Types

Type chart — A type chart provided by official Pokémon GO Twitter

Types are aspects of Pokémon and attacks, which give them an advantage over some types but a disadvantage over others. There are 18 types in total.

Each Pokémon can have one or two types. When it has only one type, it's called a pure-type Pokémon. When it has two types, it's called a dual-type Pokémon, one of types is called the primary type and the other the secondary type. Attacks, however, can have only one type.

Certain Pokémon may have different types among distinct forms.

List of types[]

Type	Statistics
Bug	There are 80 Bug-type Pokémon species (counting those being Bug-type in at least one form). There are 105 regular forms and 4 Mega Evolutions, 21 of them are purely Bug-type. There are 11 Bug-type attacks, 4 of them are fast attacks and 7 of them are charged attacks.
Dark	There are 66 Dark-type Pokémon species (counting those being Dark-type in at least one form). There are 66 regular forms and 5 Mega Evolutions, 12 of them are purely Dark-type. There are 13 Dark-type attacks, 4 of them are fast attacks and 9 of them are charged attacks.
Dragon	There are 56 Dragon-type Pokémon species (counting those being Dragon-type in at least one form). There are 58 regular forms and 9 Mega Evolutions, 13 of them are purely Dragon-type. There are 10 Dragon-type attacks, 2 of them are fast attacks and 8 of them are charged attacks.
Electric	There are 60 Electric-type Pokémon species (counting those being Electric-type in at least one form). There are 70 regular forms and 2 Mega Evolutions, 32 of them are purely Electric-type. There are 17 Electric-type attacks, 5 of them are fast attacks and 12 of them are charged attacks.
Fairy	There are 54 Fairy-type Pokémon species (counting those being Fairy-type in at least one form). There are 66 regular forms and 4 Mega Evolutions, 32 of them are purely Fairy-type. There are 9 Fairy-type attacks, 3 of them are fast attacks and 6 of them are charged attacks.
Fighting	There are 67 Fighting-type Pokémon species (counting those being Fighting-type in at least one form). There are 66 regular forms and 6 Mega Evolutions, 26 of them are purely Fighting-type. There are 20 Fighting-type attacks, 6 of them are fast attacks and 14 of them are charged attacks.
Fire	There are 76 Fire-type Pokémon species (counting those being Fire-type in at least one form). There are 78 regular forms and 5 Mega Evolutions and Primal Reversions, 37 of them are purely Fire-type. There are 21 Fire-type attacks, 4 of them are fast attacks and 17 of them are charged attacks.
Flying	There are 101 Flying-type Pokémon species (counting those being Flying-type in at least one form). There are 127 regular forms and 6 Mega Evolutions, 2 of them are purely Flying-type. There are 17 Flying-type attacks, 4 of them are fast attacks and 13 of them are charged attacks.
Ghost	There are 57 Ghost-type Pokémon species (counting those being Ghost-type in at least one form). There are 67 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolutions, 19 of them are purely Ghost-type. There are 15 Ghost-type attacks, 4 of them are fast attacks and 11 of them are charged attacks.
Grass	There are 109 Grass-type Pokémon species (counting those being Grass-type in at least one form). There are 125 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolutions, 44 of them are purely Grass-type. There are 18 Grass-type attacks, 5 of them are fast attacks and 13 of them are charged attacks.
Ground	There are 67 Ground-type Pokémon species (counting those being Ground-type in at least one form). There are 75 regular forms and 4 Mega Evolutions and Primal Reversions, 13 of them are purely Ground-type. There are 15 Ground-type attacks, 3 of them are fast attacks and 12 of them are charged attacks.
Ice	There are 49 Ice-type Pokémon species (counting those being Ice-type in at least one form). There are 50 regular forms and 2 Mega Evolutions, 19 of them are purely Ice-type. There are 15 Ice-type attacks, 4 of them are fast attacks and 11 of them are charged attacks.
Normal	There are 122 Normal-type Pokémon species (counting those being Normal-type in at least one form). There are 150 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolutions, 89 of them are purely Normal-type. There are 29 Normal-type attacks, 11 of them are fast attacks and 18 of them are charged attacks.
Poison	There are 78 Poison-type Pokémon species (counting those being Poison-type in at least one form). There are 84 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolutions, 16 of them are purely Poison-type. There are 10 Poison-type attacks, 3 of them are fast attacks and 7 of them are charged attacks.
Psychic	There are 94 Psychic-type Pokémon species (counting those being Psychic-type in at least one form). There are 131 regular forms and 7 Mega Evolutions, 70 of them are purely Psychic-type. There are 16 Psychic-type attacks, 5 of them are fast attacks and 11 of them are charged attacks.
Rock	There are 64 Rock-type Pokémon species (counting those being Rock-type in at least one form). There are 69 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolutions, 14 of them are purely Rock-type. There are 12 Rock-type attacks, 3 of them are fast attacks and 9 of them are charged attacks.
Steel	There are 57 Steel-type Pokémon species (counting those being Steel-type in at least one form). There are 62 regular forms and 5 Mega Evolutions, 9 of them are purely Steel-type. There are 15 Steel-type attacks, 5 of them are fast attacks and 10 of them are charged attacks.
Water	There are 136 Water-type Pokémon species (counting those being Water-type in at least one form). There are 142 regular forms and 5 Mega Evolutions and Primal Reversions, 70 of them are purely Water-type. There are 23 Water-type attacks, 5 of them are fast attacks and 18 of them are charged attacks.

Type effectiveness[]

There are several dependencies between types:

When a Pokémon is weak to a specific type, an attack of this type is super effective against it and its damage is multiplied by 1.6.
When a Pokémon is resistant to a specific type, an attack of this type is not very effective against it and its damage is multiplied by 0.625.
When a Pokémon is immune to a specific type, an attack of this type is not effective or ineffective against it and its damage is multiplied by 0.391.
When a Pokémon uses an attack of the same type as itself, its damage is multiplied by 1.2. See STAB.

Type effectiveness chart[]

In the chart below, columns stand for types of Pokémon that are being attacked (D). Rows stand for types of attacks that are used against such Pokémon (A).

For simplicity, the following values have been rounded.

Chart legend

Type advantage	Actual value	Rounded value
None	1.0	Not shown
Weakness	1.6	1.6
Resistance	0.625	0.6
Double-resistance	0.390625	0.4

D ► A ▼
		1.6			0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.6				0.6	1.6		0.6
		0.6			0.6	0.6			1.6						1.6
			1.6		0.4												0.6
			0.6	0.6				1.6		0.6	0.4							1.6
		1.6	1.6			1.6	0.6							0.6			0.6
	0.6	1.6			0.6			0.6	0.4			1.6	1.6	0.6	0.6	1.6	1.6
	1.6		0.6				0.6			1.6		1.6				0.6	1.6	0.6
	1.6			0.6		1.6				1.6						0.6	0.6
		0.6							1.6				0.4		1.6
	0.6		0.6				0.6	0.6		0.6	1.6			0.6		1.6	0.6	1.6
	0.6			1.6			1.6	0.4		0.6				1.6		1.6	1.6
			1.6				0.6	1.6		1.6	1.6	0.6					0.6	0.6
									0.4							0.6	0.6
					1.6				0.6	1.6	0.6			0.6		0.6	0.4
		0.4				1.6								1.6	0.6		0.6
	1.6					0.6	1.6	1.6			0.6	1.6					0.6
				0.6	1.6		0.6					1.6				1.6	0.6	0.6
			0.6				1.6			0.6	1.6					1.6		0.6
A ▲ D ►

Gallery[]

Type icons[]

These following icons are seen mainly in Pokémon summary page displaying Pokémon's type and the types of its attacks. It can be also seen on cards with weather that informs player what types are currently being boosted.

Medal types icons[]

These following icons are seen as medals for catching Pokémon of specific types. They can be seen on the trainer's profile page in the medals section and in the encounter screen as catch bonuses from such medals.

Pokémon summary page backgrounds[]

There are different backgrounds on the Pokémon summary page depending on the Pokémon's primary type.

Prior to the release of Johto-region Pokémon, there were no backgrounds for Dark and Steel-type Pokémon, as none of the Kanto-region Pokémon had these types as primary types. Also, despite the presence of a background for Flying-type Pokémon in the game files at the launch of the game, there was no use for it until Tornadus was released.