Question 1

What is PokeCounter?

Accepted Answer

PokeCounter is a free Pokémon Champions counter tool. Enter the opposing team and PokeCounter tells you which Pokémon from your own team to bring, ranked by type coverage against the opponents.

Question 2

How does the Pokémon Champions counter picker work?

Accepted Answer

PokeCounter scores each Pokémon in your team against the opponent using the complete 18-type effectiveness chart. It finds the optimal subset of 3 (for 1v1 singles) or 4 (for 2v2 doubles) that covers the most opponents super-effectively while avoiding mutual threats.

Question 3

Does it support 1v1 and 2v2 battles?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Pokémon Champions uses 1v1 (pick 3 from your 6) and 2v2 (pick 4 from your 6) battle formats. PokeCounter supports both via a format toggle and recomputes the optimal subset instantly.

Question 4

Is PokeCounter free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. PokeCounter is 100% free, runs entirely in your browser, has no ads, no login, and only uses privacy-friendly self-hosted analytics. Your team is auto-saved locally in your browser.

Question 5

Does PokeCounter include a damage calculator?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The advanced team builder includes a Gen 9 damage calculator. Configure each Pokémon's ability, moves, item, nature and Stat Points, then see damage ranges and KO brackets against any target.

Question 6

How many Pokémon are supported?

Accepted Answer

PokeCounter covers the full Pokémon Champions Season 1 roster — about 250 entries including all base forms and Mega Evolutions. Each entry ships with stats, abilities and a curated movepool, searchable in 9 languages (English, Français, Español, Deutsch, Italiano, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, 繁體中文).

Question 7

What's the battle simulator?

Accepted Answer

The battle simulator runs your team against up to 100 opposing teams across 10 archetypes (sun, rain, trick room, tailwind, hyper offense, bulky, mono-type, meta templates, etc.) and returns an estimated win rate per matchup plus insights on your weak points.

Question 8

Can I import a Pokémon Showdown team?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The advanced team builder has Import/Export buttons that accept and produce standard Pokémon Showdown paste format, compatible with PokePaste and other VGC tools.

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