Pokemon Scarlet And Violet Weakness Chart [Beginner Guide]

Pokemon type weaknesses are difficult to understand, especially when discussing dual-type Pokemon. I will explain the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet weakness chart in this guide. You’ll soon see how every Pokemon type has unique strengths and weaknesses and how some types do not affect others.

Key Takeaways

There are 18 different Pokemon types.
Each type can have a partner type to complement its strengths and weaknesses.
The best types of Pokemon are Steel, Fairy, Fire, and Water types.
The worst typing is tied between the Bug, Ice, Grass, and Rock types.

Table of Contents

Pokemon & Violet weakness Chart

Type	Super-Effective (x2)	Not Very Effective (x0.5)	Cannot Attack (x0)	Weakness (x2)	Resistance (x0.5)	Immune To (x0)
Normal	-	Rock Steel	Ghost	Fighting	-	Ghost
Fire	Grass Ice Bug Steel	Fire Water Rock Dragon	-	Water Ground Rock	Fire Grass Ice Bug Steel Fairy	-
Water	Fire Ground Rock	Water Grass Dragon	-	Electric Grass	Fire Water Ice Steel	-
Electric	Water Flying	Electric Grass Dragon	Ground	Ground	Electric Flying Steel	-
Grass	Water Ground Rock	Fire Grass Poison Flying Bug Dragon	-	Fire Ice Poison Flying Bug	Water Electric Grass Ground	-
Ice	Grass Ground Flying Dragon	Fire Water Ice Steel	-	Fire Fighting Rock Steel	Ice	-
Fighting	Normal Ice Rock Dark Steel	Poison Flying Psychic Bug Fairy	Ghost	Psychic Flying Ghost	Bug Rock Dark	-
Poison	Grass Fairy	Poison Ground Rock Ghost	Steel	Ground Psychic	Grass Fighting Poison Bug Fairy	-
Ground	Fire Electric Poison Rock Steel	Grass Bug	Flying	Water Grass Ice	Rock Poison	Electric
Flying	Grass Fighting Bug	Electric Rock Steel	-	Electric Ice Rock	Grass Flying Bug	Ground
Psychic	Fighting Poison	Psychic Steel	Dark	Bug Ghost Dark	Fighting Psychic	-
Bug	Grass Psychic Dark	Fire Fighting Poison Flying Ghost Steel Fairy	-	Fire Flying Rock	Grass Fighting Ground	-
Rock	Fire Ice Flying Bug	Fighting Ground Steel	-	Water Grass Fighting Ground Steel	Normal Fire Poison Flying	-
Ghost	Psychic Ghost	Dark	Normal	Ghost Dark	Bug Poison	Normal Fighting
Dragon	Dragon	Steel	Fairy	Ice Dragon Fairy	Fire Water Electric Grass	-
Dark	Psychic Ghost	Fighting Dark Fairy	-	Fighting Bug Fairy	Ghost Dark	Psychic
Steel	Ice Rock	Fighting Dark Fairy	-	Fire Fighting Ground	Normal Grass Ice Flying Psychic Bug Rock Dragon Steel Fairy	Poison
Fairy	Fighting Dragon Dark	Fire Poison Steel	-	Poison Steel	Fighting Bug Dark	Dragon

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet version exclusives.

How To Read The Weakness Chart?

The weakness chart above shows a type’s offensive pairing and defensive. Here’s how the numbers translate:

Offensive Pairing:

Super-Effective (x2): Deals 200% damage.
Not Very Effective (x0.5): Deals 50% damage.
Cannot Attack (x0): Deals 0% damage.

The type in question will deal 100% damage to every other type not mentioned.

Defensive Pairing:

Weakness (x2): Receives 200% damage.
Resistance (x0.5): Receives 50% damage.
Immune To (x0): Receives 0% damage.

The type in question will receive 100% damage from every other type not mentioned.

Example: Normal

Let’s take the Normal typing, for example. It deals 50% damage to Rock and Steel and cannot attack (deals 0% damage to) Ghost. It deals 100% damage to every other type. Additionally, it receives 200% damage from Fighting and no damage from Rock. It receives 100% from every other type.

Dual Typing In Pokemon Scarlet And Violet Explained

Some Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have two types, such as Baxcalibur, which has the Dragon, and Ice typing. In such cases, the individual offensive and defensive multipliers of the types get multiplied.

For instance, in the case of Baxcalibur, its Dragon typing deals 2x damage to Dragon, while its Ice typing also deals 2x damage to Dragon. Hence, it will deal a total of 4x damage to Dragon. Similarly, Dragon is weak to Ice, but Ice resists Ice. Therefore, it will receive typical damage (100%) from Ice.

Offensive Pairing:

Super-Effective (x4): Deals 400% damage.
Super-Effective (x2): Deals 200% damage.
Not Very Effective (x0.5): Deals 50% damage.
Not Very Effective (x0.25): Deals 25% damage.
Immune To (x0): Deals 0% damage.

The type in question will deal 100% damage to every other type not mentioned.

Defensive Pairing:

Weakness (x4): Receives 400% damage from the mentioned types
Weakness (x2): Receives 200% damage from the mentioned types.
Resistance (x0.5): Receives 50% damage from the mentioned types.
Resistance (x0.25): Receives 25% damage from the mentioned types.
Immune To (x0): Receives 0% damage from the mentioned types.

The type in question will receive 100% damage from every other type not mentioned.

My Thoughts

It took me a while to get the hang of the type weaknesses and strengths in Pokemon, especially with so many dual-type Pokemon available in Scarlet and Violet. In my opinion, the Steel and Fairy types are the best, whereas the Bug and Ice types are the worst. But it all depends on your playstyle and who you’re up against.

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