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Type

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Types

Types (Japanese: タイプ Type) are properties applied to Pokémon and their moves, which affect the power of moves in battles. As of Generation IX, there are 19 types, with 18 regular types and the special Stellar type. Most of the types were introduced during Generation I, but the Dark and Steel types were introduced in Generation II, the Fairy type was introduced in Generation VI, and the Stellar type was introduced in Generation IX. A unique ??? type also existed from Generations II to IV. The types are largely based on the concept of classical elements in popular culture.

The types as represented in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Terminology

In Generation I, types were occasionally referred to as elements.

In the Pokémon Trivia Challenge minigame from Pokémon Masters Arena, this was sometimes written as Type starting with a capital letter. For instance:

  • "Which of the following Pokémon is the same Type as Marshtomp?"

Summary

A Pokémon may have either one or two types. For instance, Charmander is a Fire type, while Bulbasaur is both a Grass type and a Poison type. Pokémon with two types are known as dual-type Pokémon. With this system and there currently being 18 types, there is a total of 324 possible ways to assign types to Pokémon, with 171 unique combinations, 162 of which have been used as of Generation IX. Similarly to Pokémon, Pokéstar Studios opponents also have types.

All moves have exactly one type each. The type of a damaging move typically determines which types of Pokémon it is super effective against, which types of Pokémon it is not very effective against, and which types of Pokémon it is completely ineffective against (with very few exceptions). If the type of a move matches one of the types of the Pokémon using it, it gains a boost in power.

Most Gym Leaders, Elite Four members, Trial Captains, and island kahunas have a type-specific theme.

The Stellar type is a special case, as no Pokémon or moves naturally bear it. However, a Pokémon can Terastallize into the Stellar type, which can also change Tera Blast and Tera Starstorm into the type as well.

List of types

Each type is assigned a particular index number used to identify it within a particular game, such as the data structures defining the types of a Pokémon or move.

Prior to Generation IV, a type's index number is also used to determine whether a move of that type deals physical or special damage, with all types from the Fire type onward dealing special damage. In the Generation III games, a damaging ???-type move would be treated as dealing neither physical nor special damage, and deal 2 base damage.

Value 6 in Generations I and II is the unused Bird type, which was removed in subsequent games. Values 9–19 (in Generation I) or 10–18 (in Generation II) are placeholders that display as "Normal". Values beyond the last defined entry may be used as the types of glitch Pokémon or glitch moves, and are known as glitch types. Value 18 in Generation IX is used as a magic number to indicate that a Pokémon's Tera Type has not been changed from its original value.[1]

# Generation
I II III-IV V VI-VII IX
0 Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal
1 Fighting Fighting Fighting Fighting Fighting Fighting
2 Flying Flying Flying Flying Flying Flying
3 Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison
4 Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground
5 Rock Rock Rock Rock Rock Rock
6 Bird Bird Bug Bug Bug Bug
7 Bug Bug Ghost Ghost Ghost Ghost
8 Ghost Ghost Steel Steel Steel Steel
9 Normal Steel ??? Fire Fire Fire
10 Normal Fire Water Water Water
11 Water Grass Grass Grass
12 Grass Electric Electric Electric
13 Electric Psychic Psychic Psychic
14 Psychic Ice Ice Ice
15 Ice Dragon Dragon Dragon
16 Dragon Dark Dark Dark
17 Dark Fairy Fairy
18 *
19 ???
20 Fire Fire
21 Water Water
22 Grass Grass
23 Electric Electric
24 Psychic Psychic
25 Ice Ice
26 Dragon Dragon
27 Dark
99 Stellar

Type effectiveness

Sylveon using Moonblast on Hydreigon. Since Hydreigon is a Dark/Dragon-dual type Pokemon, and both of its types are weak to Fairy-type (the typing of Moonblast), the attack will deal ×4 super effective damage.
"Super effective" redirects here. For the webcomic, see Super Effective (webcomic).
"It's super effective" redirects here. For the podcast, see It's Super Effective (podcast).
"Weakness" and "Resistance" redirect here. For the TCG mechanics, see Appendix:Glossary (TCG) → Weakness and Appendix:Glossary (TCG) → Resistance.

Damaging moves typically vary in effectiveness (Japanese: 効果(こうか) effectiveness) depending on the move's type and the type(s) of its target.

Type effectiveness greatly influences how much damage moves deal:

  • If the type of a move is super effective (Japanese: 効果(こうか)はバツグン super effective) against a type of its target, the damage is doubled;
  • If the type of a move is not very effective (Japanese: 効果(こうか)は今一(いまひと)つ not very effective) against a type of its target, the damage is halved;
  • If the type of a move has no effect (Japanese: 効果(こうか)がない not effective) against a type of its target, the target is completely immune to it, and the move will deal no damage.

For targets that have multiple types, the type effectiveness of a move is the product of its effectiveness against each of the types:

  • If the type of a move is super effective against both of the opponent's types (such as a Ground-type move used against a Steel/Rock Pokémon), then the move does 4 times (250% in Legends: Arceus) the damage.
  • If the type of a move is not very effective against both of the opponent's types (such as a Fighting-type move used against a Psychic/Flying Pokémon), then the move only does ¼ (40% in Legends: Arceus) of the damage.
  • If the type of a move is super effective against one of the opponent's types but not very effective against the other (such as a Grass-type move used against a Water/Flying Pokémon), then the move deals regular damage.
  • If the type of a move is completely ineffective against one of the opponent's types, then the move does no damage regardless of how the Pokémon’s other type would be affected (as in an Electric-type move used against a Water/Ground Pokémon).
  • If the type of a move is neutral against on one of the opponent's type, then the move deals damage depends on how the Pokémon’s other type would be affected.
Comparison between Quaxly's type effectiveness compared to Bellibolt made by Dot in HZ050.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus uses a different calculation for type effectiveness against multiple types:

  • If the type of a move is super effective against both of the opponent's types, then the move does 2.5 times the damage (instead of 4).
  • If the type of a move is not very effective against both of the opponent's types, then the move does 0.4 times the damage (instead of 0.25).
  • Type effectiveness multipliers remain the same otherwise.

The moves Flying Press, Freeze-Dry, and Thousand Arrows have custom interactions with defending types and do not strictly obey the type chart. Foresight, Odor Sleuth, and Miracle Eye remove certain type immunities from their targets. Fire-type moves double in effectiveness against Pokémon affected by Tar Shot. Moves that deal direct damage (including one-hit knockout moves) do not employ effectiveness, although since Generation II Pokémon are immune to them based on type interactions. Certain Abilities, held items, or types of weather (such as Levitate, the Ring Target, or strong winds, respectively) may modify the effectiveness of specific types of moves.

Status moves typically do not employ type effectiveness. There are some exceptions; Ground-type Pokémon are immune to Thunder Wave based on type interactions, and Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to Glare based on type interactions in Generations II and III only. Furthermore, status moves may be unable to affect Pokémon based on type-related interactions other than effectiveness; for example, Poison-type Pokémon cannot be afflicted with poison and are thus unaffected by Poison Gas.

Different sounds are played depending on the effectiveness of a move, with super effective attacks having a different sound from the normal hit, and not very effective attacks also having a distinct sound. Moves with no effect do not play a sound at all.

Type chart

For type charts from previous generations, see Type/Type chart

A type chart, also known as type matchup chart, shows which modifiers are applied to move types when attacking Pokémon of each type. If the defending Pokémon has two types, the two modifiers will be multiplied together: a Flying-type move would hit for 4× damage on a Bug/Grass Pokémon, while a Ground-type move used against the same would do only a quarter of the regular damage. (A complete ineffectiveness against either type will make the move deal no damage, since 0 multiplied by any number is 0.)

The type chart differs depending on the generation of games it is from. The type chart for Generation VI onward is shown below.

× Defending type
Normal Fighting Flying Poison Ground Rock Bug Ghost Steel Fire Water Grass Electric Psychic Ice Dragon Dark Fairy
Attacking type
 Normal 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× ½× 1× 0× ½× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1×
Fighting 2× 1× ½× ½× 1× 2× ½× 0× 2× 1× 1× 1× 1× ½× 2× 1× 2× ½×
Flying 1× 2× 1× 1× 1× ½× 2× 1× ½× 1× 1× 2× ½× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1×
Poison 1× 1× 1× ½× ½× ½× 1× ½× 0× 1× 1× 2× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 2×
Ground 1× 1× 0× 2× 1× 2× ½× 1× 2× 2× 1× ½× 2× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1×
Rock 1× ½× 2× 1× ½× 1× 2× 1× ½× 2× 1× 1× 1× 1× 2× 1× 1× 1×
Bug 1× ½× ½× ½× 1× 1× 1× ½× ½× ½× 1× 2× 1× 2× 1× 1× 2× ½×
Ghost 0× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 2× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 2× 1× 1× ½× 1×
Steel 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 2× 1× 1× ½× ½× ½× 1× ½× 1× 2× 1× 1× 2×
Fire 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× ½× 2× 1× 2× ½× ½× 2× 1× 1× 2× ½× 1× 1×
Water 1× 1× 1× 1× 2× 2× 1× 1× 1× 2× ½× ½× 1× 1× 1× ½× 1× 1×
Grass 1× 1× ½× ½× 2× 2× ½× 1× ½× ½× 2× ½× 1× 1× 1× ½× 1× 1×
Electric 1× 1× 2× 1× 0× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 2× ½× ½× 1× 1× ½× 1× 1×
Psychic 1× 2× 1× 2× 1× 1× 1× 1× ½× 1× 1× 1× 1× ½× 1× 1× 0× 1×
Ice 1× 1× 2× 1× 2× 1× 1× 1× ½× ½× ½× 2× 1× 1× ½× 2× 1× 1×
Dragon 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× ½× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 2× 1× 0×
Dark 1× ½× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 2× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 2× 1× 1× ½× ½×
Fairy 1× 2× 1× ½× 1× 1× 1× 1× ½× ½× 1× 1× 1× 1× 1× 2× 2× 1×
These matchups are suitable for Generation VI onward.

In Inverse Battles, a different type chart is used that essentially inverts the regular type chart, turning immunities and resistances into weaknesses, and weaknesses into resistances.

The Stellar type is super-effective against Terastallized Pokémon, but is otherwise considered neutral against all types. It has no defensive properties at all, as a Stellar-type Pokémon will be treated as having its regular typing for defensive purposes.

Dual-type damage misinformation glitch

Main article: Dual-type damage misinformation

In Generation I only, if a damaging move is used on a Pokémon with two types such that one of its types is weak to the move and the other type resists the move, it will correctly receive neutral damage, but the incorrect message will be displayed on-screen. This does not occur in Pokémon Stadium.

Type-affected game mechanics

Prior to Generation IV, the category of damaging moves only depends on the move's type; for example, all Normal-type damaging moves are physical moves and all Water-type damaging moves are special moves. From Generation IV onward, each individual move has a damage category that is independent of its type.

When the type of a move matches one of the types of the Pokémon using it, the attack power will be increased by 50%. This is referred to as same-type attack bonus, or STAB for short. As an example, an Aron that knows the Steel-type move Metal Claw will have the move's power increased by 50% because one of Aron's types is Steel; the power of Cut would not be increased as Normal is not one of Aron's types.

Some Pokémon types are immune to certain status moves or effects. For example, Grass-type Pokémon are immune to Leech Seed, and Ice-type Pokémon are not damaged by Hail.

Some moves, field effects, Abilities, and held items affect moves of a certain type. Sunny Day, for example, causes Fire-type moves to increase in power, while Levitate causes Ground-type moves to not work on the Pokémon with this Ability. Likewise, each type has a specific held item that can be given to a Pokémon that will power up one of the specific types by 20% (or 10%, prior to Generation IV), such as the Metal Coat for Steel-type moves.

Some moves and Abilities can temporarily change a Pokémon's type in battle. For example, the move Camouflage changes the user's type to a type corresponding to the battlefield terrain. Some type-changing Abilities include Color Change, Multitype, Protean, RKS System, and Libero.

Additionally, the type of some moves may depend on the circumstances they are used in; for example, Weather Ball may be Fire-, Water-, Ice-, Rock-, or Normal-type depending on the weather it is used in. Additionally, there are Abilities that can modify move types as well as exactly three moves: (Electrify, Ion Deluge, and Plasma Fists).

When a Pokémon has two types, those two types are always listed in an order specific to the Pokémon. This order is mostly aesthetic, but it affects Present in Generation II, Revelation Dance, and two moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus: Hidden Power and Judgment.

Terastallizing can change a Pokémon's type to any single type, which will also change the type of the move Tera Blast.

Typeless

Struggle, a Normal-type move, dealing typeless damage to Gastly

There are situations where Pokémon or moves behave as if they were typeless, unable to receive STAB and boosts from type-enhancing items or Abilities. This is most commonly possible through effects that make one lose a type, such as Burn Up, Roost, and Double Shock. Typeless Pokémon take regular damage from all moves, and typeless moves deal regular damage against all Pokémon.

Struggle acts typelessly from Generation II onward. The move Weather Ball acts typelessly under shadowy aura, and the move Revelation Dance acts typelessly if used by a typeless user. Beat Up, Future Sight, and Doom Desire deal typeless damage before Generation V.

Prior to Generation V, typeless damage will ignore Wonder Guard. From Generation V onwards, typeless moves are blocked by Wonder Guard, with the exception of Struggle.

A typeless Pokémon has no types displayed on its battle summary.

Icons

Type icons in the Radiant Chamber

In Generations I and II, the core series games just used the type's name, with the only icons being in Pokémon Stadium series games.

In Pokémon GO, icons were introduced to represent each of the types during gameplay. Very similar icons were later adopted into the core series, starting with Pokémon Sun and Moon and then following up with the subsequent core series games and Pokémon HOME.

Some alternate icons associated with types appeared before. In Pokémon X and Y, the floor of the Pokémon League's Radiant Chamber features a set of type icons as decoration. In Pokémon Sun and Moon, each type was given a symbol placed on Z-Crystals.

Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!, Sword, and Shield

These type icons were also used in Pokémon HOME prior to the update for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

Normal icon SwSh.png
Fighting icon SwSh.png
Flying icon SwSh.png
Poison icon SwSh.png
Ground icon SwSh.png
Rock icon SwSh.png
Bug icon SwSh.png
Ghost icon SwSh.png
Steel icon SwSh.png
Fire icon SwSh.png
Water icon SwSh.png
Grass icon SwSh.png
Electric icon SwSh.png
Psychic icon SwSh.png
Ice icon SwSh.png
Dragon icon SwSh.png
Dark icon SwSh.png
Fairy icon SwSh.png

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, Legends: Arceus, Scarlet, Violet, and HOME

Normal icon HOME3.png
Fighting icon HOME3.png
Flying icon HOME3.png
Poison icon HOME3.png
Ground icon HOME3.png
Rock icon HOME3.png
Bug icon HOME3.png
Ghost icon HOME3.png
Steel icon HOME3.png
Fire icon HOME3.png
Water icon HOME3.png
Grass icon HOME3.png
Electric icon HOME3.png
Psychic icon HOME3.png
Ice icon HOME3.png
Dragon icon HOME3.png
Dark icon HOME3.png
Fairy icon HOME3.png
Stellar icon SV.png

Tera Type icons

TeraGem Normal.png
TeraGem Fighting.png
TeraGem Flying.png
TeraGem Poison.png
TeraGem Ground.png
TeraGem Rock.png
TeraGem Bug.png
TeraGem Ghost.png
TeraGem Steel.png
TeraGem Fire.png
TeraGem Water.png
TeraGem Grass.png
TeraGem Electric.png
TeraGem Psychic.png
TeraGem Ice.png
TeraGem Dragon.png
TeraGem Dark.png
TeraGem Fairy.png
TeraGem Stellar.png

Name icons

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In Generation IV games, the icons similar to ones in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald are used in the summary and in-battle, while the Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum icons are used in the Pokédex.

Stad Stad2 Colo XD PBR RSE FRLG DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM PE SwSh BDSP LA SV
NormalIC Stad.png NormalIC Stad2.png NormalIC Colo.png NormalIC XD.png NormalIC PBR.png NormalIC RSE.png NormalIC FRLG.png NormalIC Big.png NormalIC BW.png NormalIC XY.png NormalIC SM.png NormalIC PE.png NormalIC.png NormalIC BDSP.png NormalIC LA.png NormalIC SV.png NormalIC Tera.png
FightingIC Stad.png FightingIC Stad2.png FightingIC Colo.png FightingIC XD.png FightingIC PBR.png FightingIC RSE.png FightingIC FRLG.png FightingIC Big.png FightingIC BW.png FightingIC XY.png FightingIC SM.png FightingIC PE.png FightingIC.png FightingIC BDSP.png FightingIC LA.png FightingIC SV.png FightingIC Tera.png
FlyingIC Stad.png FlyingIC Stad2.png FlyingIC Colo.png FlyingIC XD.png FlyingIC PBR.png FlyingIC RSE.png FlyingIC FRLG.png FlyingIC Big.png FlyingIC BW.png FlyingIC XY.png FlyingIC SM.png FlyingIC PE.png FlyingIC.png FlyingIC BDSP.png FlyingIC LA.png FlyingIC SV.png FlyingIC Tera.png
PoisonIC Stad.png PoisonIC Stad2.png PoisonIC Colo.png PoisonIC XD.png PoisonIC PBR.png PoisonIC RSE.png PoisonIC FRLG.png PoisonIC Big.png PoisonIC BW.png PoisonIC XY.png PoisonIC SM.png PoisonIC PE.png PoisonIC.png PoisonIC BDSP.png PoisonIC LA.png PoisonIC SV.png PoisonIC Tera.png
GroundIC Stad.png GroundIC Stad2.png GroundIC Colo.png GroundIC XD.png GroundIC PBR.png GroundIC RSE.png GroundIC FRLG.png GroundIC Big.png GroundIC BW.png GroundIC XY.png GroundIC SM.png GroundIC PE.png GroundIC.png GroundIC BDSP.png GroundIC LA.png GroundIC SV.png GroundIC Tera.png
RockIC Stad.png RockIC Stad2.png RockIC Colo.png RockIC XD.png RockIC PBR.png RockIC RSE.png RockIC FRLG.png RockIC Big.png RockIC BW.png RockIC XY.png RockIC SM.png RockIC PE.png RockIC.png RockIC BDSP.png RockIC LA.png RockIC SV.png RockIC Tera.png
BugIC Stad.png BugIC Stad2.png BugIC Colo.png BugIC XD.png BugIC PBR.png BugIC RSE.png BugIC FRLG.png BugIC Big.png BugIC BW.png BugIC XY.png BugIC SM.png BugIC PE.png BugIC.png BugIC BDSP.png BugIC LA.png BugIC SV.png BugIC Tera.png
GhostIC Stad.png GhostIC Stad2.png GhostIC Colo.png GhostIC XD.png GhostIC PBR.png GhostIC RSE.png GhostIC FRLG.png GhostIC Big.png GhostIC BW.png GhostIC XY.png GhostIC SM.png GhostIC PE.png GhostIC.png GhostIC BDSP.png GhostIC LA.png GhostIC SV.png GhostIC Tera.png
None SteelIC Stad2.png SteelIC Colo.png SteelIC XD.png SteelIC PBR.png SteelIC RSE.png SteelIC FRLG.png SteelIC Big.png SteelIC BW.png SteelIC XY.png SteelIC SM.png SteelIC PE.png SteelIC.png SteelIC BDSP.png SteelIC LA.png SteelIC SV.png SteelIC Tera.png
FireIC Stad.png FireIC Stad2.png FireIC Colo.png FireIC XD.png FireIC PBR.png FireIC RSE.png FireIC FRLG.png FireIC Big.png FireIC BW.png FireIC XY.png FireIC SM.png FireIC PE.png FireIC.png FireIC BDSP.png FireIC LA.png FireIC SV.png FireIC Tera.png
WaterIC Stad.png WaterIC Stad2.png WaterIC Colo.png WaterIC XD.png WaterIC PBR.png WaterIC RSE.png WaterIC FRLG.png WaterIC Big.png WaterIC BW.png WaterIC XY.png WaterIC SM.png WaterIC PE.png WaterIC.png WaterIC BDSP.png WaterIC LA.png WaterIC SV.png WaterIC Tera.png
GrassIC Stad.png GrassIC Stad2.png GrassIC Colo.png GrassIC XD.png GrassIC PBR.png GrassIC RSE.png GrassIC FRLG.png GrassIC Big.png GrassIC BW.png GrassIC XY.png GrassIC SM.png GrassIC PE.png GrassIC.png GrassIC BDSP.png GrassIC LA.png GrassIC SV.png GrassIC Tera.png
ElectricIC Stad.png ElectricIC Stad2.png ElectricIC Colo.png ElectricIC XD.png ElectricIC PBR.png ElectricIC RSE.png ElectricIC FRLG.png ElectricIC Big.png ElectricIC BW.png ElectricIC XY.png ElectricIC SM.png ElectricIC PE.png ElectricIC.png ElectricIC BDSP.png ElectricIC LA.png ElectricIC SV.png ElectricIC Tera.png
PsychicIC Stad.png PsychicIC Stad2.png PsychicIC Colo.png PsychicIC XD.png PsychicIC PBR.png PsychicIC RSE.png PsychicIC FRLG.png PsychicIC Big.png PsychicIC BW.png PsychicIC XY.png PsychicIC SM.png PsychicIC PE.png PsychicIC.png PsychicIC BDSP.png PsychicIC LA.png PsychicIC SV.png PsychicIC Tera.png
IceIC Stad.png IceIC Stad2.png IceIC Colo.png IceIC XD.png IceIC PBR.png IceIC RSE.png IceIC FRLG.png IceIC Big.png IceIC BW.png IceIC XY.png IceIC SM.png IceIC PE.png IceIC.png IceIC BDSP.png IceIC LA.png IceIC SV.png IceIC Tera.png
DragonIC Stad.png DragonIC Stad2.png DragonIC Colo.png DragonIC XD.png DragonIC PBR.png DragonIC RSE.png DragonIC FRLG.png DragonIC Big.png DragonIC BW.png DragonIC XY.png DragonIC SM.png DragonIC PE.png DragonIC.png DragonIC BDSP.png DragonIC LA.png DragonIC SV.png DragonIC Tera.png
None DarkIC Stad2.png DarkIC Colo.png DarkIC XD.png DarkIC PBR.png DarkIC RSE.png DarkIC FRLG.png DarkIC Big.png DarkIC BW.png DarkIC XY.png DarkIC SM.png DarkIC PE.png DarkIC.png DarkIC BDSP.png DarkIC LA.png DarkIC SV.png DarkIC Tera.png
None None None None None None None None None FairyIC XY.png FairyIC SM.png FairyIC PE.png FairyIC.png FairyIC BDSP.png FairyIC LA.png FairyIC SV.png FairyIC Tera.png
None None None None None None None None None None None None None None None StellarIC SV.png StellarIC Tera.png
None UnknownIC Stad2.png UnknownIC Colo.png UnknownIC XD.png UnknownIC PBR.png UnknownIC RSE.png UnknownIC FRLG.png UnknownIC Big.png None None None None None None None None

Symbol icons

Type Ranger: SoA Ranger: GS Battrio Tretta GO Rumble Rush Masters EX Meza-star MD: DX New Snap Sleep
Normal Normal PA.png Normal Assist.png Battrio Normal type.png Tretta Normal type.png GO Normal.png NormalIC RR.png NormalIC Masters.png Mezastar Normal type.png PMD DX Normal type.png NormalIC NPSnap.png Normal icon Sleep.png
Fighting Fighting PA.png Fighting Assist.png Battrio Fighting type.png Tretta Fighting type.png GO Fighting.png FightingIC RR.png FightingIC Masters.png Mezastar Fighting type.png PMD DX Fighting type.png FightingIC NPSnap.png Fighting icon Sleep.png
Flying Flying PA.png Flying Assist.png Battrio Flying type.png Tretta Flying type.png GO Flying.png FlyingIC RR.png FlyingIC Masters.png Mezastar Flying type.png PMD DX Flying type.png FlyingIC NPSnap.png Flying icon Sleep.png
Poison Poison PA.png Poison Assist.png Battrio Poison type.png Tretta Poison type.png GO Poison.png PoisonIC RR.png PoisonIC Masters.png Mezastar Poison type.png PMD DX Poison type.png PoisonIC NPSnap.png Poison icon Sleep.png
Ground Ground PA.png Ground Assist.png Battrio Ground type.png Tretta Ground type.png GO Ground.png GroundIC RR.png GroundIC Masters.png Mezastar Ground type.png PMD DX Ground type.png GroundIC NPSnap.png Ground icon Sleep.png
Rock Rock PA.png Rock Assist.png Battrio Rock type.png Tretta Rock type.png GO Rock.png RockIC RR.png RockIC Masters.png Mezastar Rock type.png PMD DX Rock type.png RockIC NPSnap.png Rock icon Sleep.png
Bug Bug PA.png Bug Assist.png Battrio Bug type.png Tretta Bug type.png GO Bug.png BugIC RR.png BugIC Masters.png Mezastar Bug type.png PMD DX Bug type.png BugIC NPSnap.png Bug icon Sleep.png
Ghost Ghost PA.png Ghost Assist.png Battrio Ghost type.png Tretta Ghost type.png GO Ghost.png GhostIC RR.png GhostIC Masters.png Mezastar Ghost type.png PMD DX Ghost type.png GhostIC NPSnap.png Ghost icon Sleep.png
Steel Steel PA.png Steel Assist.png Battrio Steel type.png Tretta Steel type.png GO Steel.png SteelIC RR.png SteelIC Masters.png Mezastar Steel type.png PMD DX Steel type.png SteelIC NPSnap.png Steel icon Sleep.png
Fire Fire PA.png Fire Assist.png Battrio Fire type.png Tretta Fire type.png GO Fire.png FireIC RR.png FireIC Masters.png Mezastar Fire type.png PMD DX Fire type.png FireIC NPSnap.png Fire icon Sleep.png
Water Water PA.png Water Assist.png Battrio Water type.png Tretta Water type.png GO Water.png WaterIC RR.png WaterIC Masters.png Mezastar Water type.png PMD DX Water type.png WaterIC NPSnap.png Water icon Sleep.png
Grass Grass PA.png Grass Assist.png Battrio Grass type.png Tretta Grass type.png GO Grass.png GrassIC RR.png GrassIC Masters.png Mezastar Grass type.png PMD DX Grass type.png GrassIC NPSnap.png Grass icon Sleep.png
Electric Electric PA.png Electric Assist.png Battrio Electric type.png Tretta Electric type.png GO Electric.png ElectricIC RR.png ElectricIC Masters.png Mezastar Electric type.png PMD DX Electric type.png ElectricIC NPSnap.png Electric icon Sleep.png
Psychic Psychic PA.png Psychic Assist.png Battrio Psychic type.png Tretta Psychic type.png GO Psychic.png PsychicIC RR.png PsychicIC Masters.png Mezastar Psychic type.png PMD DX Psychic type.png PsychicIC NPSnap.png Psychic icon Sleep.png
Ice Ice PA.png Ice Assist.png Battrio Ice type.png Tretta Ice type.png GO Ice.png IceIC RR.png IceIC Masters.png Mezastar Ice type.png PMD DX Ice type.png IceIC NPSnap.png Ice icon Sleep.png
Dragon Dragon PA.png Dragon Assist.png Battrio Dragon type.png Tretta Dragon type.png GO Dragon.png DragonIC RR.png DragonIC Masters.png Mezastar Dragon type.png PMD DX Dragon type.png DragonIC NPSnap.png Dragon icon Sleep.png
Dark Dark PA.png Dark Assist.png Battrio Dark type.png Tretta Dark type.png GO Dark.png DarkIC RR.png DarkIC Masters.png Mezastar Dark type.png PMD DX Dark type.png DarkIC NPSnap.png Dark icon Sleep.png
Fairy None None None Tretta Fairy type.png GO Fairy.png FairyIC RR.png FairyIC Masters.png Mezastar Fairy type.png PMD DX Fairy type.png FairyIC NPSnap.png Fairy icon Sleep.png

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Main article: Damage modification (Mystery Dungeon)

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, the matchup multipliers are 0.5×, 0.9×, 1× and 1.5×. In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the multipliers have been changed to 0.5×, 0.7×, 1× and 1.4×; if either the attacker or the defender has Erratic Player IQ skill, they are 0.25×, 0.5×, 1× and 1.7×, instead. Immunities provided from Abilities or moves, such as Levitate or Magnet Rise, are still 0×. Type matchups that would usually be immunities are instead announced as “It had little effect…”

In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, moves that are ineffective in the core series are now ineffective as well (0× damage).

Pokémon Ranger series

In the Pokémon Ranger series, each Pokémon has a group, equivalent to a type in the core series. The effectiveness of Poké Assists on wild Pokémon is dependent on the Pokémon's group.

Pokémon Rumble series

In the Pokémon Rumble series, the type effectiveness chart differs from the equivalent type chart in contemporaneous core series games. Moves that are ineffective in the core series deal 0.6× damage instead, moves that would be not very effective against one or both of the target's types deal ~0.8× or ~0.7× damage, respectively, and moves that would be super effective against one or both of the target's types deal ~1.2× and ~1.4× damage, respectively.

Pokémon Battrio

Main article: Type (Battrio)

Pokémon in Pokémon Battrio all have one type in line with one of their types in the core games. Battrio also includes two unique types exclusively for Arceus, the Full Plate and Eleven-Plate types.

Pokémon Battrio's type effectiveness chart is also unique, with different possible strengths for weaknesses or resistances. For example, while Grass-type Pokémon are weak to both Ice- and Fire-type moves, they are weaker to Fire-type moves than to Ice-type moves.

Players with a Memory Key can also gain experience towards different types that will level up their Type Levels, granting Pokémon of that type a bonus in Attack or HP.

Pokémon Shuffle

Main article: Pokémon Shuffle → Type

Pokémon in Pokémon Shuffle each only have one type. Pokémon Shuffle's type effectiveness chart is also slightly different than the contemporaneous Generation VI chart, with 0× effectivenesses turned into ½× effectiveness.

Type is also used to determine immunity to certain status conditions.

Pokémon Quest

Pokémon have types (either one or two, as normal), and moves have types, but there are no type advantages in Pokémon Quest. Types still serve several roles, usually through matching a prompted type. When Pokémon use moves of the same type they are, the move deals additional damage. Certain bingo bonuses increase the Attack of moves of a specified type that the Pokémon knows, or reduces the Wait of those moves. There are also bingo bonuses that reduce oncoming damage of a specific type.

Each of the game's areas has a bonus Type. When playing a stage of that area, the player's Pokemon of that Type get a boost to their HP and Attack.

Level-Up Training provides increased Exp to the Training Pokémon if the Training Pokémon and the Supporting Pokémon share a type. Similarly, Move Learning Training has a higher success rate for changing the Training Pokémon's moves when the Training Pokémon and the Supporting Pokémon share a type.

Most of the game's dishes attract Pokémon with a specific type to the base camp, allowing the player to befriend them. The dish is themed to match the type in question. For example, the Honey Nectar à la Cube is the favorite food of Bug-type Pokémon, and the Get Swole Syrup à la Cube is the favorite food of Fighting-type Pokémon. While there are eighteen different dishes, equal to the number of types, six of them attract Pokémon based on qualities that are not type. This means that Dark, Steel, Fairy, Ghost, Dragon, and Ice all do not have an associated dish.

Some Challenge Quests relate to Pokémon types, tasking the player with defeating Pokémon of specific types and befriending Pokémon of specific types. One group of Quests is about going on expeditions with teams where all three Pokémon have a specific type.

Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, type effectiveness multipliers differ from the core series games, but using the same type effectiveness chart.

The multiplier for Pokémon GO is 1.6n (1.4 prior to December 12, 2018 and 1.25 prior to June 21, 2017). The exponent n starts at 0, with weakness adding 1, resistance substracting 1, and an immunity being equal to a double resistance, subtracting 2.

As such, the following multipliers are possible:

Type effectiveness Multiplier
Doubly super effective ×2.56
Super effective ×1.6
Neutral ×1
Resisted ×0.625
Doubly resisted ×0.390625
Triply resisted* ×0.244140625

Pokémon Masters EX

Each Pokémon in Pokémon Masters EX is assigned with a singular type and one type that Pokémon is weak against, regardless of how many weaknesses it has in the core series games. In addition, type immunities do not exist in this game. Mostly these types and weaknesses follow the core series; the only exceptions to these are Pryce's Seel (which is classified as an Ice type, despite being a pure Water type in the core series) and Barry's Empoleon (which is weak against Grass, despite not being weak to it in the core series games). Different Pokémon of the same species can have a different type or weakness, depending on which Trainer it belongs to.

Pokémon UNITE

There are no type advantages in Pokémon UNITE. However, Pokémon types are sometimes acknowledged in-game. The limited time Full-Burst Battle! Dragon Dustup event is themed entirely around Dragon types, with every wild Pokémon being one except for Swablu, the pre-evolution of the Dragon-type Altaria. This event only allows players to use Pokémon that are Dragon-type. The related Dragon Carnival event is also fully Dragon themed, rewarding players for collecting and using the Dragon types on the roster.

Pokémon Sleep

Pokémon in Pokémon Sleep each only have one type. Types in Pokémon Sleep are solely used to determine the Berries that the Pokémon may gather, as follows. Types should not be confused with sleep types.

Type Berry Type Berry Type Berry
Normal icon Sleep.png Normal Sleep Persim Berry.png Persim Berry Fire icon Sleep.png Fire Sleep Leppa Berry.png Leppa Berry Water icon Sleep.png Water Sleep Oran Berry.png Oran Berry
Electric icon Sleep.png Electric Sleep Grepa Berry.png Grepa Berry Grass icon Sleep.png Grass Sleep Durin Berry.png Durin Berry Ice icon Sleep.png Ice Sleep Rawst Berry.png Rawst Berry
Fighting icon Sleep.png Fighting Sleep Cheri Berry.png Cheri Berry Poison icon Sleep.png Poison Sleep Chesto Berry.png Chesto Berry Ground icon Sleep.png Ground Sleep Figy Berry.png Figy Berry
Flying icon Sleep.png Flying Sleep Pamtre Berry.png Pamtre Berry Psychic icon Sleep.png Psychic Sleep Mago Berry.png Mago Berry Bug icon Sleep.png Bug Sleep Lum Berry.png Lum Berry
Rock icon Sleep.png Rock Sleep Sitrus Berry.png Sitrus Berry Ghost icon Sleep.png Ghost Sleep Bluk Berry.png Bluk Berry Dragon icon Sleep.png Dragon Sleep Yache Berry.png Yache Berry
Dark icon Sleep.png Dark Sleep Wiki Berry.png Wiki Berry Steel icon Sleep.png Steel Sleep Belue Berry.png Belue Berry Fairy icon Sleep.png Fairy Sleep Pecha Berry.png Pecha Berry

In the TCG

Main article: Type (TCG)

There are eleven types in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, significantly fewer than in other Pokémon media. Because of the smaller number of types, Pokémon often have different types in the TCG to other Pokémon media. Due to the fact that Pokémon in the TCG can usually only have one type, dual-type Pokémon often have different cards which correspond to the Pokémon's two different types, since type is a property of the individual card and not the species. In the TCG, moves do not have their own type. Instead, for Weakness and Resistance, the type of the Pokémon card is used instead.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 屬性 Suhksing
Mandarin 屬性 / 属性 Shǔxìng
The Czech Republic Flag.png Czech Typ
Denmark Flag.png Danish Type
Finland Flag.png Finnish Tyyppi
France Flag.png French Type
Germany Flag.png German Typ
Elementklasse (Teachy TV)
India Flag.png Hindi प्रकार Prakaar
Hungary Flag.png Hungarian Típus
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Tipe
Italy Flag.png Italian Tipo
South Korea Flag.png Korean 타입 Type
Malaysia Flag.png Malaysian Type
Jenis
Norway Flag.png Norwegian Type
Poland Flag.png Polish Typ
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Tipo
Elemento (The Official Pokémon Handbook, Pokémon Club)
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Tipo
Russia Flag.png Russian Тип Tip
Spain Flag.png Spanish Tipo
Sweden Flag.png Swedish Typ
Sort (DP002)
Elementklass (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Thailand Flag.png Thai ประเภท Praphet
Turkey Flag.png Turkish Tür
Tip
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Hệ

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://github.com/kwsch/PKHeX/blob/a02e4db09859eedd360da5a39fa55d9d8f52ecd0/PKHeX.Core/PKM/Interfaces/ITeraType.cs#L33


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