Pokémon Go weakness chart: all types and effectiveness modifiers

A basic lesson for PvE and PvP combat

Contents

1. Pokémon Go type weakness chart
2. Pokémon Go type effectiveness modifiers

Types play a central role in Pokémon Go, just like in every other game of the franchise. It’s all a grand game of rock, paper, scissors with players trying to counter whichever monster the other side has picked. However, the mobile game adapted the usual rules a little bit, so even if you’ve memorized the entire type weakness chart from the main games, you’re going to run into some surprises.

For this reason, you can check out the Pokémon Go type weakness chart below to update your knowledge and understanding of the system before you jump into 5-Star Raids or PvP duels.

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Pokémon Go type weakness chart

Type	Deals more damage vs.	Deals less damage vs.	Takes less damage vs.	Takes more damage vs.
Normal	None	Rock, Ghost, Steel	Ghost	Fighting
Fighting	Normal, Rock, Steel, Ice, Dark	Flying, Poison, Psychic, Bug, Ghost, Fairy	Rock, Bug, Dark	Flying, Psychic, Fairy
Flying	Fighting, Bug, Grass	Rock, Steel, Electric	Fighting, Ground, Bug, Grass	Rock, Electric, Ice
Poison	Grass, Fairy	Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost, Steel	Fighting, Poison, Grass, Fairy	Ground, Psychic
Ground	Poison, Rock, Steel, Fire, Electric	Flying, Bug, Grass	Poison, Rock, Electric	Water, Grass, Ice
Rock	Flying, Bug, Fire, Ice	Fighting, Ground, Steel	Normal, Flying, Poison, Fire	Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water, Grass
Bug	Grass, Psychic, Dark	Fighting, Flying, Poison, Ghost, Steel, Fire, Fairy	Fighting, Ground, Grass	Flying, Rock, Fire
Ghost	Ghost, Psychic	Normal, Dark	Normal, Fighting, Poison, Bug	Ghost, Dark
Steel	Rock, Ice, Fairy	Steel, Fire, Water, Electric	Normal, Flying, Poison, Rock, Bug, Steel, Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dragon, Fairy	Fighting, Ground, Fire
Fire	Bug, Steel, Grass, Ice	Rock, Fire, Water, Dragon	Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Ice	Ground, Rock Water
Water	Ground, Rock, Fire	Water, Grass, Dragon	Steel, Fire, Water, Ice	Grass, Electric
Grass	Ground, Rock, Water	Flying, Poison, Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Dragon	Ground, Water, Grass, Electric	Flying, Poison, Bug, Fire, Ice
Electric	Flying, Water	Ground, Grass, Electric, Dragon	Flying, Steel, Electric	Ground
Psychic	Fighting, Poison	Steel, Psychic, Dark	Fighting, Psychic	Bug, Ghost, Dark
Ice	Flying, Ground, Grass, Dragon	Steel, Fire, Water, Ice	Ice	Fighting, Rock, Steel, Fire
Dragon	Dragon	Steel, Fairy	Fire, Water, Grass, Electric	Ice, Dragon, Fairy
Dark	Ghost, Psychic	Fighting, Dark, Fairy	Ghost, Psychic, Dark	Fighting, Bug, Fairy
Fairy	Fighting, Dragon, Dark	Poison, Steel, Fire	Fighting, Bug, Dragon, Dark	Poison, Steel

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Pokémon Go type effectiveness modifiers

Experienced Pokémon players will be familiar with a bonus called STAB – short for Same Type Attack Bonus – that modifies move damage based on the types of the move and its executing Pokémon. To explain it briefly, if a Fire-type Pokémon attacks with a Fire-type move it’ll do more damage than a Fighting-type Pokémon attacking the same target with the same Fire-type move. This important mechanic from the main games is present in Pokémon Go as well, adding a x1.2 damage modifier to any eligible attack.

Other modifiers, however, are not. Pokémon Go does not have complete type immunities, for example. While a Normal-type attack wouldn’t do any damage to a Ghost-type Pokémon in a mainline game, it’ll still have some effect on the target in the mobile game. Every immunity has instead been transformed into a resistance, so Ghost still takes less damage from Normal, for instance.

If you really want to dig into the numbers, then check the list of damage modifiers below:

• Very Effective: Damage x2.56
• Effective: Damage x1.6
• Neutral: Damage x1.0
• Not Very Effective: Damage x0.625
• Not Effective: Damage x0.39

Many Pokémon have two types, so you’ll always have to combine the strengths and weaknesses of both to get the modifiers that apply to it. Using Rock-type moves on Charizard, which is a Fire- and Flying-type Pokémon, will result in a x2.56 damage modifier, since both of its types are weak against Rock. If this move was executed by a Rock-type Pokémon, you'll need to add the x1.2 damage modifier from STAB on top of that. Using Normal-type attacks against a Ghost-type will only result in a x0.39 damage modifier due to the resistance explained above.

That’s it when it comes to the main difference of the combat systems between Pokémon Go and the mainline games. Best of luck out there!

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