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This is a Pokemon Database (Pokedex) that includes information about Pokemon. Pokemon is a popular series of video games created by Gamefreak and published by Nintendo. The series focused on creatures called "Pokemon" that battle with you, gain experience, learn moves, evolve, have unique abilities and stats, and much more. Pokemon has branched out into a trading card game, movies, a TV series, manga, but this database will only focus on the games.
On the opening page, you'll see a directory with more than 200 Pokemon. The directory includes "at glance" information of the Pokemon. This information can be sorted alphabetically by clicking the header at the top. For example, if you wanted to find Pokemon sorted alphabetically by Dream World abilities, you'd click "DW Abilities" on the top of the table that lists the Pokemon. Clicking that same section again allows you to sort in reverse order, so clicking "DW Abilities" a second time would sort from Z-A.
The information listed on the directory includes:
Each Pokemon is assigned a number, based on when it was introduced. This is the default sorting order in the Pokedex.
Each Pokemon and moves have properties called "types". There are 17 total types. These include: Normal, Fire, Fighting, Water, Flying, Grass, Poison, Electric, Ground, Psychic, Rock, Ice, Bug, Dragon, Ghost, Dark, and Steel. Pokemon can have one type (mono type) or two types (duel types). Moves may only have one type.
The Pokemon's type(s) affect how much damage moves do against it. The move's type affect how much damage it does to the opposing Pokemon.
Moves can be super effective (double damage), neutral (regular damage), not very effective (half damage), or have no effect (no damage).
For example, Fire Types are weak against Water types. If you use a Water move against a fire type Pokemon, it will do double the regular damage. When duel types come into play, both types are figu#E0E0F6 into the final damage. For example, ground types are also weak to water moves. So a Pokemon that is both fire and ground will receive four times the regular damage from water moves.
If a Pokemon is the same type as the move it is using, it will receive a "Same Type Attack Bonus" (STAB), of 50%. So an Electric move coming from an Electric attack, like Pikachu, will do more damage than an Electric attack coming from a normal Pokemon, like Meowth.
OU stands for Over Used. These are very powerful Pokemon seen most often in competitive battling. These include: Blissey, Gengar, Gyarados, Infernape, Heatran, etc. OUs tend to have excellent typing and move selection, and/or a great ability.
Uber are Pokemon that have been branded too powerful for competitive battling, and that their use centralized the game too much (aka. The game would become too focused on these very few "Elite" Pokemon were they allowed, to the exclusion of all the other hund#E0E0F6s of Pokemon). Almost all Ubers are legendary Pokemon(Pokemon featu#E0E0F6 prominently in the show or games as being one of a kind, or having some legend or story surrounding it), however, not all legendary Pokemon qualify as ubers. Only the "top tier" or most powerful legendary Pokemon classify as ubers. All ubers have phenomenal stats, coupled with excellent move pools and/or abilities.
Some players specifically allow ubers in matches, or use ubers because the opponent didn't specifically request standard rules.
Tier represents a Pokemon's grouping. These grouping represent how powerful or used they are in competitive battling. Never Used (NU) Pokemon are Pokemon that are outclassed in competitive battling. These Pokemon usually have: very low stas, few amount of available moves, useless-mediocre abilities, etc.
BL stands for Borderline Pokemon. These are Pokemon that are not quite powerful enough to be considered OU, but still have a strong presence in competitive battling. Overall, they tend to be less powerful than their OU counterparts, but can still serve a useful purpose or fulfill a role that OUs might lack. BLs include: Feraligatr, Ludicolo, Milotic, Regice, Abomasnow, Flygon, etc. BL Pokemon tend to have good stats, and a good selection of moves.
UU stands for Under Used Pokemon. These are Pokemon that are usually outclassed, but can still serve the occasional niche. Some players have battles where only UU Pokemon are allowed in order to have more options and use Pokemon that generally wouldn't be viable. UU Pokemon tend to have mediocre stats, and a mediocre selection of moves. It is generally recommended that you do not use UUs unless you are battling in a match specifically for UUs.
NUs include Luvdisc, Plusle, Minun, and Unown. It is strongly recommended that you don't use NU Pokemon on any competitive standard team. In order to focus more attention on the most competitively useful Pokemon, the vast majority of NUs will not appear in this database.
These are abilities or powers the Pokemon have that aid them in battle. These include Overgrow, which increases your grass attacks when your Hit Points are low; Intimidate, which lowers your opponent's attack when you switch in; Water Absorb, which absorbs water attacks and restores ¼ of your max HP (instead of applying damage).
The majority of Pokemon have an alternate ability that can only be unlocked through the Dream World. After befriending the Pokemon in the Dream World and bringing it back to your cartridge, it should have the Dream World exlusive ability. Not all Dream World abilities have been released yet, and the data here is based on what is going to happen.
(short for statistics) are the numerical value for attributes of Pokemon. These stats include Hit Points, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed. Base Stats are the baseline stat that a particular species have. These stats can be improved upon through proper training, and just happening to have the right nature.
Hit Points (HP): Show how much damage a Pokemon can receive before fainting. Hit Points in battle are displayed as a bar, and will be green when full, yellow when around half full, and #E0E0F6 when close to empty.
Attack: Attack shows how much damage physical attacks will do. (This database mentions whether the attacks are physical or special.) Physical attacks include Tackle, Take Down, Mega Punch, Earthquake, Fire Punch, etc.
Defense: Defense is how resistant Pokemon are to physical attacks. The higher the defense, the less hit points this Pokemon will lose from physical attacks.
Special Attack: This stat shows how much damage special moves will inflict. Special moves are generally moves where contact is not made. Such as Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Surf, Hyper Beam, etc.
Special Defense. This stat shows how much damage special attacks will do. The higher the special defense, the less damage special attack will do.
Speed: This stat dictates which Pokemon will move first. In battle, a Pokemon with the highest speed will move first. If there is a tie, then the Pokemon that goes first is decided at random.
There is much more in depth information about the Pokemon than the directory listing. On the far left, there is a picture of the Pokemon, (all left pictures done by Ken Sugimori) and right under it, that Pokemon's stats. These stats include their base stats, and the range of stats they can have at level 100 (the highest possible level).
On the mid left, there is a list of information about the Pokemon's attributes. These attributes include the National Pokedex number, the type, the classification (what the Pokemon resembles), the height and weight; the abilities, (including dream world ability, if it exists); the gender ratio; the amount of EVs (Effort values) you obtain from defeating it. The Egg Group(s) (Pokemon in the same Egg Groups are able to breed), the catch rate (the higher it is, the easier the Pokemon is to catch), the Local Number; the original Japanese name, along with an English translation; the amount of experience points the Pokemon needs to grow to level 100; the amount of steps it takes for an egg to hatch. The numbers were obtained from the game's data, so even Pokemon that cannot breed have a number of steps before their egg would hatch. Also, the base happiness.
On the mid right, you should see the Pokemon's regular sprite front and back, and their shiny sprite's front and back. Some Pokemon have unique sprites for the female, so those will show as well. If the Pokemon does not have alternate sprites for females, it will just say "None". Right below that, it lists how to obtain the Pokemon. Each whole number represents a method. The letters there represent alternate paths you can take to achieve the same goal. The decimals, like 1.1 or 1.2 represent the next step to take that is still part of the same method as its whole number. This is where the alternate paths converge. A different whole number represents an entirely different method.
Right below that, it lists the Pokedex description that is displayed in Pokemon Black and Pokemon White.
On the far right, it lists how much damage the Pokemon will take from attacks. For example, if there is a flying type Pokemon, it will list that it takes no damage from ground attacks. If the Pokemon has only one ability, and that ability makes it immune to a certain type, that will be mentioned on the type listing (Levitate, Flash Fire, etc.)
On the bottom, the moves the Pokemon can learn are listed. The moves on the left represent the moves it can learn without fifth generation TMs. These methods include, level up, Egg/breeding moves, TMs from generation 4, move tutors from generation 4, moves learned by a pre-evolution, third generation move tutors, (Seismic Toss, Body Slam, Counter), the Draco Meteor move tutor in the 8th gym in the fifth generation, event only moves, moves obtained after purification on Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, moves obtained through Smergal's "Sketch", and moves obtained through the Dream World. These moves are listed in order of competitive usefulness. When figuring the move order, Dream World abilities are taken into account, even if that Dream World ability is not obtainable yet.
Moves that I felt weren't useful competitively were not included. To the right, is a list of TMs. These TMs are listed in order of TM number. TMs that I felt weren't useful competitively were excluded.
