The type chart method shows the effectiveness of the Pokémon. A Pokémon type chart tells about the effectiveness of a particular Pokémon’s power. A Pokémon can be effective, super effective, weak, or super weak.
This will help to know about the opponent’s power in the battle, just like it’s easy to fight your enemy if you know their strength and weakness. Similarly, a Pokémon type chart tells everything about a Pokémon’s power.
Pokémon fans already know about Pokémon types, each Pokémon belongs to one or two types at least. And it’s type tells much about how that Pokémon will perform in the battle. It is important to learn about each type because some types are stronger against each other lessen the damage received, while others might get more damage.
Some of the Pokémon type’s strengths and weaknesses are obvious, like water type Pokémons will be a threat to fire type Pokémons. But some of the types are not obvious and you need to memorize it thoroughly.
Now we know every type is difficult to remember so we have made a list of the strengths and weaknesses of 18 main types. This article has a Pokémon type chart, which lists down the strengths and weaknesses of the Pokémons.
We will give a detailed overview of all the types so keep reading.
Pokémon Type Chart Effectiveness, weakness, and Resistance
A trainer should know that there are four ‘types’ in terms of relationship with other types of Pokémon. These types are important to know so you know who is coming as your opponent in the battle, how to defend yourself and how to defeat the enemy.
These are briefly described as follows
Strong
You can see on your type chart as Strong Vs. This type will do more damage to the opponent.
Weak
You can see on your type chart as weak Vs. This type will do partial damage to the enemy.
Resistance
You can see on your type chart as Resist. This type of Pokémon will damage the enemy partially.
Vulnerable
This is your Pokémon type’s weakness. This will do double damage to the enemy so better watch out. So chopping it short, in opposition a ground type Pokémon will be strong against fire, steel, poison type causing more damage to them.
It only causes 50% damage to bugs, flies, etc. But in defense, the same ground type Pokémon will take less damage from rock, fire, poison, and will take more damage from water, ice and grass.
With that being said let’s have a look into the Pokémon Type Chart
Type: Normal
Strong Vs:
Weak Vs: Rock, steel, ghost
Resist: Ghost
Vulnerable to: fighting
Type: fighting
Strong Vs: Normal, Rock, Steel, Ice, Dark
Weak Vs: Flying, Poison, Bug, Psychic, Ghost
Resist: Rock, Bug, Dark
Vulnerable to: Flying, Psychic, Fairy
Type: poison
Strong Vs: Fighting, Bug, Grass, Fairy
Weak Vs: Rock, Steel, Electric
Resist: Ground, Fighting, Bug, Grass
Vulnerable to: Rock, Electric, Ice
Type: Ground
Strong Vs : Poison, Rock, Steel, Fire, Electric
Weak Vs: Bug, Grass
Resist: Poison, Rock
Vulnerable to: Water, Grass, Ice
Type: Rock
Strong Vs: Flying, Bug, Fire, Ice
Weak Vs: Fighting, Ground, Steel
Resist: Poison, Rock
Vulnerable to: Water, Grass, Ice
Type: Bug
Strong Vs: Grass, Psychic, Dark
Weak Vs: Fighting, Flying, Poison, Ghost, Steel, Fire, Fairy
Resist: Fighting, Ground, Grass
Vulnerable to: Flying, Rock, Fire
Type: Ghost
Strong Vs: Ghost, Psychic
Weak Vs: Dark
Resist: Normal, Fighting, Poison, Bug
Vulnerable to: Ghost, Dark
Type: Water
Strong Vs: Ground, Rock, Fire
Weak Vs: Water, Grass, Dragon
Resist: Steel, Fire, Water, Ice
Vulnerable to: Grass, Electric
Type: Grass
Strong Vs: Ground, Rock, Water
Weak Vs: Flying, Poison, Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass
Resist: Water, Grass, Electric
Vulnerable to: Flying, Poison, Bug, Fire, Ice
Type: Steel
Strong Vs: Rock, Ice, Fairy
Weak Vs: Steel, Fire, Water, Electric
Resist: Normal, Flying, Poison, Rock, Bug, Steel, Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dragon, Fairy
Vulnerable to: Fighting, Fire, Poison
Type: Fire
Strong Vs: Bug, Steel, Grass, Ice
Weak Vs: Rock, Fire, Water, Dragon
Resist: Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Ice, Fairy
Vulnerable to: Ground, Rock, Water
Type: Electric
Strong Vs: Flying, Water
Weak Vs: Ground, Grass, Electric
Resist: Flying, Steel, Electric
Vulnerable to: Ground
Type: Psychic
Strong Vs: Fighting, Poison
Weak Vs: Steel, Psychic, Dark
Resist: Fighting, Psychic
Vulnerable to: Bug, Ghost, Dark
Type: Dragon
Strong Vs: Dragon
Weak Vs: steel
Resist: Fire, Water, Grass, Electric
Vulnerable to: Fighting, Bug, Fairy
Type: Ice
Strong Vs: Flying, Ground, Grass, Dragon
Weak Vs: Steel, Fire, Water, Ice
Resist: Ice
Vulnerable to: Fighting, Rock, Steel, Fire
Type: Fairy
Strong Vs: Fighting, Dragon, Dark
Weak Vs: Poison, Steel, Fire
Resist: Fighting, Bug, Dark
Vulnerable to: Poison, Ghost, Dragon
Type: Dark
Strong Vs: Ghost, Psychic
Weak Vs: Fighting, Dark, Fairy
Resist: Ghost, Psychic, Dark
Vulnerable to: Fighting, Bug, Fairy
Note: Types are not identical to each other. For example, the strength won’t be the same for a type in defensive mode but the whole attacking its strength increases. So every type can’t be treated the same inoffensive and defense mode.
The interest comes in when dual types of Pokémon face-off in a battle. You will be needing additional strength and weakness.
Pokémon GO Type changes in effectiveness compared to other Pokémon Games
Being a Pokémon fan, you might have noticed in the main series that all the Pokémon types are immune. This is different in Pokémon GO, there are some types which are not immune.
The following are some of the immunities that are removed from some Pokémon types:
- Ground-type is immune to Electric
- Flying-type is immune to Ground
- Ghost-type is immune to Normal and Fighting
- Normal and Fighting-type is immune to Ghost
- Steel type is immune to Poison
- Dark-type is immune to Psychic
- Fairy type is immune to Dragon
Here is a list of damages caused in Pokémon GO compared to the main series:
- Not very effective – 0.625x damage in Pokémon GO compared to 0.5x damage caused in the main series.
- Super effective – 1.6x damage, compared to the 2x damage caused in the main series.
- Immunity – 0.39x damage, compared to 0 damage caused in the main series.
- Doubly effective – 2.56x damage, compared to 4x damage caused in the main series
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