Use the encyclopedia to understand moves, abilities, and items.
When search or calculation shows an unfamiliar term, this page explains effects, holders, and move-combination candidates in one place.
Open tab usage and examples
Read ability timing and target.
For abilities, check when the effect activates and whether it affects the user, allies, or opponents.
Read move type, category, and range together.
Power alone is not enough. Category, accuracy, priority, contact, and target range often decide the real battle role.
Connect items to calculation conditions.
If an item changes damage, bulk, status, or healing, match the condition in the damage or HP calculator before making a final call.
Choose a tab before narrowing the search.
Abilities, moves, items, and natures are read differently, so start from the tab that matches your question and then search by name or description.
Use move combinations to discover candidates.
After finding Pokemon that learn several required moves, return to Search and Details to confirm type, stats, and matchups.
Translate descriptions into calculator conditions.
Instead of memorizing every effect, mark the words that affect numbers: damage boosts, resistance, recovery, status, priority, and contact. Those words become the conditions you reproduce in the calculators.
Use holder lists as validation, not as final answers.
A Pokemon appearing under an ability or move only means it is a possible candidate. You still need Search or Compare to check type, stats, Speed, and move coverage.
Use the Natures tab to read sample intent.
Nature names appear in samples and calculator presets. Reading the raised and lowered stats helps explain whether a build is trying to attack, survive, or cross a Speed line.
Examples
Select two or three core moves to find Pokemon that learn all of them, then inspect their type and stats in Search.
Search the ability name and open holders to see which candidates actually use it.
Filter moves by the contact trait, then review whether abilities or items create extra risk.
When a sample or calculator shows a nature, open the Natures tab to confirm the boosted and lowered stats.
If an item boosts a specific type of move, use the Damage Calculator with the same item and move type to see the real damage difference.
Use move priority to see whether a slower candidate can still act first, then open holders to find Pokemon that can actually learn the move.
If an item or ability cures status, verify timing together with HP, chip damage, and defensive matchups before treating it as reliable.
Filter status moves to discover missing support roles, then return to Search and Compare to inspect type and bulk.
Beginner tips
- For a new move, check category and accuracy before power.
- The Natures tab helps when reading attacker, bulk, and speed sample builds.
- If a move-combination result is too narrow, remove one required move and search again.
- Treat description search results as temporary filters; the base encyclopedia page and tabs should remain the stable entry points.
- For items or abilities that affect calculation, repeat the condition in the relevant calculator before trusting the conclusion.
- When an ability mentions user, ally, or opponent, identify the target before judging the effect.
- Move traits such as contact, sound, and punching can interact with abilities or items, so read them with the effect text.
- Short item descriptions can still change damage, HP, or status decisions.
- A candidate found in the encyclopedia should be verified again through Search, Compare, and calculators.