TYPE DEX
Psychic type – strengths, weaknesses & best counters
The Psychic type hits 2 types for double damage: Fighting, Poison. Defensively it has 3 weaknesses (Bug, Ghost, Dark). The Gen-1 god got tamed over the generations: Dark is immune, Ghost and Bug hit ×2.
Psychic moves against …
Psychic Pokémon on defense
What is super effective against Psychic?
Alakazam takes ×2 damage. Alakazam is a pure Psychic Pokémon — Dark moves hit it for ×2. That's exactly why Dark is the answer whenever Alakazam hits the field.
Super effective against Psychic: Bug, Ghost, Dark. The most famous victim: Alakazam (Psychic) takes ×2 damage from Dark moves — one hit is often enough.
Psychic has 3 weaknesses: Bug, Ghost, Dark. Resisted instead: Fighting, Psychic. If you play Psychic defensively, plan around exactly these matchups.
2 types resist Psychic moves: Psychic, Steel. Psychic moves do nothing at all against Dark — bring coverage for that matchup. You really hurt Fighting, Poison, though.
111 Pokémon carry the Psychic 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 Psychic filter at the top and you'll see every species with stats, locations and movesets.
Middle of the pack — Psychic is strong situationally, not a coverage king. The math: 2 types are hit ×2 (Fighting, Poison), 2 resist it (Psychic, Steel) and 1 are immune (Dark). The rating comes straight from the type chart — test the matchups live in the Versus calc.