  We study the effects of pseudo-magnetic fields on Weyl semimetals with
over-tilted Weyl cones, or type II cones. We compare the phenomenology of the
resulting pseudo-Landau levels in the type II Weyl semimetal to the known case
of type I cones. We predict that due to the nature of the chiral Landau level
resulting from a magnetic field, a pseudo-magnetic field, or their combination,
the optical conductivity can be utilized to detect a type II phase and deduce
the direction of the tilt. Finally, we discuss ways to engineer homogeneous and
inhomogeneous type II semimetals via generalizations of known layered
constructions in order to create controlled pseudo-magnetic fields and
over-tilted cones.
