Temtem released last week on Steam Early Access. Players jumping into the world of Temtem are finding that the game is very similar to Pokemon in nearly every way. True to Temtem’s clear inspiration, individual temtem are grouped by types that are uniquely strong and weak against other types of temtem. For example, water temtem will do well against a fire temtem but won’t do so great against an electric temtem.
Temtem introduces temtem types that don’t have clear strengths and weaknesses. For example, what is a Digital Temtem weak against? What’s the difference between Earth and Crystal temtem? Shouldn’t Toxic temtem be strong against everything? Let’s take a look at these obscure temtem types to discover what their strengths and weaknesses are.
Digital Temtem Strengths and Weaknesses
Digital temtem are strong against Mental temtem, other Digital temtem and Melee temtem. Digital temtem are weak against Water temtem, Electric temtem, and other Digital temtem.
Currently there are only two Digital temtem (Oree and Zaobian), so encountering them isn’t going to happen often.
Crystal Temtem Strengths and Weaknesses
Crystal temtem are strong against Electric and Mental temtem. Crystal temtem are weak against Fire, Earth and Melee temtem.
There are currently fourteen Crystal temtem in the game, including Crystle, one of the “starter” temtem.
Mental Temtem Strengths and Weaknesses
Mental temtem are strong against Neutral and Melee temtem. Mental temtem are weak against Electric, Digital and Crystal.
There are currently nine Mental temtem in the game, including the “starter” temtem, Houchic.
Melee Temtem Strengths and Weaknesses
Melee temtem are strong against Earth and Crystal temtem. Melee temtem are weak against Mental and Digital temtem.
Currently, there are six Melee temtem in the game, including the “starter” temtem, Smazee.
Toxic Temtem Strengths and Weaknesses
Toxic temtem are strong against Water and Nature temtem. Toxic temtem are weak against Wind temtem.
There are currently fifteen Toxic temtem in the game.
These strengths and weaknesses don’t really seem to follow any clear logic, like Fire being weak to Water. It may take some time to get used to how temtem types affect one another. If you’re more of a visual learner, this chart from Reddit user “maraldeth” is quite handy. I personally like it because it’s color-coded with the types written out. Many charts use the type symbols, which I end up having to look up because I’m still learning the symbols and what means what.
The red “2x” and the green “2x” represent the weaknesses and strengths, respectively. The orange “0.5x” and the yellow “0.5x” represent resistances and ineffectiveness, respectively. Resistance means that it will take half the regular damage from the source, and ineffectiveness means it will deal half the damage it normally would to a source. So Wind temtem, for example, will take half damage from and deal half damage to other Wind temtem.
Temtem is available now on Steam Early Access.
