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 pure-type Pokémon and when it has two types, the one of types is called primary type and the other secondary type. Attacks on the other hand can have only one type.
Certain Pokémon may have different types among distinct forms.
List of types
- 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 Evolution, 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 65 Dark-type Pokémon species (counting those being Dark-type in at least one form). There are 64 regular forms and 5 Mega Evolution, 12 of them are purely Dark-type.
- There are 12 Dark-type attacks, 4 of them are fast attacks and 8 of them are charged attacks.
- Dragon
- There are 52 Dragon-type Pokémon species (counting those being Dragon-type in at least one form). There are 54 regular forms and 9 Mega Evolution, 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 57 Electric-type Pokémon species (counting those being Electric-type in at least one form). There are 64 regular forms and 2 Mega Evolution, 32 of them are purely Electric-type.
- There are 16 Electric-type attacks, 5 of them are fast attacks and 11 of them are charged attacks.
- Fairy
- There are 51 Fairy-type Pokémon species (counting those being Fairy-type in at least one form). There are 63 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolution, 30 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 66 Fighting-type Pokémon species (counting those being Fighting-type in at least one form). There are 65 regular forms and 4 Mega Evolution, 26 of them are purely Fighting-type.
- There are 18 Fighting-type attacks, 5 of them are fast attacks and 13 of them are charged attacks.
- Fire
- There are 71 Fire-type Pokémon species (counting those being Fire-type in at least one form). There are 73 regular forms and 5 Mega Evolution and Primal Reversion, 34 of them are purely Fire-type.
- There are 20 Fire-type attacks, 4 of them are fast attacks and 16 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 Evolution, 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 47 Ghost-type Pokémon species (counting those being Ghost-type in at least one form). There are 55 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolution, 13 of them are purely Ghost-type.
- There are 13 Ghost-type attacks, 4 of them are fast attacks and 9 of them are charged attacks.
- Grass
- There are 106 Grass-type Pokémon species (counting those being Grass-type in at least one form). There are 122 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolution, 41 of them are purely Grass-type.
- There are 17 Grass-type attacks, 5 of them are fast attacks and 12 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 Evolution and Primal Reversion, 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 Evolution, 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 118 Normal-type Pokémon species (counting those being Normal-type in at least one form). There are 145 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolution, 86 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 73 Poison-type Pokémon species (counting those being Poison-type in at least one form). There are 78 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolution, 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 90 Psychic-type Pokémon species (counting those being Psychic-type in at least one form). There are 125 regular forms and 6 Mega Evolution, 67 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 62 Rock-type Pokémon species (counting those being Rock-type in at least one form). There are 67 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolution, 13 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 55 Steel-type Pokémon species (counting those being Steel-type in at least one form). There are 60 regular forms and 3 Mega Evolution, 9 of them are purely Steel-type.
- There are 14 Steel-type attacks, 5 of them are fast attacks and 9 of them are charged attacks.
- Water
- There are 131 Water-type Pokémon species (counting those being Water-type in at least one form). There are 137 regular forms and 5 Mega Evolution and Primal Reversion, 65 of them are purely Water-type.
- There are 22 Water-type attacks, 5 of them are fast attacks and 17 of them are charged attacks.
Type effectiveness
There are several dependencies between types:
- When Pokémon because of its type is weak to specific type attack, such attack is Super Effective against it and its damage is multiplied by 1.6.
- When Pokémon because of its type is resistant to specific attack, such attack is Not Very Effective against it and its damage is multiplied by 0.625.
- When Pokémon because of its type is immune to specific attack, such attack is Not Effective against it and its damage is multiplied by 0.391.
- When type of used attack is the same as the type of Pokémon that uses it, its damage is multiplied by 1.2. See STAB.
Type effectiveness chart
In chart below following 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.
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| Weakness | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Resistance | 0.625 | 0.6 |
| Double-resistance | 0.390625 | 0.4 |
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Gallery
Type icons
These following icons are seen mainly in Pokémon summary page displaying Pokémon's type and 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 type. They can bee seen on trainer's profile page in medals section and in encounter screen - as catch bonus for such medals.
Pokémon summary page backgrounds
There are different backgrounds on Pokémon summary page depending on Pokémon's primary type.
Prior to release of Johto-region Pokémon, there was no backgrounds for Dark and Steel-type Pokémon, as none of the Kanto-region Pokémon has these types as the primary ones. Also despite of presence of background for Flying-type Pokémon in game files, there is no use for it, as none of the Pokémon that are currently available in the game have Flying as their primary type.
