Pokémon Type Chart: Strengths, Weaknesses & Effectiveness (2024)

Pokémon Types

The type of a Pokémon decides whether it’s stronger or weaker against other Pokémon.

Example: If you’re attacking a grass-type Pokémon with a fire-type Pokémon, your damage will be super effective.

On the other hand, if you’re attacking a grass-type Pokémon with a water-type Pokémon, your attack damage will not be very effective.

In some situations, your attack could have no effect at all. For example if Pikachu (electric type Pokémon) attacks Sandshrew (ground-type Pokémon).

List of every Pokémon types strengths, weaknesses, and effectiveness

Below you’ll find a list of every Pokémon type, what type is effective against this type and what against which this type is strong.

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Normal Type

Strong against: -
Weak against: Rock, Steel, Ghost (no effect)
Resistant to: Ghost (no effect)
Weak to: Fighting

Fighting Type

Strong against: Normal, Rock, Steel, Ice, Dark
Weak against: Flying, Poison, Bug, Psychic, Fairy, Ghost (no effect)
Resistant to: Rock, Bug, Dark
Weak to: Flying, Psychic, Fairy

Flying Type

Strong against: Fighting, Bug, Grass
Weak against: Rock, Steel, Electric
Resistant to: Fighting, Bug, Grass, Ground (no effect)
Weak to: Rock, Electric, Ice

Poison Type

Strong against: Grass, Fairy
Weak against: Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost, Steel (no effect)
Resistant to: Fighting, Poison, Grass, Fairy
Weak to: Ground, Psychic

Ground Type

Strong against: Poison, Rock, Steel, Fire, Electric
Weak against: Bug, Grass, Flying (no effect)
Resistant to: Poison, Rock, Electric (no effect)
Weak to: Water, Grass, Ice

Rock Type

Strong against: Flying, Bug, Fire, Ice
Weak against: Fighting, Ground, Steel
Resistant to: Normal, Flying, Poison, Fire
Weak to: Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water, Grass

Bug Type

Strong against: Grass, Psychic, Dark
Weak against: Fighting, Flying, Poison, Ghost, Steel, Fire, Fairy
Resistant to: Fighting, Ground, Grass
Weak to: Flying, Rock, Fire

Ghost Type

Strong against: Ghost, Psychic
Weak against: Normal (no effect), Dark
Resistant to: Poison, Bug, Normal (no effect), Fighting (no effect)
Weak to: Ghost, Dark

Steel Type

Strong against: Rock, Ice, Fairy
Weak against: Steel, Fire, Water, Electric
Resistant to: Normal, Flying, Rock, Bug, Steel, Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dragon, Fairy, Poison (no effect)
Weak to: Fighting, Ground, Fire

Fire Type

Strong against: Bug, Steel, Grass, Ice
Weak against: Rock, Fire, Water, Dragon
Resistant to: Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Ice
Weak to: Ground, Rock, Water

Water Type

Strong against: Ground, Rock, Fire
Weak against: Water, Grass, Dragon
Resistant to: Steel, Fire, Water, Ice
Weak to: Grass, Electric

Grass Type

Strong against: Ground, Rock, Water
Weak against: Flying, Poison, Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Dragon
Resistant to: Ground, Water, Grass, Electric
Weak to: Flying, Poison, Bug, Fire, Ice

Electric Type

Strong against: Flying, Water
Weak against: Grass, Electric, Dragon, Ground (no effect)
Resistant to: Flying, Steel, Electric
Weak to: Ground

Psychic Type

Strong against: Fighting, Poison
Weak against: Steel, Psychic, Dark (no effect)
Resistant to: Fighting, Psychic
Weak to: Bug, Ghost, Dark

Ice Type

Strong against: Flying, Ground, Grass, Dragon
Weak against: Steel, Fire, Water, Ice
Resistant to: Ice
Weak to: Fighting, Rock, Steel, Fire

Dragon Type

Strong against: Dragon
Weak against: Steel, Fairy (no effect)
Resistant to: Fire, Water, Grass, Electric
Weak to: Ice, Dragon, Fairy

Dark Type

Strong against: Ghost, Psychic
Weak against: Fighting, Dark, Fairy
Resistant to: Ghost, Dark, Psychic (no effect)
Weak to: Fighting, Bug, Fairy

Fairy Type

Strong against: Fighting, Dragon, Dark
Weak against: Poison, Steel, Fire
Resistant to: Fighting, Bug, Dark, Dragon (no effect)
Weak to: Poison, Steel

Pokémon Type Chart

No effect (0%)
Not very effective (50%)
Normal (100%)
Super effective (200%)

Pokémon Type Chart Legend

Normal
Fire
Water
Electric
Grass
Ice
Fighting
Poison
Ground
Flying
Psychic
Bug
Rock
Ghost
Dragon
Dark
Steel
Fairy

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Pokémon Same-Type Attack Bonus (STAB) explained

STAB stands for Same Type Attack Bonus. STAB increases the damage of moves that are the same type as the Pokémon that is using the move. It gives the attack a 1.5x damage boost. This also stacks with any super-effective multiplier.

So if your electric type Pokémon attacks a water type Pokémon with Thunderbolt, you will get a same type attack bonus, and it’s super effective, maximizing your attack.

Those kinds of moves will even outperform much higher-leveled Pokémon!

Pokémon GO Type Chart

Pokémon GO’s effectiveness is slightly different from the main series, but overall, they are similar. Here are the main changes:

Super effective moves only do 160% damage rather than the 200%.
Not very effective moves do 62.5% damage rather than 50%.
If a Pokémon would be immune to a certain type, it will instead take 39% damage.
If a Pokémon would have a double weakness (a grass and steel type Pokémon being hit with a fire type move), it will only get 256% damage instead of 400%.

That’s it. The primary effectiveness is the same, but the damage will slightly change to the main Pokémon series.

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