

In addition, Ice-type attacks also hit Grass-type, Flying-type and Ground-type Pokémon super effectively. Luckily, its unique strength on being the nightmare of Dragon-type Pokémon comes in handy. The Ice type is another fragile type, being weak to the all-out offensive Fire-type and Fighting-type attacks, as well as Rock-type and Steel-type moves. However, their attacks have no effect on Steel-type Pokémon. Poison-type Pokémon, with their moves being only super effective against Grass-type and the newly-introduced Fairy-type Pokémon, are mostly used as "trouble-makers" by inducing status ailments, especially Poison and Bad Poison, while also being immune to both of them. However, Bug-type Pokémon are weak to common Fire, Flying, and Rock-type moves. The moves of Bug-type Pokémon are super effective against Grass, Psychic and Dark-type Pokémon, making them weak but underestimated. The Bug type is mostly recognized by having early evolutions, with 3 triple-stage evolution families in this type sharing a record of the earliest evolutionary lines to reach their final forms among all Pokémon that evolve by levelling up.

However, similar to Rock-type, the power of Ground is hindered by the major weaknesses against Water and Grass, as well as having no effect on Flying-type Pokémon and those with the Ability Levitate. The Ground type is also a mostly slow and physical type, hitting Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock and Steel super effectively while being immune to Electric-type attacks.

Steel-type Pokémon are not usually used offensively until the Fairy type was introduced, but they have always been great defensive physical walls. Steel-type moves are super effective against Ice, Rock and Fairy-type Pokémon. Reflecting the indestructible nature of metal, the Steel type features the greatest defenses of all types, resisting 10 out of 18 types, in addition to the complete immunity to Poison-type attacks, including both Poison and Bad Poison status ailments, barring those inflicted by a Pokémon with the ability Corrosion. Rock-type attacks are super effective against Fire, Ice, Flying and Bug-type Pokémon. Rock-type Pokémon are mostly slow and heavily rely on their Physical Attack and Defense stats, but with the glaring weaknesses to mostly Special Water-type and Grass-type moves, their power is greatly reduced. Flying-type moves are super effective against Grass, Bug, and Fighting-type Pokémon. Most Flying-type Pokémon are dual-type Pokémon, with the most common ones being dual Normal/Flying-type Pokémon. The moves of this type are super effective against Water, Ground, and Rock-type Pokémon, but Grass-type Pokémon are weak to attacks from the following 5 types: Fire, Flying, Bug, Ice and Poison.įlying-type Pokémon are usually Pokémon that fly or resemble birds, so they are immune to Ground-type attacks, But weak to Rock, Ice and Electric-Type Moves. The Grass type is a type that has its own strength hindered by many weaknesses, reflecting the fragility of nature. As ground insulates electricity, Electric-type moves have no effect on Ground-type Pokémon, and Ground-type attacks are also the only weaknesses of Electric-type Pokémon. Pokémon that belong to this type are immune to paralysis. Water types also resist Fire-type, Steel-type, Ice-type, and Water-type moves, making it a semi-defensive typing.Įlectric-type moves are super effective against Water and Flying-type Pokémon. Water-type Pokémon are super effective against Fire-type, Rock-type and Ground-type Pokémon, but are weak to Electric-type and Grass-type attacks. The Water type is a very balanced type, as well as being the most common out of the 18 types. Fire-type Pokémon is also weak to Rock and Ground-Type Pokémon. Fire-type moves are super effective against Grass, Ice, Bug and Steel-type Pokémon, but do not resist well to water-type Pokémon, as water can put out fire. However, they cannot be burnt by any means. The Fire type is a mostly all-out offensive type, and very powerful, given that most of the Pokémon belonging to this type are very strong offensively, but this comes at a cost of being fragile defensively, making many Fire-type Pokémon "glass cannons". Normal-type and Ghost-type attacks have no effect on each other. Normal-type moves are not super effective against anything, while they are resisted by Rock and Steel-type Pokémon. They are only weak to Fighting-type attacks. Normal-type Pokémon usually have moves based on standard attacks, such as tackles and scratches, but they may also possess some powerful moves like Giga Impact and Hyper Beam.
