In Pokémon Go, a good way to get Poké coins is by being a gym leader and defending the status for a longer time.

For those who did not see the Pokémon series or not played the first versions that were released in Gameboy, maybe you do not know what Pokémon to use against another Pokémon, or why sometimes the attacks are very effective and others are not.

Depending on the type of Pokémon gyms to guard, a specific type of Pokemon should be used to defeat. For those who do not may have much idea, I am showing you the types of Pokémon that are in the game and what are their weaknesses and their strengths.

Water Type Pokémon

This type of Pokémon can be found in the areas near the beach or near rivers, lakes, etc. The attacks of this Pokemon is very effective against rock and fire type Pokemon but their attacks do not work or are weak against the bug, plant and electric type Pokemon.

Normal Type Pokémon

These Pokémon can be found in the woods, fields or green surroundings and are very strong against normal Pokémon. They are very strong and resistant to shock, but its great weakness is the fire.

Fighting-type Pokémon

These Pokémon are also very strong hitting and resistant to normal attacks. The weakness of these Pokemon is psychic attacks.

Electric-type Pokémon

This type of Pokémon can be found near power plants and is very effective against water type Pokémon and nothing or very less effective against rock type Pokemon

Grass Type Pokémon

They can be found in gardens and parks, also in the fields. They are good against water Pokemon and weak towards fire type.

Fire-type Pokémon

These Pokémon are very good against plant or bug type Pokemon. They do not resist water type attacks.

Psychic Pokémon

They are very weak against normal attacks and ghost type attacks, however, are very good against fighting Pokemon.

Rock-type Pokémon

They are very resistant against fire, electrical or normal attacks but are not resistant to water type attacks. You can find them near the mountains.

Ghost-type Pokémon

These  can be found in cemeteries, churches and funeral places, especially at night. They are extremely good at fighting Psychic Pokémon and resisting the fighting type Pokémon.

After this long list of various Pokemon and their uses, it must be clear now about which Pokémon to choose in a particular situation to fight a gym. To clear this here is some practical advice that will ensure that you understand it correctly.

On this occasion, we want to win a gym which is guarded by three Pokémon which can be up to 6 in some cases. But here we have Pikachu, Vaporeon, and Onix. What Pokémon would you use to beat them?

Since they certainly have more power than your Pokémon. We have an electric type Pokémon, a water type Pokémon and a rock type Pokemon, so our choice is to use 2 Rock-type Pokemon that is resistant to electrical attacks and then we will use two Electric-type Pokémon that is very effective against the water types. Finally use 2 water type Pokémon that is effective against rock type Pokemon. The order of using Pokemon is important.

Once we have the gym in our control, it is very tough to guard it, what kind of Pokémon use in this case?

We recommend using ghost type Pokemon, since they hardly have weaknesses, but they are very difficult to get, but if you get one of them you can be almost assured to be the leader of one of the best gyms in your area.

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