Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining PearlGen 8Updated OCT 18, 2026

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Type Chart

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl bring Sinnoh to the Switch with the 18-type chart, and its Fairy type changes the Champion fight. Cynthia’s Garchomp, still Dragon/Ground, now takes 2× from Fairy moves.

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NormalFireWaterElectricGrassIceFightingPoisonGroundFlyingPsychicBugRockGhostDragonDarkSteelFairy
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The Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl type chart

In the full chart, rows attack and columns defend: tap any cell to read the matchup in plain words.

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New to type matchups? The simple list spells out what each type beats and what beats it.
2Super effective½Not very effective0No effectNormal damage
FIRE ATTACKING
2×Super effective onGrassIceBugSteel
½×Not very effective onFireWaterRockDragon
FIRE DEFENDING
2×Takes 2× fromWaterGroundRock
½×ResistsFireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
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NormalNOR
FireFIR
WaterWAT
ElectricELE
GrassGRA
IceICE
FightingFIG
PoisonPOI
GroundGRO
FlyingFLY
PsychicPSY
BugBUG
RockROC
GhostGHO
DragonDRA
DarkDAR
SteelSTE
FairyFAI
NormalNormal
½
0
½
FireFire
½
½
2
2
2
½
½
2
WaterWater
2
½
½
2
2
½
ElectricElectric
2
½
½
0
2
½
GrassGrass
½
2
½
½
2
½
½
2
½
½
IceIce
½
½
2
½
2
2
2
½
FightingFighting
2
2
½
½
½
½
2
0
2
2
½
PoisonPoison
2
½
½
½
½
0
2
GroundGround
2
2
½
2
0
½
2
2
FlyingFlying
½
2
2
2
½
½
PsychicPsychic
2
2
½
0
½
BugBug
½
2
½
½
½
2
½
2
½
½
RockRock
2
2
½
½
2
2
½
GhostGhost
0
2
2
½
DragonDragon
2
½
0
DarkDark
½
2
2
½
½
SteelSteel
½
½
½
2
2
½
2
FairyFairy
½
2
½
2
2
½

Good against: its attacks do 2× to these. Weak to: these hit it for 2×. Under those, ½× means half damage and 0× means no damage.

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Normal
Normal is Good against
Nothing
Normal is Weak to
Fighting
Normal attacks do half damage to Rock, Steel; no damage to Ghost.
Attacks on Normal do no damage from Ghost.
Fire
Fire is Good against
GrassIceBugSteel
Fire is Weak to
WaterGroundRock
Fire attacks do half damage to Fire, Water, Rock, Dragon.
Attacks on Fire do half damage from Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, Fairy.
Water
Water is Good against
FireGroundRock
Water is Weak to
ElectricGrass
Water attacks do half damage to Water, Grass, Dragon.
Attacks on Water do half damage from Fire, Water, Ice, Steel.
Electric
Electric is Good against
WaterFlying
Electric is Weak to
Ground
Electric attacks do half damage to Electric, Grass, Dragon; no damage to Ground.
Attacks on Electric do half damage from Electric, Flying, Steel.
Grass
Grass is Good against
WaterGroundRock
Grass is Weak to
FireIcePoisonFlyingBug
Grass attacks do half damage to Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, Steel.
Attacks on Grass do half damage from Water, Electric, Grass, Ground.
Ice
Ice is Good against
GrassGroundFlyingDragon
Ice is Weak to
FireFightingRockSteel
Ice attacks do half damage to Fire, Water, Ice, Steel.
Attacks on Ice do half damage from Ice.
Fighting
Fighting is Good against
NormalIceRockDarkSteel
Fighting is Weak to
FlyingPsychicFairy
Fighting attacks do half damage to Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Fairy; no damage to Ghost.
Attacks on Fighting do half damage from Bug, Rock, Dark.
Poison
Poison is Good against
GrassFairy
Poison is Weak to
GroundPsychic
Poison attacks do half damage to Poison, Ground, Rock, Ghost; no damage to Steel.
Attacks on Poison do half damage from Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug, Fairy.
Ground
Ground is Good against
FireElectricPoisonRockSteel
Ground is Weak to
WaterGrassIce
Ground attacks do half damage to Grass, Bug; no damage to Flying.
Attacks on Ground do half damage from Poison, Rock; no damage from Electric.
Flying
Flying is Good against
GrassFightingBug
Flying is Weak to
ElectricIceRock
Flying attacks do half damage to Electric, Rock, Steel.
Attacks on Flying do half damage from Grass, Fighting, Bug; no damage from Ground.
Psychic
Psychic is Good against
FightingPoison
Psychic is Weak to
BugGhostDark
Psychic attacks do half damage to Psychic, Steel; no damage to Dark.
Attacks on Psychic do half damage from Fighting, Psychic.
Bug
Bug is Good against
GrassPsychicDark
Bug is Weak to
FireFlyingRock
Bug attacks do half damage to Fire, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Ghost, Steel, Fairy.
Attacks on Bug do half damage from Grass, Fighting, Ground.
Rock
Rock is Good against
FireIceFlyingBug
Rock is Weak to
WaterGrassFightingGroundSteel
Rock attacks do half damage to Fighting, Ground, Steel.
Attacks on Rock do half damage from Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying.
Ghost
Ghost is Good against
PsychicGhost
Ghost is Weak to
GhostDark
Ghost attacks do half damage to Dark; no damage to Normal.
Attacks on Ghost do half damage from Poison, Bug; no damage from Normal, Fighting.
Dragon
Dragon is Good against
Dragon
Dragon is Weak to
IceDragonFairy
Dragon attacks do half damage to Steel; no damage to Fairy.
Attacks on Dragon do half damage from Fire, Water, Electric, Grass.
Dark
Dark is Good against
PsychicGhost
Dark is Weak to
FightingBugFairy
Dark attacks do half damage to Fighting, Dark, Fairy.
Attacks on Dark do half damage from Ghost, Dark; no damage from Psychic.
Steel
Steel is Good against
IceRockFairy
Steel is Weak to
FireFightingGround
Steel attacks do half damage to Fire, Water, Electric, Steel.
Attacks on Steel do half damage from Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Dragon, Steel, Fairy; no damage from Poison.
Fairy
Fairy is Good against
FightingDragonDark
Fairy is Weak to
PoisonSteel
Fairy attacks do half damage to Fire, Poison, Steel.
Attacks on Fairy do half damage from Fighting, Bug, Dark; no damage from Dragon.

Lucian’s Mr. Mime is Psychic/Fairy here. Dragon moves don’t touch it, Fighting moves do a quarter, and Poison, Ghost and Steel hit it 2×. Every older chart, Diamond & Pearl’s included, is on the type chart hub.

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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl type calculator

Search any Pokémon you can get in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, or a type. Works for dual types too. Abilities are ignored, except Levitate.

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Garchomp
#445GarchompDragonGround
Super effective on Garchomp

Use these attack types. They do double damage (2×) or more to Garchomp, strongest first.

4×Ice2×DragonFairy
GOOD COUNTERSThe strongest Pokémon you can have by the time you meet Garchomp. The badge is the attack type to use.
AbomasnowIce4×Evolve · Snover Lv 40ClefableFairy2×Evolve · Clefairy + Moon StoneMr. MimeFairy2×Evolve · Mime Jr., level up knowing MimicAzumarillFairy2×Evolve · Marill Lv 18
Not very effective on Garchomp

These do half damage (½×) or less to Garchomp, so pick something else. 0× means no damage at all.

0×Electric½×FirePoisonRock
Garchomp’s moves hit these 2×

Keep Pokémon of these types out of this fight.

FireElectricPoisonRockDragonSteel
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Every type in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Open a type to see its Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

NormalSnorlaxBlisseyLickilicky72 PokémonHITS 2×NothingWEAK TOFightingFireInfernapeRapidashHoundoom33 PokémonHITS 2×GrassIceBugSteelWEAK TOWaterGroundRockWaterGyaradosMiloticEmpoleon90 PokémonHITS 2×FireGroundRockWEAK TOElectricGrassElectricElectivireLuxrayRaichu28 PokémonHITS 2×WaterFlyingWEAK TOGroundGrassTorterraRoseradeAbomasnow54 PokémonHITS 2×WaterGroundRockWEAK TOFireIcePoisonFlyingBugIceMamoswineAbomasnowLapras22 PokémonHITS 2×GrassGroundFlyingDragonWEAK TOFireFightingRockSteelFightingInfernapeLucarioGallade25 PokémonHITS 2×NormalIceRockDarkSteelWEAK TOFlyingPsychicFairyPoisonCrobatTentacruelRoserade50 PokémonHITS 2×GrassFairyWEAK TOGroundPsychicGroundGarchompMamoswineTorterra47 PokémonHITS 2×FireElectricPoisonRockSteelWEAK TOWaterGrassIceFlyingTogekissGyaradosCrobat64 PokémonHITS 2×GrassFightingBugWEAK TOElectricIceRockPsychicGardevoirGalladeAlakazam49 PokémonHITS 2×FightingPoisonWEAK TOBugGhostDarkBugPinsirScizorHeracross45 PokémonHITS 2×GrassPsychicDarkWEAK TOFireFlyingRockRockGolemRampardosBastiodon37 PokémonHITS 2×FireIceFlyingBugWEAK TOWaterGrassFightingGroundSteelGhostGengarDrifblimMismagius18 PokémonHITS 2×PsychicGhostWEAK TOGhostDarkDragonGarchompAltariaDragonite19 PokémonHITS 2×DragonWEAK TOIceDragonFairyDarkHonchkrowHoundoomDrapion23 PokémonHITS 2×PsychicGhostWEAK TOFightingBugFairySteelEmpoleonLucarioSteelix24 PokémonHITS 2×IceRockFairyWEAK TOFireFightingGroundFairyTogekissGardevoirClefable20 PokémonHITS 2×FightingDragonDarkWEAK TOPoisonSteel
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Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl team weakness calculator

Add your Pokémon to see what your team is weak to, how it grades over the whole game, and who to send against each boss. Every matchup uses that boss’s real Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl team, with Levitate’s Ground immunity counted.

Most useful attack types across the storyFirein 4 fightsWaterin 4 fightsGrassin 4 fights

Build your team

Add up to 6 Pokémon. You get a grade, and every boss below shows who on your team to send.

GYM 1OREBURGH CITYRoarkRockAce Cranidos · Lv 14
RoarkCoal Badge
BRINGWaterGrassFightingGround
AVOIDElectricFireFlyingBug
THEIR TEAM
GeodudeLv 12OnixLv 12CranidosLv 14
GYM 2ETERNA CITYGardeniaGrassAce Roserade · Lv 22
GardeniaForest Badge
BRINGFireIceFlyingPoison
AVOIDWaterGroundRock
THEIR TEAM
CherubiLv 19TurtwigLv 19RoseradeLv 22
GYM 3VEILSTONE CITYMayleneFightingAce Lucario · Lv 30
MayleneCobble Badge
BRINGFlyingFairy
AVOIDRockDarkNormalIce
THEIR TEAM
MedititeLv 27MachokeLv 27LucarioLv 30
GYM 4PASTORIA CITYCrasher WakeWaterAce Floatzel · Lv 30
Crasher WakeFen Badge
BRINGElectricGrass
AVOIDFireGroundRock
THEIR TEAM
GyaradosLv 27QuagsireLv 27FloatzelLv 30
GYM 5HEARTHOME CITYFantinaGhostAce Mismagius · Lv 36
FantinaRelic Badge
BRINGGhostDark
AVOIDNormalFightingPsychicGrass
THEIR TEAM
DrifblimLv 32GengarLv 34MismagiusLv 36
GYM 6CANALAVE CITYByronSteelAce Bastiodon · Lv 39
ByronMine Badge
BRINGFighting4×Ground4×WaterFire
AVOIDPoisonRockFairyIce
THEIR TEAM
BronzorLv 36SteelixLv 36BastiodonLv 39
GYM 7SNOWPOINT CITYCandiceIceAce Abomasnow · Lv 42
CandiceIcicle Badge
BRINGFire4×FightingFlyingBug
AVOIDGrassGroundDragon
THEIR TEAM
SnoverLv 38SneaselLv 38MedichamLv 40AbomasnowLv 42
GYM 8SUNYSHORE CITYVolknerElectricAce Luxray · Lv 49
VolknerBeacon Badge
BRINGGround
THEIR TEAM
RaichuLv 46AmbipomLv 47OctilleryLv 47LuxrayLv 49
ELITE FOUR1AaronBugAce Drapion · Lv 57
Aaron
BRINGFlyingFireRock
AVOIDGrassPsychicDark
THEIR TEAM
DustoxLv 53BeautiflyLv 53VespiquenLv 54HeracrossLv 54DrapionLv 57
ELITE FOUR2BerthaGroundAce Hippowdon · Lv 59
Bertha
BRINGGrassWater
AVOIDElectricFirePoisonRock
THEIR TEAM
QuagsireLv 55SudowoodoLv 56GolemLv 56WhiscashLv 55HippowdonLv 59
ELITE FOUR3FlintFireAce Infernape · Lv 61
Flint
BRINGWaterGround
AVOIDBugGrassSteelIce
THEIR TEAM
RapidashLv 58SteelixLv 57DrifblimLv 58LopunnyLv 57InfernapeLv 61
ELITE FOUR4LucianPsychicAce Bronzong · Lv 63
Lucian
BRINGGhostDark
AVOIDFightingPoison
THEIR TEAM
Mr. MimeLv 59GirafarigLv 59MedichamLv 60AlakazamLv 60BronzongLv 63
CHAMPIONPOKÉMON LEAGUECynthiaAce Garchomp · Lv 66
Cynthia
BRINGIceFairyGrass
AVOIDRock
THEIR TEAM
SpiritombLv 61RoseradeLv 60GastrodonLv 60LucarioLv 63MiloticLv 63GarchompLv 66

Graded on the Gen 8 chart. Levitate is the only ability counted. Ace levels are from the first battle.

Gen 8 type rules

How types work differently in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Read this part before you plan around Sinnoh’s old matchups: the move split, the two Steel cells that changed since Diamond & Pearl, and the abilities that cancel a type.

Where each attack gets its power

Physical and special still sit on each move rather than on its type, as they did in Diamond & Pearl. Infernape can use both kinds; Roserade wants only one.

InfernapeInfernape104 ATK · 104 SP. ATKInfernape has 104 Attack and 104 Sp. Atk, so either side works. Close Combat, learned as it evolves, and Monferno’s Mach Punch are physical, while Focus Blast by TM is special. Chimchar from Lake Verity reaches Monferno at 14 and Infernape at 36.RoseradeRoserade70 ATK · 125 SP. ATKRoserade’s 125 Sp. Atk dwarfs its 70 Attack, so Petal Dance and Giga Drain are the attacks to use, plus Energy Ball by TM. Budew lives on Route 204 and in Eterna Forest; it becomes Roselia with high friendship by day, and a Shiny Stone does the rest.

Different on the Gen 2–5 chart

MATCHUPGEN 2–5BRILLIANT DIAMOND & SHINING PEARLGhostSteel½×1×DarkSteel½×1×

On this chart, Ghost and Dark hit Byron’s Bronzor and Lucian’s Bronzong 2×; the DS games held both to normal damage. Cynthia’s Lucario still resists Dark, but only by half now.

ABILITIES THAT CHANGE MATCHUPS
Flash FireImmune to Fire moves, and its own Fire attacks get 50% stronger once one hits it.VulpixNinetalesGrowlitheArcaninePonytaRapidashFlareonHoundourHoundoomHeatran
LevitateImmune to Ground moves, Earthquake included.GastlyHaunterKoffingWeezingMisdreavusUnownVibravaFlygonLunatoneSolrockBaltoyClaydolDuskullChimechoLatiasLatiosMismagiusChinglingBronzorBronzongCarnivineRotomUxieMespritAzelfCresselia
Volt AbsorbElectric moves heal it instead of dealing damage.JolteonChinchouLanturn
Water AbsorbWater moves restore its HP instead of hurting it.PoliwagPoliwhirlPoliwrathLaprasVaporeonPolitoedWooperQuagsireMantineMantyke
Thick FatHalves damage taken from Fire and Ice moves.SeelDewgongSnorlaxMarillAzumarillMiltankMakuhitaHariyamaAzurillSpoinkGrumpigSphealSealeoWalreinPuruglyMunchlax
Motor DriveElectric moves raise its Speed instead of dealing damage.Electivire
Dry SkinWater moves heal it; Fire moves deal 25% more damage to it.ParasParasectCroagunkToxicroak
HeatproofHalves damage taken from Fire moves.BronzorBronzong
Lightning RodDraws in Electric moves and is immune to them, raising its Sp. Atk.CuboneMarowakRhyhornRhydonElectrikeManectricRhyperior
Storm DrainDraws in Water moves and is immune to them, raising its Sp. Atk.ShellosGastrodonFinneonLumineon

Nothing you catch during the story has a hidden ability, which is why Pachirisu’s Volt Absorb is missing from the cards and there’s no Sap Sipper card at all. Hidden abilities come later, from Poké Radar patches and the Battle Park’s Ability Patch.

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