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Opinions on Type Overlap in teams

Do you care about Type Overlap?

  • Yes

    Votes: 4 66.7%
  • No

    Votes: 2 33.3%

  • Total voters
    6

Greninjaman

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There are people who don't mind having multiples of a type on the team (assuming that they aren't doing a Monotype Run). Then there are those who attempt to have as little (if any) type overlap as possible. What about you guys? I do try to have as little as possible on my teams.
 

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While I would like to care about avoiding overlap, it is not always entirely possible or might go against the overall theme/feel of the game and player character in question.

Example, in Yellow, it is expected for Red to have both Blastoise and Lapras. The rest, you cannot dodge Gyarados + Lapras, even if you go Venusaur Jolteon Snorlax... Blastoise is way too much Water, Charizard adds another Flying. For HMs a throwaway Route 6 mon for Cut, Rock Tunnel layout memorised, the rest can fit on the main team.

In Johto, it is super hard to avoid overlap for the Flying type. Togepi Egg, Kenya the Spearow, Red Gyarados, ExtremeSpeed Dragonite... There is also some Normal overlap since the Togepi line was not Fairy back then, plus the Snorlax in Kanto, and even Rock overlap with Sudowoodo and Shuckle. HM slave is Sentret.

In Hoenn, I would even say that stacking Normals is recommended considering your father is the Normal type Gym Leader. Linoone is the optimal early HM slave and Castform Kecleon just come naturally.

Sinnoh... Togepi Eevee and Porygon are all gifts in Platinum, although Eevee does not exactly count since it will always evolve out of Normal anyway. The theme here is a bit too close to copying Cynthia's team with Togekiss Glaceon Porygon-Z Lucario... I usually go the extra mile and get Garchomp too, despite starting off with Torterra (Barry deserves the Infernape, any other starter is too slow for him, come on). HM slave is Bibarel.

BW... You are getting Larvesta and Amoonguss, so any starter-monkey combination has overlap with one of these. At least Archeops dodges the extra Water that would be Carracosta. Samurott Simisear slightly better since Larvesta will take long to be a good Fire alternative, besides Reshiram is stacked on top of all in Black so just accept it is going to be too much fire.

BW2... The trailer started off with Emboar Arcanine Lucario. Need I say more...

And finally Kalos... In between Lapras and Lucario, the only way to completely avoid overlap is Delphox Venusaur, which does not FEEL right based on Chesnaught used in Pokemon Generation and Mega Charizard having distinct X and Y forms to tell apart the Xerneas and Yveltal universe. So two Fighting it is, Chesnaught + Lucario. Then Tyrantrum is OK in Y where Mega Charizard is not Dragon, Aurorus always overlaps Lapras with Ice so no.

Alola... is weird. Starter, Paniola Ranch Eevee... You need to get creative from there on. I prefer Decidueye Wishiwashi Lycanroc and have not yet decided the ideal final spots.

Have not played Galar and Paldea yet.
 
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Rockapheller

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I prevent it as much as possible, but I don't overthink it. Ultimately what matters for me is to build up a viable team with the species that I love.

For example, during my initial FireRed run I had Charizard, Pidgeot and Snorlax on the same team. Ideally I could have replaced Pidgeot with a Pokémon that has an unused type on my team, but it would take away the fun of owning a Pidgeot which I love. However, I would not fancy adding yet another Normal/Flying type throughout the game as it would be boring.

Or a similar case happened to me during my Sun run. I had A-Ninetales, Mimikyu and Ribombee -- all sharing the Fairy-type. I could not have given up on any of them as I loved them all to have on my team. But ultimately their initial or second types do not match so that would still make some variety, so with different type combinations it is easier to overlook for more coverage (if this is what players are worried about).

Actually, checking my Pokémon teams, I have only 5 teams out of 21 that no type repeats itself -- which is better than expected. For me it is a bigger priority to have Pokémon species that I feel connected with or have some sympathy over the game mechanics and type coverage (the games are not that difficult anyway).
 
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