Pokemon Go type chart: Effectiveness & weaknesses
NIANTICThere 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.
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 in 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 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 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 super-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
- Neutral: 1x
- Not very effective attacks: 0.625x
- Immunity: 0.391x
To help you visualize Pokemon Go’s type matchups, here’s a chart from Pokestgo:
Chart showing how effective each type of Pokemon is against each other in Pokemon Go.While Pokemon Go doesn’t have immunities, type match-ups that would deal no damage in the mainline games deal even less damage than normal not very effective attacks. As an example, a Psychic-type attack will deal .391x damage to a Dark-type and .62x to another Psychic-type Pokemon.
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.
Which Pokemon types are the most versatile
Even though the meta changes from season to season impacting which Pokemon rise to the top of the leaderboards, there are a few types that remain constant over time like Dragon, Steel, and Psychic.
Dragons are very popular among players and have few weaknesses, making them a good fit for most teams. Even though Dragon types are weak to Fairy, Ice, and other Dragons, they tend to have incredible DPS, overall stats, and move pools, which might be why there are so many Legendary Dragons in the franchise.
Since its introduction in Gen 2, the Steel type has been one of the best thanks to its 10 resistances, plus Poison immunity. When paired with a complementary type that cancels some of its weaknesses, Steel Pokemon can become unstoppable.
A lot of Psychic-type Pokemon like Mewtwo, Mega Gardevoir, Solgaleo, and more stay relevant to the Pokemon Go meta due to their sheer power, incredible and versatile move pools, and good type combinations.
Which Pokemon types are the least versatile
As in the main series, the Poison and Bug types are two of the worst types to focus on when trying to build a strong team in Pokemon Go.
This is mainly because they are not very effective against several types, including a few meta favorites like Fire, Rock, Ground, Ghost, Steel, and some more.
Additionally, they are only super effective against a few types – Grass, Psychic, Dark, and Fairy – and in most scenarios, they end up being outclassed by other creatures with better type combinations.
There are some great Bug-type creatures like Mega Heracross and Pheromosa, but they are only used in specific encounters to target an enemy’s weakness. Plus, they heavily rely on their secondary Fighting type. The same happens with good Poison choices like Mega Gengar and Nihilego, which are supported by their Ghost and Rock main types, respectively.
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.