Pokemon type coverage analyzer for competitive team building.
A fast CLI tool to analyze defensive matchups, offensive coverage, and full team composition in competitive Pokemon (Gen 9 / Scarlet & Violet type chart).
pip install -e .Or just run directly:
python -m typecov.clitypecov check Dragon # single type
typecov check Dragon Steel # dual type
typecov check Ghost FlyingExample output:
Defensive matchups for Dragon/Steel
Immune (0×): Poison
Resist ¼×: Grass
Resist ½×: Normal, Water, Electric, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Steel
Neutral 1×: Fire, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Fairy
Weak 2×: Ice, Fighting, Ground
Defense score: +10 (resistances - weaknesses)
typecov coverage Fire Ice # 2 move types
typecov coverage Water Grass Fire Electric # 4 move typesExample output:
Offensive coverage for move types: Fire, Ice
Super effective (2×+): Grass, Ice, Ground, Flying, Bug, Dragon, Steel
Neutral (1×): Normal, Fire, Electric, Fighting, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Ghost, Dark, Fairy
Resisted (½×): Water
No effect (0×): none
Super-effective coverage: 7/18 types (39%)
Blind spots (can't hit neutrally): Water
Pass each Pokemon as their type(s), slash-separated for dual types:
typecov team Fire/Flying Water Grass/Poison Psychic Steel/Rock GhostExample output:
Team analysis (6 Pokemon)
Pokemon Weaknesses (2×) Resists
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Fire/Flying Rock(4×) Water(2×) Electric(2×) Bug, Steel, Grass...
Water Electric(2×) Grass(2×) Fire, Water, Ice...
...
Shared weaknesses:
Electric ███ (3 members)
Rock ██ (2 members)
Collective offensive coverage (assuming STAB moves):
Super-effective: 16/18 types
Not super-effective against: Normal, Fairy
Given a partial team, recommends types that plug offensive and defensive holes:
typecov suggest Fire/Flying Water
typecov suggest Fire/Flying Water Grass/Poison --limit 10Example output:
Suggested types for your team:
Current coverage gaps: Normal, Water, Electric, Poison, Flying, Psychic, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Fairy
Shared weaknesses: Electric (2), Water (1), Ice (1), Rock (1), Grass (1)
Type Score New SE Coverage Resists Team Weaknesses
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Ground 6 Electric, Poison Electric, Rock
Electric 5 Water, Flying Electric
Ice 5 Flying, Dragon Ice
Fighting 5 Normal, Dark Rock
Bug 5 Psychic, Dark Grass
Scoring: each type gets points for new super-effective coverage (×2 weight) and for resisting types the team is weak to (×1 weight).
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--no-color | Disable ANSI colors (for piping/scripting) |
--format json | Machine-readable JSON output |
--limit N | Max suggestions to show (suggest only, default: 5) |
# Pipe-friendly output
typecov --no-color check Dragon Steel > matchup.txt
# JSON for scripts
typecov --format json suggest Fire/Flying Water | jq '.suggestions'All 18 types: Normal, Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel, Fairy
Type names are case-insensitive.
Most type coverage tools are web apps that require navigating menus. This one is:
- Fast — instant terminal feedback during team building
- Composable — pipe output, script around it
- Offline — no network needed, data is baked in
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