Some of the Pokemon can learn different types of moves with different type of the energy even if they are not of that specific type. The advantages of every posessed type will add up. For example, water works well against both ground and rock type pokemon, so it deals 1.25 power 4 damage if a water pokemon uses a water move on a ground/rock hybrid like Geodude.
There is a STAB advantage which does additional damage if the type of the move is the same as the type of the attacking pokemon. In our case it is water-water when a water pokemon uses a water move.
This chart is for generation one and two. More will be added when the game release new pokemons.
Multipliers:
1.25 = 125% of the actual damage taken
0.8= 80% of the actual damage taken
Note:
Vertical types are for attacking pokemon and horizontal are for defending foe.
| Defend \ Attack |
Normal |
Fighting |
Flying |
Poison |
Ground |
Rock |
Bug |
Ghost |
Steel |
Fire |
Water |
Grass |
Electric |
Psychic |
Ice |
Dragon |
Dark |
Fairy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting | 1.25 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.8 |
| Normal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Flying | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Poison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 |
| Ground | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rock | 1 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bug | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.8 |
| Steel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 |
| Fire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Water | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Electric | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Psychic | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Ice | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 |
| Dragon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Dark | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Fairy | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1 |
| Ghost | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 |
There’s 18 different types, and each type is either strong, weak or neutral to other types. At the most basic level with the starter Pokemon this breaks down to Rock, Paper, Scissors – Charmander (Fire) beats Bulbasaur (Grass) who beats Squirtle (Water) who in turn beats Charmander.
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Fire-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Steel, Bug, Ice, Grass
Weak Against: Rock, Water, Ground
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Water-type Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Fire, Ground, Rock
Weak Against: Electric, Grass
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Grass-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Water, Ground Rock
Weak Against: Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug
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Electric-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Water, Flying
Weak Against: Ground
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Normal-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: None
Weak Against: Fighting
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Ground-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, Steel
Weak Against: Water, Grass, Ice
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Rock-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Fire, Ice, Flying, Bug
Weak Against: Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel
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Fighting-type Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark, Steel
Weak Against: Flying, Psychic, Fairy
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Ice-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Grass, Ground, Flying, Dragon
Weak Against: Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel
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Poison-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Grass, Fairy
Weak Against: Ground, Psychic
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Psychic-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Fighting, Poison
Weak Against: Bug, Ghost, Dark
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Bug-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Grass, Psychic, Dark
Weak Against: Fire, Flying, Rock
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Flying-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Grass, Fighting, Bug
Weak Against: Electric, Ice, Rock
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Dragon-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Dragon
Weak Against: Ice, Dragon, Fairy
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Fairy-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Fighting, Dragon, Dark
Weak Against: Poison, Steel
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Ghost-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Psychic, Ghost
Weak Against: Ghost, Dark
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Dark-type Pokemon Strengths and Weaknesses
Effective Against: Psychic, Ghost
Weak Against: Fighting, Bug, Fairy