Add pokemon type defenses

[IngwiePhoenix]

Hello!

So, long story short... In my group, I am the infra guy; built some repro cartridges for CrystalClear and other ROM hacks and generally am the dude puzzling together the setups for online multiplayer and the likes. But, aside from a few lucky moments, I am actually pretty bad when it comes to actually playing. x). My biggest weakness: Types.

I can remember most abilities just fine, but typing? Uh oh...

So when I saw your tool pop up on Reddit, my immediate hope was that it'd give me a type chart (what is very effective versus not very effective against a given mon and it's types). Since that feature does not currently exist, allow me to make it a feature request!

Scope

This is purely for typing. The most intuitive would be at a pokemon's entry (poke-cli pokemon <name>) via a flag. For example, when passing -T (for type chart), it should display:

Very effective against: fire, grass, ...
Effective against: ...
Neutral against: ...
Ineffective against: ...
Very ineffective against: ...
Not at all affected by: normal (i.e. when the mon's type is ghost)

I'd totally love this feature - since I always have a shell open anyway, this could come in clutch. I know at least one of my friends sometimes uses a calc (mainly when he is basically panicing XD), so let me use a shell ;)

Kind regards,
Ingwie

[digitalghost-dev]

Hey, thanks for opening this! This kind of does exist already with the types command. It's not Pokémon specific but it'll show the general effectiveness of each chosen type.

However, I believe I understand what you're saying in that it could applied for a specific Pokémon.

I just have to account for abilities like Levitate and Water Absorb but I could do this!

[IngwiePhoenix]

Dude that'd be super useful! I can account for abilities myself - but having this effectiveness list would be super helpful to have. ^^ Thank you for considering it =)

[digitalghost-dev]

@IngwiePhoenix - question for you. Now that I am thinking about this, I'm debating on repurposing the -t | --types flag to display the specific Pokémon's damage chart like your suggestion and just display the Pokémon's typing with the main information.

Example:

[11:26:25] ~ $ poke-cli pokemon vaporeon
Your selected Pokémon: Vaporeon
• National Pokédex #: 134
• Weight: 29.0kg (63.9 lbs)
• Height: 3.3m (3′03″)

The question is: does the -t | --types flag sound intuitive enough to you as a user that it's purpose is for the damage chart or does a different name make more sense?

Edit: My initial thought was to rename the flag to -d | --defense.