

With the exception of a few low-level misfits like Magikarp, Weedle, Caterpie and Kakuna, almost every Pokémon can be a worthwhile addition to your team. The damage any given attack causes is further determined by each individual Pokémon's Level as well as Attack and Special stats.īelow, you will find a quick listing of the categories, as well as my personal favorite for each Pokémon type. Note that a Pokémon that uses an attack that is of its same type (ie: Mewtwo, a Psychic Pokémon, using the Psychic technique) deals 50% more damage than a Pokémon that uses a non-matching attack (ie: Mewtwo, a Psychic Pokémon, using the Thunder technique). "X" (red) means this attack can't hit that particular opponent type (ie: Electric techniques can't harm Ground Pokémon)."-" (orange) means it is not effective and will only deal half the damage (ie: a Bug attack is not effective against a Fire opponent)."+" (green) means the attack is effective and deals twice the damage (ie: a Fire attack causes double damage when used on a Grass type).The good news is there's a pretty simple way to break it down.Īll modifiers for damage by a particular attack are calculated together when it comes to dealing with Pokémon that have multiple types.įor example, if you use a Flying attack against a Pokémon with both Bug and Grass types, it would do four times as much damage, since Flying attacks usually do double damage to each type.įollowing in the pattern, if you were to use a Ground attack against a Pokémon with both Bug and Grass types, it would do 1/4 of the damage, since ground attack normally would do 1/2 damage to each type. How this affects Pokémon with multiple typesĪs I mentioned before, some Pokémon will have multiples types, and this table gets even more tricky to understand once you start looking at how interactions like that work. Bug Pokémon are not immune to any damage.įighting, Flying, Poison, Ghost, Steel, Fire, Dark.Bug Pokémon are weak to Flying, Rock, Fire, and thus will take double damage from these types of attacks.Bug attacks will do half damage to Fighting, Flying, Poison, Ghost, Steel, Fire, Dark-type Pokémon.Bug attacks are super effective against Grass and Psychic-type Pokémon and will deal double damage.Here's an example of how this breaks down: Using the information above and the table,e below, you can deduce everything you need to know about how each type interacts with each other. Immune: Types that this Pokémon type is immune to - meaning they take no damage.Weak: The types of attacks that will do double damage to a Pokémon of this type.Not Very Effective: The types of Pokémon the attack type will do half damage against.Super Effective: The types of Pokémon the attack type will do double damage against.
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Here's a quick guide on how to read this table:

The more you can remember from the table below, the better, as it will help you know which Pokémon and which moves to use against your opponents.
