Type chart
PBO has 18 types, and its battles use the same type chart as the current main-series games. This page has the whole chart twice: once from the attacker’s side and once from the defender’s side.
Attacking: what each type hits
Section titled “Attacking: what each type hits”Find the type of your move in the first column.
| Move type | Super effective against (×2) | Not very effective against (×½) | No effect on (×0) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | — | Rock, Steel | Ghost |
| Fire | Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel | Fire, Water, Rock, Dragon | — |
| Water | Fire, Ground, Rock | Water, Grass, Dragon | — |
| Electric | Water, Flying | Electric, Grass, Dragon | Ground |
| Grass | Water, Ground, Rock | Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, Steel | — |
| Ice | Grass, Ground, Flying, Dragon | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel | — |
| Fighting | Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark, Steel | Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Fairy | Ghost |
| Poison | Grass, Fairy | Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost | Steel |
| Ground | Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, Steel | Grass, Bug | Flying |
| Flying | Grass, Fighting, Bug | Electric, Rock, Steel | — |
| Psychic | Fighting, Poison | Psychic, Steel | Dark |
| Bug | Grass, Psychic, Dark | Fire, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Ghost, Steel, Fairy | — |
| Rock | Fire, Ice, Flying, Bug | Fighting, Ground, Steel | — |
| Ghost | Psychic, Ghost | Dark | Normal |
| Dragon | Dragon | Steel | Fairy |
| Dark | Psychic, Ghost | Fighting, Dark, Fairy | — |
| Steel | Ice, Rock, Fairy | Fire, Water, Electric, Steel | — |
| Fairy | Fighting, Dragon, Dark | Fire, Poison, Steel | — |
Defending: what hits each type
Section titled “Defending: what hits each type”Find your Pokémon’s type in the first column. A Pokémon with two types counts both rows; see Pokémon with two types.
| Pokémon type | Weak to (×2) | Resists (×½) | Immune to (×0) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Fighting | — | Ghost |
| Fire | Water, Ground, Rock | Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, Fairy | — |
| Water | Electric, Grass | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel | — |
| Electric | Ground | Electric, Flying, Steel | — |
| Grass | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground | — |
| Ice | Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel | Ice | — |
| Fighting | Flying, Psychic, Fairy | Bug, Rock, Dark | — |
| Poison | Ground, Psychic | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug, Fairy | — |
| Ground | Water, Grass, Ice | Poison, Rock | Electric |
| Flying | Electric, Ice, Rock | Grass, Fighting, Bug | Ground |
| Psychic | Bug, Ghost, Dark | Fighting, Psychic | — |
| Bug | Fire, Flying, Rock | Grass, Fighting, Ground | — |
| Rock | Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying | — |
| Ghost | Ghost, Dark | Poison, Bug | Normal, Fighting |
| Dragon | Ice, Dragon, Fairy | Fire, Water, Electric, Grass | — |
| Dark | Fighting, Bug, Fairy | Ghost, Dark | Psychic |
| Steel | Fire, Fighting, Ground | Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Dragon, Steel, Fairy | Poison |
| Fairy | Poison, Steel | Fighting, Bug, Dark | Dragon |
Pokémon with two types
Section titled “Pokémon with two types”Multiply the two rows. Take 
Gyarados, a Water and Flying type:
| Move type | Against Water | Against Flying | Against Gyarados |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric | ×2 | ×2 | ×4 |
| Rock | ×1 | ×2 | ×2 |
| Grass | ×2 | ×½ | ×1 |
| Ground | ×1 | ×0 | ×0 |
Grass moves do normal damage, because Water’s weakness and Flying’s resistance cancel out. Ground moves can’t touch Gyarados at all.
What else changes a matchup
Section titled “What else changes a matchup”The chart only looks at types. A few abilities and items change the result:
- Levitate and a held
One Time Air Balloon make a Pokémon immune to Ground moves. The balloon pops once the holder is hit. - Scrappy lets Normal and Fighting moves hit Ghost types.
The move colours in battle only use the chart, so they don’t know about these. Damage also depends on the same-type bonus (STAB) and on stats; see types and effectiveness.