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I built a natural-language Pokémon battle calculator as a side project

I built a natural-language Pokémon battle calculator as a side project

I’ve been working on a small unofficial fan-made web tool called Poke Chat Calc.

The idea is to let users ask Pokémon battle questions in natural language instead of filling out a lot of fields manually.

Example inputs:

  • Garchomp uses Earthquake against Dragonite
  • Can Dragonite survive Garchomp’s Earthquake?
  • Lucario weaknesses
  • What does Sitrus Berry do?
  • Mega Charizard X outspeeds Dragonite after one Dragon Dance?

Most answers come from CSV data, and AI is only used as a fallback for unclear wording. I did this because I wanted the tool to stay cheap to run and predictable.

I’m still improving the English support, so I’d really appreciate feedback on:

  • whether the example prompts feel natural
  • which inputs fail or feel awkward
  • whether the chat-style UI is clear
  • what would make it more useful for actual battles

English page:
https://poke-chat-calc.netlify.app/en/

This is an unofficial fan-made tool and is not affiliated with Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures, or The Pokémon Company.

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