Fire Type Weakness
Fire-type Pokémon are weak against Water, Ground, Rock — they take 2× (super-effective) damage from these. They resist Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, Fairy (½×).
The fastest way to beat a Fire Pokémon is to attack with a type it is weak to (Water, Ground, Rock). See the best counters below, or drop your team into the builder to spot Fire weaknesses on your own six.
Matchups shown for a pure Fire-type; a second type changes the math — check any specific Pokémon’s page for its exact weaknesses.
Best counters to Fire — what beats Fire-type Pokémon
These Pokémon resist Fire’s attacks and hit it super-effectively with Water, Ground, Rock moves. Tap one to scout it, or assemble them into a team below.
Build a team that beats Fire
The team below is pre-loaded with the top counters to Fire. Swap any slot and the weakness chart updates live — a balanced team wants no attacking type hitting three or more of your six. Prefer a blank slate? Open the full team builder.
Structurally exposed
Provisional rating
Pokémon team rating
Several shared weaknesses or coverage gaps need attention. Based on typing, switch-ins and selected attacks. This is not a prediction of match results.
5 members are weak to Dragon
5 Pokémon are weak to Dragon, with no resistance or immunity to switch into.
5 members are weak to Fairy
5 Pokémon are weak to Fairy, with no resistance or immunity to switch into.
Move coverage is still provisional
Add damaging moves in the set editor. The current coverage check uses only the Pokémon’s own types.
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Structurally exposed
Provisional rating
Pokémon team rating
Several shared weaknesses or coverage gaps need attention. Based on typing, switch-ins and selected attacks. This is not a prediction of match results.
5 members are weak to Dragon
5 Pokémon are weak to Dragon, with no resistance or immunity to switch into.
5 members are weak to Fairy
5 Pokémon are weak to Fairy, with no resistance or immunity to switch into.
Move coverage is still provisional
Add damaging moves in the set editor. The current coverage check uses only the Pokémon’s own types.
Best one-click upgrades
Team weakness analysis
Each row shows damage from one attacking type. Several red cells in a row indicate a shared weakness.
⚠ Unresolved weaknesses — no member resists these types:
| Type | Weak | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | ½ | ½ | · | ||||
| Fire | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | · |
| Water | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | · | ||
| Electric | ½ | 2× | 1 | ||||
| Grass | 4× | 1 | |||||
| Ice | 2× | ½ | 1 | ||||
| Fighting | 2× | 2× | 2 | ||||
| Poison | ½ | ½ | · | ||||
| Ground | 2× | 2× | 2 | ||||
| Flying | ½ | ½ | · | ||||
| Psychic | · | ||||||
| Bug | · | ||||||
| Rock | · | ||||||
| Ghost | · | ||||||
| Dragon | 2× | 2× | 2× | 2× | 2× | 5 | |
| Dark | · | ||||||
| Steel | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2× | ½ | 1 | |
| Fairy | 2× | 2× | 2× | 2× | 2× | 5 |
Offensive coverage
Types hit super-effectively by your team’s own types and selected damaging moves.
No super-effective attack against:
Frequently asked questions
What is Fire weak against?
Fire-type Pokémon are weak against Water, Ground, Rock — they take 2× (super-effective) damage from Water, Ground, Rock-type moves.
What beats Fire-type Pokémon?
The best counters resist Fire and hit it super-effectively with Water, Ground, Rock moves — for example Palkia, Walking Wake, Kingdra, Tyrantrum, Dracovish, Barbaracle.
What is super effective against Fire?
Water, Ground, Rock-type moves are super-effective against Fire.
What is Fire strong against?
Fire moves are super-effective against Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel.
All Fire-type Pokémon (104)
Related type weaknesses
New to type matchups? Read the complete Pokémon type chart guide or open the full interactive type chart.