Pokémon Encyclopedia: Regions, Games, Mechanics, Natures & Items

The pokee.si guide: 13 regions with lore, a timeline of 25 main-series games, mechanics explained (types, EVs, Mega Evolution, Terastallization), all 25 natures, Poké Balls, items and berries.

Regions

Mechanics

  • Types and STAB: How the 18 types work, what the chart multipliers mean, and why a Pokémon hits harder with moves of its own type.
  • Stats, IVs, EVs and Natures: The six stats, the real formulas that build them, and how IVs, EVs, Natures and level fit together.
  • Abilities: Passive powers that change a battle: how many a Pokémon can have, how to change them, and how they are inherited.
  • Status conditions: Burn, poison, paralysis, sleep, freeze, confusion and friends, with the exact numbers used in the newest games.
  • Weather and terrain: Sun, rain, sandstorm, snow and the four terrains: what they change, how long they last and how they start.
  • Critical hits and priority: How critical hits are rolled and boosted, and how turn order works, including the priority brackets from +5 to -7.
  • Mega Evolution: The temporary power-up from Pokémon X and Y: what it needs, what it changes and which games have it.
  • Z-Moves: The once-per-battle super attacks from Generation VII: Z-Crystals, the power table and the special rules.
  • Dynamax and Gigantamax: The giant Pokémon of Galar: how Dynamax works, Max Moves, Max Raid Battles and Gigantamax forms.
  • Terastallization: The crystal transformation of Scarlet and Violet: Tera Types, the STAB rules, Stellar and Tera Raids.
  • Breeding and Eggs: How compatibility, Egg Groups, inherited moves, IVs, Natures and Abilities work when you breed Pokémon.
  • Shiny Pokémon: Rare alternative colours: the odds in each generation and the methods that make them easier to find.
  • Legendary, Mythical, Ultra Beast and Paradox Pokémon: The special groups of rare Pokémon: how each is defined, how many there are and how they differ.
  • Mega Evolution in Legends: Z-A: How Mega Evolution works in the real-time Lumiose City game, including Rogue Megas and Z Mega Evolution.

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