Pokemon scarlet and violet is something like a clipping, textureless aquarium, but it’s finally out and arguably playable. If you can look past even appearances, NPC appearances, and Pokemon trapped behind walls, and try not to envision all the powerful McChickens you could have bought for $60 instead, you’ll find an enticing, story-driven open-world adventure options. challenging gym leaders and a cute Spanish piggy. This piggy and fitness challenges follow the same type table you know from other Pokémon games, but when you wander scarlet and violet‘s shaky Paldea region may need a refresher.
A Pokémon’s type (Fire, Water, or something else) gives it either an advantage (“It’s super effective!”) or a disadvantage (“It’s not very effective…”) when fighting another type. All 18 Pokemon Types follow this natural order — some of which feel natural, like Fire-types igniting Grass-types or Water-types immersing Fire — and are able to capitalize on their dual damage buffs or half-damage weaknesses. This still applies Pokemon scarlet and violetbut gets a little more complex with dual-type Pokemon (e.g. the Bug/Steel-type Scizor or Electric/Fee-type Dedenne) that inherit the strengths and weaknesses of both types – unless one type has a resistance, which cancels out the weakness of the other.
Like most Pokemon games, scarlet and violetThe type system of adds a twist in the form of its terastallization mechanics, but otherwise sticks to the usual chart of franchises. Here’s the basic rundown, courtesy of Ari Notis ‘2021 Brilliant diamond and Luminous Pearl cover just a day ago a year ago (time flies when it starts Pokemon):
Pokemon scarlet and violet attack diagram
- insect beats grass, dark, psychic but is weak against it Fairy, Fire, Fighting, Flying, Poison, Steel, Ghost
- Dark beats spirit, clairvoyant but is weak against it dark, fairy, fighting
- dragon beats dragon but is weak against it steel and does not affect fairy
- electric beats fly, water but is weak against it electric, grass, dragon and does not affect floor
- fairy beats fight dark dragon but is weak against it Fire, Poison, Steel
- Battle beats dark, ice, normal, rock, steel but is weak against it Beetle, fairy, fly, psychic and does not affect Spirit
- Fire beats Bug, Grass, Ice, Steel but is weak against it dragon, fire, rock, water
- Flying beats bug, fight, grass but is weak against it Electro, rock, steel
- Spirit beats spirit, clairvoyant but is weak against it dark and does not affect normal
- grass beats water, earth, rock but is weak against it Beetle, Dragon, Fire, Fly, Grass, Poison, Steel
- floor beats electric, fire, poison, stone, steel but is weak against it grass, bug and does not affect flying at all
- Ice beats Dragon, Flying, Grass, Ground but is weak against it Ice and water
- normal beats absolutely nothing, does not affect Spirit at all, and is weak against stone, steel
- poison beats fairy, grass but is weak against it Ghost, Earth, Rock, Poison and does not affect steel at all
- clairvoyant beats fight, poison but is weak against it beetle, steel and does not affect dark at all
- rock beats bug, fire, fly, ice but is weak against it Combat, Ground, Steel
- steel beats fairy, ice, rock but is weak against it Electric, Fire, Steel, Water
- water beats Fire, Earth, Rock but is weak against it dragon, grass, water
Pokemon scarlet and violet defense table
- insect loses against Fire, Fly, Rock but is against it fight, grass, ground
- Dark loses against Beetle, fairy, fight but is against it dark spirit and is not affected at all mentally
- dragon loses against dragon, fairy, ice cream but is against it Electricity, Fire, Grass, Water
- electric loses against floor but is against it electric, flying, steel
- fairy loses against poison, steel but is against it Beetles, dark, fighting and is not affected at all dragon
- Battle loses against Fairy, flying, clairvoyant but is against it Beetle, dark, rock
- Fire loses against earth, rock, water but is against it Bug, Fairy, Fire, Grass, Ice, Steel
- Flying loses against Electro, Ice, Rock but is against it bug, grass, fight and is not affected at all floor
- Spirit loses against dark spirit but is against it bug, poison and is not affected at all fight, normal
- grass loses against bug, fire, fly, ice, poison but is against it Electricity, Grass, Earth, Water
- floor loses against grass, ice, water but is hard against against poison, rock and is not affected at all electric
- Ice loses against Fight, Fire, Rock and steel and just resists Ice
- normal loses against Battle but not affected at all Spirit
- poison loses against soil, psych but is against it Bug, Fairy, Grass, Poison
- clairvoyant loses against beetle, dark, ghost but is against it fight, psych
- rock loses against Grass, Ground, Combat, Steel, Water but is against it Fire, Fly, Normal, Poison
- steel loses against fire, fight, ground but is hard on it (deep breath) Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Steel and is not affected at all poison
- water loses against electric and grass but is resistant fire ice, and water
But about this quirk: scarlet and violet Most importantly, change the type graph experience with the introduction of terastalising, a process that can turn any Paldea Pokémon into shiny, crystalized versions of itself once per battle. It requires a smooth onyx Tera Spherewhich unfortunately can only be used once, but can be recharged during Pokémon Center visits or by touching it Terastal Energy Crystals You can find in your journey.
Terstallizing isn’t purely a cosmetic reorganization – it unleashes a Pokemon’s Tera-type, which can appear in the Pokemon menu and may differ from its usual type, but still be one of the 18 you already know (Bug, Dark, Dragon etc.). . You can use them strategically. in a (n earlier blog post around scarlet and violetDeveloper Game Freak noted that players can give the water-weak Coalossal, a dual Rock/Fire-type, a Water-Tera-type to “take less damage […] when hit by a Water-type move.”
Tera types are also individualized, so you can have multiple electric Pawmi with all different Tera types. You can also change your Pokémon’s Tera type by defeating Larry, the leader of the Medali Hall, and then paying the cook at the Treasure Eatery 50 Tera Shards, found organically by completing Tera Raids or available as gifts are.
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The strengths and weaknesses of Tera-types also seem to match their non-Tera-types, so just keep your well-worn 18 index cards handy and you’ll be ready for battle.
