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Measured on six things

Free Pokemon team builder with type coverage calculator and weakness analysis for 27+ games. Create competitive teams instantly.

Security

Probe found HTTPS not enforced, no HSTS, no CSP, no frame protection, no secure cookies — 1/13 checklist points (SPF only, no DMARC). No security page, audit, or bug bounty. For a tool that stores saved teams, that's thin.

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Pokemon Team Builder

About this app

Pokemon Team Builder is a free web tool to build Pokemon teams for 27+ games. It includes a type coverage calculator and weakness analysis so you can create competitive teams with balanced coverage in seconds.

Key features

1Type coverage calculator across all 18 types with weakness, resistance and immunity breakdown per team.
2Game-specific Pokedex filtering for 27+ mainline titles from Red/Blue to Scarlet & Violet.
3Shareable team URLs plus saved configurations for theorycrafting and strategy discussions.

Target customer profile

Drawn from the product itself, not from a survey.

Demographic

Competitive Pokemon players (VGC, Smogon)

Pain points

Manual type coverage tracking is error-prone and time-consuming

Primary needs

Quick weakness analysis, team sharing, and game-specific mechanics

Demographic

Casual players planning in-game playthroughs

Pain points

Struggling to build a balanced team for a specific version

Primary needs

Game-specific Pokedex, easy team saving, and simple interface

Demographic

Pokemon content creators and streamers

Pain points

Explaining team strategies without visual aids is ineffective

Primary needs

Shareable team URLs, export options, and accurate data

Scout Review

Written by AI from measured evidence, scored out of 100.

Pokemon Team Builder is a competent, genuinely useful niche tool with a clear identity. The pixel-font hero and starter grid sell the fantasy, the three-step flow is easy to follow, and per-game Pokedex filtering is the kind of detail competitive-only tools skip. Speed is solid (mobile 83/100, LCP 2.6s), accessibility scores a clean 100/100 on automated checks, and the growth story — casual playthrough planning across 27+ games — is specific enough to matter. What holds it back: an ad strip above the logo, a cluttered footer, a half-finished FAQ, a layout that shifts 0.196 CLS, and a security posture that's essentially one SPF record and a prayer. Fix the headers and the FAQ and this jumps a tier.

Measure by measure

Usability

Clear 3-step flow, two obvious hero CTAs, and per-game Pokedex filtering that actually narrows the roster. The FAQ exists but several answers render blank, which undercuts the help it's supposed to provide.

Design

Pixel-font hero and starter grid nail the Pokemon aesthetic, and the roster UI looks clean. But an ad strip sits above the logo, the footer is a 21-logo wall, and repeated watermarks add noise.

Speed

Lighthouse mobile 83/100 with LCP 2.6s and FCP 1.2s — genuinely quick to first paint. CLS 0.196 is the sore spot, likely from the ad banner and image grids shifting layout as they load.

Security

Accessibility

Lighthouse a11y audit scored a perfect 100/100, with one flagged issue around visible text labels lacking matching accessible names. No WCAG statement or a11y page published, and content is English-only.

Growth

Real problem, specific wedge: game-specific Pokedex plus type coverage for 27+ titles, aimed at casual playthrough planners the competitive-only tools ignore. Differentiated, but the niche is narrow and free alternatives loom.

Improvement areas

Security headers: 1/13 checklist points, HTTPS not enforced, no HSTS/CSP/DMARC.
FAQ answers render blank for several questions, undercutting the help section.
CLS 0.196 from ad banner and image grids shifting layout on load.
Ad strip above the logo and a 21-logo footer create visual clutter on an otherwise clean design.

Design & Usability

The design commits to the bit — pixel fonts, red/black hero, a starter grid — and the roster UI in the maker media looks genuinely tidy. The problem is everything around it: an ad strip wedged above the logo, a footer that dumps 21 game logos and a wall of red links, and '© Pokemon Team Builder' stamped repeatedly until headings stop reading as headings. Usability is stronger: two clear hero CTAs, a documented three-step flow, and per-game Pokedex filtering that actually narrows the roster to what's obtainable. The FAQ is the weak link — several questions render with no answer beneath them, which is worse than not asking.

Speed & Security

Speed is the bright spot. Lighthouse mobile lands 83/100 with a 2.6s LCP and 1.2s FCP, and desktop holds 80/100 — the site feels responsive on first load. The blemish is CLS at 0.196, well past the 0.1 'good' line, almost certainly the ad banner and image grids shifting as they paint. Security is where this falls apart: the probe found HTTPS not enforced, no HSTS, no CSP, no frame protection, no secure cookies, and 1/13 checklist points (SPF only, DMARC missing). There's no security page, no audit, no bug bounty. For a tool that saves and shares team URLs, that's a real gap, not a missing checkbox.

Accessibility & Growth

Accessibility is the quiet win: Lighthouse's axe-based audit scored 100/100, with a single flagged issue about visible text labels lacking matching accessible names. No WCAG statement or a11y page is published and the site is English-only, but the automated baseline is clean. Growth is a judgement on the idea, and the idea is decent: game-specific Pokedex data across 27+ titles plus type-coverage analysis targets casual playthrough planners that Showdown and Pikalytics structurally ignore. The wedge is real but narrow — the domain is barely a year old, and the category's free incumbents cast a long shadow over a niche that spikes once per console generation.

Conclusion

This is a tool built by someone who clearly plays the games — the game-specific Pokedex filtering and generation mechanics support prove it. The bones are good. What it needs now is the unglamorous stuff: enforce HTTPS, add HSTS and a CSP, finish the FAQ answers, and stop letting the ad banner shove the layout around. None of that is hard, and all of it is the difference between 'a fan tool I found' and 'the team builder I recommend.' The niche is real and the execution is close. Ship the boring fixes.

Suggestions for improvement

Enforce HTTPS and add HSTS, CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy and secure cookies — you're at 1/13.
Finish the FAQ answers that currently render blank; empty questions read as broken, not minimal.
Reserve fixed space for the ad banner and image grids to bring CLS from 0.196 under 0.1.
Publish a short accessibility statement and add a second language — the 100/100 axe score deserves a page.

How we score

Alternatives comparison

Named competitors, point by point. Nobody paid to appear here or to be left out.

	Pokemon Team Builder	Pokemon Showdown Team Builder	Marriland Team Builder	Pikalytics Team Builder
Game-specific Pokedex filtering	Yes — 27+ mainline games with regional Pokedex and version exclusives	Format-based, not per-game playthrough Pokedex	Partial — some game support, less granular	VGC formats only, not mainline playthroughs
Type coverage / weakness analysis	Yes — offensive and defensive across all 18 types	Yes — built into competitive teambuilder	Yes — type coverage plus EV tracking	Yes — with usage stats and meta insights
Shareable team URLs	Yes — unique URL per team	Yes — exportable team text format	Limited sharing options	Yes — shareable team links
Competitive meta / usage stats	No — focuses on type coverage, not usage data	Yes — tied to Showdown ladder	No	Yes — core strength, live VGC usage stats
Free to use	Yes — ad-supported, $9.90 to remove ads	Yes — fully free	Yes — free with ads	Yes — free