What Beats Steel?

Steel is weak to Fire, Fighting, and Ground

Super effective against Steel (2×)

Steel Pokémon take double damage from these attack types — lead with them in any Steel matchup.

Steel resists (½×)

Avoid these attack types — Steel Pokémon only take half damage from them.

Steel is immune to (0×)

These attack types do nothing at all to Steel Pokémon.

Best Steel Counters

The strongest attackers among the types that hit Steel for 2× damage:

Steel Weakness Q&A

What is Steel type weak to?
Steel Pokémon take 2× damage from Fire, Fighting, and Ground type attacks.
What resists Steel type?
Steel Pokémon take only ½ damage from Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Dragon, Steel, and Fairy type attacks.
What is Steel type immune to?
Steel Pokémon are completely immune to Poison type attacks.
What is the best counter to Steel Pokémon?
Any strong Fire, Fighting, or Ground attacker works — their attacks hit Steel Pokémon for double damage.

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