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, or click it for the full head-to-head matchup page.

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

Type Weaknesses & Counters

Straight answers to “what beats it?” for every type.

What beats Normal?What beats Fire?What beats Water?What beats Electric?What beats Grass?What beats Ice?What beats Fighting?What beats Poison?What beats Ground?What beats Flying?What beats Psychic?What beats Bug?What beats Rock?What beats Ghost?What beats Dragon?What beats Dark?What beats Steel?What beats Fairy?

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