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Best types (mono and dual)

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Diegofr3377

Well-Known Member
I was just thinking, doing some math about the types. Of course a good pokemon is not only for the typing (Like tyranitar with an awful typing) but these are the ones I consider the best:

Least weaknesses:
If you want a pokemon with the fewest weaknesses, 1 to 3 are good. Here arw my 30 favorites:
Type 1; Type 2; Number of weaknesses

Steel bug 1
Ground Water 1
Dark Poison 1
Dark Ghost 1
Electric 1
Normal 1
Ground Fire 2
Ground Flying 2
Steel Fairy 2
Steel Flying 2
Water Flying 2
Electric bug 2
Water Electric 2
Electric Fairy 2
Ghost Fairy 2
Electric Flying 2
Steel Grass 2
Steel Dragon 2
Water Dragon 2
Electric Poison 2
Steel Poison 2
Ghost Psychic 2
Fairy Normal 2
Fairy 2
Water 2
Electric Normal 2
Poison Normal 2
Psychic Normal 2
Ghost 2

Most Supereffectives:
I consider a good attacker if it's effective against at least 6 types, which is a 3rd of all types. So in theory, with 3 of these you can cover all the types at least normally effective.
(Type 1, Type 2, effective against # types)

Ground Ice 9
Fighting Ice 9
Ground Fire 8
Ground Flying 8
Ground Bug 8
Ground Fairy 8
Fighting Flying 8
Ground Fight 8
Ground Rock 8
Fighting Rock 8
Fighting Dark 7
Electric Fight 7
Fire Grass 7
Steel Ice 7
Fighting Poison 7
Fighting Psychic 7
Bug rock 7
Fire Water 7
Fighting Bug 7
Ground Electric 7
Fire Fairy 7
Rock Fairy 7
Fighting Fire 7
Fighting Ghost 7
Ground Grass 7
Rock Grass 7
Steel Ground 7
Fire Ice 7
Ground Poison 7
Fighting Fairy 7
Ground Ghost 7
Fighting Water 7
Ground Dark 7
Fighting Grass 7
Steel bug 6
Ground Water 6
Steel Fairy 6
Steel Flying 6
Water Flying 6
Fire Bug 6
Water Bug 6
Ground Dragon 6
Fire Electric 6
Water Fairy 6
Steel Fight 6
Steel Fire 6
Steel Rock 6

Most Resistances
The same, a pokemon that can handle at least 6 types has a good amount of resistances

Steel Electric 12
Steel Normal 12
Steel Ghost 12
Steel Fairy 11
Steel Dark 11
Steel Water 11
Steel Ground 10
Steel Flying 10
Steel Fire 10
Steel Grass 10
Steel Dragon 10
Steel Poison 10
Steel Ice 9
Steel bug 9
Steel Fight 9
Steel Rock 9
Fire Fairy 8
Fire Electric 8
Water Poison 8
Electric Poison 8
Fighting Water 7
Water Fairy 7
Fire Flying 7
Electric Ghost 7
Ground Fire 6
Ground Fairy 6
Ground Rock 6
Fighting Rock 6
Fighting Poison 6
Rock Fairy 6
Fighting Fire 6
Ground Poison 6
Ground Ghost 6
Ground Dark 6
Fighting Grass 6
Water Flying 6
Fire Bug 6
Electric Fairy 6
Electric Flying 6
Poison Fairy 6
Fire 6

Lastly, the best balance.
These are the pokemons which are within the top pokemons in all 3 categories, therefore I consider them the best typing.

T1 T2 Weaknesses Super Resistances
Steel bug 1 6 9
Steel Fairy 2 6 11
Steel Flying 2 6 10
Ground Fire 2 8 6
Water Flying 2 6 6
 
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