I ranked all 171 type combinations

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  1. Fighting/Ghost: I really slept on this type. Offensively, it is amazing, hitting 42.5% of all Pokemon for super effective damage, while only being resisted by two Pokemon. Defensively, it resists Stealth Rock, and is immune to Fighting.
  2. Ghost/Normal: Offensively, it is only resisted by 0.6% of Pokemon. Defensively, it is only weak to Dark, while it has three immunities, including Fighting.
  3. Flying/Steel: Offensively, its decent, hitting 36.2% of all Pokemon for super effective damage. Defensively however, is where it really shines. It is immune to Ground and Poison, has two quad resistances, six normal resistances, while only being weak to Fire and Electric. It is also immune to poison, as well as most forms of hazards since it is a Flying type, however unlike most Flying types, it isn't weak to Stealth Rocks. Its the perfect type for a wall.
  4. Fairy/Ghost: Offensively, it hits 32.8% of all Pokemon for super effective damage, while only being resisted by 0.3% of Pokemon. Defensively, it is only weak to Steel and Ghost, while being immune to Fighting.
  5. Ghost/Steel: Offensively, it is decent. Defensively, it is weak to ground, but is immune to Fighting, and resists nine types including Rock and Ice.
  6. Fairy/Ground: Offensively, it hits 43.8% of Pokemon for super effective damage, while only being resisted by 1.1% of Pokemon. Defensively, it is weak to Ice, but resists Rock and Fighting
  7. Flying/Ground: Offensively, it hits 49.7% of all Pokemon for super effective damage, while only being resisted by 1.4% of Pokemon. Defensively, it is quad weak to Ice, but resists Fighting and is immune to Ground.
  8. Bug/Fighting: Offensively, it hits 39% of Pokemon for super effective damage. Defensively, it resists Ground and Fighting.
  9. Fire/Ground: Offensively, it hits 48% of all Pokemon for super effective damage, while only being resisted by 2.5% of Pokemon. Defensively, it is weak to Ground, but its only other weakness is Water, which is usually easy to play around.
  10. Fighting/Flying: Offensively, it hits 47.5% of Pokemon for super effective damage, while only being resisted by 1.6%. Defensively, it's weak to Ice, but resists Fighting and is immune to Ground.
  11. Flying/Ghost: Offensively, it hits 37.4% of all Pokemon for super effective damage, while only being resisted by 0.7%. Defensively, it's weak to Ice and Rock, but is immune to Ground and Fighting. Its immunity to most hazards and Rapid Spin make it a great type for a support Pokemon.
  12. Dragon/Water: Offensively, it is only resisted by 1.2% of Pokemon. Defensively, it is only weak to Dragon and Fairy.
  13. Dark/Ghost: Offensively, it is decent. Defensively, it is only weak to Fairy, but is immune to Fighting.
  14. Ground/Ice: Offensively, it is probably the best in the game, with 53.2% of Pokemon being weak to it, with only 0.6% resisting it. Defensively, it is weak to a lot of types, but the only notable one is Fighting.
  15. Fairy/Steel: Offensively, it is decent. Defensively, it is weak to Ground, but is immune to two types, and resists nine types, including Ice and Rock.
  16. Fire/Steel: Offensively, it hits 35.3% of Pokemon for super effective damage. Defensively, it has some huge problems. It is weak to Fighting and quad weak to Ground. This would be a death sentence for most types, but this type makes up for it with four resistances, an immunity, and FIVE QUAD RESISTANCES! This makes it very easy to switch in, and while its shortcomings prevent it from being higher, its benefits are amazing.
  17. Ground/Water: Offensively, 32.5% of Pokemon are weak to it. Defensively, it is only weak to Grass, while resisting Rock.
  18. Fighting/Psychic: Offensively, 38.4% of Pokemon are weak to it. Defensively, it resists Fighting and Rock.
  19. Ghost/Ice
  20. Ghost/Ground
  21. Fairy/Ice
  22. Bug/Ground
  23. Ice/Water
  24. Fairy/Fighting
  25. Fighting/Water
  26. Fighting/Ice
  27. Fairy/Fire
  28. Fire/Water
  29. Fairy/Water
  30. Ghost/Water
  31. Bug/Water
  32. Bug/Fairy
  33. Bug/Steel
  34. Flying/Water
  35. Electric/Water
  36. Psychic/Water
  37. Dark/Fairy
  38. Fighting
  39. Ghost
  40. Fairy
  41. Water
  42. Dragon/Ghost
  43. Ghost/Rock
  44. Fighting/Ground
  45. Electric/Fighting
  46. Fighting/Poison
  47. Dark/Fighting
  48. Bug/Rock
  49. Fire/Grass: Offensively, 44.1% of Pokemon are weak to it. Defensively, it is weak to Rock.
  50. Ice/Psychic: Offensively, it hits 37.9% of Pokemon for super effective damage. Defensively, it resists Ice, but is weak to Rock.
  51. Bug/Electric
  52. Electric/Fairy
  53. Electric/Ghost
  54. Fairy/Rock
  55. Psychic/Rock
  56. Electric/Ice
  57. Fighting/Fire
  58. Flying/Rock
  59. Dragon/Fire
  60. Fighting/Steel
  61. Flying/Poison
  62. Fairy/Flying
  63. Flying/Psychic
  64. Poison/Water
  65. Grass/Steel
  66. Fairy/Psychic
  67. Grass/Water
  68. Fairy/Normal
  69. Normal/Psychic
  70. Ghost/Psychic
  71. Psychic
  72. Fairy/Grass
  73. Fire/Psychic
  74. Ground/Psychic
  75. Ground/Steel
  76. Fire/Ghost
  77. Electric/Flying
  78. Grass/Ice
  79. Dark/Psychic
  80. Bug/Ghost
  81. Bug/Psychic
  82. Bug
  83. Bug/Dark
  84. Bug/Poison
  85. Psychic/Steel
  86. Electric/Ground
  87. Ground/Poison
  88. Fighting/Rock
  89. Dark/Ground
  90. Grass/Rock
  91. Fighting/Grass
  92. Rock/Water
  93. Flying/Grass
  94. Dark/Poison
  95. Bug/Normal
  96. Electric
  97. Fairy/Poison
  98. Poison/Psychic
  99. Electric/Fire
  100. Dark/Ice
  101. Dark/Grass
  102. Steel/Water
  103. Dragon/Steel
  104. Steel
  105. Normal/Water
  106. Dark/Flying
  107. Grass/Ground
  108. Poison/Rock
  109. Poison/Steel
  110. Electric/Steel
  111. Ice/Rock
  112. Flying/Ice
  113. Fire/Flying
  114. Bug/Ice
  115. Bug/Fire
  116. Dark/Fire
  117. Ghost/Grass
  118. Dark/Water
  119. Electric/Psychic
  120. Dragon/Fighting
  121. Grass/Poison
  122. Ghost/Poison
  123. Electric/Grass
  124. Ground
  125. Fighting/Normal
  126. Dragon/Fairy
  127. Dark
  128. Dragon
  129. Normal/Poison
  130. Dragon/Psychic
  131. Ice/Poison
  132. Dragon/Ice
  133. Bug/Dragon
  134. Dragon/Ground
  135. Dark/Rock
  136. Poison
  137. Grass
  138. Flying/Normal
  139. Flying
  140. Fire
  141. Ice
  142. Fire/Ice
  143. Ground/Rock
  144. Normal
  145. Fire/Rock
  146. Dark/Electric
  147. Electric/Poison
  148. Dragon/Electric
  149. Ground/Normal
  150. Fire/Poison
  151. Bug/Flying
  152. Dragon/Grass
  153. Electric/Normal
  154. Dark/Dragon
  155. Dragon/Poison
  156. Dragon/Normal
  157. Dark/Steel
  158. Normal/Steel
  159. Grass/Psychic
  160. Bug/Grass
  161. Dragon/Flying
  162. Rock
  163. Dark/Normal
  164. Ice/Normal
  165. Fire/Normal
  166. Grass/Normal
  167. Rock/Steel
  168. Electric/Rock
  169. Ice/Steel
  170. Dragon/Rock
  171. Normal/Rock
Do you agree with my rankings?
I'll be updating them with information regarding their places, and update the rankings if I change my opinion, or if someone makes a good argument on why I am wrong.
 
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faint

faint

Thank you for this list but as a visual learner I have some recommendations for you. For starters, every type combination should have a description of why they're ranked how they are. Right now this looks like a WIP you'd find in the Contributions & Corrections forum. I would also better utilize new lines and bolded fonts for the type combinations. Lastly, consider using color to represent each type. For example, Fire type may make use of red, and Ice type may make use of a baby blue. This will help people like me immediately recognize the type instead of having to read it. When all is said and done, i would expect to see something like this:

1. Normal Ghost

Offensively, it hits for at least neutral damage on all but 7 pokemon in the game, only three of which are fully evolved. Defensively, it has three immunities. The one to fighting is amazing, the one to ghost is nice, and the one to normal lets it block some common attacks like rapid spin and fake out. It also has only one weakness, that being dark, which isn't that big of a deal.
 
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faint said:
Thank you for this list but as a visual learner I have some recommendations for you. For starters, every type combination should have a description of why they're ranked how they are. Right now this looks like a WIP you'd find in the Contributions & Corrections forum. I would also better utilize new lines and bolded fonts for the type combinations. Lastly, consider using color to represent each type. For example, Fire type may make use of red, and Ice type may make use of a baby blue. This will help people like me immediately recognize the type instead of having to read it. When all is said and done, i would expect to see something like this:

1. Normal Ghost

Offensively, it hits for at least neutral damage on all but 7 pokemon in the game, only three of which are fully evolved. Defensively, it has three immunities. The one to fighting is amazing, the one to ghost is nice, and the one to normal lets it block some common attacks like rapid spin and fake out. It also has only one weakness, that being dark, which isn't that big of a deal.
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I'll work on it. Thanks for the feedback.
 
Cancel cult

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Here is my process on how I rank these.
The main contributor to a type combos ranking is whether or not they are weak to Ground, Ice, and Fighting. These three types warp the meta around them, and being weak to even two of them can bring a Pokemon's ranking down a fair amount. Being quad weak to one while still having a weakness to another will deprive a type combo of a top spot, unless they have a really good reason for it. Fire/Steel, an otherwise excellent type, barely makes the top 15, because it suffers from a fighting weakness and a quad weakness to ground. Likewise, Ground/Rock is an excellent offensive type, but is rather low on the rankings because it is unfortunately weak to all three. To a lesser extent, Rock is also an important type to not be weak to, due to Stealth Rocks, however it is more of an afterthought.
The next most influential category is how well the type combo is defensively, but it is valued just barely more than offense. A pokemon's type does not usually prevent it from being a sweeper, but it often prevents a pokemon from being a wall. Here are to examples of this:
Deoxys (Attack Forme) | Pokemon GO Wiki - GamePress
Avalugg Pokédex: stats, moves, evolution & locations | Pokémon Database

Deoxys attack is a pure psychic type, which is not that good offensively. Despite this, its decent movepool and great stats let it perform well as a sweeper.
Avalugg has great defensive stats, reliable recovery, and hazard support. However, it has a huge flaw. It is an ice type. Shocking, I know. Ice is a bad defensive type, and this prevents avalugg from making any meaningful impact on the meta.
 
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ChrystalFalchion

ChrystalFalchion

160: Rock / Ground

I'm sorry, what? STAB EdgeQuake is bad is it? As of SV, those moves are resisted by a grand total of 7 fully evolved Pokemon (5 if you don't count abilities). Granted that typing is poor defensively with 2 4X weaknesses, but it's not horrendous as you still have nice resistances to Fire, Normal, Flying, Rock and an Electric immunity. The problem is the same we used to have with Ice types, Game Freak keeps putting it on slow bulky Pokemon. If they put in on a fast attacker like Weavile, guarantee that Pokemon would be an OU star (if it didn't have a crippling ability).

168: Fire / Flying

Again, WHAT?! 6 resistances and an immunity, coverage only resisted by Rock types. Maybe when Stealth Rock was omnipresent, but with Heavy Duty Boots you can negate that. The fact that you have this listed below Rock / Steel and Bug / Ice is hilarious.

65: Psychic / Dark

A combo that resists...absolutely nothing. OK, has a Psychic immunity, but still...

171: Bug / Grass

OK, can't argue with that, that typing truly is the pits.
 
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ChrystalFalchion said:
160: Rock / Ground

I'm sorry, what? STAB EdgeQuake is bad is it? As of SV, those moves are resisted by a grand total of 7 fully evolved Pokemon (5 if you don't count abilities). Granted that typing is poor defensively with 2 4X weaknesses, but it's not horrendous as you still have nice resistances to Fire, Normal, Flying, Rock and an Electric immunity. The problem is the same we used to have with Ice types, Game Freak keeps putting it on slow bulky Pokemon. If they put in on a fast attacker like Weavile, guarantee that Pokemon would be an OU star (if it didn't have a crippling ability).

168: Fire / Flying

Again, WHAT?! 6 resistances and an immunity, coverage only resisted by Rock types. Maybe when Stealth Rock was omnipresent, but with Heavy Duty Boots you can negate that. The fact that you have this listed below Rock / Steel and Bug / Ice is hilarious.

65: Psychic / Dark

A combo that resists...absolutely nothing. OK, has a Psychic immunity, but still...

171: Bug / Grass

OK, can't argue with that, that typing truly is the pits.
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Rock grounds main problem is its garbage defence. also, im still changing these, and that ranking might change in the future.
 
Myzozoa

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how can u rank them if u havent analyzed them yet?? im not following this one at all; if it is causing strife it should certainly be locked as the op's methods are nonsensical and thus are unlikely to lead to a usable result
 
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Myzozoa said:
how can u rank them if u havent analyzed them yet?? im not following this one at all; if it is causing strife it should certainly be locked as the op's methods are nonsensical and thus are unlikely to lead to a usable result
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i have analyzed them, but it was a rushed job, case in point, when i first put this up, electric steel was in the top 20 for some reason.
 
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Cancel cult said:
168 Fire Flying
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Fire flying has two incredible stabs for offense and while it has 3 common weaknesses, the X4 rock weakness does hurt, it also has 6 resistances, including fairy, fighting and fire, and an immunity to ground. Numerous pokemon with the fire/flying type have been good, such as moltres, and this should be at least in the top half not the 4th worst type combo.
 
Local Dog

Local Dog

I feel like you were looking a lot at the mathematics of how which types hit how many types and are hit by so many types whilst forgoing some important context. For example, you put pure grass very low on your list, it's the lowest mono type, probably because Grass is resisted by (I think) 7 types and is hit super effectively by 5 types. This is very important to note, however the fact that 3 of the types Grass is weak against are relatively rare (Poison, Bug and Flying) as coverage moves, the fact Grass resists Key offensive types like water and ground and hits those specific types super effectively is huge. Mono Grass should be at least in the upper half of this ranking

Similarly, Fire/Ground is absolutely not no 7. Like it's good offensively (albeit not so good to put it in the upper regions of this list due to its offensive prowess by itself) and definitely not this good defensively. Primal Don managed to utilize the typing immensely well due to its immunity to water, if this typing was so good defensively, defensive Camerupt with Solid Rock would be used a lot more
 
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