheForbiddenMoon]

@@IgnitedQuils i know i was just saying most are just glass cannons and kinda pointless to have so many of the same thing

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

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!

[@DrMonke-ud2ms]

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

[@InhabitantOfOddworld]

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

[@magnov983]

@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

[@pokemaniacqolem6495]

"inability to hit steel types" sounds like a problem most types face tbh...

[@DiegoG2004]

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

[@grunkleg.2934]

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

[@Nadie47]

Steel literally resists the #1 typing on this list

[@johnhawkins5314]

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)

[@mew2921]

@@johnhawkins5314 yeah, steel resisting psychic is really dumb when bending spoons is literally THE psychic thing

[@darienwhite6223]

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)

[@iantaakalla8180]

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.

[@EverythingInMyBrain]

What about taking into account the number of other type combos a type combo can hit for 4x damage?

[@serge2cool]

Can we nerf fairy pls.

[@viviul2003]

@@serge2cool I think it's balanced if you want to nerf , nerf steel

[@darienwhite6223]

@@iantaakalla8180 The biggest glass-canon of the bunch, but nothing resists more without hitting less so it's "optimal" by this standard.

[@OddyOddity-ob2uv]

13:31 "This is the most normal pairing Normal can have." Exactly what Larry needed.

[@nintonintendo1]

Fun fact, in gen 1, paras and parasect had 3 4x weaknesses because bug was weak to poison.

[@mattl1962]

Isn’t parasect bug poison? When you have a typing it’s resistant to that typing, no?

[@nintonintendo1]

@@mattl1962 bug grass

[@RabblesTheBinx]

​@@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.

[@aldoushuxley5953]

And it is one of the very few/ the only? Pokémon with an 8x weakness thanks to dry skin.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@aldoushuxley5953 except that Dry Skin doesn't double damage, it adds 25%, so it's 1.25×4, or _5×_ weak to fire

[@gameromggamez622]

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"

[@xshadowx32hd66]

Hydreigon is my favorite pokemon. I will die on this hill.

[@ToddallanceCanon]

Steel and fairy: ☺️

[@SlothofBangkok]

@@ToddallanceCanonmy Garchimp know Brick Break… start counting

[@CarmenLC]

sash gets used up tho?

[@atomek110]

@@SlothofBangkokfairy resists fighting, nuetral damage

[@Sky-CladObserver]

I nearly lost my mind laughing when he put up Flygon at "Bug-Dragon"

[@mmgg1671]

lol

[@maritxuhh]

I hesitated for a second there lol

[@CyanSkyAnfall]

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

[@felixma9192]

Because it definitely makes sense that the Trapinch line, which is based on antlions, doesn’t have a Bug type

[@fundo1605]

i noticed Bug-Dark was Drapion

[@EdmacZ]

How fitting that the worst (Bug/Ice) loses badly to the best (Fairy/Steel).

[@RFE812]

I think it looses even more badly to Fire/Steel & Fire/Rock.

[@Graciechan-39]

Fun fact: Flying, Water, and Psychic are the only types to be paired with every other type

[@eliasvonbrille]

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]

@Shoreline Fishing You know what I mean. But true. Insects also have just one type now that you mention it.

[@t.o.a.d8054]

If Scarlet and Violet have a Dragon/Bug Pokemon than Dragon will also be paired with every other type

[@Graciechan-39]

@@eliasvonbrille Every Pokemon would be Psychic type by your logic

[@SkiGlovesie]

The strangest part is that Flying wasn't on that list until 6th gen with Hawlucha. But it only got one addition from the prior 2 gens, Drifblim for ghost and Tornadus, pairing flying with itself.

[@CalamitasCalliope]

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

[@dragon-du6ew]

Ghost but it's immune to itself

[@MegaPokefan97]

Still holding out for a Schrodinger cat Pokemon

[@soulofsomething6651]

Yeah you hit basically everything for neutral damage

[@OakenTome]

@@soulofsomething6651 Which is pretty good considering the typing’s defensiveness. Ghost-Normal is just a better Ghost.

[@soulofsomething6651]

@@OakenTome Both Types compliment each other SO WELL

[@marcelocapeljunior3579]

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.

[@theiandhchannel382]

Well asides from fire

[@emilstoqanov3270]

@@theiandhchannel382 and hell is fire thus it's made for heaven!

[@stephen4006]

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.

[@voigto]

@@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.

[@stephen4006]

@@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

[@c3ntravaswani427]

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

[@vez3834]

I know your comment is from a year ago, but the word 'penultimate' means 'second last'. (You used it to mean 'last'. It's not a huge deal, but I just thought you'd find it useful in your writing :)

[@SoupEmperor]

I like that bug gets a chance to shine when paired with the right type, making it somewhat viable to have a bug type

[@BlackArche0ps]

*Steel go brrrr*

[@planktonofbikinibottom]

@@BlackArche0ps _Scizor_ go brrr

[@BlackArche0ps]

@@planktonofbikinibottom exactly *brrr*

[@soulofcinder518]

Fire/Bug is pretty Good Volcarona especialy

[@BlackArche0ps]

@@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

[@gengarzilla1685]

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.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

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.

[@gengarzilla1685]

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.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@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.

[@gengarzilla1685]

This lack of a reliable physical Flying move (beyond Z-moves and Dynamax) admittedly stings. I'd say that the most powerful Water/Flying Pokémon's typical inability to use its Flying STAB offensively has been one reason why an offensive Water/Flying combo went a little bit unexplored, with another reason being Water/Ice's wider availability thanks to Water types getting near-constant access to an Ice Beam TM. Mantine and Pelipper are perhaps more what we'd think of when it comes to attacking with both Water/Flying but they're just not as "flashy" as a big serpentine pseudo-dragon with abominable anger issues.

[@siberiangopnik]

Gyarados (GS chronicles) Nature:Adamant/Jolly Item:Gyaradosite/Flyinum Z Ev:252 attack/252 speed/4 hp Moves: Waterfall Wicked blow/Bounce Earthquake Dragon dance Encountered at Lake of Rage at lvl 25

[@selder_7]

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

[@Nadie47]

Tf you talking about

[@Ilikelittlekids137]

@@Nadie47 at 7:35 he put up drapion which is poison and dark and not bug dark

[@RandomGenshinStuff]

Sunflora at grass fire tho?

[@scot9624]

@@RandomGenshinStuff because its a flower that looks like the sun that looks like fire and almost sounds like Sunfire

[@_reZ]

@@Ilikelittlekids137 you forgot about his other mistakes

[@graceholbert2126]

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.

[@RerPorud-rl8ve]

Out of the best types you choose normal

[@graceholbert2126]

@@RerPorud-rl8ve I chose my favorite.

[@Hello_World_not_taken]

Two types *benefit* from normal, Psychic and Ghost

[@sinteleon]

​@@Hello_World_not_takenthat and normal synergizes with ghost so well it beats out almost all fairy and steel combinations.

[@shadowflamegaming5598]

Huge congrats on 500k Wolfey! Just like Steel/Fairy, you are S Tier.

[@tekayo63]

steel/fairy is a youtuber? what's its channel?

[@shadowflamegaming5598]

@@tekayo63 Oops, I edited it so it fits a bit better.

[@vedaryan334]

Steel fairy is busted shouldn't even exist , and to balance that out they introduces Zacian lmao

[@VampiresAreRealGuys]

@@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?

[@soulofsomething6651]

@@VampiresAreRealGuys It's basically a choice band that doesn't lock you in one single move

[@lonelystrategos]

As a fan of steel types since I started playing Pokemon in the early 2000's, I declare this list based and steel-pilled.

[@jonboner1731]

Tell Sneako to take the SteelPill too

[@jeffreygao3956]

Arya Jasmine, Steven Stone, Byron, Wikstrom, Molayne, or Poppy?

[@ctoooc]

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.

[@prysthaea7735]

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.

[@emblemblade9245]

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

[@grunkleg.2934]

- 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).

[@etsmp_gh]

What about pyroar guysss

[@seraph5826]

sus

[@SYMgenshin]

amogus

[@ashendragoon4164]

erm actually, flygon is ground dragon 13:54

[@joyjinho]

If theres no pokemon that exist with the typing, then he puts pokemon that makes sense for it. Flygon is a dragon type that looks like a bug

[@thatrandomweeb]

"Number 13: Fire/Dark... Incineroar." Actually killed me

[@artimist0315]

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.

[@tropicalsimonthirty2283]

@@artimist0315 Its got pressure from bug, fairy, water, ground, etc.

[@artimist0315]

@@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, ...

[@Razzspoons]

F

[@rygktransrights]

incineroar is fire dark type

[@ajm2612]

“Fire fighting, everyone’s favourite typing.” Made me laugh more than it should have.

[@shadowflamegaming5598]

Let’s go! Huge congrats on 500k! Also how much you want to bet nearly every steel type combo is in the top 50%.

[@sirocco2810]

Not rock and steel, sadgeggron

[@TunaBear64]

@@sirocco2810 Ice/Steel neither

[@sirocco2810]

@@TunaBear64 yeah it's crazy that the best defensive type can't make the worst defensive type any decent

[@TunaBear64]

@@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

[@michaelkowal3230]

0:56 Fun Fact about this type combination, it had three 4x weaknesses in gen 1 due to bug being weak to poison back then, so the paras line was 4x weak to fire, flying and poison

[@jeffreygao3956]

Yikes! Why couldn’t it have a build like Weavile again?

[@leonardobarbosatelles2779]

To think that Tyranitar achieves excellence constantly with an F tier typing

[@warbacca1017]

Well he's just considering typing, not the stats

[@nachomolaolivera7580]

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.

[@xshadowx32hd66]

Tyranitar would be a box legendary if it had at least a D tier typing

[@MenwithHill]

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.

[@sinteleon]

@@xshadowx32hd66 And with terastalization, it can!

[@michaelbowman6684]

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.

[@SlothofBangkok]

Really… Bastiodon beg differ, the dude barely resist anything. Does the guy who make this list know Earthquake is the most popular move?

[@michaelbowman6684]

@@SlothofBangkok 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.

[@SlothofBangkok]

​@@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.

[@gengarzilla1685]

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?

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@gengarzilla1685 Which is why more Rock Pokémon in general should be fast.

[@Rakaan238]

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

[@schierke]

Mold breaker fire blast 👍

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

Bronzong but even worse. Edit: This is possible in Almost Any Ability.

[@gameingtothemax6266]

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

[@Lightprince57]

Wait until you find out about the tynamo line

[@yaircelis1175]

Leaning more towards horrendous stats. It will have the power of a God, but won’t be able to use its full potential

[@잭0423]

-F Tier [SIGNIFICANTLY hold the Pokémon back] - 153. Bug-Ice 152. Ice-Rock 151. Dark-Psychic 150. Grass-Bug 149. Grass-Ice 148. Bug-Flying 147. Ice-Normal 146. Grass-Psychic 145. Bug-Normal 144. Dark-Rock 143. Fire-Rock -D Tier [Hold the Pokémon back a good amount] - 142. Normal-Poison 141. Bug-Fighting 140. Normal-Rock 139. Ground-Grass 138. Ground-Rock 137. Ice-Flying 136. Rock-Poison 135. Rock-Electric 134. Ice-Fairy 133. Ice-Fire 132. Dragon-Rock 131. Dragon-Grass 130. Rock-Psychic 129. Bug-Poison 128. Grass-Flying 127. Bug-Dark 126. Ice-Psychic 125. Dark-Ice 124. Grass-Fighting 123. Ghost-Psychic 122. Steel-Ice 121. Dark-Fighting 120. Rock-Steel 119. Dark-Normal 118. Bug-Psychic 117. Bug-Fairy 116. Ice-Poison 115. Water-Ice 114. Fire-Electric -C Tier [Neither benefit nor hold back the Pokémon] - 113. Grass-Fairy 112. Bug-Rock 111. Fighting-Poison 110. Flying-Psychic 109. Rock-Grass 108. Dragon-Flying 107. Dragon-Fighting 106. Fire-Poison 105. Dragon-Psychic 104. Normal-Flying 103. Dark-Dragon 102. Bug-Dragon 101. Grass-Normal 100. Electric-Grass 99. Dragon-Ice 98. Psychic-Poison 97. Fire-Flying 96. Grass-Water 95. Normal-Fighting 94. Grass-Dark 93. Ghost-Ice 92. Rock-Flying 91. Fire-Normal 90. Ice-Fighting 89. Electric-Poison 88. Flying-Poison 87. Psychic-Ground 86. Rock-Water 85. Steel-Normal 84. Psychic-Normal 83. Electric-Ground 82. Psychic-Fighting 81. Dark-Ground 80. Ghost-Bug 79. Bug-Ground 78. Poison-Ground 77. Electric-Water 76. Dragon-Electric 75. Fire-Water 74. Rock-Fighting 73. Dark-Flying 72. Grass-Ghost -B Tier [Good, but not great] - 71. Rock-Fairy 70. Psychic-Fairy 69. Fairy-Flying 68. Bug-Fire 67. Poison-Grass 66. Normal-Ground 65. Ghost-Dark 64. Fighting-Ground 63. Fairy-Poison 62. Dragon-Ground 61. Grass-Fire 60. Ghost-Poison 59. Dragon-Normal 58. Fairy-Normal 57. Ghost-Rock 56. Dragon-Poison 55. Ice-Electric 54. Dragon-Fairy 53. Ghost-Flying 52. Electric-Normal 51. Steel-Poison 50. Steel-Dark 49. Fire-Fighting 48. Ghost-Fairy 47. Fire-Ground 46. Electric-Dark 45. Ghost-Dragon 44. Electric-Psychic 43. Water-Flying 42. Ghost-Ground 41. Fighting-Flying 40. Bug-Electric 39. Dragon-Fire 38. Ghost-Electric 37. Ghost-Fire 36. Water-Bug 35. Poison-Water -A Tier [Great, and actively help] - 34. Water-Normal 33. Fairy-Dark 32. Steel-Grass 31. Electric-Steel 30. Fairy-Fighting 29. Steel-Fire 28. Water-Psychic 27. Steel-Flying 26. Steel-Psychic 25. Fire-Psychic 24. Water-Fighting 23. Steel-Water 22. Water-Dark 21. Electric-Flying 20. Electric-Fighting 19. Ghost-Fighting 18. Ghost-Water 17. Steel-Dragon 16. Steel-Fighting 15. Electric-Fairy 14. Fire-Fairy 13. Fire-Dark 12. Dragon-Water 11. Steel-Ghost 10. Steel-Ground 9. Ice-Ground -S Tier [The BEST within this game] - 8. Bug-Steel 7. Poison-Dark 6. Water-Ground 5. Flying-Ground 4. Water-Fairy 3. Fairy-Ground 2. Normal-Ghost 1. Steel-Fairy

[@Borchert97]

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.

[@Skeloperch]

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.

[@Borchert97]

@@Skeloperch what about every other type and where would you rank them on this list?

[@poejavelski148]

@@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.

[@gengarzilla1685]

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.

[@Borchert97]

@@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.

[@njstudent155]

I wish he included single types into this tier list just to see how single types compared to combinations

[@maikbottcher795]

Normal / Electro probably the best

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

Water is right before Normal/Water or Water/Bug - but then you'd have to promote it to A-tier.

[@feastedWAfflES]

Most of them will probably just be beside the normal dual type

[@rudycrawford2458]

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.

[@_Yombo]

@@maikbottcher795 Normal/Ghost:

[@DoctorDucky250]

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.

[@eddiezen]

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.

[@themoossiah6486]

Quick fun fact : If there was a pokemon that every type in the game, it would have a 2x weakness to rock

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

Set up gravity and it's 8× weak to Ground. It's also 1/8 resistant to Bug and Grass.

[@novameowww]

@@EnriqueLaberintico It's also 4x weak to freeze-dry.

[@woomyboy98]

I can't believe there are 153 type combinations, that "Kumber" of dual types is insane

[@adnanhussain9906]

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

[@TheAutisticBrony]

@@adnanhussain9906 306 actually

[@adnanhussain9906]

@@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

[@TheAutisticBrony]

@@adnanhussain9906 OH that makes sense.

[@iriwom]

@@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)

[@davisb1136]

Congrats on 500K! You've put a ton of work into growing this channel, and it shows!

[@rocketleague2640]

I really feel like most stuff is just 'how does this do against fairy types?" this really helped though, amazing video!

[@JoshtheOverlander]

I knew Fairy/Steel would be high on the tier list, though I hadn't expected top rank. Magearna and Zacian are awesome

[@Artifexmaholifts]

nah, they are overpowered shits. i hate them

[@something4320]

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

[@JoshtheOverlander]

@@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.

[@joshuaholcombe9569]

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.

[@samlosophy5894]

Facts

[@tuhinkumarkole]

gastrodon is better quagsire

[@nathant6655]

@@tuhinkumarkole true, love me some slug

[@ttmfndng201]

@@tuhinkumarkole all of them are fren

[@AMSTiago]

Ground tier S, please!

[@feezee5196]

Now all we need to keep going, to 1Mil, so we can pressure Wolfey to do a 3 type ranking video. His content, especially as of late, has been really good. Keep It Up!

[@YoloYester94]

Well Ghost/Normal/Dark would be the best of course.

[@theiandhchannel382]

@@YoloYester94 Fairy fighting flying

[@Vekcrazah]

Oh, so this is why Mawile is ridiculously sturdy when I ran her through Omega Ruby. It’s my first pokemon run too.

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Wolfey, you absolute madlad. This is going to be a LEGENDARY experience. Seriously, the amount of analysis and effort that’s gone into these videos, not to mention passion, has been a treat to see. Here’s to hoping Bug/Water does well, I just really like the theming for it!

[@andrewhugill574]

The "Just like Goliath 4x weakness to rock" line got me! Well done!

[@pergrineheel3018]

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

[@PedroPGrant]

Credits to None. I only put in order: Type Ranking fairy-steel 1 normal-ghost 2 fairy-ground 3 water-fairy 4 flying-ground 5 water-ground 6 poison-dark 7 bug-steel 8 ice-ground 9 steel-ground 10 steel-ghost 11 dragon-water 12 fire-dark 13 fire-fairy 14 electric-fairy 15 steel-fighting 16 steel-dragon 17 ghost-water 18 ghost-fighting 19 electric-fighting 20 electric-flying 21 water-dark 22 steel-water 23 water-fighting 24 fire-psychic 25 steel-psychic 26 steel-flying 27 water-psychic 28 steel-fire 29 fairy-fighting 30 electric-steel 31 steel-grass 32 fairy-dark 33 water-normal 34 poison-water 35 water-bug 36 ghost-fire 37 ghost-electric 38 dragon-fire 39 bug-electric 40 fighting-flying 41 ghost-ground 42 water-flying 43 electric-psychic 44 ghost-dragon 45 electric-dark 46 fire-ground 47 ghost-fairy 48 fire-fighting 49 steel-dark 50 steel-poison 51 electric-normal 52 ghost-flying 53 dragon-fairy 54 ice-electric 55 dragon-poison 56 ghost-rock 57 fairy-normal 58 dragon-normal 59 ghost-poison 60 grass-fire 61 dragon-ground 62 fairy-poison 63 fighting-ground 64 ghost-dark 65 normal-ground 66 poison-grass 67 bug-fire 68 fairy-flying 69 psychic-fairy 70 rock-fairy 71 grass-ghost 72 dark-flying 73 rock-fighting 74 fire-water 75 dragon-electric 76 electric-water 77 poison-ground 78 bug-ground 79 ghost-bug 80 dark-ground 81 psychic-fighting 82 electric-ground 83 psychic-normal 84 steel-normal 85 rock-water 86 psychic-ground 87 flying-poison 88 electric-poison 89 ice-fighting 90 fire-normal 91 rock-flying 92 ghost-ice 93 grass-dark 94 normal-fighting 95 grass-water 96 fire-flying 97 psychic-poison 98 dragon-ice 99 electric-grass 100 grass-normal 101 bug-dragon 102 dark-dragon 103 normal-flying 104 dragon-psychic 105 fire-poison 106 dragon-fighting 107 dragon-flying 108 rock-grass 109 flying-psychic 110 fighting-poison 111 bug-rock 112 grass-fairy 113 fire-electric 114 water-ice 115 ice-poison 116 bug-fairy 117 bug-psychic 118 dark-normal 119 rock-steel 120 dark-fighting 121 steel-ice 122 ghost-psychic 123 grass-fighting 124 dark-ice 125 ice-psychic 126 bug-dark 127 grass-flying 128 bug-poison 129 rock-psychic 130 dragon-grass 131 dragon-rock 132 ice-fire 133 ice-fairy 134 rock-electric 135 rock-poison 136 ice-flying 137 ground-rock 138 ground-grass 139 normal-rock 140 bug-fighting 141 normal-poison 142 fire-rock 143 dark-rock 144 bug-normal 145 grass-psychic 146 ice-normal 147 bug-flying 148 grass-ice 149 grass-bug 150 dark-psychic 151 ice-rock 152 bug-ice 153

[@99hank97]

Lately I got really into choosing only high tier type matching but I’ve come to realise that this style is great when you’re up against a tough game mode like a nuzlocke on a difficult game but in casual play it only causes me to avoid Pokémon I like and often end up choosing the same Pokémon with the most advantageous typings

[@ordinarytree4678]

just have Swampert, Gligar, Excadrill, and Lucario and youre set. God I hate that steel type is so busted.

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

Currently playing Pokemon Shield Mono-Water, and Primarina, Seismitoad and Urshifu absolutely slay. If my conscience hadn't stopped myself from getting a Dracovish, they would've been unstoppable.

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

I love Electric/Fire because both are my favorite types. Hopefully we get more than just Rotom Oven someday.

[@assassinspider2436]

^^^^^ same

[@yoshiguy123]

Rotom electric stove incoming

[@bruhvenant]

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.

[@markomarinic3073]

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.

[@dankmeme7295]

@@markomarinic3073 it’s not 4x weak to rock though only 2x

[@caseyleenb]

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.

[@ConnorSpears]

You're a madman for this, and I love it 🤣

[@silly_sheep09]

The only fire electric pokemon is heat rotom, which has levitate and is therefore not 4x weak to ground in most cases.

[@Exelda]

as an ice type enthusiast, you love to see an ice typing make it into the top 10

[@david_cool427YT]

@@mrmacura3421 Ayo can I join?? I'm a great ghost type user too 🥰🥰👻👻

[@rouenandreipineda1686]

it kills drago

[@danewardlocke9014]

I'm a little surprised that Normal/Fighting didn't get called our for being the *only* type combination that a single type (Ghost) is completely immune to on its own. I suppose it makes sense given that their defenses were what got the attention there, but still, it's a unique (if not positive) distinction they have.

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

And if you ignore that weaknesses, there is no typing that resists both types?

[@masterhand6263]

Whoever made ice only fucking resist itself is a menace to society

[@Kuzmathgar]

From a method standpoint, I’m curious whether you thought about these types in a vacuum or in a VGC context. For example, for Grass/Fairy you said that the good resistances were offset by a 4x to Poison, but earlier you pointed out that poison types are mostly valued for their defenses rather than their offense. When building a move pool for a poison type in VGC, most players focus on survivability over damage and don’t tend to bring many offensive Poison STAB moves (from what I’ve seen, I could be wrong). So you could make an argument that resisting Dark, Ground, and Water especially is more important than a 4x weakness to a type rarely used offensively. But also, that’s pretty deep to go when you have over 150 type combinations to consider 😅

[@duox3206]

He means that the offensive coverage of poison is not as good as the defensive coverage.

[@grunkleg.2934]

I think this is pretty much just as applicable to Singles as it is to Doubles

[@noukan42]

The thing is, uncommon coverage is only uncommon unless it became common. If a mon get very popular in a tier, chances are that people will start using moves that delete them much more often.

[@mesplin3]

Would you rather have a bug steel typing or a fairy steel typing?

[@noukan42]

@@mesplin3 it depend. If it is phisical it probably like STAB on u-turn, and even if it is special, bugs are more likely than fairies to get quiver dance. But Zacian definitely wouldn't like the swap.

[@CommanderOshawott]

Tyrantrum is my favourite Pokémon so the signature Dragon/Rock type is gonna have to be my favourite. (This is also secretly my appeal to Wolfey to do a video about the viability of fossil Pokémon and talk about Tyrantrum)

[@nath28king]

you sir, are a masochist. and i appreciate the time you took for that video, good job!

[@roryfriththetraveller4982]

the editing on the pokemon flying in was such a good touch to this lmfao

[@theimpersonator7086]

It’s legit kinda nuts how many type combos there are in Pokémon, even as the series is still missing stuff like Fire/Grass The type combos that I tend to think of as the best or very strong would prob be: .Steel/Fairy .Water/Ground .Ground/Flying .Water/Fairy .Ground/Dragon or Water/Dragon .Steel/Flying

[@mesplin3]

What about fire ground?

[@theimpersonator7086]

@@mesplin3 I dont think very highly of that typing, and in PDons case it was kinda carried by Desolate land

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

@@theimpersonator7086 Desolate Land certainly helps to push Primal Groudon over the top, but it also has a whole bunch of other perks going for it, too, such as: * Very high stats * An excellent offensive typing * A great, highly varied movepool to choose from Desolate Land is just the icing on the cake, as it was already a great Pokemon without it

[@owenaspinall2046]

Honestly Ground/Dragon isn´t actually that good, Garchomp is just really strong. Everything else is great though.

[@mesplin3]

​@@theimpersonator7086 That is a bit surprising to me. I would expect that if these types were the only types available, then fire-ground types would outperform Steel-Fairy and Ground-Flying types.

[@norathemediocre]

Congrats on the 500K! This is an insane idea, the mad lad actually did it

[@Kaertix]

“Imagine if they gave Tyranitar a good typing” damn that aged real well with Scarlet and Violet 😳

[@testerwulf3357]

Wait did tyranitar get buffed or something in scarlet/violet?? I must of missed something

[@Kaertix]

@@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).

[@Awoken_YKW_Fan9001]

And also there's Iron Thorns, but that's more of a different Pokémon with a similar design

[@Shinobin333]

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

[@Mejoree113]

@@Shinobin333 Tyranitar is not protected from rocks. Dark/ground, or dark/steel would have been much better as an anti-prankster sandstorm user

[@RedMysticRanger]

27:34 justice for My girl Delphox, she did nothing wrong

[@ReintGerts]

Fun idea for a drinking game: take a shot everytime he says neither one of the types can hit steel

[@lucario5748]

I'm pretty sure there are 55 combos that can't hit steel for neutral.

[@ReintGerts]

@@lucario5748 If you count single types then yes.

[@NRF-ql3bq]

I love the "that's how many Pokemon there are" running gag! Also, loved the examples even for Drapion and Flygon's other possible typings (Bug/Dark and Bug/Dragon respectively). And the Ludicolo dance cracked me up, XD.

[@bohuslav5019]

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.

[@hogan9940]

3:08 definetely my favorite combination must be ghost normal, the concept can work on amazing pokemon, I mean, hisuian Zoroark is just so cool

[@mazeppa1231]

It's awesome to see Poison/Dark at no. 7 ... I remember hacking pokemon emerald way back and giving Seviper the poison/dark type, and it became a monster to deal with.

[@yngfljm2277]

weird flex but ok

[@mazeppa1231]

@@yngfljm2277 Lol, no it's not a flex, lol. Anyone can hack the game, it's really not anything to brag about, lol. It's just that when I replaced the E4 members with the frontier leaders and put Lucy as the first one, her Seviper was unexpectedly tricky to deal with when I gave it that typing.

[@IamSaralinka]

The flygon joke never ceases to make me laugh lol

[@SkySquad]

I dont understand what the joke is

[@SkySquad]

Nvm i just got it.

[@jonathanrobinson8926]

Been SO hyped for the 500K mark so we could get this video. Congrats Wolfey, I knew you could do it!!! ❤

[@roobie_not_ruby]

Wolfey: I’m not going to think about anything related to typing for a long time Pokémon Company: So we made this new gimmick called terasalization . . .

[@lukelucey]

This is an incredible video Wolfey! Very well put together. Your quality is improving every video and the ideas are fresh and unique!

[@tlatia6072]

You’re crazy for actually doing this. Also, congratulations! Any thoughts on making your own type? Can’t help but wonder what a champion like you would think of.

[@skotiaH2O]

Fun fact: in Smash, Incineroar has a really lively personality. He strikes poses after landing most moves, just like a true wrestler. When he misses one, however, he makes a gesture of frustration; this was the case with the animation you used in this video, despite the presence of the sound effect that signals a KO in Smash Ultimate.

[@7792pnaurfr]

and?

[@skotiaH2O]

@@7792pnaurfr it's a fun fact! i figured it's a detail a lot of people wouldn't notice :)

[@yearninganimal]

@@skotiaH2O it’s one of my fav small details in smash!! Sometimes i play as Incineroar just for the personality lol

[@wateragenda-p7v]

29:45 kinda facts lol

[@SCPFoundation049]

INCINEROAR SUPREMACY

[@clawitzeristhebestpokemon8765]

While fire-electric is 4x weak to ground, the only pokemon I can think of with that type is rotom-heat, which has levitate.

[@Deltan8yt]

While you are correct, he judged these in a vaccum

[@clawitzeristhebestpokemon8765]

@@Deltan8yt ok thanks I didn't think of that

[@mikeyp6772]

@@Deltan8yt he said rotom heat which is an oven, rotom vacuum is a vacuum

[@justin4296]

he's judging the typing, not pokemon with the typing..

[@clawitzeristhebestpokemon8765]

@@justin4296 yes I'm aware

[@DarkSpine47]

Congrats on 500k!!! The content you've been putting out has been S tier and I can't wait to see what you've got planned for the future. As for my favorite type combo I'd have to say Bug/Steel since it's on my favorite pokemon Scizor. I was pretty stoked to see it make it into the top 10 types.

[@natunatu24]

1:13 "Just like Goliath, this pair gives a 4x weakness to rock"

[@SGMayuriKurotsuchi]

The fact that half of the top 10 includes ground, the type that 's been my favorite since Gen 1, is very gratifying.