Pokémon Red & Blue Type Chart
Red & Blue use the 15-type Gen 1 chart, where one Special stat covers both attacking and defending. Psychic is the type to respect here. Its only weakness is Bug, and Bug moves in this game top out at 25 power.
The Red & Blue type chart
In the full chart, rows attack and columns defend: tap any cell to read the matchup in plain words.
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.
Ground moves pass straight through Flying types, so Earthquake and Dig do nothing to Pidgeot or Zapdos. Every era is lined up on the type chart hub.
Red & Blue type calculator
Search any Pokémon you can get in Red & Blue, or a type. Works for dual types too.
Water
FlyingUse these attack types. They do double damage (2×) or more to Gyarados, strongest first.
These do half damage (½×) or less to Gyarados, so pick something else. 0× means no damage at all.
Every type in Red & Blue
Open a type to see its Pokémon in Red & Blue.
Normal
24 PokémonHITS 2×NothingWEAK TO
Fire
12 PokémonHITS 2×
WEAK TO
Water
32 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TO
Electric
9 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOGrass
14 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TO
Ice
5 PokémonHITS 2×
WEAK TOFighting
8 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TO
Poison
33 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOGround
14 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOFlying
19 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOPsychic
13 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOBug
12 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TORock
11 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TO
Ghost3 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TODragon3 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TORed & Blue 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 Red & Blue team.
Build your team
Add up to 6 Pokémon. You get a grade, and every boss below shows who on your team to send.
RockAce Onix · Lv 14
Water4×Grass4×IceFightingGroundElectricFirePoisonFlying
Lv 12
Lv 14WaterAce Starmie · Lv 21
ElectricGrassFireGroundRock
Lv 18Lv 21ElectricAce Raichu · Lv 24
GroundFlyingWater
Lv 21
Lv 18Lv 24GrassAce Vileplume · Lv 29
Bug4×FireIceFlyingPsychicWaterGroundRockGrassLv 29
Lv 24
Lv 29PoisonAce Weezing · Lv 43
GroundPsychicBugGrass
Lv 37
Lv 39Lv 37
Lv 43PsychicAce Alakazam · Lv 43
BugPoisonFightingGhost
Lv 38
Lv 37Lv 38
Lv 43FireAce Arcanine · Lv 47
WaterGroundRockGrassBugIce
Lv 42
Lv 40
Lv 42Lv 47GroundAce Rhydon · Lv 50
Water4×IceGroundGrass4×FightingPsychicBugElectricPoisonRockFire
Lv 45
Lv 42Lv 44
Lv 45Lv 50IceAce Lapras · Lv 56
ElectricGrassRockFightingBugGroundFireFlyingDragonLv 54Lv 53
Lv 54
Lv 56Lv 56FightingAce Machamp · Lv 58
FlyingPsychicWaterGrassFightingGroundRockIceNormalLv 53
Lv 55
Lv 55Lv 56Lv 58GhostAce Gengar · Lv 60
PsychicGroundGhostGrassBugFightingNormalLv 56
Lv 56
Lv 55
Lv 58Lv 60DragonAce Dragonite · Lv 62
Ice4×RockElectricGrassGroundBugFightingLv 58
Lv 56Lv 56Lv 60Lv 62
IceGrassElectricWaterBugGroundRock
Lv 61Lv 59Lv 61Lv 61Lv 63
Lv 65Graded on the Gen 1 chart. Ace levels are from the first battle. The Champion’s team depends on the starter you picked.
How types work differently in Red & Blue
Gen 1 plays by a few rules that later games dropped, and they change which Pokémon are worth training.
The type decides physical or special
Until Diamond & Pearl, every move of a type uses the same attacking stat. Check which side a Pokémon’s own type lands on before you teach it anything.
Flareon130 ATK · 110 SPECIALFlareon pairs 130 Attack with 110 Special, but Flamethrower only uses the Special. That big Attack stat goes to Normal moves like Quick Attack and Body Slam.Tentacruel70 ATK · 120 SPECIALTentacruel’s 120 Special is wasted on Acid and Poison Sting, which are physical in Gen 1 and use its 70 Attack. Surf and Ice Beam hit far harder.What changed in Gold & Silver
GhostPsychic0×2×BugPoison2×½×PoisonBug2×1×IceFire1×½×Ghost into Psychic is the change that mattered most. Gengar’s Lick does nothing to Alakazam in Red & Blue, and the same hit does 2× from Gold & Silver on. Those games also bring in two new types, Dark and Steel.