Pokemon Go type chart: Effectiveness & weaknesses

Paul Cot
The Pokemon Company / Niantic

There are so many different creatures to catch in Pokemon Go, and each has its own unique type and type combinations. These make them stronger or weaker against other Pokemon in the game, so here’s a full breakdown of how they work to help you maximize your potential as a Pokemon master. 

Trainers aiming to be the very best will want to familiarise themself with the game‘s mechanics, including the Pokemon Go Type chart, which details their strengths, weaknesses, resistances, and vulnerabilities.

Any Pokemon trainer who has battled in Game Freak’s monster battling series will know that certain types hold an advantage over others. For example, Fire is strong against Grass and Psychic against Fighting.

However, many trainers overlook the full picture when it comes to type effectiveness. Our Pokemon Go Type chart should help clear up any confusion and help you win more competitive battles quickly.


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Pokemon GO Shiny Kadabra and Alakazam
With the addition of ‘mon like Shiny Kadabra and Alakazam, knowing your types is paramount.

Pokemon Go battle definitions

Before you check out the Pokemon Go strength and weakness type chart below, make sure you’re aware of the following definitions. It may seem complicated at first, but it will certainly help you understand the mechanics of Pokemon Go in the long run.

Here’s the full list:

  • Strengths: Which type of Pokemon an attack of x type is strong against (e.g. Electric against Water).
  • Weaknesses: Which type of Pokemon an attack of x type is weak against (e.g. Grass against Fire).
  • Resistances: What types will receive less damage from what (e.g. Dragon against Fairy).
  • Vulnerabilities: What types receive more damage from what (e.g. Steel against Ice).

Pokemon Go type chart: Weaknesses and strengths chart

Here is the full table showing what each Pokemon Go type is strong against, weak against, resistant to, and vulnerable to:

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

Interestingly, Niantic opted not to include type immunities in Pokemon Go. For example, in the mainline games, Ghost-types are immune to Normal-type attacks—this isn’t the case in Pokemon Go.

Pokemon Go type effectiveness multiplier

The effectiveness of a Pokemon’s move depends entirely on the game itself. Type advantages in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are generally more pronounced, with effective attacks being twice as strong.

Pokemon Go has a smaller multiplier when it comes to typings. However, this does not discount how important it is to select your Pokemon before a battle. You can gain a massive advantage if you’re aware of the weaknesses and strengths of certain types.

List of Pokemon Go multipliers

The multipliers for Pokemon Go are as follows:

  • Super effective against two types: 2.56x
  • Super effective attacks: 1.6x
  • Not very effective attacks: 0.625x
  • Not very effective against two types: 0.391x

Here’s a visualization chart of the type matchup for all of these:

Pokemon Go type match-up chart. Chart showing how effective each type of Pokemon is against each other in Pokemon Go…

Another difference between Pokemon Go and other games is multiple typings affect damage even further. If a species is weak to two of an opponent’s types then the multiplier effect would be halved again, as seen by the 0.391 multipliers.

The same applies to a Pokemon being effective against both species’ types. An example of this is an Electric-type versus Gyarados, as it is a dual Water/Flying-type—two types that are weak against Electric.

Taking the time to learn which Pokemon are strong and weak against other types can often give you the edge needed to win even the toughest fights. Familiarizing yourself with Pokemon Go’s types will also help you in Raid Battles while speeding up the process of acquiring those all-important PokeCoins.