What the new Type Chart should look like.

Last time I talked about how the Type chart should be overhauled, and what Types should be cut out or combined. I'm very happy with the results and I thought I'd put up a rough draft of how the new chart would play out in terms of effectiveness and resistances. Let it be clear that if the Type chart is changed, then the entire Pokémon ecosystem will have to change accordingly in terms of moves, Abilities and Pokémon stats as well. You might look at this chart and think that some Types are too strong or too weak, but remember that these problems existed already and are manageable with proper design in other areas. The Type chart is a rough instrument for balacing anything, and--while I've done a decent job of balancing--the Type interactions need to make some 'sense' as well for them to work in-game.

One of the major overhauls the Type chart has undergone is that resistances now change whether the damage is coming from a physical or a special attack. Effectively I've implemented a second 'split' in the Types, there's now a difference between a Physical Electric attack and a Special Electric attack. There are relatively few moves and Abilities that impede Special moves, so Special moves generally have an advantage over physical moves. In the Type chart you'll notice that Physical moves often have a higher effectiveness than Special moves; Earth is immune to Special Electric moves while it only resists Physical Electric moves for example. The new movepool should reflect this change; Special moves have less to worry about in terms of Abilities and moves, but are not equally strong overall. Without further ado: here's the new Type chart.

The left-most column show the attacking Type. The top graph shows the effectiveness of Physical moves.

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Let me know what you think.