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Elgyem

#605

Psychic
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An image of the Pokemon Elgyem #605 in the Pokedex
This Pokémon was discovered about 50 years ago. Its highly developed brain enables it to exert its psychic powers.

Weakness Table

This is a list of Elgyem's weaknesses. These Pokemon types in the green zone will be strong against Elgyem:
2x
Bug
Dark
Ghost
1x
Dragon
Electric
Fairy
Fire
Flying
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Poison
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
Fighting
Psychic
: Types marked with this symbol will receive extra damage from Elgyem's STAB attacks.

Elgyem will receive the same damage from both Special Attacks and Physical Attacks!

Physical attack iconSpecial attack icon

Elgyem's Weaknesses

Best Counters

The types that are strong against Elgyem are Bug, Dark, Ghost type Pokemon.

Dark types have a special advantage because they are immune to Psychic type attacks!

Bug
Dark
Ghost

For the best defense, Dark and Steel types have very effective defense against Elgyem, and will be resistant to damage from Elgyem's STAB attacks:

Dark
Steel

Weaknesses

Elgyem's type is Psychic.

Elgyem has a weakness to Bug, Dark, Ghost types. These Pokemon types will be strong against Elgyem, causing Elgyem to take a super effective double (2x) damage from attacks of those types.

Please keep in mind that Elgyem is resistant to attacks from Fighting and Psychic types, and these attacks are not very effective and cause reduced damage, so they should be avoided.

Strong against Elgyem:

Pokemon of these types will deal effective damage against Elgyem, without suffering any extra damage:
2x
Bug
Dark
Ghost
1x
Dragon
Electric
Fairy
Fire
Flying
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
Psychic

Strength Table

Here is what Elgyem is strong against:
2x
Fighting
Poison
1x
Bug
Dragon
Electric
Fairy
Fire
Flying
Ghost
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Rock
Water
0.5x
Psychic
Steel
No Effect
Dark

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