TYPE DEFENSE / MODERN CHART

Poison Pokémon weaknesses & resistances

Full Poison Pokémon weakness chart: Ground, Psychic, immunity checks and all 18 incoming move types. This reference describes a type combination; it does not assert that any specific Pokémon species has it or appears in a particular game.

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Defensive summary

2Weak attacking types (2× or 4×)
5Resisted attacking types
0Type immunities

To understand these numbers, select an incoming move type. When a Pokémon has two types, the effectiveness against each type is multiplied; an immunity makes the total 0×.

2×

Super effective — Ground, Psychic

1×

Neutral — Normal, Fire, Water, Electric, Ice, Flying, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel

0.5×

Resisted — Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug, Fairy

All 18 incoming move types

These values use the standard modern Pokémon type chart. They are not exact damage estimates, and exclude STAB, abilities, weather, held items and move-specific effects.

Incoming move typeMultiplierInterpretation
Normal1×Neutral damage modifier
Fire1×Neutral damage modifier
Water1×Neutral damage modifier
Electric1×Neutral damage modifier
Grass0.5×Resists this attack
Ice1×Neutral damage modifier
Fighting0.5×Resists this attack
Poison0.5×Resists this attack
Ground2×Weak to this attack
Flying1×Neutral damage modifier
Psychic2×Weak to this attack
Bug0.5×Resists this attack
Rock1×Neutral damage modifier
Ghost1×Neutral damage modifier
Dragon1×Neutral damage modifier
Dark1×Neutral damage modifier
Steel1×Neutral damage modifier
Fairy0.5×Resists this attack

Compare related typings

Changing either defending type changes which attacks are dangerous. Compare these references rather than assuming the weaknesses of each type remain independent.

Normal / PoisonView weaknessesFire / PoisonView weaknessesWater / PoisonView weaknessesElectric / PoisonView weaknessesGrass / PoisonView weaknessesIce / PoisonView weaknessesFighting / PoisonView weaknessesPoison / GroundView weaknessesPoison / FlyingView weaknessesPoison / PsychicView weaknessesPoison / BugView weaknessesPoison / RockView weaknesses

Data sources and scope

Numbers come from the modern 18-type matchup chart. This reference does not infer particular game availability, encounter locations, base stats, move sets, abilities or the effect of special battle mechanics.

Data assembled: 2026-10-26. Independent fan reference; trademarks belong to their respective owners. No official endorsement or Pokémon art is used.