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