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Types
The current type chart (gen6+) has 51 super-effective relations, 61 not-very-effective relations and 8 immunities among 18 types.
Verified by codeThe Ground type is immune to Electric-type attacks: the chart records 1 immunity for Electric attacks.
Verified by codeIce-type attacks are super effective against Grass, Ground, Flying, Dragon.
Verified by codeFighting and Ground are the types with the most super-effective targets: each hits 5 types for ×2.
Verified by codeOnly 7 of the 18 types have a defensive immunity: Normal, Ground, Flying, Ghost, Dark, Steel and Fairy.
Verified by codeWater is the most common type: 154 of the 1025 species have it in their base form (15 %).
Verified by codeIce is the rarest type among base forms: only 48 species have it.
Verified by code499 species have a single type in their base form and 526 have two: dual typing accounts for 51 % of the Pokédex.
Verified by codeThe most repeated type pair is Normal/Flying, with 27 species; in total there are 136 distinct dual-type combinations among base forms.
Verified by codeThe defensive combination with the most weaknesses among existing base forms has 7 types that hit it for extra damage: Grass/Psychic (e.g. Exeggcute), Rock/Dark (e.g. Tyranitar), Grass/Dark (e.g. Nuzleaf), Psychic/Rock (e.g. Lunatone) and 2 more.
Verified by codeThe defensive combination with the most resistances and immunities among existing base forms totals 12: Electric/Steel (e.g. Magnemite) and Ghost/Steel (e.g. Honedge).
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Stats
Excluding legendary and mythical Pokémon, Slaking has the highest base stat total in base form: 670 points.
Verified by codeThe highest base stat total of a base form is 720, reached by Arceus.
Verified by codeThe lowest base stat total is 175, that of Wishiwashi.
Verified by codeThe highest base Speed figure in base form is 200: it belongs to Regieleki.
Verified by codeThe highest base HP figure in base form is 255: it belongs to Blissey.
Verified by codeThe highest base Attack figure in base form is 181: it belongs to Kartana.
Verified by codeThe highest base Defense figure in base form is 230: it belongs to Shuckle.
Verified by codeThe highest base Sp. Atk figure in base form is 173: it belongs to Xurkitree.
Verified by codeThe average base stat total of the 1025 base forms is 428 points; 60 species reach 600 or more.
Verified by code41 species that are neither legendary nor mythical reach a base stat total of 570 or more in their base form.
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Height and weight
2 species share the greatest weight in the Pokédex (999.9 kg): Cosmoem and Celesteela.
Verified by code5 species share the lowest weight in the Pokédex (0.1 kg): Gastly, Haunter, Flabébé, Cosmog and 1 more.
Verified by codeEternatus is the tallest species in the Pokédex: 20.0 m.
Verified by code7 species share the lowest height in the Pokédex (0.1 m): Joltik, Flabébé, Cutiefly, Comfey and 3 more.
Verified by codeThe average height of base forms is 1.2 m and the average weight is 67.0 kg.
Verified by code178 species weigh 100 kg or more in their base form; 284 stay below 10 kg.
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Generations
Generation V contributed the most new species: 156.
Verified by codeGeneration VI contributed the fewest new species: 72.
Verified by codeThe snapshot's National Pokédex gathers 1,025 species across 9 generations, with 1,351 playable forms in total.
Verified by codeGeneration VII introduced more legendary and mythical Pokémon than any other: 16.
Verified by codeThe generation with the highest average base stat total is IX (457 points); the lowest is III (404).
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Evolution
199 species neither evolve nor come from another: they form single-member evolution chains (19 % of the Pokédex).
Verified by codeOf the 540 evolution chains, 116 reach three stages and 19 branch into more than one possible evolution.
Verified by code26 evolutions require trading the Pokémon, compared with 395 that happen by levelling up and 64 that require using an item.
Verified by codeItem-based evolutions use 26 different items in total.
Verified by code20 evolutions depend on the Pokémon's friendship and 1 on affection.
Verified by code21 evolutions depend on the in-game time: 10 have a daytime variant and 12 a night-time one (some allow both with different results).
Verified by code7 evolutions only happen in a specific place and 9 depend on the Pokémon's gender.
Verified by codeThe most common evolution level is 30: 30 evolutions happen upon reaching it.
Verified by codeEevee is the species with the most possible direct evolutions: 8.
Verified by codeThere are 485 evolutions (species → species pairs) in the 540 chains of the snapshot.
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Categories
The Pokédex has 71 legendary species and 23 mythical ones; together they make up 9 % of all species.
Verified by code19 species are classified as baby Pokémon.
Verified by code224 species have at least one alternate form; among them there are 97 Mega Evolutions, 34 Gigantamax forms and 59 regional forms.
Verified by code155 species have no gender, 37 are always female and 26 always male.
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Editorial facts
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Figures computed on snapshot 2026-10-27-d3bf31af18 (1025 species, 1351 forms). Data: PokéAPI.