Strengths and Weaknesses of The Different Battle Types

This is the page which lists all of the different types in the game along with what each one is strong and weak against.

You can jump by heading level 3 to get to the different types, there are currently 18 in total. Under each heading for each type are four stats.

• very effective attacks: When the type would give double or more damage.
• Not effective attack: When the type would give half or less damage.
• Very strong defense: When the type would take half or less damage.
• very bad defense: When the type would take double or more damage.

Important Note:

Everything was done to get all this information correct, however there is always a chance something is missing or mistaken. If you find something incorrect in the below listing let me know.

Normal

Very Effective Attack:

• No Types.

Not Effective Attack:

• Steel.
• Rock.
• Ghost, cannot touch at all.

Very Effective Defense:

• Ghost, cannot touch at all.

Not Effective Defense:

• Fighting.

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Flying

Very Effective Attack:

• Fighting.
• Grass.
• Bug.

Not Effective Attack:

• Electric.
• Steel.
• Rock.

Very Effective Defense:

• Fighting.
• Grass.
• Bug.
• Ground, cannot touch at all.

Not Effective Defense:

• Electric.
• Rock.
• Ice.

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Fighting

Very Effective Attack:

• Normal.
• Steel.
• Rock.
• Dark.
• Ice.

Not Effective Attack:

• Flying.
• Bug.
• Poison.
• Ghost, cannot touch at all.
• Fairy.
• Psychic.

Very Effective Defense:

• Bug.
• Rock.
• Dark.

Not Effective defense:

• Flying.
• Fairy.
• Psychic.

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Grass

Very Effective Attack:

• Ground.
• Water.
• Rock.

Not Effective Attack:

• Flying.
• Grass.
• Bug.
• Steel.
• Poison.
• Fire.
• Dragon.

Very Effective Defense:

• Grass.
• Electric.
• Ground.
• Water.

Not Effective defense:

• Flying.
• Bug.
• Poison.
• Fire.
• Ice.

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Bug

Very Effective Attack:

• Grass.
• Dark.
• Psychic.

Not Effective Attack:

• Flying.
• Fighting.
• Steel.
• Poison.
• Ghost.
• Fire.
• Fairy.

Very Effective Defense:

• Fighting.
• Grass.
• Ground.

Not Effective defense:

• Flying.
• Rock.
• Fire.

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Electric

Very Effective Attack:

• Flying.
• Water.

Not Effective Attack:

• Grass.
• Electric.
• Ground, cannot touch at all.

Very Effective Defense:

• Flying.
• Electric.
• Steel.

Not Effective defense:

• Ground.

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Steel

Very Effective Attack:

• Rock.
• Fairy.
• Ice.

Not Effective Attack:

• Electric.
• Steel.
• Water.
• Fire.

Very Effective Defense:

• Normal.
• Flying.
• Grass.
• Bug.
• Steel.
• Poison, cannot touch at all.
• Rock.
• Fairy.
• Psychic.
• Ice.
• Dragon.

Not Effective defense:

• Fighting.?
• Ground.
• Fire.

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Ground

Very Effective Attack:

• Electric.
• Steel.
• Poison.
• Rock.
• Fire.

Not Effective Attack:

• Flying, cannot touch at all.
• Grass.
• Bug.

Very Effective Defense:

• Electric, cannot touch at all.
• Poison.
• Rock.

Not Effective defense:

• Grass.
• Water.
• Ice.

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Poison

Very Effective Attack:

• Grass.
• Fairy.

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Not Effective Attack:

• Steel, cannot touch at all.
• Ground.
• Poison.
• Rock.
• Ghost.

Very Effective Defense:

• Grass.
• Fighting.
• Bug.
• Poison.
• Fairy.

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Not Effective defense:

• Ground.
• Psychic.

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Water

Very Effective Attack:

• Ground.
• Rock.
• Fire.

Not Effective Attack:

• Grass.
• Water.
• Dragon.

Very Effective Defense:

• Steel.
• Water.
• Fire.
• Ice.

Not Effective defense:

• Grass.
• Electric.

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Rock

Very Effective Attack:

• Flying.
• Bug.
• Fire.
• Ice.

Not Effective Attack:

• Fighting.
• Steel.
• Ground.

Very Effective Defense:

• Normal.
• Flying.
• Poison.
• Water.
• Fire.

Not Effective defense:

• Fighting.
• Grass.
• Steel.
• Ground.

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Dark

Very Effective Attack:

Ghost.Psychic.

Not Effective Attack:

Fighting.Dark.Fairy.

Very Effective Defense:

Dark.Ghost.Psychic, cannot touch at all.

Not Effective defense:

Fighting.Bug.Fairy.

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Ghost

Very Effective Attack:

• Ghost.
• Psychic.

Not Effective Attack:

• Normal, cannot touch at all.
• Dark.

Very Effective Defense:

• Normal, cannot touch at all.
• Fighting, cannot touch at all.
• Bug.
• Poison.

Not Effective defense:

• Dark.
• Ghost.

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Fire

Very Effective Attack:

• Grass.
• Bug.
• Steel.
• Ice.

Not Effective Attack:

• Water.
• Rock.
• Fire.
• Dragon.

Very Effective Defense:

• Grass.
• Bug.
• Steel.
• Fire.
• Fairy.
• Ice.

Not Effective defense:

• Ground.
• Water.
• Rock.

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Fairy

Very Effective Attack:

• Fighting.
• Dark.
• Dragon.

Not Effective Attack:

• Steel.
• Poison.
• Fire.

Very Effective Defense:

• Fighting.
• Bug.
• Dark.
• Dragon, cannot touch at all.

Not Effective defense:

• Steel.
• Poison.

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Psychic

Very Effective Attack:

• Fighting.
• Poison.

Not Effective Attack:

• Steel.
• Dark, cannot touch at all.
• Psychic.

Very Effective Defense:

• Fighting.
• Psychic.

Not Effective defense:

• Bug.
• Dark.
• Ghost.

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Ice

Very Effective Attack:

• Flying.
• Grass.
• Ground.
• Dragon.

Not Effective Attack:

• Steel.
• Water.
• Fire.

Very Effective Defense:

• Nothing.

Not Effective defense:

• Fighting.
• Steel.
• Rock.
• Fire.

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Dragon

Very Effective Attack:

• Dragon.

Not Effective Attack:

• Steel.
• Fairy, cannot touch at all.

Very Effective Defense:

• Grass.
• Electric.
• Water.
• Fire.

Not Effective defense:

• Fairy.
• Ice.
• Dragon.

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