Pokemon Go Type Chart: Understanding Type Weakness and Strength

Master Pokemon Go battles with our full type chart showing every matchup multiplier for exploiting weaknesses and dealing maximum damage.

When catching Pokemon out in the wild or taking on Raid Battles, it’s important to understand how different elemental types match up.

Knowing which types counter each other and deliver boosted damage can give you a key edge against tough opponents. This guide will provide a full breakdown of the type chart in Pokemon Go to help you exploit weaknesses.

Understanding Pokemon Type Matchups

The key to mastery in Pokemon Go is proper type matchup knowledge. For instance, Fire-type moves will deal double damage against Grass-type Pokemon.

On the flip side, Water-type moves do extra damage to fire types. There are 18 total elemental types with their offensive strengths and defensive weaknesses.

Dual-type Pokemon have combined traits of both types. While this diversifies their movesets, it can also compound weaknesses. For example, Flying/Water-type Gyarados take quadruple the damage from Electric moves thanks to both types sharing that vulnerability.

Sometimes type advantages are counterintuitive and you’ll need to reference this chart to remember them. Additionally, strengths and weaknesses don’t always align – Fighting is strong against Dark but Dark isn’t especially more effective against Fighting.

Visual Pokemon Go Type Chart: Strength and Weakness Chart

Here is a visual type matchup chart for Pokemon Go showing effectiveness multipliers:

• Y-axis = Attacking
• X-axis = Defending
• Circle = Super effective
• Triangle = Not very effective
• White Box = Normal effectiveness
• X = Immune

The key points are:

• Super Effective against two types: 2.56x damage
• Super Effective attacks: 1.6x damage
• Not Very Effective attacks: 0.625x damage
• Not Very Effective against two types: 0.391x damage

Multiple weaknesses or resistances can stack to modify damage further.

The Pokemon Go Type Chart: Strength and Weakness Table

Here is a Pokemon Go Type Chart table showcasing the strengths, weaknesses, resistances, and vulnerabilities of each Pokemon type:

Type	Strong Against	Weak Against	Resistant To	Vulnerable To
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

In summary, the Pokemon Go-type chart should be your trusty reference anytime you enter a battle.