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Growlithe

#58

Fire
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An image of the Pokemon Growlithe #58 in the Pokedex
While it’s quite friendly toward humans once it’s grown used to them, in the wild it must be quite fierce to defend its territory from Rockruff.

Weakness Table

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

Growlithe will receive 7% more damage from a Physical Attack compared to a Special Attack.

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Growlithe's Weaknesses

Best Counters

The types that are strong against Growlithe are Ground, Rock, Water type Pokemon.

Ground
Rock
Water

For the best defense, Water, Rock, Dragon types have very effective defense against Growlithe, and will be resistant to damage from Growlithe's STAB attacks:

Water
Rock
Dragon

Weaknesses

Growlithe's type is Fire.

Growlithe has a weakness to Ground, Rock, Water types. These Pokemon types will be strong against Growlithe, causing Growlithe to take a super effective double (2x) damage from attacks of those types.

Please keep in mind that Growlithe is resistant to attacks from Bug, Fairy, Fire, Grass, Ice, Steel types, and these attacks are not very effective and cause reduced damage, so they should be avoided.

Strong against Growlithe:

Pokemon of these types will deal effective damage against Growlithe, without suffering any extra damage:
2x
Ground
Rock
Water
1x
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fighting
Flying
Ghost
Normal
Poison
Psychic
0.5x
Fairy
Fire

Strength Table

Here is what Growlithe is strong against:
2x
Bug
Grass
Ice
Steel
1x
Dark
Electric
Fairy
Fighting
Flying
Ghost
Ground
Normal
Poison
Psychic
0.5x
Dragon
Fire
Rock
Water

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