Pokemon Go type chart: Effectiveness & weaknesses
There are plenty of different creatures to catch in Pokemon Go, each with its unique single or dual-type combination, making them stronger or weaker against opponents. To aid you in battle, here’s a full breakdown of how Pokemon weaknesses and resistances work in Niantic’s game.
Trainers aiming to be the very best will want to familiarise themself with Pokemon Go’s battle mechanics, including the type chart, which details their strengths, weaknesses, resistances, and vulnerabilities.
Types work a little differently in Pokemon Go than in the mainline Pokemon games, so even veteran fans of the Nintendo titles need to know how types work in the mobile game.
Contents
- Pokemon Go all types available
- Pokemon Go type chart: Weaknesses and strengths chart
- Pokemon Go type effectiveness multiplier
NianticPokemon Go all types available
As in the mainline games, all 18 types are available in Pokemon Go. Here’s the full list:
- Bug
- Dark
- Dragon
- Electric
- Fairy
- Fighting
- Fire
- Flying
- Ghost
- Grass
- Ground
- Ice
- Normal
- Poison
- Psychic
- Rock
- Steel
- Water
Pokemon Go type chart: Weaknesses and strengths chart
The full table below shows what each Pokemon Go type is strong against, weak against, resistant to, and vulnerable to. Note that type immunities do not exist in Pokemon Go, unlike the mainline games.
| TYPE | STRONG | WEAK | RESISTANT | VULNERABLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug | Grass / Dark / Psychic | Fairy / Fighting / Fire / Flying / Ghost / Poison / Steel | Fighting / Grass / Ground | Fire / Flying / Rock |
| Dark | Ghost / Psychic | Dark / Fairy / Fighting | Dark / Ghost / Psychic | Bug / Fairy / Fighting |
| Dragon | Dragon | Fairy / Steel | Electric / Fire / Grass / Water | Dragon / Fairy / Ice |
| Electric | Flying / Water | Dragon / Electric / Grass / Ground | Electric / Flying / Steel | Ground |
| Fairy | Fighting / Dark / Dragon | Fire / Poison / Steel | Bug / Dark / Dragon / Fighting | Poison, Steel |
| Fighting | Dark / Ice / Normal / Rock / Steel | Bug / Fairy / Flying / Ghost / Poison / Psychic | Bug / Dark / Rock | Fairy / Flying / Psychic |
| Fire | Bug / Grass / Steel / Ice | Dragon / Fire / Rock / Water | Bug / Fire / Grass / Ice / Steel | Ground / Rock / Water |
| Flying | Bug / Fighting / Grass | Electric / Rock / Steel | Bug / Fighting / Grass / Ground | Electric / Ice / Rock |
| Ghost | Ghost / Psychic | Dark / Normal | Bug / Fighting / Normal / Poison | Dark / Ghost |
| Grass | Ground / Rock / Water | Bug / Dragon / Fire / Flying / Grass / Poison / Steel | Electric / Grass / Ground / Water | Bug / Fire / Flying / Ice / Poison |
| Ground | Electric / Fire / Poison / Rock / Steel | Bug / Flying / Grass | Electric / Poison / Rock | Grass / Ice / Water |
| Ice | Dragon / Flying / Grass / Ground | Fire / Ice / Steel / Water | Ice | Fighting / Fire / Rock / Steel |
| Normal | — | Ghost / Rock / Steel | Ghost | Fighting |
| Poison | Fairy / Grass | Ghost / Ground / Poison / Rock / Steel | Fairy / Fighting / Grass / Poison | Ground / Psychic |
| Psychic | Fighting / Poison | Dark / Psychic / Steel | Fighting / Psychic | Bug / Dark / Ghost |
| Rock | Bug / Fire / Flying / Ice | Fighting / Ground / Steel | Fire / Flying / Normal / Poison | Fighting / Grass / Ground / Steel / Water |
| Steel | Fairy / Ice / Rock | Electric / Fire / Steel / Water | Bug / Dragon / Fairy / Flying / Grass / Ice / Poison / Psychic / Rock / Steel | Fighting / Fire / Ground |
| Water | Fire / Ground / Rock | Dragon / Grass / Water | Fire / Ice / Steel / Water | Electric / Grass |
Pokemon Go type effectiveness multiplier
The effectiveness of a Pokemon’s move depends entirely on the game itself. Type advantages in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are generally more pronounced, with effective attacks being twice as strong. By comparison, Pokemon Go has a smaller multiplier when it comes to typings.
List of Pokemon Go multipliers
The multipliers for Pokemon Go are as follows:
- Super effective against two types: 2.56x
- Super effective attacks: 1.6x
- Not very effective attacks: 0.625x
- Not very effective against two types: 0.391x
Here’s a visualization chart of the type matchup for all of these:
Chart showing how effective each type of Pokemon is against each other in Pokemon Go…Another difference between Pokemon Go and other games is multiple typings affect damage even further. If a species is weak to two of an opponent’s types, the multiplier effect would be halved again, as seen by the 0.391 multipliers.
Taking the time to learn which Pokemon are strong and weak against other types can often give you the edge needed to win even the toughest fights. Familiarizing yourself with Pokemon Go’s types will also help you in Raid Battles while speeding up the process of acquiring those all-important PokeCoins.
That’s all you need to know about Pokemon Go’s type chart. You can check other guides such as Pokemon Go catching tips, our ranking for the best Pokemon in the game, or the current Raid Bosses to defeat.