Types

All 18 Pokémon types — pick one for its strengths and weaknesses.

About Pokémon Types

Every Pokémon — and every move it can use — belongs to one or two of the 18 types. A type decides what a Pokémon is strong and weak against, both when attacking and when defending, so matchups often matter more than raw stats when a battle is on the line.

When a move is strong against its target it deals double damage, and the game tells you “It's super effective!” These advantages stack across a target's two types: a move that beats both — like a Rock attack against a Fire/Flying Pokémon — lands a punishing 4× hit.

The reverse holds too. A type the target resists takes half damage (“It's not very effective…”), and only a quarter against a Pokémon that resists it twice over. A handful of matchups do nothing at all: Ground moves can't reach Flying types, and Normal and Fighting moves pass straight through Ghosts.

Finally, a Pokémon attacking with a move that shares its own type earns the Same-Type Attack Bonus (STAB) — a flat 1.5× boost. Layered on a type advantage the numbers climb fast: a Water Pokémon using a Water move against a Ground/Rock target deals 2 × 2 × 1.5 = 6× normal damage.

Type Matchup Chart

Read across from an attacking type (left) to a defending type (top) to see the damage multiplier. Hover a cell to highlight the pair.

Type matchup chart. The attacking type is listed down the left side and the defending type across the top; each cell shows the damage multiplier.
Def →Atk ↓	Nor	Fir	Wat	Ele	Gra	Ice	Fig	Poi	Gro	Fly	Psy	Bug	Roc	Gho	Dra	Dar	Ste	Fai
Nor													½	0			½
Fir		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Wat		2	½		½				2				2		½
Ele			2	½	½				0	2					½
Gra		½	2		½			½	2	½		½	2		½		½
Ice		½	½		2	½			2	2					2		½
Fig	2					2		½		½	½	½	2	0		2	2	½
Poi					2			½	½				½	½			0	2
Gro		2		2	½			2		0		½	2				2
Fly				½	2		2					2	½				½
Psy							2	2			½					0	½
Bug		½			2		½	½		½	2			½		2	½	½
Roc		2				2	½		½	2		2					½
Gho	0										2			2		½
Dra															2		½	0
Dar							½				2			2		½		½
Ste		½	½	½		2							2				½	2
Fai		½					2	½							2	2	½

Def →Atk ↓	Nor	Fir	Wat	Ele	Gra	Ice	Fig	Poi	Gro	Fly	Psy	Bug	Roc	Gho	Dra	Dar	Ste	Fai
Nor													½	0			½
Fir		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Wat		2	½		½				2				2		½
Ele			2	½	½				0	2					½
Gra		½	2		½			½	2	½		½	2		½		½
Ice		½	½		2	½			2	2					2		½
Fig	2					2		½		½	½	½	2	0		2	2	½
Poi					2			½	½				½	½			0	2
Gro		2		2	½			2		0		½	2				2
Fly				½	2		2					2	½				½
Psy							2	2			½					0	½
Bug		½			2		½	½		½	2			½		2	½	½
Roc		2				2	½		½	2		2					½
Gho	0										2			2		½
Dra															2		½	0
Dar							½				2			2		½		½
Ste		½	½	½		2							2				½	2
Fai		½					2	½							2	2	½

Def →Atk ↓	Nor	Fir	Wat	Ele	Gra	Ice	Fig	Poi	Gro	Fly	Psy	Bug	Roc	Gho	Dra	Dar	Ste	Fai
Nor													½	0			½
Fir		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Wat		2	½		½				2				2		½
Ele			2	½	½				0	2					½
Gra		½	2		½			½	2	½		½	2		½		½
Ice		½	½		2	½			2	2					2		½
Fig	2					2		½		½	½	½	2	0		2	2	½
Poi					2			½	½				½	½			0	2
Gro		2		2	½			2		0		½	2				2
Fly				½	2		2					2	½				½
Psy							2	2			½					0	½
Bug		½			2		½	½		½	2			½		2	½	½
Roc		2				2	½		½	2		2					½
Gho	0										2			2		½
Dra															2		½	0
Dar							½				2			2		½		½
Ste		½	½	½		2							2				½	2
Fai		½					2	½							2	2	½

Def →Atk ↓	Nor	Fir	Wat	Ele	Gra	Ice	Fig	Poi	Gro	Fly	Psy	Bug	Roc	Gho	Dra	Dar	Ste	Fai
Nor													½	0			½
Fir		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Wat		2	½		½				2				2		½
Ele			2	½	½				0	2					½
Gra		½	2		½			½	2	½		½	2		½		½
Ice		½	½		2	½			2	2					2		½
Fig	2					2		½		½	½	½	2	0		2	2	½
Poi					2			½	½				½	½			0	2
Gro		2		2	½			2		0		½	2				2
Fly				½	2		2					2	½				½
Psy							2	2			½					0	½
Bug		½			2		½	½		½	2			½		2	½	½
Roc		2				2	½		½	2		2					½
Gho	0										2			2		½
Dra															2		½	0
Dar							½				2			2		½		½
Ste		½	½	½		2							2				½	2
Fai		½					2	½							2	2	½