There are many different creatures that you can catch in Pokemon Go, as each of them has its unique strengths, types, and weaknesses. Trainers aiming to be the best will want to familiarize themselves with game mechanics.
The Pokemon Type chart is one of the most important elements to become a top trainer. Memorizing more than 1000 Pokemon’s abilities is almost impossible. I have mentioned the most popular and preferred Pokemons used in this article.
Pokemon Types Explained
There are 18 Pokemon types, and each has its strengths and weaknesses. Some types are stronger than others, but there is no strongest or weakest Pokemon. Here is a table of 18 Pokemon types with their types, strengths, weaknesses, and resistances:
| Type | Strengths | Weaknesses | Resistances |
| Normal | None | Fighting | Ghost |
| Fire | Grass, Ice, Bug | Water, Ground, Rock | Steel |
| Water | Fire, Ground, Rock | Electric, Grass | Steel |
| Grass | Water, Ground, Rock | Fire, Flying, Poison, Steel | Bug, Dragon |
| Electric | Water, Flying | Ground | Electric |
| Ice | Grass, Ground, Flying | Fire, Steel | Dragon |
| Fighting | Normal, Rock, Steel | Flying, Psychic, Fairy | Bug |
| Poison | Grass, Fairy | Ground, Psychic, Steel | Fire, Flying, Bug |
| Ground | Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock | Water, Grass | Flying |
| Flying | Grass, Bug | Electric, Rock, Steel | Ground |
| Psychic | Fighting, Poison | Steel, Dark | Bug |
| Bug | Grass, Dark | Fire, Flying, Steel | Ground |
| Rock | Fire, Ground, Flying | Water, Grass, Steel | Normal |
| Ghost | Normal, Fighting, Psychic | Ghost, Dark | Bug |
| Dark | Psychic, Ghost | Fighting, Bug, Fairy | Normal |
| Dragon | Fire, Water, Electric, Ice | Ground | None |
| Fairy | Fighting, Dragon, Dark | Steel | Fire, Poison |
Smartest Pokemon
The reason Alakazam deserves the top spot is because of its Pokedex entries and it has an IQ of over 5000. Alakazam is one of the smartest traits and its intelligence adds to its favorable traits.