Pokemon Champions Type Coverage Calculator
A team that cannot hit back gets walled. Type coverage measures whether your attacking moves threaten the Pokemon you will actually face — because a beautiful defensive core means nothing if one common typing shrugs off everything you click.
The PokeSynergy coverage view tests your six Pokemon's moves against the live ranked meta, flags the typings you fail to threaten, and shows which moves or partners close the gap. Built for newcomers: every result comes with the reason, not just a grade.
| Type | Top-30 Threats With It | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Ghost | 6 | Sinistcha, Basculegion-Male, Gholdengo |
| Fairy | 6 | Whimsicott, Grimmsnarl, Sylveon |
| Steel | 5 | Kingambit, Archaludon, Mega Metagross |
| Flying | 5 | Mega Staraptor, Mega Charizard Y, Pelipper |
| Dark | 4 | Kingambit, Incineroar, Grimmsnarl |
| Water | 3 | Basculegion-Male, Pelipper, Mega Swampert |
| Fighting | 3 | Mega Staraptor, Sneasler, Annihilape |
| Fire | 3 | Incineroar, Mega Charizard Y, Torkoal |
Cover the meta, not the chart
Newcomers often build coverage backwards: picking moves to tick off as many of the eighteen types as possible. Ranked play rewards the opposite — look at the table above and ask whether your team threatens thosetypings, in proportion to how often they appear. Two moves that crush the meta's top typings beat six moves of scattered, unused coverage.
Watch for redundancy too. If three of your attackers lean on the same attacking type, one well-placed resist stonewalls all of them at once. Spreading your damage types across the team is what lets you keep attacking through switches.
Offense and defense in one view
Coverage never exists in a vacuum: swapping a move to patch your offense can leave you without an answer to a threat, and swapping a Pokemon to fix a weakness can open a coverage hole. The PokeSynergy analysis view shows offensive coverage and defensive weaknesses side by side and re-checks both against live usage data every time you change a set — so the fix on one side never silently breaks the other.
Frequently asked questions
What is type coverage in Pokemon Champions?
Type coverage is how many defensive typings your team's attacking moves hit super effectively. Good coverage means no opposing Pokemon can wall your whole team; a coverage hole means some typings take neutral or reduced damage from everything you have.
What is the difference between coverage and weakness checking?
Coverage is offense: which types your moves hit hard. Weakness checking is defense: which types hit your team hard. Strong teams need both, and PokeSynergy's analysis view shows them together so a fix on one side doesn't open a hole on the other.
Do I need a move of every type?
No. You need your attacks to threaten the Pokemon that actually appear in ranked. Hitting the meta's common typings — the ones in the table above — matters far more than ticking off all eighteen types on a chart.
Does the calculator account for abilities and immunities?
Yes. Type-based immunities and common ability interactions are part of the analysis, which is exactly where paper type charts mislead — an Earthquake into a Levitate user is a coverage hole no chart will show you.