Psychic

Psychic Type

Psychic-type moves are strong against Fighting and Poison types, with high special attack potential.

Questions players ask about Psychic matchups

Players often ask why Psychic feels powerful into Poison and Fighting but suddenly stops working against one switch.

Why does Dark blank Psychic completely? Dark is an immunity in the base chart, not a resistance that stronger Psychic moves can overcome.
Why do Bug and Ghost moves matter so much against Psychic teams? Psychic defenders are weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark, so those attack categories pressure the same role from different directions.
Why can Steel stay in on Psychic attacks? Steel resists Psychic, which turns a clean offensive answer into a prediction problem.

The player-facing answer is to identify the opponent's immunity first, then identify the coverage move that punishes that switch.

Offensive Matchups

When using Psychic-type moves:

Defensive Matchups

When defending as a Psychic-type:

Weak To (2× damage):

Bug Ghost Dark

Resists (0.5× damage):

Fighting Psychic

Strategy Tips

Offensive Strategy

Use Psychic-type moves against Fighting, Poison types for maximum damage. Avoid using against Dark types as they are immune.

Defensive Strategy

Be cautious of Bug, Ghost, Dark type moves. Switch in against Fighting, Psychic type moves to take reduced damage.

Psychic Type Editorial Analysis

Offensive chart index

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A site-created comparison index: super-effective targets − resisted targets − 2 × immune targets. It is not an in-game stat or an official ranking.

Defensive chart index

A site-created comparison index: 2 × weaknesses − resistances − 2 × immunities. noticeable defensive burden describes this formula only; it is not an in-game stat or an official ranking.

Role Fit

Psychic pressures Fighting and Poison while resisting those same two attack types defensively.

Original TypeMatchup judgment

Use Psychic when Fighting control matters or when a special attacker needs a clean way to punish Poison. It needs protection from Bug, Ghost, and Dark pressure.

Team partners and coverage

Fairy and Fighting partners pressure Dark, Normal or Dark partners can manage Ghost, and Steel partners absorb Bug and many neutral hits.

Data check: Psychic attacks are resisted or blocked by Psychic, Steel, Dark. Candidate partner attack types that pressure at least one of those answers include Fire, Fighting, Ground, Bug, Ghost, Dark.

Best use case

Psychic is useful on offensive teams that want to punish Fighting cores and on balance teams that need a Poison answer without relying on Ground.

On defense, Psychic is threatened by Bug, Ghost, Dark. Teammate types that can resist or blank at least one of those threats include Normal, Fire, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Ghost.

Important exception

Dark immunity blocks Psychic attacks completely, so Psychic attackers need coverage, prediction, or a teammate ready to punish the obvious Dark switch.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Psychic type strong against?

Psychic type moves are super effective (2× damage) against Fighting, Poison types.

What is Psychic type weak against?

Psychic type is weak to (takes 2× damage from) Bug, Ghost, Dark type moves.

What types resist Psychic?

Psychic, Steel types resist Psychic type moves (take 0.5× damage).

What does Psychic type resist?

Psychic type resists (takes 0.5× damage from) Fighting, Psychic type moves.

Immunities

Psychic type moves have no effect on Dark types.

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