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Poliwag

#60

Water
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An image of the Pokemon Poliwag #60 in the Pokedex
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Weakness Table

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

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

Physical attack iconSpecial attack icon

Poliwag's Weaknesses

Best Counters

The types that are strong against Poliwag are Electric and Grass type Pokemon.

Electric
Grass

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

Grass
Dragon

Weaknesses

Poliwag's type is Water.

Poliwag has a weakness to Electric and Grass types. These Pokemon types will be strong against Poliwag, causing Poliwag to take a super effective double (2x) damage from attacks of those types.

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

Strong against Poliwag:

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

Strength Table

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

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