Pokemon Trainer!

I bet you've always dreamed of becoming the best Pokémon trainer! Isn't that why you're here? With this small but helpful guide, we aim to support you on that journey. You might have many questions, just like all of us once did! Here are KEY things you must know!

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Types Matter

• Every Pokémon and move has a type (like Fire, Water, Grass, etc.).

• Some types are super effective against others.

  • Example: Water > Fire, Fire > Grass, Grass > Water.

• Learn this type chart — it’s your first big step toward mastery.

Types Matchup

Pokémon Type Matchups

Understanding type advantages is key to winning battles in Cobblemon and Pokémon games. Here’s a quick reference chart for attack type effectiveness.

Attack Type	Super Effective Against (2×)	Not Very Effective Against (½×)	No Effect Against (0×)
Normal	—	Rock, Steel	Ghost
Fire	Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel	Fire, Water, Rock, Dragon	—
Water	Fire, Ground, Rock	Water, Grass, Dragon	—
Electric	Water, Flying	Electric, Grass, Dragon	Ground
Grass	Water, Ground, Rock	Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, Steel	—
Ice	Grass, Ground, Flying, Dragon	Fire, Water, Ice, Steel	—
Fighting	Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark, Steel	Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Fairy	Ghost
Poison	Grass, Fairy	Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost	Steel
Ground	Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, Steel	Grass, Bug	Flying
Flying	Grass, Fighting, Bug	Electric, Rock, Steel	—
Psychic	Fighting, Poison	Psychic, Steel	Dark
Bug	Grass, Psychic, Dark	Fire, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Ghost, Steel, Fairy	—
Rock	Fire, Ice, Flying, Bug	Fighting, Ground, Steel	—
Ghost	Psychic, Ghost	Dark	Normal
Dragon	Dragon	Steel	Fairy
Dark	Psychic, Ghost	Fighting, Dark, Fairy	—
Steel	Ice, Rock, Fairy	Fire, Water, Electric, Steel	—
Fairy	Fighting, Dragon, Dark	Fire, Poison, Steel	—

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Stats Count

• Each Pokémon has key stats:

  • HP (Health)

  • Attack / Special Attack

  • Defense / Special Defense

  • Speed

IVS

IVs are randomly assigned to Pokémon when caught; they directly affect how many stats a Pokémon will have. 31 means it will have the maximum amount for that stat.

https://www.smogon.com/ingame/guides/evs_ivs CLICK THE LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION!

Evs

Otherwise known as effort values are automatically gained by your pokemon when you defeat another pokemon in battle or use an EV increasing item on them. For a list of what evs are gained when you defeat a pokemon, aswell as items that increase a pokemons EVs go here https://pokemondb.net/ev/all

Where can I get Ev training items?

• PokeCrate

• Voting Crate

• Random drop of Daily Npc

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Abilities and Natures

Every pokemon has access to 1-3 different abilities. Abilities provide a buff or gimmick to that pokemon to use in battle, and can change how a pokemon plays in battle. For a list of pokemon abilities you can go here- https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ability

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Eggs Moves

To get egg moves on pokemon use https://waf.cs.illinois.edu/discovery/Pokemon-Egg-Move-Calculator/ or you can add them by doing /pokebuilder

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Held Items

Held items offer a wide variety of unique buffs to your pokemon. Here is a site with all the held items! https://pokemondb.net/item/all

You can either craft them or get them from item drops when battling and wining a wild pokemon.