Pokemon in Pokemon Go all fall into one of a few categories – ‘types’.
A Pokemon can have one or two types, and types determine a number of things about that Pokemon. For one it determines where the Pokemon likes to
live (more on that under the next heading), but it also determines battle strengths and weaknesses.
There’s 18 different types, and each type is either strong, weak or neutral to other types. At the most basic level with the starter Pokemon
this breaks down to Rock, Paper, Scissors – Charmander (Fire) beats Bulbasaur (Grass) who beats Squirtle (Water) who in turn beats Charmander.
Pokemon Type | Strong Against | Weak Against |
---|---|---|
Water Ground Rock |
Fire Ice Poison Flying Bug |
|
Steel Bug Ice Grass |
Rock Water Ground |
|
Fire Ground Rock |
Electric Grass |
|
Water Flying |
Ground |
|
Fire Electric Poison Rock Steel |
Water Grass Ice |
|
Grass Fighting Bug |
Electric Ice Rock |
|
Grass Physhic Dark |
Fire Flying Rock |
|
Fire Ice Flying Bug |
Water Grass Fighting Ground Steel |
|
Physhic Ghost |
Ghost Dark |
|
Physhic Ghost |
Fighting Bug Fairy |
|
Dragon |
Ice Dragon Fairy |
|
Fighting Poison |
Bug Ghost Dark |
|
Fighting Dragon Dark |
Poison Steel |
|
Grass Ground Flying Dragon |
Fire Fighting Rock Steel |
|
Ice Rock Fairy |
Ground Fighting Fire |
|
Grass Fairy |
Ground Physhic |
|
Normal Ice Rock Dark Steel |
Flying Physhic Fairy |
|
- | Fighting |