Pokemon Scarlet & Violet type guide: All weaknesses, resistances, and strengths

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet includes 18 types, with each monster having one or two types associated with them. Here’s a breakdown of how each type interacts with one another, including strengths, weaknesses, and resistances.

Pokemon’s 9th Generation is in full swing with Pokemon Scarlet & Violet and the game has changed considerably since the 1st Generation titles, Red & Blue.

Since Gen 1, three more types have been introduced through Dark, Steel, and Fairy, making 18 types in total. Each of these 18 types interacts with each other in different ways, with some being more or less effective against depending on the matchup.

Now, with Pokemon Scarlet & Violet’s DLC expansion releasing in 2023, more Pokemon will be reintroduced into the game, meaning there are even more type matchups to learn. Thankfully, this guide will give a thorough breakdown of how type matchups work as well as a rundown of how all 18 types affect one another.

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: How types interact

There are three main pillars of type effectiveness: Super Effectiveness, Resistance, and Immunity. Knowing which moves are Super Effective and which are Resisted will help trainers excel in the most difficult battles.

Here’s a breakdown of how damage is dealt in regards to each type of effectiveness:

• If the type of a move is Super Effective against a type of its target, the damage is doubled.
• If the type of a move is Not Very Effective or Resisted against a type of its target, the damage is halved.
• If the type of a move has No Effect against a type of its target, the target is completely immune to it and the move will deal no damage.

So for example, if a Pokemon uses a Ground-type move on an Electric-type Pokemon, it will deal 2x the normal damage. However, if a Pokemon uses an Electric-type move on a Ground-type Pokemon, the Ground-type will take no damage as it is immune to Electric-type damage.

Alternatively, should a Pokemon use a Poison-type move on a Ground-type Pokemon, that move will be resisted and the damage halved.

With 18 types in the game as of Generation 9, there’s certainly a lot to remember when it comes to type matchups.

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet type chart

Here is a full type chart for all 18 types present in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, including strengths, weaknesses, resistances, and immunities:

Type	Super Effective	Resist	Resisted By	Weak to	Immune	No Effect On
Normal	None	None	Rock, Steel	Fighting	Ghost	Ghost
Fire	Bug, Grass, Ice, Steel	Bug, Fairy, Fire, Grass, Ice, Steel	Dragon, Fire, Rock, Water	Ground, Rock, Water	None	None
Water	Fire, Ground, Rock	Fire, Ice, Steel, Water	Dragon, Grass, Water	Electric, Grass	None	None
Grass	Ground, Rock, Water	Electric, Grass, Ground, Water	Bug, Dragon, Fire, Flying, Grass, Poison, Steel	Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison	None	None
Electric	Flying, Water	Electric, Flying, Steel	Dragon, Electric, Grass	Ground	None	Ground
Fighting	Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel	Bug, Dark, Rock	Bug, Fairy, Flying, Poison, Psychic	Fairy, Flying, Psychic	None	Ghost
Flying	Bug, Fighting, Grass	Bug, Fighting, Grass	Electric, Rock, Steel	Electric, Ice, Rock	Ground	None
Poison	Fairy, Grass	Fighting, Poison, Bug, Grass, Fairy	Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost	Ground, Psychic	None	Steel
Ground	Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel	Poison, Rock	Bug, Grass	Grass, Ice, Water	Electric	Flying
Rock	Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice	Fire, Flying, Normal, Poison	Fighting, Ground, Steel	Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, Water	None	None
Bug	Dark, Grass, Psychic	Fighting, Grass, Ground	Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Poison, Steel	Fire, Flying, Rock	None	None
Ghost	Ghost, Psychic	Bug, Poison	Dark	Dark, Ghost	Normal, Fighting	Normal
Steel	Fairy, Ice, Rock	Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Steel	Electric, Fire, Steel, Water	Fighting, Fire, Ground	Poison	None
Psychic	Fighting, Poison	Fighting, Psychic	Psychic, Steel	Bug, Dark, Ghost	None	Dark
Ice	Dargon, Flying, Grass, Ground	Ice	Fire, Ice, Steel, Water	Fighting, Fire, Rock, Steel	None	None
Dragon	Dragon	Electric, Fire, Grass, Water	Steel	Dragon, Fairy, Ice	None	Fairy
Dark	Ghost, Psychic	Dark, Ghost	Dark, Fairy, Fighting	Bug, Fairy, Fighting	Psychic	None
Fairy	Dark, Dragon, Fighting	Bug, Dark, Fighting	Fire, Poison, Steel	Poison, Steel	Dragon	None

And there you have it! That’s a breakdown of all 18 types included in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. Check out more Pokemon Scarlet & Violet guides below:

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