Pokémon School

Pokémon School: short, interactive lessons on types and 4× weaknesses, stats, evolution, Legendary and Mythical Pokémon, first partners, regions, moves, STAB and speed. Each ends with a quiz. On pokee.si.

Starter lessons

Types 101 (4 min): The 18 types, what “super effective” means, and the eight immunities. Tap the matchups to learn the chart.
Reading a stat card (4 min): The six base stats, what each one does, and what a base stat total really tells you.
How evolution works (5 min): Levels, stones, trades and friendship, plus Eevee’s eight evolutions and the strangest methods in the games.
First partners of every region (4 min): The 27 first partner Pokémon, from Bulbasaur to Quaxly, and the Grass, Fire and Water triangle they share.
Say it right (3 min): How to read a pokee.si respelling, find the stressed syllable and say the tricky names out loud.
The regions in order (4 min): Kanto to Paldea: nine regions, the games that introduced them and the real places they are based on.

Trainer lessons

Legendary, Mythical and the rest (5 min): The official classes: Legendary, Mythical, Ultra Beast and Paradox, and why “pseudo-legendary” is a fan term.
Moves: physical, special and status (4 min): The three kinds of move, which stats they use, and how to pick moves that suit your Pokémon.
Dual types and 4× damage (5 min, pokee.si Plus): How two types multiply: 4× weaknesses, ¼× resistances and immunities that cancel everything. Build typings yourself.
Abilities basics (4 min, pokee.si Plus): Passive powers, the three Ability slots, Hidden Abilities and the Abilities that change a battle.
Status conditions (4 min): Burn, poison, paralysis, sleep and freeze: what each one does, which types are immune, and how confusion differs. Tap the status a move causes.
Weather (4 min): Sun, rain, sandstorm and snow: what each does, how long it lasts and how to start it. Slide the sky and watch a Water move change.
Natures (4 min): The 25 Natures, which stat each raises and lowers by 10%, and how to pick one that fits. Tap the stats on a stat card.
Held items basics (4 min): One item per Pokémon: Leftovers, Choice items, Focus Sash and more, and the catch that comes with each. Match the item to the job.
Eggs and breeding basics (5 min, pokee.si Plus): Egg Groups, Ditto, what hatches and what a baby inherits. Decide which pairs can make an Egg.

Expert lessons

STAB: same-type attack bonus (4 min, pokee.si Plus): Why a Pokémon hits 1.5× harder with moves of its own type, and how Adaptability and Terastallization change it.
Speed and who moves first (5 min, pokee.si Plus): Speed, priority brackets from +5 to −7, Quick Attack, Trick Room and the rules that decide turn order.
Terrain (4 min, pokee.si Plus): Electric, Grassy, Misty and Psychic Terrain, and why only Pokémon on the ground feel them. Spot who is affected.
Tera types (5 min, pokee.si Plus): Generation 9 Terastallization: a new defensive type, a bigger STAB and the Stellar type. Pick the best Tera Type to survive a hit.
Mega Evolution and Gigantamax (5 min, pokee.si Plus): Key Stones, Mega Stones, Max Moves and Gigantamax forms, and what each gimmick really changes. Find the biggest Mega stat gain.

12 lessons are open to everyone; 8 advanced lessons are part of pokee.si Plus, each with a first card you can try. Test yourself with the quiz packs.