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.
More Steel Pages
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