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Pokemon Sun and Moon: All Type Strengths and Weaknesses

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snorlax

Strengths

  • Fully resistant to Ghost.

Weaknesses

  • Does no damage to Ghost-type Pokemon.
  • Takes double damage from Fighting-types.
  • Does half damage to Rock-types.
  • Does half damage to Steel-types.

Fire

Litten Pokemon Sun and Moon

Strengths

  • Double damage to Grass-types.
  • Double damage to Ice-type Pokemon.
  • Double damage to Bug-types.
  • Double damage to Steel types.
  • Half-resistant to Fire.
  • Half-resistant to Grass.
  • Half-resistant to Bug.
  • Half-resistant to Steel.
  • Half-resistant to Fairy.

Weaknesses 

  • Takes double damage from Water.
  • Takes double damage from Ground.
  • Takes double damage from Rock.
  • Does half damage to Fire-types.
  • Does half damage to Water-types.
  • Does half damage to Rock-type Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Steel-type Pokemon.

Water

blastoise

Strengths

  • Double damage to Fire-types.
  • Double damage to Ground-types.
  • Double damaged to Rock-types.
  • Half-resistant to Fire.
  • Half-resistant to Water.
  • Half-resistant to Ice.
  • Half resistant to Steel.

Weaknesses

  • Does half damage to other Water-type Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Grass-types.
  • Does half damage to Dragon-types.
  • Takes double damage from Electric.
  • Takes double damage from Grass.

Electric

raichu

Strengths

  • Does double damage to Water-types.
  • Does double damage to Flying Pokemon.
  • Takes half damage from Electric-types.
  • Takes half damage from Flying-types.

Weaknesses

  • Does half damage to Electric-types.
  • Does half damage to Grass-types.
  • Does no damage to Ground-types.
  • Takes double damage from Ground-types.
  • Does half damage to Dragon Pokemon.

Grass

skiddo

Strengths

  • Does double damage to Water Pokemon.
  • Does double damage to Ground types.
  • Does double damage to Rock types.
  • Takes half damage from Water types.
  • Takes half damage from Electric types.
  • Takes half damage from Grass types.
  • Takes half damage from Ground types.

Weaknesses

  • Does half damage to Fire Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Grass types.
  • Does half damage to Poison types.
  • Does half damage to Flying Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Bug Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Dragon Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Steel types.
  • Takes double damage from Fire Pokemon.
  • Takes double damage from Ice Pokemon.
  • Takes double damage from Poison types.
  • Takes double damage from Flying Pokemon.
  • Takes double damage from Bug types.

Ice

glaceon

Strengths

  • Does double damage to Grass.
  • Does double damage to Ground.
  • Does double damage to Flying.
  • Does double damage to Dragon.
  • Takes half damage from Ice.

Weaknesses

  • Does half damage to Fire.
  • Does half damage to Water.
  • Does half damage to Ice.
  • Does half damage to Steel.
  • Takes double damage from Fire.
  • Takes double damage from Fighting.
  • Takes double damage from Rock.
  • Takes double damage from Steel.

Fighting

hitmonchan

Strengths

  • Double damage to Normal-types.
  • Double damage to Ice-types.
  • Double damage to Rock-types.
  • Double damage to Dark-types.
  • Double damage to Steel-types.
  • Half-resistant to Bug.
  • Half-resistant to Rock.
  • Half-resistant to Dark.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Flying.
  • Takes double damage from Psychic.
  • Takes double damage from Fairy.
  • Does half damage to Poison-types.
  • Does half damage to Flying-types.
  • Does half damage to Psychic-types.
  • Does half damage to Bug-types.
  • Does no damage to Ghost-types.
  • Does half damage to Fairy-types.

Poison

koffing

Strengths

  • Does double damage to Grass-types.
  • Does double damage to Fairy-types.
  • Half-resistant to Grass.
  • Half-resistant to Fighting.
  • Half-resistant to Poison.
  • Half-resistant to Bug.
  • Half-resistant to Fairy.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Ground.
  • Takes double damage from Psychic.
  • Does half damage to other Poison-type Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Ground-types.
  • Does half-damage to Rock-types.
  • Does half-damage to Ghost-types.
  • Does no damage to Steel-types.

Ground

donphan

Strengths

  • Does double damage to Fire-types.
  • Does double damage to Electric-types.
  • Does double damage to Poison-types.
  • Does double damage to Rock-types.
  • Does double damage to Steel-types.
  • Fully immune to Electric.
  • Half-resistant to Poison.
  • Half-resistant to Rock.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Water.
  • Takes double damage from Grass.
  • Takes double damage from Ice.
  • Does half damage to Grass-types.
  • Does half damage to Bug-types.

Flying

fletchling

Strengths

  • Does double damage to Grass-types.
  • Does double damage to Fighting-types.
  • Does double damage to Bug-types.
  • Half-resistant to Grass.
  • Half-resistant to Fighting.
  • Half Resistant to Bug.
  • Fully resistant to Ground.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Electric.
  • Takes double damage from Ice.
  • Takes double damage from Rock.
  • Does half damage to Electric-types.
  • Does half damage to Rock-types.
  • Does half damage to Steel-types.

Psychic

mew

Strengths

  • Does double damage to Fighting-types.
  • Does double damage to Poison-type Pokemon.
  • Half-resistant to Fighting.
  • Half-resistant to Psychic.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Bug.
  • Takes double damage from Ghost.
  • Takes double damage from Dark.
  • Does half damage to other Psychic-type Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Steel-types.

Bug

accelgor

Strengths

  • Does double damage to Grass-types.
  • Does double damage to Pyschic-types.
  • Does double damage to Dark-types.
  • Half-resistant to Grass.
  • Half-resistant to Fighting.
  • Half-resistant to Ground.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Fire.
  • Takes double damage from Flying.
  • Takes double damage from Rock.
  • Deals half damage to Fire-types.
  • Deals half damage to Ice-types.
  • Deals half damage to Flying-types.
  • Deals half damage to Ghost-types.
  • Deals half damage to Steel-types.
  • Deals half damage to Fairy-types.

Rock

rockruff

Strengths

  • Double damage to Fire-types.
  • Double damage to Ice-types.
  • Double damage to Flying-type Pokemon.
  • Double damage to Bug-types.
  • Half-resistant to Normal.
  • Half-resistant to Fire.
  • Half-resistant to Poison.
  • Half-resistant to Flying.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Water.
  • Takes double damage from Grass.
  • Takes double damage from Fighting.
  • Takes double damage from Ground.
  • Takes Double damage from Steel.
  • Does half damage to Fighting-type Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Ground-types.
  • Does half damage to Steel-types.

Ghost

mismagius

Strengths

  • Double damage to Psychic-type Pokemon.
  • Double damage other Ghost-types.
  • Fully resistant to Normal.
  • Fully resistant to Fighting.
  • Half-resistant to Poison.
  • Half-resistant to Bug.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from other Ghost.
  • Takes double damage from Dark.
  • deals half damage to Dark-types.

Dragon

haxorus

Strengths

  • Double damage to other Dragon-type Pokemon.
  • Half-resistant to Fire.
  • Half-resistant to Water.
  • Half-resistant to Electric.
  • Half-resistant to Grass

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Ice.
  • Takes double damage from other Dragon-type Pokemon.
  • Takes double damage from Fairy.
  • Does no damage to Fairy-types.
  • Does half damage to Steel-types.

Dark

zoroark

Strengths

  • Double damage to Pyschic-types.
  • Double damage to Ghost-types.
  • Fully resistant to Psychic.
  • Half-resistant to Ghost.
  • Half-resistant to Dark.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Bug.
  • Takes double damage from Fairy.
  • Does half damage to Fighting-type Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Dragon-types.
  • Does half damage to Fairy-types.

Steel

mega-aggron

Strengths

  • Double damage to Ice-types.
  • Double damage to Rock-types.
  • Double damage to Fairy-types.
  • Half-resistant to Normal.
  • Half-resistant to Grass.
  • Half-resistant to Ice.
  • Half-resistant to Flying.
  • Half-resistant to Pyschic.
  • Half-resistant to Bug.
  • Half-resistant to Rock.
  • Half-resistant to Dragon.
  • Half resistant to Steel.
  • Half-resistant to Fairy.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Fire.
  • Takes double damage from Fighting.
  • Takes double damage from Ground.
  • Does half damage to Fire-types.
  • Does half damage to Water-types.
  • Does half damaged to Electric-types.
  • Does half damage to other Steel-type Pokemon.

Fairy

pokemon

Strengths

  • Double damage to Fighting-types.
  • Double damage to Dragon-types.
  • Double damage to Dark-types.
  • Half-reistant to Fighting.
  • Half-resistant to Bug.
  • Half resistant to Dark.
  • Fully resistant to Dragon.

Weaknesses

  • Takes double damage from Poison.
  • Takes double damage from Steel.
  • Does half damage to Fire-type Pokemon.
  • Does half damage to Poison-types.
  • Does half damage to Steel-types.

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