Type


 * For types in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, see Type (TCG).

A type (Japanese: タイプ Type) is the elemental-like property associated with a Pokémon or move. There are eighteen types in the core series of Pokémon games, Water and Fairy among them. Pokémon can have either one or two types, and moves can have only one.

The type of a Pokémon determines which moves get same-type attack bonus (STAB), which increases the move's attack power by 50%. For example, the move Water Gun would get STAB if used by Primarina, since both the move and the attacking Pokémon in this example have the Water type.

A Pokémon's type also augments damage received from attacks. For instance, Fairy-type Pokémon resist the Bug, Dark, and Fighting types, taking halved damage from moves of those types; they are weak to the Poison and Steel types, taking doubled damage from moves of those types; and are unaffected by the Dragon type, taking no damage from moves of that type.

The type of a move affects which types of Pokémon receive augmented damage. As a simple example, a Water-type move would be super effective on a Fire-type Pokémon, and not very effective on a Grass-type Pokémon.

The combination of a type's offensive and defensive properties in a given context is referred to as its type effectiveness.