Pokémon Types

Rock Type Pokémon is the subject of this guide, with the key mechanics, exceptions and practical details collected in one place. Rock Type Pokémon are part of the standard 18-type battle system. Their key defensive weaknesses are Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground and Steel. Rock-type attacks are super effective against Fire, Ice, Flying and Bug Pokémon….

Dual Type Pokémon is the subject of this guide, with the key mechanics, exceptions and practical details collected in one place. Dual Type Pokémon have two types at the same time. In the main RPG battle system, both types contribute to the final effectiveness of an incoming move, which can create 4× weaknesses, ¼× resistances…

Flying Type Pokémon is the subject of this guide, with the key mechanics, exceptions and practical details collected in one place. Flying Type Pokémon are part of the standard 18-type battle system. Their key defensive weaknesses are Electric, Ice and Rock. Flying-type attacks are super effective against Grass, Fighting and Bug Pokémon. Flying Pokémon are…

Steel Type Pokémon is the subject of this guide, with the key mechanics, exceptions and practical details collected in one place. Steel Type Pokémon are part of the standard 18-type battle system. Their key defensive weaknesses are Fire, Fighting and Ground. Steel is one of the most defensively useful types. Steel-type attacks are super effective…

Bug Type Pokémon is the subject of this guide, with the key mechanics, exceptions and practical details collected in one place. Bug Type Pokémon are part of the standard 18-type battle system. Their key defensive weaknesses are Fire, Flying and Rock. Bug-type attacks are super effective against Grass, Psychic and Dark Pokémon. Bug Pokémon commonly…

Psychic Type Pokémon is the subject of this guide, with the key mechanics, exceptions and practical details collected in one place. Psychic Type Pokémon are part of the standard 18-type battle system. Their key defensive weaknesses are Bug, Ghost and Dark. Psychic-type attacks are super effective against Fighting and Poison Pokémon. Dark Pokémon are immune…

Fairy Type Pokémon is the subject of this guide, with the key mechanics, exceptions and practical details collected in one place. Fairy Type Pokémon are part of the standard 18-type battle system. Their key defensive weaknesses are Poison and Steel. Fairy-type attacks are super effective against Fighting, Dragon and Dark Pokémon. Fairy is also notable…

Dragon Type Pokémon is the subject of this guide, with the key mechanics, exceptions and practical details collected in one place. Dragon Type Pokémon are part of the standard 18-type battle system. Their key defensive weaknesses are Ice, Dragon and Fairy. Dragon-type attacks are super effective against Dragon Pokémon. Fairy Pokémon are immune to Dragon-type…

Ground type Pokémon have a clear set of weaknesses, resistances and attacking strengths that determine how the Ground type behaves in battle. The basic chart is simple once you separate what a Ground move hits from what a Ground-type Pokémon takes damage from. This page covers the full matchup for Ground type Pokémon, including what…

Pokémon type chart matchups decide whether a move hits for extra damage, reduced damage, normal damage or no damage at all. Learning those relationships makes team building, switching and choosing attacks much easier across the modern main-series Pokémon games. There are 18 types in the current system, and the important detail is that attack type…