PKMBuy - Pokémon Type Weakness Guide In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (Attack/ Defense Chart)

An enticing open-world adventure with story options, challenging gym leaders, and an adorable Spanish pig in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. That piggy and those gym challenges relate to the same type of diagrams you recognize from other Pokémon games, but trainers may find themselves in need of a refresher as they roam the Paldea region where scarlet and violet wobble.

The type of Pokémon (fire, water, or other) gives it an advantage (“it’s super effective!”) or a disadvantage (“it’s not very effective…”) in a fight with another type. All 18 Pokémon types are subject to this natural order--some of which do feel natural, like fire-types igniting grass-types or water-soaked fire--and are able to take advantage of their double-damage advantage or half-damage weakness. This still works in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, but gets a bit more complicated with dual-attribute Pokémon (eg, Bug/Steel type Scizor, or Electric/Fairy type Dedenne), which have both types' pros and cons - unless one Types have a resistance that counteracts another kind of weakness.

Like most Pokémon games, Scarlet and Violet's type system adds a quirk in the form of its Terastallizing mechanic, but it otherwise sticks to the franchise's usual charts.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Attack Chart
Bug beats grass, dark, psychic but is weak against fairy, fire, fighting, flying, poison, steel, ghost
Dark beats ghost, psychic but is weak against dark, fairy, fighting
Dragon beats dragon but is weak against steel and doesn’t affect fairy
Electric beats flying, water but is weak against electric, grass, dragon and doesn’t affect ground
Fairy beats fighting, dark, dragon but is weak against fire, poison, steel
Fighting beats dark, ice, normal, rock, steel but is weak against bug, fairy, flying, psychic and doesn’t affect ghost
Fire beats bug, grass, ice, steel but is weak against dragon, fire, rock, water
Flying beats bug, fighting, grass but is weak against electric, rock, steel
Ghost beats ghost, psychic but is weak against dark and doesn’t affect normal
Grass beats water, ground, rock but is weak against bug, dragon, fire, flying, grass, poison, steel
Ground beats electric, fire, poison, rock, steel but is weak against grass, bug and doesn’t affect flying at all
Ice beats dragon, flying, grass, ground but is weak against ice and water
Normal beats absolutely nothing, doesn’t affect ghost at all, and is weak against rock, steel
Poison beats fairy, grass but is weak against ghost, ground, rock, poison and doesn’t affect steel at all
Psychic beats fighting, poison but is weak against bug, steel and doesn’t affect dark at all
Rock beats bug, fire, flying, ice but is weak against fighting, ground, steel
Steel beats fairy, ice, rock but is weak against electric, fire, steel, water
Water beats fire, ground, rock but is weak against dragon, grass, water

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Defense Chart
Bug loses to fire, flying, rock but is tough against fighting, grass, ground
Dark loses to bug, fairy, fighting but is tough against dark, ghost and isn’t affected at all by psychic
Dragon loses to dragon, fairy, ice but is tough against electric, fire, grass, water
Electric loses to ground but is tough against electric, flying, steel
Fairy loses to poison, steel but is tough against bug, dark, fighting and isn’t affected at all by dragon
Fighting loses to fairy, flying, psychic but is tough against bug, dark, rock
Fire loses to ground, rock, water but is tough against bug, fairy, fire, grass, ice, steel
Flying loses to electric, ice, rock but is tough against bug, grass, fighting and isn’t affected at all by ground
Ghost loses to dark, ghost but is tough against bug, poison and isn’t affected at all by fighting, normal
Grass loses to bug, fire, flying, ice, poison but is tough against electric, grass, ground, water
Ground loses to grass, ice, water but is tough against against poison, rock and isn’t affected at all by electric
Ice loses to fighting, fire, rock and steel and only resists ice
Normal loses to fighting but isn’t affected at all by ghost
Poison loses to ground, psychic but is tough against bug, fairy, grass, poison
Psychic loses to bug, dark, ghost but is tough against fighting, psychic
Rock loses to grass, ground, fighting, steel, water but is tough against fire, flying, normal, poison
Steel loses to fire, fighting, ground but is tough against (deep breath) bug, dragon, fairy, flying, grass, ice, normal, psychic, rock, steel and isn’t affected at all by poison
Water loses to electric and grass but is resistant to fire, ice, and water

Scarlet and Violet most notably changed the type chart experience, introducing Terastallizing, a process that turns any Paldea Pokémon into a shimmering, crystallized version of each battle. It requires a glossy Onyx Tera Orb, which unfortunately is only single-use, but can be recharged by visiting a Pokémon Center or by touching Terastal Power Crystals you may find on your travels.

Tera Types are also personalizable, so you can have multiple electric-type Pawmi with all the different Tera Types. You can also change a Pokémon's Tera type by knocking out Medali Gym Leader Larry, then paying the chef at Treasure Eatery 50 Tera Shards, which can be found organically by completing Tera Raids, or as gifts.

The strengths and weaknesses of the Tera types also seem to correspond to their non-Tera types, so just keep your old 18 flashcards handy and get ready for battle.

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