Grass Type Weakness

What Grass Pokémon are weak to, what they resist and how to beat them.

Grass type weakness is five types, tied with Rock for the longest list: Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying and Bug. In return, Grass Pokémon resist Water, Electric, Ground and Grass, and their moves hit Water, Ground and Rock for double damage. Most Grass Pokémon are the team's answer to bulky Water and Ground types.

Grass weaknesses

Grass Pokémon take double damage from 5 types:

Grass resistances

Grass Pokémon take half damage from:

Grass immunities

No immunities.

What Grass moves are good against

Grass attacks do double damage to:

They do half damage to Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon and Steel.

Best counters to Grass

The best answer to a Grass Pokémon is something that hits it hard and shrugs off its attacks. These types do both:

Firehits Grass for 2×, takes ½× from Grass moves.
Poisonhits Grass for 2×, takes ½× from Grass moves.
Flyinghits Grass for 2×, takes ½× from Grass moves.
Bughits Grass for 2×, takes ½× from Grass moves.

Ice also hits Grass for double damage but doesn't resist it, so use it to attack first.

For example: Charizard, Ninetales, Beedrill, Arbok and Butterfree.

Grass dual types

A second type changes everything. These Grass pairings have the fewest weaknesses:

Grass / Steel: weak to Fire (4×) and Fighting; immune to Poison. Example: Ferrothorn.
Grass / Fire: weak to Poison, Flying and Rock. Example: Scovillain.
Grass / Water: weak to Poison, Flying and Bug. Example: Ludicolo.
Grass / Poison: weak to Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic. Example: Venusaur.

Check any pair yourself on the type chart.

Tip

Grass / Steel (Ferrothorn) turns five weaknesses into two: Fighting, and a nasty 4× to Fire. Grass / Poison (Venusaur) is the simpler fix: Poison and Bug moves become normal damage, leaving Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic.

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Questions

What is Grass weak to?

Grass Pokémon are weak to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying and Bug. Each of those does double damage. If the Pokémon has a second type, the numbers can change; check it on the type chart.

What resists Grass moves?

Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon and Steel take half damage from Grass attacks.

What is Grass good against?

Grass moves do double damage to Water, Ground and Rock.

What is the best counter to Grass?

Fire, Poison, Flying and Bug: they hit Grass for double damage and resist its moves. See the full list above.