Pokémon Type Wheel

How to use the Pokémon type wheel

1. Press Spin the Type Wheel. The wheel turns several full times and slows to a stop over about four seconds.
2. Read the pointer. The slice under the pointer at the top is your type. It is highlighted, and a card below the wheel shows the result in large text.
3. Spin again whenever you like. The wheel keeps all 18 types every time, so every spin is a fresh draw.

What is on the wheel

The wheel holds the 18 types used in the main series games, in Pokédex order: Normal, Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel, and Fairy. Each slice is painted in that type's usual color, so you can often tell where the wheel will stop before you can read the name. Pale slices such as Electric and Ice use dark text so the label stays readable.

How many Pokémon have each type

Landing on a type is only half the story if you are building a team around it. Some types have far more Pokémon than others. Water is the largest with 154, while Ice has only 48. Flying is common as a second type, but only three Pokémon are pure Flying. The table below counts all 1,025 Pokémon by their base form.

A Pokémon with two types counts toward both, which is why the totals add up to more than 1,025. Regional forms and Mega Evolutions are not included, so a type can have a few more options in the games than the table shows.

Before you start a type challenge

Decide the rules before anyone spins. The most common question is whether a dual-type Pokémon counts: in most monotype runs, a Water/Flying Pokémon is allowed on a Water team because it has the type. If you only allow single-type Pokémon, the numbers change quickly. Pure Ice Pokémon number just 16, pure Steel 10, and pure Flying only 3, so a strict run on one of those types can leave you with very few choices in a given game.

It also helps to agree on rerolls. Some groups allow one respin if the result is a type nobody has access to early in the game; others treat every spin as final. Whatever you choose, write it down before the first spin so nobody argues about it halfway through the run.

Ideas for spinning the type wheel

• Monotype challenge: spin once and play your next run using only Pokémon of that type. Ice and Steel give you far fewer Pokémon to choose from than Water or Normal.
• Nuzlocke rules: spin before each route to decide which type you are not allowed to catch, or which type your next catch has to be.
• Team drafts: each player spins for a type and builds a team of six around it, then battle to see whose type held up.
• Classroom and stream games: use the wheel to pick a trivia category, a drawing theme, or which type to talk about next.

Questions about the type wheel

Does the type wheel pick a Pokémon or a type?

A type, not a Pokémon. The wheel has one slice for each of the 18 Pokémon types, from Normal to Fairy, and it stops on one of them. When it lands, you can go straight to a random Pokémon of that type from the result card.

Is every type equally likely?

Yes. All 18 slices are the same size and the result is drawn with equal odds, so each type comes up about 5.6% of the time (1 in 18). Two spins in a row can land on the same type, just as a real wheel can.

Does the wheel include the Stellar type?

No. Stellar is a special Tera Type from Scarlet and Violet that no Pokémon has as a regular type, so the wheel sticks to the 18 standard types used across the main series games.

Does the wheel show type matchups?

No. This is a random type picker, not a type effectiveness chart. It tells you which type you landed on, not what that type is strong or weak against.

Agree on the type challenge before spinning

Each of the eighteen slices represents one type. Equal type chances do not give every species an equal chance if you subsequently choose a member from that type: roster sizes differ, and dual-typed species belong to two categories.

Decide whether a result is an art theme or a team restriction. For a monotype rule, state whether a second type is allowed. Record the accepted result and agree on redraws before the next player spins. The wheel selects the category; it does not enforce those house rules.

Choose a species after accepting the theme

Use the roster links in the count table above to browse candidates. Those counts describe this site's current standard species, not availability in a particular game. A dual-typed species belongs to both categories. For a battle challenge, verify the version and format after choosing your candidates.