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Pokémon Team Optimization

https://nchagnet.pages.dev/blog/pokemon-team-optimization/
44•nchagnet•4d ago

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yjftsjthsd-h•1h ago
Small typo(?):

> Mewtwo (#151)

Should be 150

nchagnet•58m ago
Thank you, you're right! For some reason I always forget mew comes after mewtwo in the pokedex...
tweakimp•1h ago
Why is y+2x optimal at (0,3) with a value of 3? Isnt it (3,0) with a value of 6?
abhishekbasu•1h ago
you're right, it should be (3,0) with optimal obj value of 6.
nchagnet•59m ago
Good catch! Especially since I ended up drawing y - x = C but didn't update the legend. I updated it!
tomtom1337•18m ago
Haha, I started reading this, got interrupted, came back and got confused by the graph. Then came to the comments, saw your comment, reloaded the post and voila!

Thank you for a lovely post!

abhishekbasu•1h ago
this was a great read to start the new year! having worked extensively with mixed integer programs, it is always a bit disheartening to see them not used enough for everyday decision-making. one of my goals this year is to create a layer to make it easier to formulate mips and test them, via plain text input. this would hopefully increase adoption through a lower barrier to entry.
stevekemp•1h ago
Lots of people working in IT have tattoos, I like to see what theme/image overlap they have.

Three people in my current workplace have a balloon tattoo (interestingly all of them are red balloons). Five people in my current workplace have a Pokémon tattoo that is easily visible.

Edit: Including myself, on both counts, I should have said.

867-5309•41m ago
which Pokémon? gotta name them all! (5)
u8080•10m ago
>balloon tattoo

What does it mean?

unpopularopp•50m ago
Now all we need is a quick vibe coded web GUI front end
HelloUsername•38m ago
I would've liked to see in conclusion a recommended starter team per generation! Very nice article!
nchagnet•31m ago
I was planning in a future sequel/update to do this but with "better" constraints like only including Pokémon available in a game, etc... Maybe even separate it into early/mid/late-game availability since most optimal Pokémon are late-game anyway.
reddalo•11m ago
An interesting thing of this article is that the SVG image of the type matchup [1] has embedded automatic translation.

The type labels will be displayed in the language your browser is set to. I didn't even know this was possible.

[1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Pokemon_...

nchagnet•10m ago
Oh that's really cool, I didn't know about this! I just linked to the wikimedia-hosted illustration, but that's a good perk too.

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