Poison/ Fighting ( Croagunk & Toxicroak).Normal/ Ghost ( Hisuian Zorua & Hisuian Zoroark).Unique types are types that are exclusive to one Pokémon or its evolutionary line. There are currently 57 unique typings as of Generation VIII.There are currently 16 unused dual types in Pokémon as of Generation VIII:.Steel-type Pokémon cannot be Poisoned and don't take damage from the Sandstorm weather condition.Rock-type Pokémon gain a 50% Special Defense increase, and don't take damage from the Sandstorm weather condition.If a Poison type uses the move Toxic, it won't miss. Poison-type Pokémon cannot be Poisoned, and will remove Toxic Spikes from their side if grounded, when switched in.Ice-type Pokémon cannot be Frozen, are immune to the move Sheer Cold, and don't take damage from the Hail weather condition.Ground-type Pokémon cannot be Paralyzed by Electric-type moves, and don't take damage from the Sandstorm weather condition.
Grass-type Pokémon are immune to the move Leech Seed, Spore and Powder moves, as well as the Ability Effect Spore.Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to effects that prevent escape, and are guaranteed to flee from a wild battle.If a Flying type uses the move Roost, it will lose the Flying typing for the rest of the turn. Flying-type Pokémon are not considered grounded, thus not affected by things such as Grassy Terrain and Spikes.Electric-type Pokémon cannot be Paralyzed.Dark-type Pokémon are immune to moves that gain priority from the Ability Prankster.Some types have special interactions with battle effects: Some Pokémon can also change their type altogether, like Eevee (a Normal type) which can evolve into one of eight different types, or Cubone (a Ground type) which evolves into Alolan Marowak (a Fire/ Ghost type). One Pokémon also completely lose a type upon evolution, Gloom (a Grass/ Poison type) evolves into Bellossom (a Grass type). Some singular type Pokémon will change completely to a different type or types upon evolution, such as Azurill (a Normal/ Fairy type) which evolves into Marill (a Water/ Fairy type). Some dual-type Pokémon lose one of their types and gain a different type upon Evolution such as Scyther (a Bug/ Flying type) which evolves into Scizor (a Bug/ Steel type). Some Pokémon may be dual-type between two types that don't normally go together such as Water/ Electric types (such as Lanturn) or Grass/ Water types (such as Ludicolo) or Grass/ Flying types (such as Jumpluff), or Fighting/ Psychic (such as Medicham). However, not all dual-type Pokémon's types relate to each other like this.
Most if not all dual-type Pokémon's types correspond with one another such as a Grass/ Poison-type Pokémon such as Bulbasaur, or a Rock/ Ground-type Pokémon such as Onix. Pokémon themselves can have up to two types, making them dual-type Pokémon, but moves can only be one type (with the exception of the move Flying Press which is a Fighting/ Flying-type move). Some types of Pokémon are also immune to a certain type of moves, regardless of its attack power, such as using an offensive Ghost-type move on a Normal-type Pokémon. These matchups also apply to the types of moves as well: A Fire-type move such as Ember will be strong against a Grass-type Pokémon such as Bulbasaur. Fire-type Pokémon are weak against Water-type Pokémon, Ice-type Pokémon are weak against Fire-type Pokémon, Water-type Pokémon are weak against Electric-type Pokémon, etc. Prior to Generation V, there used to be a ? type which was only applied to the move Curse before having its typing changed, and the Shadow type, which was only present in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.Įach type has its own strengths and weaknesses, most of which are logical setups. These 18 types apply to both Pokémon and their moves.