Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: Overview of strengths and weaknesses

With Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the sequel to one of the most popular video game series in the world was finally released today. Also in this pocket monster role-playing game, after choosing your starter Pokémon, you’ll go on an exciting adventure in which you’ll catch tons of Pokémon and have many battles with other trainers.

When choosing your animal companions, you should pay special attention to the strengths and weaknesses of your Pokémon. Because in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, developer Game Freak has also introduced a type system. In this guide, we’ll show you what strengths or weaknesses each elemental type of your companions has.

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These are the strengths and weaknesses of the Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet

Each of the Pokémon is assigned one or two types. The type categories range from something like fire or water to dark and many others. Certain attack types can be either very effective or not very effective against other types. Accordingly, an attack does more or less damage to the opponent. If you want to remember this effectiveness, it’s sometimes quite simple: for example, Water attacks do a lot of damage to a Pokémon with the Fire type, but not vice versa.

Then, when a Pokémon has two types, things get a little more complicated. For example, a Pokémon that is of the Fire and Flight types is vulnerable to Water and Rock type attacks. But also electric type attacks do more damage. Your battle against a Pokémon Trainer is often decided by knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your companions and using them effectively against your opponent’s Pokémon.

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: The Strengths and Weaknesses Table

By the way, the two Pokémon editions, Scarlet and Violet, differ in some details and can determine a purchase decision. You can read about it in our article on game differences.