Fighting (type)
Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable trainers that specialize in the Fighting-type include Bruno of the Indigo Plateau Elite Four, Chuck of Cianwood City, Brawly of Dewford Town, and Maylene of Veilstone City. The Fighting Dojo of Saffron City is also home to several trainers of Fighting-type Pokémon, although it is not an official gym.
Statistical averages
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Battle properties
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Note: Although Fighting-type attacks normally have no effect on Ghost-type Pokémon, the moves Foresight and Odor Sleuth, as well as the ability Scrappy, allow both Normal-type and Fighting-type moves to affect Ghost-type Pokémon.
Characteristics
As of Generation IV, the Fighting-type, along with Ice and Ground, is often considered a key offensive type in the game. In the past, the type was not as effective thanks to the power of the Template:Type2s, but now their useful resistances and vast type coverage allow many Fighting-types to sweep freely.
Defensively, the Fighting-type is acceptable. While many Fighting-types have below-average defenses, resistances to Dark and Rock are key.
Offensively, the Fighting-type is very powerful. It hits five different types with super-effective damage, more than any other type except for the Ground-type, with which it ties. It deals super-effective damage to Rock and Steel, types which generally have high Defense, and is the only type super-effective against Normal. It is super-effective against Ice, a key offensive but low defensive type. It is also one of the two types super-effective against Dark. This is slightly balanced out by the fact that Ghosts are immune to Fighting attacks without the aid of Foresight/Odor Sleuth or the Scrappy ability. In the first three generations, there were very few powerful Fighting-type moves, but this has changed with the introduction of Close Combat and increased availability of moves such as Superpower. If should be noted that the offensive combination Fighting and Ghost is resisted by no Pokémon, as only the theoretical typing Normal/Ghost would resist it.
When used in contests, Fighting-type moves typically become Cool or Tough, but can also be of two other Contest categories. No Fighting-type moves are of the Cute category.
In total, there are 25 Pokémon with the Fighting-type.
Pokémon
Pure Fighting-type Pokémon
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Half Fighting-type Pokémon
Primary Fighting-type Pokémon
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Secondary Fighting-type Pokémon
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Moves
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Trivia
- With the exception of Arceus holding a Fist Plate, there has yet to be a Fighting-type legendary Pokémon.
- Arceus holding a Fist Plate is also the only quadrupedal Fighting-type Pokémon.
- As of Generation IV, the Fighting-type is the only type that has not been paired with the Template:Type2.
- All of the legendary golems, including Regigigas, are weak to Fighting moves.
- No Fighting-type move can hit both foes in a double battle.
- Along with the Template:Type2, Fighting-type moves are super effective against the most Pokémon types: five.
- Fighting is the only type to have two variations of Quick Attack: Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave.
- As of Generation II, the Fighting-type (along with Bug) are one of only two pairs of different types to share the same interaction against each other (Bug resists Fighting and vice versa). The other pair is Normal and Ghost (Normal is immune to Ghost and vice versa).
- There has been one Elite Four member or Gym-Leader specializing in Fighting-type Pokémon in every generation.
- Color representations for the Fighting-type have generally been inconsistent in various Pokémon media. While the Fighting-type has been associated with the color red in the main Pokémon games since Generation III, it is associated with the color orange in Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, and with the color brown in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
- As of Gen IV, Fighting as a secondary type has always incurred at least one unique type combination in each Generation.
In other languages
- Dutch: Vecht
- Finnish: Taistelu
- French: Combat
- German: Kampf
- Italian: Lotta
- Korean: 격투 gyeoktu
- Polish: Walczący
- Spanish: Lucha
- Brazilian Portuguese: Lutador
- Hebrew: לוחם "lohem"