Pokemon Go, just like traditional games, feature battles between Pokemon of different types. Pokémon moves also have types, and each type and move has its strengths and weaknesses. For example, a Fire Pokémon with a Fire move, such as Flamethrower, is usually strong against a monster that is either Grass or Bug. However, Fire Pokémon are generally weaker against Pokémon that have Earth Water moves, which makes it important to know the strengths and weaknesses of each type.
Types of Pokémon
In Pokemon Go, there are 18 different types. There is:
- Ordinary
- Roche
- Salt
- Flying
- Poison
- Fighting
- Thumbtack
- Herbe
- Water
- Feu
- Steel
- Ghost
- Electric
- Ice
- Dragon
- Psychic
- Dark
- Fairy
Strengths and weaknesses
If a move is super effective against a type, that move will do 1,6x damage. A move that has normal effectiveness will have a damage multiplier of 1,0x. If a move isn't very effective against a certain type, it deals 0,625x damage, which is a bit less than a move that has normal effectiveness. Finally, Pokémon immune to certain types of movement take only 0,391x damage.
Ordinary
- Super effective against: None
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Ice, Combat, Poison, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Insect, Dragon, Dark, Fairy
- Not very effective against: Rock, Steel
- Immunity against: Ghost
Roche
- Super effective against: fire, ice, theft, insects
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Water, Grass, Electric, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Fairy
- Not very effective against: combat, soil, steel
- Immunity against: None
Salt
- Super effective against: fire, steel, poison, electric, rock
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Water, Ice, Combat, Ground, Psychic, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Fairy
- Not very effective against: grass, insect
- Immunity against: stealing
Flying
- Super effective against: grass, fights, insects
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Fire, Water, Ice, Poison, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Ghost, Dragon, Black Fairy
- Not very effective against: electric, rock, bug
- Immunity against: None
Poison
- Super effective against: grass, fairy
- Normal effectiveness against: normal, fire, water, electric, ice, combat, flight, psychic, bug, dragon, dark
- Not very effective against: Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost
- Immunity against: steel
Fighting
- Super effective against: normal, ice, rock, dark, steel
- Normal effectiveness against: fire, water, grass, electric, combat, ground, dragon
- Not very effective against: Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Fairy
- Immunity against: Ghost
Thumbtack
- Super effective against: weed, psychic, dark
- Normal effectiveness against: normal, water, electricity, ice, soil, bug, rock, dragon
- Not very effective against: fire, fighting, poison, theft, ghost, steel, fairy
- Immunity against: None
Herbe
- Super effective against: water, soil, rock
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Electric, Ice, Combat, Psychic, Ghost, Dark, Fairy
- Not very effective against: fire, grass, poison, flight, bug, dragon, dark
- Immunity against: None
Water
- Super effective against: fire, soil, rock
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Electric, Ice, Combat, Poison, Flying, Psychic, Insect, Ghost, Dark, Steel, Fairy
- Not very effective against: water, grass, dragon
- Immunity against: None
Feu
- Super effective against: grass, ice, bugs, steel
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Electric, Combat, Poison, Combat, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Ghost, Dark, Fairy
- Not very effective against: fire, water, rock, dragon
- Immunity against: None
Steel
- Super effective against: ice, rock, fairy
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Grass, Combat, Poison, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Ghost, Dragon, Dark
- Not very effective against: fire, water, electricity, steel
- Immunity against: None
Ghost
- Super effective against: Psychic, Ghost
- Normal effectiveness against: fire, water, grass, electricity, ice, combat, poison, ground, flight, insect, rock, dragon, steel, fairy
- Not very effective against: Dark
- Immunity against: Normal
Electric
- Super effective against: water, flying
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Fire, Ice, Combat, Poison, Psychic, Insect, Rock, Ghost, Dark, Steel, Fairy
- Not very effective against: grass, electric, dragon
- Immunity against: soil
Ice
- Super effective against: grass, soil, flight, dragon
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Electric, Combat, Poison, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, Fairy
- Not very effective against: fire, water, ice, steel
- Immunity against: None
Dragon
- Super effective against: Dragon
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Ice, Combat, Poison, Ground, Flight, Psychic, Insect, Rock, Ghost, Dark
- Not very effective against: steel
- Immunity against: Fairy
Psychic
- Super effective against: combat, poison
- Normal effectiveness against: normal, fire, water, grass, electric, ice, ground, flight, bug, rock, ghost, dragon, fairy
- Not very effective against: Psychic, Steel
- Immunity against: Dark
Dark
- Super effective against: Psychic, Ghost
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Ice, Poison, Ground, Flight, Insect, Rock, Dragon, Steel
- Not very effective against: Fighting, Dark, Fairy
- Immunity against: None
Fairy
- Super effective against: Combat, Dragon, Dark
- Normal effectiveness against: Normal, Water, Grass, Electric, Ice, Ground, Flight, Psychic, Insect, Rock, Ghost, Fairy
- Not very effective against: fire, poison, steel
- Immunity against: None
