Pokemon Scarlet & Violet type chart: Strengths, weaknesses, resistances & vulnerabilities

With Tera types changing the battle rules in Scarlet & Violet, Pokemon trainers need a deeper knowledge of how every type works. Here’s all the information you need to fully understand each type’s strengths and weaknesses to take advantage of them and deal plenty of super-effective attacks in fights.

With the expansive array of Pokemon types in the series, mastering type matchups is pivotal. For instance, Fairy-type moves don’t fare well against Fire, Poison, and Steel types, while Water-type moves dominate Fire, Ground, and Rock types in the game.

This is equally as essential throughout your journey in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, so read on for Gen 9’s type chart (and details on Terastal typings) to ensure you’re in with the best chance of emerging from that next Gym Battle as the victor.

Contents

• How many Pokemon types are there in Scarlet & Violet?
• Pokemon Scarlet & Violet type chart
• Pokemon Scarlet & Violet battle definitions
• Terastalize typing in Scarlet & Violet

You’ll need to know a Pokemon’s type to be in with the best chance of defeating and catching it.

How many Pokemon types are there in Scarlet & Violet?

Pokemon features a total of 18 different types of attacks throughout its franchise, and this remains the same in Scarlet & Violet. As listed in the type chart table above, these types are:

• Bug
• Dark
• Dragon
• Electric
• Fairy
• Fighting
• Fire
• Flying
• Ghost
• Grass
• Ground
• Ice
• Normal
• Psychic
• Poison
• Rock
• Steel
• Water

Every Pokemon has its own type. As an example, Pikachu is a pure Electic-type, but some ‘mon can also have two types, and these are known as dual-type Pokemon.

Scarlet & Violet Pokemon type chart: Strengths & weaknesses

Below, you’ll find a table that features each Pokemon type alongside its strengths, weaknesses, resistances, and vulnerabilities.

These details are crucial to know on your way to becoming a Pokemon Master, as they can help you prepare ahead of a fight and aid you in creating a perfect team for battle.

While strengths and weaknesses are essential to consider while out exploring Paldea, it’s also vital to be aware of each type’s resistances, immunities, and vulnerabilities, too.

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet battle definitions

On its own, it can seem as if strengths mean the same as resistances — but they’re actually slightly different:

• Strong against: Indicates the type of Pokemon that a particular type of attack is strong against (for example, Bug against Psychic).
• Weak against: Indicates the type of Pokemon that a particular type of attack is weak against (for example, Fire against Rock).
• Vulnerabilities: Indicates which type of attack each Pokemon type is vulnerable to (for example, Electric is vulnerable to Ground).
• Resistances: Indicates which type of attack each Pokemon type is resistant to (for example, Fairy is resistant to Dark).

The Terastalize ability can have an effect on a Pokemon’s type once triggered.

Terastalize typing in Scarlet & Violet

Unique to Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, the Paldea Region introduces a brand new ability for you and your Pokemon to take advantage of: Terastallizing.

While our guide explaining what Terastallizing is goes into further detail on the ability’s specifics, it’s crucial to know that when it’s triggered, a Pokemon’s type can change.

During a battle, if a Pokemon changes from its original, say, Normal-type to a Water Tera-type, the STAB bonus to its original, Normal-type move will still remain in place.

Dual-type Pokemon will also revert to a single-type while in the Terastal form, which makes knowing the typings even more essential — so we’d recommend keeping this page bookmarked so you can quickly check on a particular attack bonus if you’re unsure.

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