The types or elements in Pokémon GO are a fundamental characteristic for success in combat. We share a table with the weaknesses, resistances and effectiveness when attacking for each element. There are 18 types in total; it is important to know the interaction between them and the multipliers that apply. Then we detail a list of the weaknesses of each type in Pokémon GO and we talk a little about double-type Pokémon. Find out now!
We clarify that there are no longer immunities in Pokémon GO , unlike the main saga games.
Guy Super effective against Little effective against Resistant against Weak against
Steel Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Fairy
• Ice
• rock Deals 0.625x damage to:
1. Steel
2. Water
3. Electric
4. Fire Take 0.625x damage from:
• Steel
• Bug
• Dragon
• Fairy
• Ice
• Normal
• Plant
• Psychic
• rock
• Flying
Take 0.39x damage from:
1. Poison Take 1.6x damage from:
• Fire
• Struggle
• Land
Water Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Fire
• rock
• Land Deals 0.625x damage to:
1. Water
2. Dragon
3. Plant Take 0.625x damage from:
1. Steel
2. Water
3. Fire
4. Ice Take 1.6x damage from:
• Electric
• Plant
Bug Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Sinister
• Plant
• Psychic Deals 0.625x damage to:
1. Steel
2. Ghost
3. Fire
4. Fairy
5. Struggle
6. Poison
7. Flying Take 0.625x damage from:
1. Struggle
2. Plant
3. Land Take 1.6x damage from:
• Fire
• Flying
• rock
Dragon Deals 1.6x damage to:
1. Dragon Deals 0.625x damage to:
1. Steel
Deals 0.391x damage to:
• Fairy Take 0.625x damage from:
• Electric
• Fire
• Plant
• Water Take 1.6x damage from:
• Dragon
• Fairy
• Ice
Electric Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Flying
• Water Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Dragon
• Electric
• Plant
Deals 0.391x damage to:
• Land Take 0.625x damage from:
• Electric
• Flying
• Steel Take 1.6x damage from:
• Land
Ghost Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Ghost
• Psychic Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Sinister
Deals 0.391x damage to:
• Normal Take 0.625x damage from:
• Bug
• Poison
Take 0.39x damage from:
• Struggle
• Normal Take 1.6x damage from:
• Sinister
• Ghost
Fire Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Bug
• Plant
• Ice
• Steel Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Dragon
• Fire
• rock
• Water Take 0.625x damage from:
• Bug
• Fire
• Fairy
• Plant
• Ice
• Steel Take 1.6x damage from:
• Land
• rock
• Water
Fairy Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Sinister
• Dragon
• Struggle Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Fire
• Poison
• Steel Take 0.625x damage from:
• Bug
• Sinister
• Struggle
Take 0.39x damage from:
• Dragon Take 1.6x damage from:
• Poison
• Steel
Ice Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Dragon
• Flying
• Plant
• Land Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Fire
• Ice
• Steel
• Water Take 0.625x damage from:
• Ice Take 1.6x damage from:
• Struggle
• Fire
• rock
• Steel
Struggle Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Sinister
• Ice
• Normal
• rock
• Steel Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Bug
• Fairy
• Flying
• Poison
• Psychic
Deals 0.391x damage to:
• Ghost Take 0.625x damage from:
• Bug
• Sinister
• rock Take 1.6x damage from:
1. Fairy
2. Flying
3. Psychic
Normal None Deals 0.625x damage to:
1. rock
2. Steel
Deals 0.391x damage to:
1. Ghost Take 0.39x damage from:
• Ghost Take 1.6x damage from:
• Struggle
Plant Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Land
• rock
• Water Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Bug
• Dragon
• Fire
• Flying
• Plant
• Poison
• Steel Take 0.625x damage from:
• Electric
• Plant
• Land
• Water Take 1.6x damage from:
• Bug
• Fire
• Flying
• Ice
• Poison
Psychic Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Struggle
• Poison Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Psychic
• Steel
Deals 0.391x damage to:
• Sinister Take 0.625x damage from:
• Struggle
• Psychic Take 1.6x damage from:
• Bug
• Sinister
• Ghost
rock Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Bug
• Fire
• Flying
• Ice Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Struggle
• Land
• Steel Take 0.625x damage from:
• Fire
• Flying
• Normal
• Poison Take 1.6x damage from:
• Struggle
• Plant
• Land
• Steel
• Water
Sinister Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Ghost
• Psychic Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Sinister
• Struggle
• Fairy Take 0.625x damage from:
• Sinister
• Ghost
Take 0.39x damage from:
• Psychic Take 1.6x damage from:
• Bug
• Struggle
• Fairy
Land Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Electric
• Fire
• Poison
• rock
• Steel Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Bug
• Plant
Deals 0.391x damage to:
• Flying Take 0.625x damage from:
• Poison
• rock
Take 0.39x damage from:
• Electric Take 1.6x damage from:
• Plant
• Ice
• Water
Poison Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Plant
• Fairy Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Ghost
• Land
• Poison
• rock
Deals 0.391x damage to:
• Steel Take 0.625x damage from:
• Bug
• Struggle
• Fairy
• Plant
• Poison Take 1.6x damage from:
• Land
• Psychic
Flying Deals 1.6x damage to:
• Bug
• Struggle
• Plant Deals 0.625x damage to:
• Electric
• rock
• Steel Take 0.625x damage from:
• Bug
• Struggle
• Plant
Take 0.391x damage from:
• Land Take 1.6x damage from:
• Electric
• Ice
• rock
The multipliers that apply are:
• Super Effective Against : The Pokémon deals 1.6x damage to the enemy.
• Not very effective against : the Pokémon does 0.625x damage to the enemy, or 0.391x if the enemy is very resistant.
• Resistant Against : The Pokémon takes 0.625x damage from the enemy, or 0.39x if it is very resistant to the enemy.
• Weak Against : The Pokémon takes 1.6x damage from the enemy.
It is important to learn this table well or have it handy. Only then will you know what beats Psychic-type, what is effective against Normal-type or the weaknesses of Dragon-type Pokémon.
Weaknesses of each type
In this section we focus only on the weaknesses that each type has in Pokémon GO , in case it is the only thing that interests you. Here we show them:
• Steel : weak against Fire, Fight and Earth.
• Water : weak against Electric and Plant.
• Bug : weak against Fire, Flying and Rock.
• Dragon : weak against Dragon, Fairy and Ice.
• Electric : weakness only against Earth.
• Ghost : weakness against Sinister and Ghost.
• Fire : weak against Earth, Rock and Water.
• Fairy : weak against Poison and Steel.
• Ice : weak against Fighting, Fire, Rock and Steel.
• Fight : weak against Fairy, Flying and Psychic.
• Normal : weakness only against Fight.
• Grass : weak against Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice and Poison.
• Psychic : weak against Bug, Sinister and Ghost.
• Rock : weak against Fight, Grass, Earth, Steel and Water.
• Sinister : weak against Bug, Fight and Fairy.
• Earth : weak against Grass, Ice and Water.
• Poison : weak against Earth and Psychic.
• Flying : weak against Electric, Ice and Rock.
We want to frame that the types with the greatest number of weaknesses are Grass and Rock . They have five types to which they are weak! Both are followed by Ice , with four types that can do more damage to him. On the other hand, Normal and Electric are only weak to Fight and Ground, respectively.
Multipliers in double-type Pokémon
Pokémons that have two elements assigned instead of one sometimes receive changes in multipliers. This is a detail to take into account to save us unexpected surprises. Take, for example, Bulbasaur, a Grass and Poison-type Pokémon.
If you look at the type table above, both Grass and Poison are Grass resistant types. For the same reason, Bulbasaur gets double resistance against the Grass type, compared to Pokémon that are only of the Grass or Poison element.
Another aspect that you should pay attention to is that, depending on the combination of types, resistance and weakness to a specific type can be neutralized. Plant is resistant to Earth, while Poison is vulnerable to it. For this reason, Bulbasaur does not get a multiplier to Earth for resistances. That happens multiple times!
Whenever you have a double-type Pokémon, be sure to see what its resistances and weaknesses are, which ones are neutralized, or which ones are doubled. Only then will you prepare well for battles against other trainers in Pokémon GO .
