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The Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Type Chart will help you work our strengths, weaknesses and resistances for all the Pokemon types you encounter in the world of Paldea. Terastallization can throw a spanner in the works, admittedly, but that won't stop these principles applying, as long as you can still know what types you're up against. With that in mind, our full Scarlet and Violet Pokemon Type Chart will help you learn strengths and weaknesses to take you through the whole game.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Type Chart

Every Pokemon Type has strengths and weaknesses. Super effective attacks will cause double the damage, while not very effective attacks will only deal half the damage. Sometimes a type is completely immune to the attacks of another type, so that's also worth bearing in mind too. For example, Ground Type attacks are completely ineffective against Flying Type Pokemon.

If a Pokemon has dual types - like Charizard with its combo Fire / Flying Type - then it gets much more complicated. It doesn't quite take on the strengths and weaknesses of both types if they would cancel each other out. 

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You can find the full Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Type Chart below, and then individual breakdowns of each Type further down the page.

  • 2 = Super Effective
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Bug type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Grass, Dark, Psychic
Not very effective against: Fairy, Fighting, Flying, Ghost, Poison, Steel
Weak against: Fire, Flying, Rock
Immune to: --

Dark type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Ghost, Psychic
Not very effective against: Dark, Fairy, Steel
Weak against: Bug, Fairy, Fighting
Immune to: Psychic

Dragon Type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Dragon
Not very effective against: Dragon, Electric, Grass
Weak against: Dragon, Fairy, Ice
Immune to: --

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Electric type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Flying, Water
Not very effective against: Dragon, Electric, Grass
Weak against: Ground
Immune to: --

Fairy type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Dark, Dragon, Fighting
Not very effective against: Fire, Poison, Steel
Weak against: Poison, Steel
Immune to: Dragon

Fighting type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel
Not very effective against: Bug, Fairy, Flying, Poison, Psychic
Weak against: Fairy, Flying, Psychic
Immune to: --

Fire type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Bug, Grass, Ice, Steel
Not very effective against: Dragon, Fire, Rock, Water
Weak against: Ground, Rock, Water
Immune to: --

Flying type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Bug, Fighting, Grass
Not very effective against: Electric, Rock, Steel
Weak against: Electric, Ice, Rock
Immune to: Ground

Ghost type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Ghost, Psychic
Not very effective against: Dark
Weak against: Dark, Ghost
Immune: Fighting, Normal

Grass type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Ground, Rock, Water
Not very effective against: Bug, Dragon, Fire, Flying, Grass, Poison, Steel
Weak against: Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison
Immune to: --

Ground type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel
Not very effective against: Bug, Grass
Weak against: Grass, Ice, Water
Immune to: Electric

Ice type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Dragon, Flying, Grass, Ground
Not very effective against: Fire, Ice, Steel, Water
Weak against
: Fighting, Fire, Rock, Steel
Immune to: --

Normal type weakness and strength

Super effective against: None
Not very effective: Rock, Steel
Weak against: Fighting
Immune: Ghost

Poison type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Fairy, Grass
Not very effective against: Poison, Ghost, Ground, Rock
Weak against: Ground, Psychic
Immune to: --

Psychic type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Fighting, Poison
Not very effective against: Steel, Psychic
Weak against: Bug, Dark, Ghost
Immune to: --

Rock type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice
Not very effective against: Fighting, Ground, Steel
Weak against: Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, Water
Immune to: --

Steel type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Fairy, Ice, Rock
Not very effective against: Electric, Fire, Steel, Water
Weak against: Fighting, Fire, Ground
Immune to: Poison

Water type weakness and strength

Super effective against: Fire, Ground, Rock
Not very effective against: Dragon, Grass, Water
Weak against: Electric, Grass
Immune to: --

Dual-type weaknesses and resistances explained

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If you're wondering about the weaknesses, resistances and strengths of dual-types, it's a little tricky. Generally though, weaknesses and resistances cancel each other out, whereas two same weaknesses will stack. For example, a Ground/Fire type will take 4x the damage from Water attacks. Meanwhile, a Normal/Flying type will take a standard amount of damage from Fighting attacks, as it's both weak AND resistant to them. And of course, there's (currently) no such thing as Dual-type attacks, so you don't need to worry about that. 

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