Attack Effectiveness

                EFFECTIVENESS TABLE

      B  D  E  F  F  F  G  G  G  I  N  P  P  R  W
       u  r  l  i  i  l  h  r  r  c  o  o  s  o  a       +-- Attack
        g  a  e  g  r  y  o  a  o  e  r  i  i  c  t      |
  Bug    .  .  .  -  +  +  .  -  -  .  .  +  .  +  .   Target
  Dragon .  .  -  .  -  .  .  -  .  +  .  .  .  .  -
  Elec   .  .  -  .  .  -  .  .  +  .  .  .  .  .  .     KEY
  Fight  -  .  .  .  .  +  .  .  .  .  .  .  +  -  .     + super effective
  Fire   -  .  .  .  -  .  .  -  +  .  .  .  .  +  +     . normal (no message)
  Fly    -  .  +  -  .  .  .  -  x  +  .  .  .  +  .     - not very effective
  Ghost  +  .  .  x  .  .  +  -  +  .  x  -  +  .  .     x no effect
  Grass  +  .  -  .  +  +  .  -  -  +  .  +  .  .  -
  Ground .  .  x  .  .  .  .  +  .  +  .  -  .  -  +     \1  + . - x
  Ice    .  .  .  +  +  .  .  .  .  -  .  .  .  +  .    2  \________
  Normal .  .  .  +  .  .  x  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      +| + + ?
  Poison +  .  .  -  .  .  .  -  +  .  .  -  +  .  .      .| + . - x
  Psi    +  .  .  -  .  .  x  .  .  .  .  .  -  .  .      -| ? - -
  Rock   .  .  .  +  -  -  .  .  +  .  -  -  .  .  +      x| x x x
  Water  .  .  +  .  -  .  .  +  .  -  .  .  .  .  -

Usage:

1. The top correspond to the attack type you're using (not pokemon type). The side correspond to the enemy pokemon type. So, go across the top until you find your attack's type then go down until you meet up with your enemy's type.
   eg)
   • Thundershock (electric) a Sandshrew (ground) ==> x (no effect)
   • Bubble (water) a Charmander (fire) ==> + (super effective)
2. If your enemy have more than two types than jot down the effectiveness against each type then refer to the table to the right: the top is the first type and the side is the second type.
   eg)
   • Thundershock (electric) a Pidgey (normal / flying) = ./+ ==> +
   • Tackle (normal) a Geodude (rock / ground) = -/. ==> -
3. Exceptions (the ?): for +/- and -/+ it's hard to say. So I'll just list what I found:

   
             1. Bug    vs PoiFly (zubat)      = +/- ==> +
             2. Elec   vs DraFly (dragonite)  = -/+ ==> -
             3.        vs EleFly (zapdos)     = -/+ ==> +
             4. Fight  vs NorFly (pidgey)     = +/- ==> -
             5.        vs IcePsi (jynx)       = +/- ==> +
             6.        vs RocFly (aerodactyl) = +/- ==> +
             7.        vs IceFly (articuno)   = +/- ==> +
             8. Fire   vs WatIce (dewgong)    = -/+ ==> -
             9. Grass  vs PoiGro (nidoking)   = -/+ ==> -
            10.        vs WatPoi (tentacool)  = +/- ==> -
            11.        vs WatFly (gyarados)   = +/- ==> -
            12. Ground vs BugPoi (beedrill)   = -/+ ==> +
            13.        vs GraPoi (oddish)     = -/+ ==> +
            14. Ice    vs WatFly (gyarados)   = -/+ ==> +
            15.        vs IceFly (articuno)   = -/+ ==> +
            16. Poison vs BugPoi (beedrill)   = +/- ==> +
            17.        vs GraPoi (oddish)     = +/- ==> -
            18. Water  vs RocWat (kabuto)     = +/- ==> -
   

Other Notes

• There are no pure: flyings, ghosts, ices, or rocks. But since all the ghost hybrids are ghost/poison, I just treated them as pure ghosts for the ghost row on the table. The rest I just deduced from the results of battling various hybrids. eg. Flying vs Rock/Flying ==> normal so Flying vs Rock is normal and vs Flying is also normal. The result of Flying vs Water/Ice is also normal then Ice is also normal.
• There are two damaging ghost attacks: Lick and Night Shade. Night Shade will affect all enemies. The ghost vs enemy column above is for the Lick attack.
• This table will only give you an idea of how well your pokemon will do against an enemy. If your pokemon is much stronger than the enemy but its attack is not very effective against the enemy's type it may still cause the enemy to faint in one blow (but you'll get the "It is not very effective" message). Also, some attacks are normally weak: if you use it against an enemy where it'll be super effective, it still won't do that much damage.

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