As with any Pokémon game, the trick to winning battles is by using the right Pokémon for the job, and by that I mean using a Pokémon which is a direct counter for your enemies. For example, it’s obvious that Water Pokémon beat Fire Pokémon and Grass Pokémon beat Water Pokémon, but now there are 18 different classes/types of Pokémon in the game it can be easy to get lost. Fear not though, because the table below shows you exactly what Pokémon you should use in each situation:
| Type | Strong Against | Weak Against |
|---|---|---|
| Water | Fire, Ground, and Rock | Electric and Grass |
| Steel | Fairy, Ice, and Rock | Fighting, Fire, Ground |
| Psychic | Fighting and Poison | Bug, Dark, and Ghost |
| Rock | Bug, Flying, Fire, and Ice | Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water |
| Ice | Dragon, Flying, Grass, and Ground | Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel |
| Normal | All (apart from fighting) | Fighting |
| Poison | Fairy and Grass | Ground and Psychic |
| Ghost | Ghost and Psychic | Dark and Ghost |
| Grass | Ground, Rock, and Water | Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison |
| Ground | Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel | Grass, Ice, and Water |
| Fighting | Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock, and Steel | Fairy, Flying, and Psychic |
| Fire | Bug, Grass, Ice, and Steel | Ground, Rock, and Water |
| Flying | Bug, Fighting, and Grass | Electric, Ice, and Rock |
| Bug | Grass, Psychic, and Dark | Fire, Flying, and Rock |
| Dark | Ghost and Psychic | Bug, Fairy, Fighting |
| Dragon | Dragon | Dragon, Fairy, and Ice |
| Fairy | Dragon, Dark, and Fighting | Poison and Steel |
| Electric | Water and Flying | Ground |
If a type isn’t mentioned in either the ‘Strong Against’ or ‘Weak Against’ columns, that means that the Pokémon is neither weak or strong against that type, so in theory you’re safe to play that Pokémon as you shouldn’t take ‘super effective’ damage, but likewise you won’t be dealing very much damage either.
It’s interesting to note that both Fighting and Ground Pokémon seem like the most powerful since they are both strong against five other types, and Dragon type Pokémon are arguably the worst as they are only strong against one type of Pokémon. For all of you struggling to take down Fairy Pokémon (for the gym challenge), you should deck out your team with Steel and Poison Pokémon.
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