Pokémon

Pokémon is a video game concept

Pokémon are creatures that inhabit the Pokémon universe and can be captured and trained for battle.

Overview

"Pika, pi pikachu. Chu pikachu..." Pikachu describes life under a worthy trainer.
Pokémon are small anthropomorphic creatures who have a self-awareness and intelligence to them. While some, such as Meowth of Team Rocket, can learn to speak human words, many choose to communicate via repetitions of their names - such as "Pika, pika! Pikachu!!" from Pikachu or "Saur, bulbasaur!" from Bulbasaur. Trainers who spend time to get to know their Pokémon pick up the subtle nuances of their Pokémon's intonations, permitting the dedicated trainer to communicate with Pokémon who would appear to be nothing more than wild animals to the casual observer.

Pokemon Types

Pokemon have different skill sets that give them an edge in battle. These types combine and interact to make a dynamic and versatile system of interaction. E.g. strengths of one Pokémon playing on the weaknesses of another. A Pokémon has either one or two types which help to increase their offensive and defensive capabilities against other Pokémon. This is a double edged sword, however, as some dual typings also combine to decrease effectiveness against different foes.There are 17 base types: Bug, Dark, Dragon, Electric, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Steel and Water. Of these 17 types Dark and Steel were the only two not found in the very first game (Pokemon Red/Blue), having been added in Pokemon Gold/Silver.

Pokemon types laid out in a colourful display.
Pokemon types laid out in a colourful display.
Base Types


Bug

Bug-type Pokémon: Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Bug-type Pokémon, Caterpie
  • Illumise (314)
  • Kricketot(401)
  • Kricketune (402)
  • Metapod (011)
  • Pineco (204)
  • Pinsir(127)
  • Silcoon (266)
  • Volbeat (313)
  • Wurmple (265)
Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against fire, flying and rock attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to fighting, grass and ground attacks.
  • Bug-type Pokémon have no immunities.
Metapod hovers in front of a pokeball backdrop
Bug-type pokemon, Metapod, in front of a pokeball.
Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x4 super effective attacks against dark, grass and psychic dual types.
  • x2 super effective attacks against dark, grass and psychic types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against fighting, fire, flying, ghost, poison and steel types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against fighting, fire, flying, ghost, poison and steel dual types.
  • Bug-type Pokémon have no ineffective attacks.

Bug type Pokémon are super-effective against dark, grass and psychic Pokémon and their mixed types. Dark Pokémon fall victim to bug's ability to blend in with its surroundings, leaving dark prone to unsuspected bug attacks. Grass Pokémon take extra damage from their natural predator, the bug Pokémon. Psychic Pokémon, working on attacking through mind-powers can't defend against the instinctual bug, leaving them wide open for damage. Bug-type Pokémon are weak to fire, flying and rock attacks. Fire burns the bug like a magnifying glass in the sun, leaving the bug Pokémon weaker than when fighting against other foes. Flying Pokémon attack from above, picking off the bugs like the prey they are. Rock-type attacks squish bugs flat for extra damage.

Dark

Dark-type Pokémon: Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Absol
Dark-type Pokemon, Absol
  • Absol (359)
  • Darkrai (491)
  • Mightyena(262)
  • Poochyena (261)
  • Umbreon (197)

Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against bug and fighting attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to dark and ghost attacks.
  • Immunity to psychic-type attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 super effective attacks against psychic-type Pokémon.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against dark and steel types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against dark/steel type Pokémon.
  • Dark-type Pokémon have no ineffective attacks.

Dark-type Pokémon are super-effective against psychic-type Pokémon, dark's hidden and devious desires too much for the psychic to handle. Less effective against dark and steel types, dark-type Pokémon are not able to attack each other with ease, their own shadowy vantage point equally as defensive for a dark-type foe. Steel holds up well against dark-type attacks, the rigid steel able to stand up against any foe – seen or unseen. Dark-type Pokémon are weak to bug and fighting attacks. Bug-type Pokémon instinctively reach for the dark, the shadowy recesses no longer a safe haven for the dark-type defender. Fighting-type Pokémon get too close to the dark-type Pokémon, the dark's preference for hiding useless against such an in-your-face attacker.

Dragonair
Dragon-type pokemon, Dragonair
Dragon

Dragon-type Pokémon:Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against dragon and ice attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to electric, fire, grass and water attacks.
  • Dragon-type Pokémon have no immunities.

Bagon
Dragon-type pokemon, Bagon
Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 super effective attacks against dragon-type Pokémon.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against steel-type Pokémon.
  • Dragon-type Pokémon have no ineffective attacks.

Dragon-type Pokémon are super-effective against those of their own kind – dragons fighting dragons. Less effective against steel, dragon-type Pokémon's claws are no match for the natural armour of steel-type defenders. Dragon-type Pokémon are weak to dragon and ice attacks. Dragon's strength – attacking other dragons – is also their weakness – getting attacked by other dragons. Resistant to natural elements – electric, fire, grass and water – the dragon-type Pokémon is the master of its domain.

Electric

Electric-type pokemon, Pichu.
Electric-type Pokémon:
Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Electric-type pokemon, Pikachu

Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against ground attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to electric, flying and steel attacks.
  • Electric type has no immunities.
Electric-type pokemon, Raichu.
Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x4 super effective attacks against water/flying type Pokémon.
  • x2 super effective attacks against flying and water types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against dragon and grass types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against dragon/grass type Pokémon. (NOTE: As of Diamond/Pearl, there are no Dragon/Grass type Pokémon)
  • Completely ineffective against ground-type Pokémon.

Electric type Pokémon are super-effective against water and flying and water/flying type Pokémon. Water conducts electricity naturally making them susceptible to electric-type attacks. Flying-type Pokémon remain ungrounded taking heavy damage where other types hold fast. Electric type attacks are ineffective against ground-type Pokémon. These Pokémon benefit from their naturally grounded state, thus protecting them from what would otherwise be a fearsome endeavor.

Fighting

Hitmonlee
Fighting-tye pokemon, Hitmonlee
Fighting-type Pokémon: Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against flying and psychic attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to bug, dark and rock attacks.
  • Fighting-type Pokémon do not have any immunity

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x4 super effective attacks against dark, ice, normal, rock and steel dual types.
  • x2 super effective attacks against dark, ice, normal, rock and steel types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against bug, flying, poison and psychic types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against bug, flying, poison and psychic dual types.
  • Completely ineffective against ghost-type Pokémon.

Fighting-type Pokémon are super-effective against dark, ice, normal, rock, steel and their mixed types. Ice, rock and steel fracture under fighting's immense physical prowess, their rigid nature hindering them against such physical foes. Dark Pokémon like to lurk in the shadows; when dark-type Pokémon face a fighter they are met head-on in the full light – where they are the weakest. Normal-type Pokémon lack the endurance they need to face a fighting-type Pokémon; attacks from fighters leave a normal Pokémon down for the count.
Fighting type pokemon are weak to flying-type and psychic-type pokemon. Flying pokemon dive from above, attacking a fighting-type pokemon who are prepared for a front-on assault. Psychic-type pokemon attack the fighter from afar, using its powers to do damage where a fighter expects physical confrontation.


Fire

Fire-type pokemon, Arcanine
Fire-type Pokémon: Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Charmander
Fire-type pokemon, Charmander.
  • Rapidash (078)
  • Slugma (218)
  • Torchic (255)
  • Torkoal (324)
  • Typhlosion (157)
  • Vulpix (037)

Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against ground, rock and water attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to bug, fire, grass, ice and steel attacks.
  • Fire type has no immunities.

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x4 super effective attacks against bug, ice and steel dual types.
  • x2 super effective attacks against bug, ice and steel types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against dragon, rock and water types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against dragon, rock and water dual types.
  • Fire attacks are never ineffective.

Fire-type Pokémon are super-effective against bug, ice, steel and their mixed types. Bugs feel like they're under a magnifying glass, taking the full brunt of fire's attack. Ice melts under fire's heat, loosing its edge in the process. Steel-type Pokémon warp under red-hot fire, losing its rigid advantage. Fire-type pokemon are weak to ground, rock and water attacks. Each of these types dampen fire's intensity, weakening it for their attacks.

Flying

Normal/Flying-type pokemon, Pidgey
Flying-type Pokémon: There are no Pokémon as of Diamond/Pearl with just the "Flying" base type, however this description is included for completeness. Most Flying Pokémon are of the Normal/Flying dual type.
Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against electric, ice and rock attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to bug, fighting and grass attacks.
  • Immune to ground attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x4 super effective attacks against bug, fighting and grass dual types.
  • x2 super effective attacks against bug, fighting and grass types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against electric, rock and steel types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against electric, rock and steel dual types.
Normal/Flying-type pokemon, Spearow.
  • Flying is not completely ineffective against any type.
  • Flying-type Pokémon are super-effective against bug, fighting, grass and their mixed types. High in the air, flying Pokémon can pick off bug and grass Pokémon, the smaller creatures naturally prey to the flying predator Fighting Pokémon, usually relying on in-your-face tactics, are weakened by their inability to judge a flying-type Pokémon's distant attack pattern.

Flying-type Pokémon are weak to electric, ice and rock Pokémon. Electric and ice types hinder the flying type Pokémon, lightning and blizzards slowing down a flier in otherwise clear skies. Rock Pokémon can propel their projectiles afar, thus rendering flying's advantage null.

Ghost

Ghost-type Pokémon: Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Banette
Ghost-type pokemon, Banette in front of a pokeball.
  • Dusknoir (477)
  • Duskull (355)
  • Misdreavus (200)
  • Mismagius (429)
  • Shuppet (353)

Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against dark and ghost attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to bug and poison attacks.
  • Immune to normal and fighting attacks

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 super effective attacks against ghost and psychic types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against dark and steel types.
  • Ineffective against normal-type Pokémon
Misdreavus in front of a pokeball backdrop
Ghost-type pokemon, Misdreavus in front of a pokeball backdrop
Ghost-type Pokémon are super-effective against ghost and psychic type Pokémon. Ghosts, on the same plane as each other, can easily damage each other, providing an advantage and disadvantage at the same time. Less effective against dark and steel, the ghost has trouble seeing the dark-type Pokémon through the ghostly haze and into the shadows. Steel-type Pokémon take less damage from ghost, its solid and firm form providing a sturdy barrier against such a foe.
Ghost-type Pokémon are weak against dark and ghost attacks. Dark Pokémon lurk in the shadows, beyond the notice of ghost-type Pokémon, preventing them from fully defending against dark foes.

Grass


Grass-type Pokémon:
Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Bellossom
Grass-type pokemon, Bellossom in front of a pokeball backdrop.
  • Cherrim (421)
  • Cherubi (420)
  • Chikorita (152)
  • Grotle (388)
  • Grovyle (253)
  • Leafeon(470)
  • Meganium (154)
  • Sceptile (254)
  • Seedot (273)
  • Shaymin (492)
  • Shroomish (285)
  • Tangela (114)
  • Tangrowth (465)
  • Treecko (252)
  • Turtwig (387)

Bayleaf
Grass-type pokemon, Bayleaf in front of a pokeball backdrop.
Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against bug, fire, flying, ice and poison attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to electric, grass, ground and water attacks.
  • Grass type has no immunities

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x4 super effective attacks against ground/rock, ground/water and rock/water types.
  • x2 super effective attacks against ground, rock and water types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against bug, dragon, flying, poison and steel types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against bug/flying, bug/poison, bug/steel, dragon/flying, dragon/steel, poison/flying and steel/flying types.
  • Grass attacks are never ineffective.

Grass-type Pokémon are super effective against water, ground, rock and their mixed types. Gulping down water's own power, grass Pokémon rejuvenate themselves, damaging their opponent in the process. Ground and rock break apart under grass' digging roots, their rigid base leaving them prone against grass. Grass-type Pokémon are weak to bug, fire, flying, ice, and poison attacks. Fire and ice, extreme in either direction, are too harsh for grass' well-being Flying and bug Pokémon are natural predators for plants, their attacks more effective against grass' leafy body. Poison disrupts the natural balance of grass, leaving a grass Pokémon weak to its damaging power.

Ground

Ground-type Pokémon: Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Ground-type pokemon, Diglett.
Ground-type pokemon, Groudon.
Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against ice, grass and water attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to poison and rock attacks.
  • Immune to electric attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x4 super effective attacks against electric/steel, fire/rock, fire/steel and rock/steel types.
  • x2 super effective attacks against electric, fire, poison, rock and steel types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against bug and grass types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against bug/grass types.
  • Completely ineffective against flying types.

Ground type Pokémon are super-effective against fire, poison, rock, steel and their mixed types. Ground smothers fire and dilutes poison, weakening them to attack. Rock and steel are buried by ground, making them encumbered and sluggish.

Ice

Ice-type pokemon, Regice.
Ice-type Pokémon: Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
  • Glaceon(471)
  • Glalie (362)
  • Regice (378)
  • Snorunt (361)

Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against fighting, fire, rock and steel attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to ice attacks.
  • Ice type has no immunities.

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x4 super effective attacks against dragon/flying, dragon/ground, grass/flying, ground/flying and grass/ground types.
  • x2 super effective attacks against dragon, flying, grass and ground types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against fire, steel and water types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against fire/steel and steel/water types.
  • Ice type is never completely ineffective.

Ice type Pokémon are super-effective against dragon, flying, grass, ground and their mixed Pokémon. Cold-blooded dragons are frozen in their tracks by ice attacks. Grass and ground freeze under ice's fury. Flying-type Pokémon slow and fall from the skies, leaving them weak to ice attacks. Ice type Pokémon are weak to fire, fighting, rock and steel. Fire melts ice, leaving it weak to attack. Fighting and rock smash ice, cracking its first line of defense Steel, sharp and hard, cuts through ice like a hot-knife through butter.

Normal

Normal-type Pokémon: Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Normal-type pokemon, Clefable
  • Aipom (190)
  • Ambipom (424)
  • Arceus (493)
  • Bidoof (399)
  • Blissey (242)
  • Buneary (427)
  • Castform (351)
  • Chansey (113)
  • Clefable (036)
  • Clefairy (035)
  • Cleffa (173)
  • Delcatty(301)
  • Deoxys (386)
Normal-type pokemon, Clefairy.
  • Ditto (132)
  • Dunsparce (206)
  • Eevee (133)
  • Exploud (295)
  • Furret (162)
  • Glameow (431)
  • Granbull (210)
  • Happiny (440)
  • Igglybuff (174)
  • Jigglypuff (039)
  • Kangaskhan (115)
  • Kecleon (352)
  • Lickilicky (463)
  • Lickitung (108)
  • Linoone (264)
Normal-type pokemon, Jigglypuff.
  • Lopunny (428)
  • Loudred (294)
  • Meowth (052)
  • Miltank (241)
  • Munchlax(446)
  • Persian( 053)
  • Porygon (137)
  • Porygon-Z (474)
  • Porygon2 (233)
  • Purugly (432)
  • Raticate (020)
  • Rattata (019)
  • Regigigas (486)
  • Sentret (161)
  • Skitty (300)
Normal-type Pokemon, Rattata
  • Slaking (289)
  • Slakoth (287)
  • Smeargle (235)
  • Snorlax (143)
  • Snubbull (209)
  • Spinda (327)
  • Stantler (234)
  • Sunflora (192)
  • Sunkern (191)
  • Tauros (128)
  • Teddiursa (216)
  • Togepi (175)
  • Ursaring (217)
Normal-type pokemon, Raticate
  • Zangoose (335)
  • Zigzagoon (263)

Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against fighting attacks.
  • Normal type is not x0.5 resistant against any attack.
  • Immune to ghost attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • Normal type is not x2 super effective against any Pokémon.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against rock and steel types.
Normal-type pokemon, Snorlax
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against rock/steel type Pokémon.
  • Completely ineffective against ghost-type Pokémon.

Normal type Pokémon are the average joe's of the Pokémon world not being super-effective in attacks against any Pokémon. Lucky for these Pokémon, ghost-type attacks miss them completely – but it works both ways and they cannot attack ghosts either.

Poison


Poison-type Pokémon:
Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Arbok, the kobra - Poison-type pokemon.

Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against ground and psychic attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to bug, fighting, grass and poison attacks.
Poison-type pokemon, Nidorina.
  • Poison type has no immunities.

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 super effective attacks against grass types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against ghost, ground and rock types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against rock/ground type pokemon.
  • Completely ineffective attacks poison types.

Poison-type Pokémon are super-effective against grass Pokémon, their bodies easily disrupted by the abrupt change in their environment. Poison-type Pokémon are weak to ground and psychic type Pokémon. Ground neutralizes poison, weakening it to attack. Psychic Pokémon attack from afar, leaving poison vulnerable to psychic injury.

Psychic


Psychic-type Pokémon:
Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Mew in front of a pokeball backdrop
Psychic-type pokemon Mew in front of a pokeball backdrop
  • Abra (063)
  • Alakazam (065)
  • Azelf (482)
  • Chimecho (358)
  • Chingling (433)
  • Cresselia (488)
  • Drowzee (096)
  • Espeon (196)
  • Gardevoir (282)
  • Grumpig (326)
  • Hypno (097)
  • Kadabra (064)
  • Kirlia (281)
  • Mesprit (481)
  • Mew (151)
  • Mewtwo (150)
  • Mime Jr. (439)
Mewtwo stands in front of a pokeball backdrop
Psychic-type pokemon Mewtwo stands in front of a pokeball backdrop

Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against bug, dark and ghost attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to fighting and psychic attacks.
  • Psychic-type pokemon have no immunities.

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 super effective attacks against fighting types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against poison and steel types.
  • Completely ineffective against dark attacks
  • Psychic-type pokemon are super-effective against fighting-type pokemon, their physical prowess no match for psychic.

Psychic-type Pokémon, Wynaut
Psychic-type Pokémon are weak against bug, dark and ghost attacks. Ghost-type Pokémon meet psychic Pokémon head-on on their own level, the ethereal ghost overwhelming the psychic. Dark Pokémon exist in the shadows, their dark powers too much for the psychic to face and bare. Bug Pokémon work on a level beyond the psychic, their instinctive actions too sporadic for the psychic to defend against.

Rock


Rock-type Pokémon:
Name (Pokemon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
  • Bonsly (438)
  • Cranidos(408)
  • Nosepass (299)
  • Rampardos(409)
Rock-type pokemon, Regirock.

Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against fighting, grass, ground, steel and water attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to fire, flying, normal and poison attacks.
  • Rock-type pokemon have no immunities

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x4 super effective attacks against bug/flying and fire/flying types.
  • x2 super effective attacks against bug, fire, flying and ice types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against fighting, ground and steel types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against fighting/steel and ground/steel types.
  • Rock-type pokemon have no ineffective attacks.

Rock-type Pokémon are super-effective against bug, fire, flying, ice and their mixed types. Bug-type and ice-type Pokémon are squished by rock's force. Fire-type Pokémon have their flames doused by rock-type's gravelly attacks, making them take more damage. Flying-type Pokémon can't dodge the projectiles sent by a rock-type Pokémon and end up taking much more damage. Rock-type Pokémon are weak to fighting, grass, ground, steel and water attacks. Fighting, ground and steel type Pokémon use force to break apart rock, doing more damage to rock than other types could do. Grass and water type Pokémon use natural attacks to break apart and erode the rock, rendering it weakened.

Steel

Steel-type pokemon, Registeel
Steel-type Pokémon: Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against fighting, fire and ground attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to bug, dark, dragon, flying, grass, ghost, ice, normal, psychic, rock and steel attacks.
  • Immune to poison-type attacks.

Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 super effective attacks against ice and rock types.
  • x0.5 less effective attacks against electric, fire and water types.
  • x0.25 less effective attacks against electric/water types.
  • Steel-type pokemon have no ineffective attacks.

Steel-type Pokémon are super-effective against ice and rock types. Ice and rock both shatter under an assault by a steel-type pokemon. Broken apart, both of these Pokémon take extra damage.
Steel-type Pokémon are weak to fighting, fire and ground attacks. Fighting and ground type Pokémon use their immense physical prowess to dent the steel, reshaping it to give more damage. Fire Pokémon super-heat the steel, warping it and rendering it less rigid than desired, thus increasing the damage taken.

Water


Water-type Pokémon:
Name (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)
Water-type pokemon, Blastoise
Water-type pokemon, Floatzel
Water-type pokemon, Gyarados.
  • Piplup (393)
  • Politoed (186)
  • Poliwag (060)
  • Poliwhirl (061)
  • Prinplup (394)
  • Psyduck (054)
  • Remoraid (223)
  • Seadra (117)
  • Seaking (119)
  • Seel (086)
  • Shellder (090)
  • Shellos (422)
  • Slowbro (080)
  • Slowpoke (079)
  • Squirtle (007)
  • Staryu (120)
  • Suicune (245)
  • Totodile (158)
Water-type pokemon, Kyogre
  • Vaporeon (134)
  • Wailmer (320)
  • Wailord (321)
  • Wartortle (008)

Defensive Effectiveness:
  • x2 weak against electric and grass attacks.
  • x0.5 resistant to fire, ice, steel and water attacks.
  • Water type has no immunities.
Water-type starter pokemon from Red/Blue, Squirtle.
Offensive Effectiveness:
  • x4 super effective attacks against fire/ground types.
    x2 super effective attacks against fire and ground types.
    x0.5 less effective attacks against dragon and grass types.
    Water attacks are never ineffective.

Water-type Pokémon are super-effective against fire and ground pokemon. Water douses fire, squelching fire's ferocity and doing double damage. Ground gets slogged by water, its muddy form too sluggish to properly defend itself. Water-type Pokémon are weak to electric and grass attacks. Electric attacks pulse through water's naturally conductive body, damaging it thoroughly. Grass attacks sap the very strength of water, sometimes even deriving healing from attacks against watery foes.

Dual Type Pokemon

All pokemon types as of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
All pokemon types as of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
Pokemon may be of the single types mentioned above or of a combination of two types. While not all combinations of the 272 possibilities have pokemon, there are many dual types with only a handful of pokemon. Less than half of the possible combinations are actually found in Diamond/Pearl or older generation pokemon.

Type1/Type2: Pokemon (Pokemon Diamond/Pearl National Dex Number)

Bug/Fighting: Heracross (214)
Bug/Flying-type pokemon, Butterfree.
Bug/Flying: Beautifly(267), Combee (415), Butterfree (012), Ledian (166), Ledyba (165), Masquerain (284), Mothim (414), Ninjask (291), Scyther (123), Vespiqueen (416), Yanma (193), Yanmega (469)
Bug/Ghost: Shedinja (292)
Bug/Grass: Paras (046), Parasect (047), Wormadam (Multiple Forms) (413)
Bug/Grass-type pokemon, Paras.
Bug/Ground: Nincada (290), Wormadam (Multiple Forms) (413)
Bug/Poison: Ariados (168), Beedrill (015), Cascoon(268), Dustox (269), Kakuna (014), Skorupi (451), Spinarak (167), Venomoth (049), Venonat (048), Weedle (013)
Bug/Rock: Shuckle (213) Rock/Bug: Anorith (347), Armaldo (348)
Bug/Steel: Forretress (205), Scizor(212), Wormadam (Multiple Forms)
Bug/Water: Surskit (283)
Dark/Fire: Houndoom (229), Houndour (228)
Dark/Flying: Honchkrow (430), Murkrow (198)
Rock/Bug-type pokemon, Armaldo.
Ghost/Dark: Sableye (302), Spiritomb (442)
Grass/Dark: Cacturne (332), Nuzleaf (274), Shiftry (275)
Dark/Ice: Sneasel (215), Weavile (461)
Dark/Poison: Drapion (542), Skuntank (435), Stunky (434)
Rock/Dark: Tyranitar (248)
Water/Dark: Carvanha (318), Crawdaunt (342), Sharpedo (319)
Dragon/Flying: Altaria (334), Dragonite(149), Rayquaza (384), Salamence (373)
Dragon/Ghost: Giratina (487)
Ground/Dragon: Flygon (330), Vibrava (329) Dragon/Ground: Gabite (444), Garchomp (445), Gible (443)
Psychic/Dragon-type pokemon, Latias.
Psychic/Dragon: Latias (380), Latios (381)
Steel/Dragon: Dialga (483)
Water/Dragon: Kingdra (230), Palkia (484)
Electric/Ghost: Rotom (479)
Electric/Flying: Zapdos (145)
Electric/Steel: Magnemite(081), Magneton(082), Magnezone(462)
Water/Electric: Chinchou (170), Lanturn (171),
Fire/Fighting: Blaziken(257), Combusken(256), Infernape (394), Monferno (391)
Psychic/Dragon-type pokemon, Latios.
Fighting/Poison: Croagunk (453), Toxicroak (454)
Fighting/Psychic: Medicham(308), Meditite(307) Psychic/Fighting: Gallade (475)
Fighting/Steel: Lucario (448)
Water/Fighting: Poliwrath (062)
Fire/Flying: Charizard (006), Ho-oh (250), Moltres (146)
Legendary Fire/Flying-type pokemon, Ho-oh.
Fire/Ground: Camerupt (323), Numel (322)
Fire/Rock: Magcargo (219)
Fire/Steel: Heatran (485)
Ghost/Flying: Drifblim (426), Drifloon (425)
Grass/Flying: Hoppip (187), Jumpluff (189), Skiploom (188), Tropius (357)
Ground/Flying: Gligar (207), Gliscor (472)
Ice/Flying: Articuno(144), Delibird(225)
Psychic/Ice: Smoochum (238)
Normal/Flying-type pokemon, Pidgeot.
Normal/Flying: Chatot (441), Dodrio(085), Farfetch'd (083), Fearow (022), Hoothoot (163), Noctowl (164), Pidgey (016), Pidgeot (018), Pidgeotto (017), Spearow (021), Staraptor (398), Staravia (397), Starly (396), Swablu (333), Swellow (277), Taillow (276), Togekiss (468) Togetic (176)
Poison/Flying: Crobat (169), Golbat (042), Zubat (041)
Psychic/Flying: Lugia (249), Natu(177), Xatu (178)
Rock/Flying: Aerodactyl(142)
Steel/Flying: Skarmory (227)
Water/Flying: Mantine(226), Mantyke(458), Pelipper (279), Wingull (278)
Ice/Ghost: Froslass (478)
Grass/Poison-type pokemon, Venusaur.
Ghost/Poison: Gastly (092), Gengar(094), Haunter(093)
Grass/Ground: Torterra (389)
Ice/Grass: Abomasnow (460), Snover (459)
Grass/Poison: Bellsprout (069), Budew (406), Bulbasaur (001), Gloom (044), Ivysaur (002), Oddish (043), Roselia (315), Roserade (407), Venusaur (003),
Poison/Ground-type pokemon, Nidoking.
Victreebel (071), Vileplume (045), Weepinbell (070)
Grass/Psychic: Celebi (251), Exeggcute(102), Exeggutor(103)
Rock/Grass: Cradily (346), Lileep (345)
Water/Grass: Lombre (271), Lotad (270), Ludicolo (272)
Ground/Ice: Piloswine (221), Swinub (220)
Ice/Ground: Mamoswine (473)
Rock/Ground-type Pokemon, Geodude.
Poison/Ground: Nidoking (034), Nidoqueen(31)
Psychic/Ground: Baltoy(343), Claydol (344)
Rock/Ground: Geodude (074), Golem (076), Graveler (075), Larvitar (246), Onix(095), Pupitar (247), Rhydon (112), Rhyhorn (111), Rhyperior (464)
Steel/Ground: Steelix (208)
Water/Ground: Barboach(339), Gastrodon (423), Quagsire (195), Marshtomp (259), Swampert (260), Whiscash (340), Wooper (194)
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Psychic/Ice: Jynx(124)
Water/Ice: Cloyster(091), Dewgong(087), Sealeo (364), Shellder (090), Spheal (363), Walrein (365)
Normal/Water: Bibarel (400)
Normal/Psychic: Girafarig (203)
Water/Poison: Qwilfish (211), Tentacool (072), Tentacruel (073)
Steel/Psychic-type pokemon, Jirachi.
Rock/Psychic: Lunatone (337), Solrock (338)
Steel/Psychic: Beldum(374), Bronzong (437), Bronzor (436), Jirachi (385), Metagross (376), Metang (375)
Water/Psychic: Slowking (199), Starmie (121)
Steel/Rock: Aggron (306), Aron(304), Lairon (305) Rock/Steel: Bastiodon (411), Probopass (476), Shieldon (410)
Water/Rock: Corsola (222), Kabuto(140), Kabutops (141), Omanyte(138), Omastar (139)
Rock/Water: Relicanth (369)

Water/Steel: Empoleon (395)

Pokémon games Edit

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Name Platforms Developer
PokéMate
Square Enix
Rap Attack: 2pacalypse Now
PC
Pokémon Platinum
released on March 22, 2009
DS Game Freak, Inc.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
released on Nov. 10, 2008
DS HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness/Time
released on April 20, 2008
DS Chunsoft
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
released on March 9, 2008
WII Game Arts Co., Ltd., Sora
Pokémon Battle Revolution
released on June 25, 2007
WII Genius Sonority, Inc.
Pokémon Diamond/Pearl
released on April 22, 2007
DS Game Freak, Inc.
Pokémon Ranger
released on Oct. 30, 2006
DS Creatures, Inc.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue/Red Rescue Team
released on Sept. 18, 2006
GBA, DS Chunsoft
Pokémon Trozei!
released on March 6, 2006
DS Genius Sonority, Inc.
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
released on Oct. 3, 2005
GC Genius Sonority, Inc.
Pokémon Emerald
released on May 1, 2005
GBA Game Freak, Inc.
Pokémon Dash
released on March 13, 2005
DS Ambrella
Pokémon Leaf Green/Fire Red
released on Sept. 7, 2004
GBA Creatures, Inc., Game Freak, Inc.
Pokémon Box
released on July 11, 2004
GC Game Freak, Inc.
Pokémon Colosseum
released on March 22, 2004
GC Genius Sonority, Inc.
Pokémon Channel
GC Ambrella
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
released on Aug. 25, 2003
GBA Jupiter Corp.
Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire
released on March 19, 2003
GBA Creatures, Inc., Game Freak, Inc.
Hold Down Hoppip
released on Feb. 22, 2002
GBA Nintendo