What Beats Archen?
Archen is weak to Steel, Water, Rock, Electric, and Ice
Archen Weaknesses
Archen takes double damage from these attack types — lead with them in any Archen matchup.
Archen Resistances
Avoid these attack types — Archen takes reduced damage from them.
Archen Immunities
These attack types do nothing at all to Archen — never lead with them.
Best Archen Counters
The strongest attackers among the types that hit Archen for 2× damage. Pick the game you're playing to only see Pokémon you can actually get:
Your Party vs Archen
Your party is empty — add some Pokémon! Open any Pokémon's page and tap ♥ Add to Party (and star up to 4 of its moves), then come back to see exactly which of your Pokémon — and which attack — beats Archen.
Archen Weakness Q&A
- What is Archen weak to?
- Archen takes extra damage from Steel (2×), Water (2×), Rock (2×), Electric (2×), and Ice (2×) type attacks.
- What attacks does Archen resist?
- Archen takes reduced damage from Normal (½×), Flying (½×), Poison (½×), Fire (½×), and Bug (½×) type attacks.
- What is Archen immune to?
- Archen is completely immune to Ground type attacks — they deal no damage at all.
- What is the best counter to Archen?
- Strong Steel, Water, Rock, Electric, and Ice attackers like Kartana, Rampardos, and Zekrom beat Archen — their attacks hit it for 2× damage.