TYPE DEX
Grass type – strengths, weaknesses & best counters
The Grass type hits 3 types for double damage: Water, Ground, Rock. Defensively it has 5 weaknesses (Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug). The anti-Water specialist: Water/Ground walls like Swampert take 4× — in return Grass suffers from seven resistances.
Grass moves against …
Grass Pokémon on defense
What is super effective against Grass?
Exeggutor takes ×4 damage. Exeggutor is Grass, Psychic — the weaknesses of both types multiply. That's exactly why Bug is the answer whenever Exeggutor hits the field.
Super effective against Grass: Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug. The most famous victim: Exeggutor (Grass, Psychic) takes a massive ×4 damage from Bug moves thanks to its dual typing — one hit is often enough.
Grass has 5 weaknesses: Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug. Resisted instead: Water, Electric, Grass, Ground. If you play Grass defensively, plan around exactly these matchups.
7 types resist Grass moves: Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, Steel. Nobody is immune — Grass always hits at least neutrally. You really hurt Water, Ground, Rock.
132 Pokémon carry the Grass type — pure, in combination or via a form (Gen 9, incl. Mega Evolutions and regional forms). The full filterable list lives in the Pokédex: toggle the Grass filter at the top and you'll see every species with stats, locations and movesets.
Offensively weak — Grass shines on defense or with utility instead. The math: 3 types are hit ×2 (Water, Ground, Rock), 7 resist it (Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, Steel) and 0 are immune (). The rating comes straight from the type chart — test the matchups live in the Versus calc.