Forretress Weaknesses
Lead with Fire attacks — Forretress's Bug/Steel typing stacks the weakness to 4× damage.
Forretress Resistances
Avoid these attack types — Forretress takes reduced damage from them.
Forretress Immunities
These attack types do nothing at all to Forretress — never lead with them.
Best Forretress Counters
The strongest attackers among the types that hit Forretress for 4× and 2× damage. Pick the game you're playing to only see Pokémon you can actually get:
Your Party vs Forretress
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 Forretress.
Forretress Weakness Q&A
- What is Forretress weak to?
- Forretress takes extra damage from Fire (4×) type attacks.
- What is Forretress 4× weak to?
- Forretress takes 4× damage from Fire attacks — its Bug/Steel typing doubles the weakness twice, so these are the fastest way to take it down.
- What attacks does Forretress resist?
- Forretress takes reduced damage from Grass (¼×), Normal (½×), Bug (½×), Steel (½×), Psychic (½×), Ice (½×), Dragon (½×), and Fairy (½×) type attacks.
- What is Forretress immune to?
- Forretress is completely immune to Poison type attacks — they deal no damage at all.
- What is the best counter to Forretress?
- Strong Fire attackers like Darmanitan, Flareon, and Ho Oh beat Forretress — their attacks hit it for 4× damage.