What Works Best Against Fire Type Pokemon

Type Chart methods of representing Type effectiveness have been popular since long before Pokémon Go, with all of the core Pokémon games revolving around them.

In brief, Pokémon types dictate whether one Pokémon is either strong or weak - super effective or not very effective - against another, dealing additional or reduced damage as a result - and receiving additional or reduced damamage - as a result.

The standard Type chart that has evolved through the different generations will be like a second language to long-term Pokémon fans, but to newcomers it can appear too daunting to even know where to begin, so with that in mind we've put together a type chart of our own, as well as an explanation of how Type effectivness works and how to plan around it, just below.

Type chart, effectiveness and weakness explained in Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go's Types are exactly the same as those in the main Pokémon games, but the effect of those type matchups is slightly different: in brief, things like effective or resisted attacks have slightly different multipliers to the main Pokémon games - although a December 2018 update brought them slightly closer in line.

Here's a Pokémon Go type chart to get you started on what's effective against what.

Type	Strong Against	Weak Against	Resistant To	Vulnerable To
Normal		Rock, Ghost, Steel	Ghost	Fighting
Fighting	Normal, Rock, Steel, Ice, Dark	Flying, Poison, Psychic, Bug, Ghost, Fairy	Rock, Bug, Dark	Flying, Psychic, Fairy
Flying	Fighting, Bug, Grass	Rock, Steel, Electric	Fighting, Ground, Bug, Grass	Rock, Electric, Ice
Poison	Grass, Fairy	Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost, Steel	Fighting, Poison, Grass, Fairy	Ground, Psychic
Ground	Poison, Rock, Steel, Fire, Electric	Flying, Bug, Grass	Poison, Rock, Electric	Water, Grass, Ice
Rock	Flying, Bug, Fire, Ice	Fighting, Ground, Steel	Normal, Flying, Poison, Fire	Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water, Grass
Bug	Grass, Psychic, Dark	Fighting, Flying, Poison, Ghost, Steel, Fire, Fairy	Fighting, Ground, Grass	Flying, Rock, Fire
Ghost	Ghost, Psychic	Normal, Dark	Normal, Fighting, Poison, Bug	Ghost, Dark
Steel	Rock, Ice, Fairy	Steel, Fire, Water, Electric	Normal, Flying, Poison, Rock, Bug, Steel, Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dragon, Fairy	Fighting, Ground, Fire
Fire	Bug, Steel, Grass, Ice	Rock, Fire, Water, Dragon	Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Ice	Ground, Rock, Water
Water	Ground, Rock, Fire	Water, Grass, Dragon	Steel, Fire, Water, Ice	Grass, Electric
Grass	Ground, Rock, Water	Flying, Poison, Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Dragon	Ground, Water, Grass, Electric	Flying, Poison, Bug, Fire, Ice
Electric	Flying, Water	Ground, Grass, Electric, Dragon	Flying, Steel, Electric	Ground
Psychic	Fighting, Poison	Steel, Psychic, Dark	Fighting, Psychic	Bug, Ghost, Dark
Ice	Flying, Ground, Grass, Dragon	Steel, Fire, Water, Ice	Ice	Fighting, Rock, Steel, Fire
Dragon	Dragon	Steel, Fairy	Fire, Water, Grass, Electric	Ice, Dragon, Fairy
Fairy	Fighting, Dragon, Dark	Poison, Steel, Fire	Fighting, Bug, Dragon, Dark	Poison, Steel
Dark	Ghost, Psychic	Fighting, Dark, Fairy	Ghost, Psychic, Dark	Fighting, Bug, Fairy

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Pokémon Go type effectiveness changes compared to other Pokémon games

As you may have noticed, there are also no Type immunities in Pokémon Go, unlike in the main series. But that's not the end of it. The immunities removed are:

• Ground immune to Electric
• Flying immune to Ground
• Ghost immune to Normal and Fighting
• Normal and Fighting immune to Ghost
• Steel immune to Poison
• Dark immune to Psychic
• Fairy immune to Dragon

Instead of a total immunity to damage, these initially worked the same as simple resitances. Now, however, they've been tweaked to form another tier of resistance, with the defending Pokémon that would normally be immune taking just 0.39 times the amount of damage it normally would - in other words, type immunity roughly cuts the amount of damage received to about a third.

Here's a full rundown of the multipliers that apply to standard, super effective, not very effective, immune, and doubly effective attacks.

• Not very effective - 0.625x damage, instead of the 0.5x damage done in the main series.
• Super effecive - 1.6x damage, instead of 2x damage done in the main series.
• Immunity - 0.39x damage, instead of 0 damage done in the main series.
• Doubly effective - 2.56x damage, instead of 4x damage done in the main series.

In other words, the latest tweaks to Type effectivness brings them noticably closer to the multipliers in the mainline games - but still not in line with them entirely. It does make Type effectiveness all the more important though, so it's well worth getting to grips with those matchups if you can!

Ultimately, it's your mastery of three elements that will give you the greatest shot in PvP and the Gym and Raiding scene: Type effectiveness, understanding Pokémon Go's moves, and having a good idea of the best Pokémon in Pokémon Go.

What Works Best Against Fire Type Pokemon

Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-12-21-pokemon-go-type-chart-effectiveness-weaknesses

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