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Types are properties for Pokémon and their moves. Each type has three properties: 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. There are 18 types, each of which is listed at the bottom. During Generation I, types were occasionally referred to as elements.

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. 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, 155 of which have been used as of Generation VIII.

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. 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 and members of the Elite Four are designed to have a type-specific theme.

Type chart[]

× Defending type
Normal iconNormal Fighting iconFighting Flying iconFlying Poison iconPoison Ground iconGround Rock iconRock Bug iconBug Ghost iconGhost Steel iconSteel Fire iconFire Water iconWater Grass iconGrass Electric iconElectric Psychic iconPsychic Ice iconIce Dragon iconDragon Dark iconDark Fairy iconFairy
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Normal iconNormal ½× ½×
Fighting iconFighting ½× ½× ½× ½× ½×
Flying iconFlying ½× ½× ½×
Poison iconPoison ½× ½× ½× ½×
Ground iconGround ½× ½×
Rock iconRock ½× ½× ½×
Bug iconBug ½× ½× ½× ½× ½× ½× ½×
Ghost iconGhost ½×
Steel iconSteel ½× ½× ½× ½×
Fire iconFire ½× ½× ½× ½×
Water iconWater ½× ½× ½×
Grass iconGrass ½× ½× ½× ½× ½× ½× ½×
Electric iconElectric ½× ½× ½×
Psychic iconPsychic ½× ½×
Ice iconIce ½× ½× ½× ½×
Dragon iconDragon ½×
Dark iconDark ½× ½× ½×
Fairy iconFairy ½× ½× ½×
These matchups are suitable for Generation IX onward.


Types

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