Battles are real-time, not turn-based.
Battles are real-time, not turn-based.
by Kallie PlaggeAug 15, 2025, 1:00 PM UTCKallie Plagge is The Verge’s senior copy editor. She was previously senior copy editor at Polygon and reviews editor at GameSpot.
Even if you’ve never played a Pokémon game before, you can probably figure out how the type chart works. Fire types are weak to water types, water is weak to grass, and grass is weak to fire. Type matchups are foundational to Pokémon battles, far before you get into the weeds of stats and strats. I’ve had the Pokémon type chart memorized
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