In Pokémon GO, Pokémon have strengths and weaknesses against opponents of certain types. Considering type effectiveness helps you in raids, gym battles, and also in trainer battles. In the table, we show you who is strong against whom.
What does type effectiveness mean? Roughly speaking, it means that a certain type of attack and Pokémon is effective against another type, causing more damage than a neutral or ineffective attack. A Pokémon with fire attacks deals a lot of damage to opponents of the plant type but has a significant disadvantage against water attacks.
In the overview, we show you which type is effective against whom.
Types: Weaknesses and Strengths Overview
| Type | Effective against | Vulnerable to |
| Normal | None | Fighting |
| Ground | Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, Steel | Water, Plant, Ice |
| Dragon | Dragon | Ice, Dragon, Fairy |
| Ice | Plant, Ground, Flying, Dragon | Fire, Rock, Fighting, Steel |
| Electric | Water, Flying | Ground |
| Fairy | Fighting, Dragon, Dark | Poison, Steel |
| Fire | Plant, Ice, Bug, Steel | Water, Ground, Rock |
| Flying | Plant, Fighting, Bug | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| Rock | Fire, Ice, Flying, Bug | Water, Plant, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| Ghost | Psychic, Ghost | Ghost, Dark |
| Poison | Plant, Fairy | Ground, Psychic |
| Bug | Plant, Psychic, Dark | Fire, Flying, Rock |
| Fighting | Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark, Steel | Flying, Psychic, Fairy |
| Plant | Water, Rock, Ground | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| Psychic | Fighting, Poison | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| Steel | Ice, Rock, Fairy | Fire, Fighting, Ground |
| Dark | Psychic, Ghost | Fighting, Bug, Fairy |
| Water | Fire, Ground, Rock | Plant, Electric |
What is effective against Dark (weakness)? Fighting, Bug, and Fairy.
What is effective against Poison (weakness)? Ground and Psychic.
What is effective against Fighting (weakness)? Flying, Psychic, and Fairy.
What is effective against Ghost (weakness)? Ghost and Dark.
What is effective against Psychic (weakness)? Bug, Ghost, and Dark.
What is effective against Normal (weakness)? Fighting.
What is effective against Fire (weakness)? Water, Ground, and Rock.
What is effective against Water (weakness)? Plant and Electric.
What is effective against Plant (weakness)? Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug.
What is effective against Electric (weakness)? Ground.
What is effective against Ice (weakness)? Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel.
What is effective against Ground (weakness)? Water, Plant, and Ice.
What is effective against Flying (weakness)? Electric, Ice, and Rock.
What is effective against Bug (weakness)? Fire, Flying, and Rock.
What is effective against Rock (weakness)? Water, Plant, Fighting, Ground, and Steel.
What is effective against Dragon (weakness)? Ice, Dragon, and Fairy.
What is effective against Steel (weakness)? Fire, Fighting, and Ground.
What is effective against Fairy (weakness)? Poison and Steel.
Pokémon Type Table
Niantic has created an overview table on the topic that shows you the effectiveness at a glance.
What do the symbols mean? On the Y-axis (from top to bottom) you see the view for the attackers. On the X-axis (from left to right) you see the view for defenders.
A green circle indicates that the types are very effective. A red triangle means that the types are not very effective, thus weaker. A white field means that the types have normal effectiveness – they are neither stronger nor weaker. A black cross shows immunity against a type. In Pokémon GO, this means that these types take even less damage than from “not very effective attacks”. Here we show you all lures in Pokémon GO with their spawns and evolutions.
