Pokemon Type Rankings

Three mathematical perspectives to quantify the relative strength of all 18 Pokemon types and translate competitive instincts into data-backed rankings.

Illustration for the Pokemon type rankings project

Background and Description

Competitive Pokemon has evolved into an extremely complex and interesting field. At the simplest level, the strength of a Pokemon is closely tied to the strength of its type. Here we take three different mathematical approaches to ranking each of the 18 Pokemon types.

Read the analysis

Dive into the three ranking perspectives and how they reshape type viability.

View on GitHub

Review the notebooks and scripts that power the rankings and visualizations.