Pokémon Types

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Type Damage List
Physical*	Normal
	Fighting
	Flying
	Poison
	Ground
	Rock
	Bug
	Ghost
	Steel
Special*	Fire
	Water
	Grass
	Electric
	Psychic
	Ice
	Dragon
	Dark

There are 17 Pokémon types total. Each type has different weaknesses and resistances.

Fire

Fire is considered to be an offensive type. Many fire type moves are high powered and most fire type Pokemon have a high offensive stat but have low defensive stats.

Water

Water is usually considered a defensive type. A majority of water type Pokemon have high HP and defensive stats. The most common form of attacks from water Pokemon are special attacks.

Grass

The Grass type is usually a defensive type. Many grass type Pokemon have a way of dealing an inhibiting status such as Sleep or Paralysis. Grass types usually have annoying moves such as Leech Seed.

Dragon

The Dragon type is generally a highly powerful type, consisting of Pokemon that learn moves that already boost their great stats such as Swords Dance and Dragon Dance.

Flying

Flying type Pokemon vary. Some have high speed and attack, while others have a high defense. Flying Pokemon can usually fill an important role in a team, such as avoiding Ground type moves.

Normal

Normal type Pokemon are extremely versatile, varying extremely from one another. Normal types usually have large move pools.

Ground

Ground type Pokemon usually have good defense and attack with low special defense. Ground types are useful due to their immunity to electric moves.

Rock

The Rock type is mostly a defensive type. These Pokemon generally have good defense and poor special defense.

Steel

Steel type Pokemon usually have great defense or special defense. Steel types have many resistances so they are quite useful. Steel is a poor offensive choice, however, as many types resist it.

Electric

The Electric type is considered to be a poor defensive type as it is weak to the common Ground type moves. However, Electric Pokemon are usually hast and have a high offensive stat to hit with.

Ghost

Ghost type Pokemon vary from strong and fast to slow and defensive.

Dark

Dark type is a generally bad defensive type, but is an average offensive type. Dark Pokemon are almost always strong attacking Pokemon.

Bug

Bug type is a poor defensive type due to its common weaknesses, however most Bug type Pokemon have another type which cancels out many of them. Bug type Pokemon are usually fast and strong or slow and sturdy.

Ice

Ice type Pokemon usually differentiate from one another, and they all perform different roles.

Psychic

Psychic type Pokemon are usually very fast and strong. The Psychic type is a decent offensive and defensive type.

Poison

Poison is a horrible offensive type, as many Pokemon resist it. Defensively, the Poison type is decent. Poison type Pokemon generally have annoying moves like Confuse Ray and Toxic Spikes.

Fighting

Fighting type Pokemon have high attack and many have decent defensive stats. The fighting type is a good offensive type, hitting many Pokemon hard. Defensively, the Fighting type is decent as it has resistances to some common offensive types but is weak against the semi-common Psychic and Flying type moves.

Physical and Special

In previous generations, physical and special attacks were separated by type, in DP, they were split into more logical categories. This brought great change to the metagame. |}

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