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Pokemon Type Weaknesses

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Poison Weaknesses

Best Counters

The types that are strong against Poison are Ground and Psychic type Pokemon.

Ground
Psychic

Weaknesses

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

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

Poison Type Tables

Type:
Poison

Poison Weakness

Here is a list of Poison type weaknesses:
2x
Ground
Psychic
1x
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fire
Flying
Ghost
Ice
Normal
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
Fairy
Fighting
Grass
Poison

Poison Strengths

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

Pokemon Weakness Calculator

Please select one or two types above to see a list of attack types that will be super-effective against them, their damage multipliers, and recommended counters to use against them.


Dual-type Pokemon

A Pokemon can have one or two types. A Pokemon with two types is also known as a dual-type Pokemon. The weakness multipliers of two types are mutliplied against each other to create an increased or decreased effect.

For example, both Bug type and Grass type Pokemon have a 2x weakness to Fire. If a dual-type Pokemon has the types Grass and Bug, then their weakness to fire is increased to 4x (2 x 2).

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Please search for a Pokemon by name, or by its Pokedex number, above to see a list of its weaknesses!

Attacks that are Super-effective (4x, 2x), Effective (1x), or Not Very Effective (less than 0.5x) will be listed, including moves that have No Effect.

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