Pokémon Yellow Type Chart
Pokémon Yellow runs on the 15-type Gen 1 chart, and that makes the first gym awkward: Electric does nothing to Brock’s Geodude or Onix, so Pikachu sits that fight out.
The Yellow 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.
Bug moves hit Poison types 2× here, so Leech Life does double damage to Koga’s Venonat. For other eras, see the type chart hub.
Yellow type calculator
Search any Pokémon you can get in Yellow, or a type. Works for dual types too.
ElectricUse these attack types. They do double damage (2×) or more to Pikachu, strongest first.
Ground
These do half damage (½×) or less to Pikachu, so pick something else.
Every type in Yellow
Open a type to see its Pokémon in Yellow.
Normal
22 PokémonHITS 2×NothingWEAK TO
Fire
11 PokémonHITS 2×
WEAK TO
Water
32 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOElectric
7 PokémonHITS 2×
WEAK TOGrass
14 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TO
Ice
4 PokémonHITS 2×
WEAK TOFighting
8 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TO
Poison
26 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOGround
14 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOFlying
19 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOPsychic
12 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOBug
9 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TORock
11 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TO
Ghost3 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TODragon3 PokémonHITS 2×WEAK TOYellow 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 Yellow 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 12
Water4×Grass4×IceFightingGroundElectricFirePoisonFlying
Lv 10
Lv 12WaterAce Starmie · Lv 21
ElectricGrassFireGroundRock
Lv 18Lv 21ElectricAce Raichu · Lv 28
GroundFlyingWater
Lv 28GrassAce Gloom · Lv 32
Bug4×FireIceFlyingPsychicWaterGroundRockGrass
Lv 30
Lv 32
Lv 32PoisonAce Venomoth · Lv 50
FireFlyingPsychicBugRockGrassPoison
Lv 44Lv 46Lv 48Lv 50PsychicAce Alakazam · Lv 50
BugFightingGhostPoison
Lv 50
Lv 50
Lv 50FireAce Arcanine · Lv 54
WaterGroundRockGrassBugIce
Lv 48
Lv 50Lv 54GroundAce Rhydon · Lv 55
Water4×IceGroundGrassFightingPsychicBugElectricPoisonRockFire
Lv 50
Lv 53Lv 53
Lv 55Lv 55IceAce 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
GroundBugWaterGrassIceRock
Lv 61Lv 59Lv 61Lv 61Lv 63Lv 65Graded on the Gen 1 chart. Ace levels are from the first battle. The Champion’s team depends on what your rival’s Eevee evolved into.
How types work differently in Yellow
A few Gen 1 rules work against what newer games taught you.
The type decides physical or special
In Yellow a move’s type picks the stat it uses, so a Pokémon’s best attacking stat only matters for moves on its side of the split.
Pikachu55 ATK · 50 SPECIALPikachu’s 50 Special is all ThunderShock and Thunderbolt have to work with, and it stays a Pikachu all game because it refuses the Thunder Stone.Gengar65 ATK · 130 SPECIALLick is a physical move in Yellow, so it uses Gengar’s 65 Attack rather than its 130 Special. Teach it Psychic or Thunderbolt instead.What Gold & Silver changed
GhostPsychic0×2×BugPoison2×½×PoisonBug2×1×IceFire1×½×Fire types picked up a resistance. Ice moves do normal damage to them in Yellow and half damage once Gold & Silver arrive.