Pokemon Scarlet & Violet type chart: Strengths, weaknesses, resistances & immunities
Game Freak/The Pokemon CompanyPokemon types are a key element of any Pokemon game, and learning weaknesses and resistances is a sure path to becoming a Champion. Here’s everything you need to know about Scarlet & Violet’s type chart.
Pokemon types are a fundamental mechanic in almost every game in the franchise. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet added new creatures and type combinations to deepen this key element across the different storylines and quests the game has to offer.
So, this Pokemon type chart will help you build the best possible teams to face different opponents in Scarlet and Violet, including the brand-new Stellar Tera Type.
- How many Pokemon types are there?
- Pokemon Scarlet & Violet type chart
- How do Pokemon types work in battle?
- How does Terastallizing affect Pokemon types?
- What is Stellar-type in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet?
How many Pokemon types are there?
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet features a total of 18 different Pokemon types and 19 Tera types. There are many different ways these types can combine and that determines the strengths and weaknesses of every creature in the Pokedex.
Pokemon can either have one or two of the types listed below:
- Normal
- Fire
- Water
- Grass
- Electric
- Ice
- Fighting
- Poison
- Ground
- Flying
- Psychic
- Bug
- Rock
- Ghost
- Dark
- Dragon
- Steel
- Fairy
When it comes to Terastallization, Pokemon can have one of the types listed above or the Stellar type introduced in The Indigo Disk DLC. We’ll talk more about this in a bit.
Game Freak/The Pokemon CompanyPokemon Scarlet & Violet type chart
Here is a Pokemon type chart for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, with their respective strengths, weaknesses, resistances, and immunities:
| Pokemon Type | Super effective against | Not very effective against | Resistances | Weaknesses | Immunities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug | Grass / Dark / Psychic | Fairy / Fighting / Fire / Flying / Ghost / Poison / Steel | Fighting / Ground / Grass | Fire / Flying / Rock | — |
| Dark | Ghost / Psychic | Dark / Fairy / Fighting | Dark / Ghost | Bug / Fairy / Fighting | Psychic |
| Dragon | Dragon | Steel | Electric / Grass / Fire / Water | Dark / Fairy / Ice | — |
| Electric | Flying / Water | Dragon / Electric / Grass / Ground | Electric / Flying / Steel | Ground | — |
| Fairy | Dark / Dragon / Fighting | Fire / Poison / Steel | Bug / Dark / Fighting | Poison / Steel | Dragon |
| Fighting | Dark / Ice / Normal / Rock / Steel | Bug / Flying / Ghost / Poison / Psychic | Bug / Dark / Rock | Fairy / Flying / Psychic | — |
| Fire | Bug / Grass / Ice / Steel | Dragon / Fire / Rock / Water | Bug / Fairy / Fire / Grass / Ice / Steel | Ground / Rock / Water | — |
| Flying | Bug / Fighting / Grass | Electric / Rock / Steel | Bug / Grass / Fighting | Electric / Ice / Rock | Ground |
| Ghost | Ghost / Psychic | Dark / Normal | Bug / Poison | Dark / Ghost | Normal / Fighting |
| Grass | Ground / Rock / Water | Bug / Dragon / Fire / Flying / Grass / Poison / Steel | Electric / Grass / Ground / Water | Bug / Fire / Flying / Ice / Poison | — |
| Ground | Electric / Fire / Poison / Rock / Steel | Bug / Flying / Grass | Poison / Rock | Grass / Ice / Water | Electric |
| Ice | Dragon / Flying / Grass / Ground | Fire / Ice / Steel / Water | Ice | Fighting / Fire / Rock / Steel | — |
| Normal | — | Ghost / Rock / Steel | — | Fighting | Ghost |
| Poison | Fairy / Grass | Ghost / Ground / Poison / Rock / Steel | Bug / Fairy / Fighting / Grass / Poison | Ground / Psychic | — |
| Psychic | Fighting / Poison | Dark / Psychic / Steel | Psychic / Fighting | Bug / Dark / Ghost | — |
| Rock | Bug / Fire / Flying / Ice | Fighting / Ground / Steel | Fire / Flying / Normal / Poison | Fighting / Grass / Ground / Steel / Water | — |
| Steel | Fairy / Ice / Rock | Electric / Fire / Steel / Water | Bug / Dragon / Fairy / Flying / Grass / Ice / Normal / Psychic / Rock / Steel | Fire / Fighting / Ground | Poison |
| Water | Fire / Ground / Rock | Dragon / Grass / Water | Fire / Ice / Steel / Water | Grass / Electric | — |
How do Pokemon types work in battle?
- Super effective against indicates the type of Pokemon a specific type of attack will deal 2x the damage against. For example, Dark-type attacks are strong against Ghost-type Pokemon.
- Not very effective against indicates the type of Pokemon a specific type of attack will deal 0.5x damage against. For example, Fire-type attacks are weak against Water-type Pokemon.
- Weaknesses or Vulnerabilities indicate which attack type a specific Pokemon type is vulnerable to. For example, Normal-type Pokemon are weak against Fighting-type attacks.
- Resistances indicate which attack type a specific Pokemon type is resistant to. For example, Ice-type Pokemon are resistant to Ice-type attacks.
- Immunities indicate which attack type a specific Pokemon type is immune to. For example, Steel Pokemon get no damage from Poison-type attacks.
As the table above shows, some strengths and weaknesses are easy to figure out (water is strong against fire just like in the real world), while others require some lateral thinking or even memorizing.
How does Terastallizing affect Pokemon types?
Like previous entries in the franchise, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet introduced a new battle gimmick called Terastallizing, which can change a Pokemon’s type in mid-battle.
The type change doesn’t modify the STAB (Same Type Attack Bonus) to its original type. In other words, if a Normal-type Pokemon changes to Grass-type during Terastallizing, any Normal-Type attacks will still do bonus damage.
Pokemon with two types will change to one type while they’re in the Terastal form, so it’s important to know the team’s strengths and weaknesses before getting into battle.
What is Stellar-type in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet?
Stellar is a new Tera type introduced in The Indigo Disk DLC of Scarlet and Violet thanks to Legendary Pokemon Terapagos. While is being referred to as the 19th type in the franchise, it’s not a base type and it’s only for Terastallization.
The Stellar Tera type has no weaknesses or resistances, but instead, it boosts every type of attack by 1.5x (STAB). However, it only boosts an attack of the same type once. All Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet can get the Stellar Tera type. However, Stellar is the only Tera type Terapagos can get in the game, with no way of changing it.
On the other hand, it changes the power of the Tera Blast and Tera Starstorm moves. A Stellar Tera type Pokemon that uses those attacks deals super effective damage to opposing Terastallized Pokemon. However, this will lower the attacking Pokemon’s Attack and Special Attack, so keep that in mind.
Now you know every Pokemon type there is along with their strengths, weaknesses, resistances, and immunities. You’re ready to take on any enemy Pokemon Scarlet & Violet might put in your way.
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