Pokémon type chains?

[icycatelf]

Wondering if there are other ways to list them that, without repeats, include all the types in super-effective—or not very effective—order (barring Normal, at least).

Normal beats nothing
Bug beats Grass
Grass beats Water
Water beats Rock
Rock beats Fire
Fire beats Steel
Steel beats Ice
Ice beats Ground
Ground beats Electric
Electric beats Flying
Flying beats Fighting
Fighting beats Dark
Dark beats Ghost
Ghost beats Psychic
Psychic beats Poison
Poison beats Fairy
Fairy beats Dragon
Dragon beats itself and ends the chain

 

[Devalue]

Spoiler: Figuring it out

Hm. Will try Ice instead of Fairy for beating Dragon. Hardly considers that ideal. Places a easily slottable type early.

Needs Ground > Electric, as the only option. Means building around Poison. Locks Psychic into beating that. Also forces Ghost into that spot, due to only hitting itself and Psychic super-effectively. Leads to another forced choice of Dark beating Ghost. Current chains and pieces:

Dark > Ghost
Ghost > Psychic
Psychic > Poison
Poison > Fairy

Ground > Electric

Ice > Dragon
Dragon > Dragon
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Prefers to work up from Dark next, with Bug and Fighting as the options. Picks...Bug? Sure. Sticks in Flying to hit that, followed by Rock, maybe?

Ought to deal with Water. Gets zapped by Electric. Will have it deal with Fire, which hits Steel. Is linking up the two big chains now a good idea? Tried it. Nope. Current chains:

Rock > Flying
Flying > Bug
Bug > Dark
Dark > Ghost
Ghost > Psychic
Psychic > Poison
Poison > Fairy

Ground > Electric
Electric > Water
Water > Fire
Fire > Steel

Ice > Dragon
Dragon > Dragon

_______________

What types are left? Grass and Fighting? Needs Fighting after Fairy for sure. Rams all these chains together now. Sticks Grass at the top.

Yes, for super-effective types.

Grass > Ground
Ground > Electric
Electric > Water
Water > Fire
Fire > Steel
Steel > Rock
Rock > Flying
Flying > Bug
Bug > Dark
Dark > Ghost
Ghost > Psychic
Psychic > Poison
Poison > Fairy
Fairy > Fighting
Fighting > Ice
Ice > Dragon
Dragon > Dragon

Works out less well for not very effective types. Deals with Ice only being not very effective on itself. Winds up with Normal being isolated again, unless you include the Ghost immunity. Hangs Dark out to dry that way, however. Needs Ghost into Dark to end the chain.

 

[icycatelf]

Spoiler: Figuring it out

Hm. Will try Ice instead of Fairy for beating Dragon. Hardly considers that ideal. Places a easily slottable type early.

Needs Ground > Electric, as the only option. Means building around Poison. Locks Psychic into beating that. Also forces Ghost into that spot, due to only hitting itself and Psychic super-effectively. Leads to another forced choice of Dark beating Ghost. Current chains and pieces:

Dark > Ghost
Ghost > Psychic
Psychic > Poison
Poison > Fairy

Ground > Electric

Ice > Dragon
Dragon > Dragon
_______________

Prefers to work up from Dark next, with Bug and Fighting as the options. Picks...Bug? Sure. Sticks in Flying to hit that, followed by Rock, maybe?

Ought to deal with Water. Gets zapped by Electric. Will have it deal with Fire, which hits Steel. Is linking up the two big chains now a good idea? Tried it. Nope. Current chains:

Rock > Flying
Flying > Bug
Bug > Dark
Dark > Ghost
Ghost > Psychic
Psychic > Poison
Poison > Fairy

Ground > Electric
Electric > Water
Water > Fire
Fire > Steel

Ice > Dragon
Dragon > Dragon

_______________

What types are left? Grass and Fighting? Needs Fighting after Fairy for sure. Rams all these chains together now. Sticks Grass at the top.

Yes, for super-effective types.

Grass > Ground
Ground > Electric
Electric > Water
Water > Fire
Fire > Steel
Steel > Rock
Rock > Flying
Flying > Bug
Bug > Dark
Dark > Ghost
Ghost > Psychic
Psychic > Poison
Poison > Fairy
Fairy > Fighting
Fighting > Ice
Ice > Dragon
Dragon > Dragon

Works out less well for not very effective types. Deals with Ice only being not very effective on itself. Winds up with Normal being isolated again, unless you include the Ghost immunity. Hangs Dark out to dry that way, however. Needs Ghost into Dark to end the chain.

I prefer your order to mine. Feels more "official" somehow.

I admittedly forgot about Fairy being super-effective against Fighting.