Types (elements)

Types are properties applied to Pokémon, Creatures, Mobs, Arks, and Other Creatures and their moves, which affect the power of moves in battles. As of 2023, there are 35 types, with 34 regular types and the special Stellar type. The First types were introduced in 1989 which were Fire, Flying, Grass, Water, Electric, Ice, Normal, Bug, and Rock, most of the types were introduced during Generation I, but the Dark and Steel types were introduced in Generation II, the Fairy type was introduced in Generation VI, and the Stellar type was introduced in Generation IX.
== Summary ==
A Creature may have either one or two types. For instance, Charmander is a Fire type, while Bulbasaur is both a Grass type and a Poison type. Creatures with two types are known as dual-type Creature. With this system and there currently being 18 types, there is a total of 324 possible ways to assign types to Creatures, with 171 unique combinations, 162 of which have been used as of Generation IX. Similarly to Pokémon, Pokéstar Studios opponents also have types.
All moves have exactly one type each. The type of a damaging move typically determines which types of Pokémon it is super effective against, which types of Pokémon it is not very effective against, and which types of Pokémon it is completely ineffective against (with very few exceptions). If the type of a move matches one of the types of the Pokémon using it, it gains a boost in power.
Most Gym Leaders, Elite Four members, Trial Captains, and island kahunas have a type-specific theme.
The Stellar type is a special case, as no Pokémon or moves naturally bear it. However, a Pokémon can Terastallize into the Stellar type, which can also change Tera Blast into the type as well.
== Icons and Color ==
In Generations I and II, the core series games just used the type's name, with the only icons being in Pokémon Stadium series games.
In Pokémon GO, icons were introduced to represent each of the types during gameplay. Very similar icons were later adopted into the core series, starting with Pokémon Sun and Moon and then following up with the subsequent core series games and Pokémon HOME.
Some unofficial icons associated with types appeared before. In Pokémon X and Y, a different set of type icons were used as decorations for the floor of Diantha's Champion room. In Pokémon Sun and Moon, each type was given a symbol placed on Z-Crystals.
== Unused Type Combos ==
== Unique Type Combos ==
== Trivia ==
* The only exception to the max dual typing is the manga-exclusive "Zapmolcuno" which is an Ice/Electric/Fire/Flying type (usually shortened to ???/Flying type).
* As of Generation IX, the only types that have been paired with every other type is Water, Flying, Psychic, Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Dark.
* Generation II, VI and IX to the list of types, Gen II adding Dark and Steel , Gen VI adding the Fairy type and IX introducing the Stellar type.
* Due to this, several Pokémon have been retyped to take advantage of the addition of new types. For example, the entire Magnemite line was retyped to Electric/Steel and many Pokémon that were previously Normal or mono-type Pokémon became Fairy type following its introduction.
** Coincidentally, all of these types have an immunity, with the Dark, Steel, and Fairy types being immune to the Psychic, Poison, and Dragon types respectively.
** The Dark type is currently the only one of the three types introduced after Generation I to not be given to an already introduced Pokémon to retype it.
* The only max single typing move is the move Flying Press which is a Fighting/Flying-type move.
* In Pokémon Masters, there are Unity Moves which can use three types if all Pokémon on the players side of the field have different typings.
* The type that has the most Pokémon classified into it is Water.
* According to Ken Sugimori, adding new types makes it tricky to maintain the battle balance. However, he also stated if Game Freak can figure out how to add types without disrupting the competitive meta, the staff are eager on creating new types.
* The only Pokemon without weaknesses is the Tynamo line because of their Levitate ability which makes them immune to Ground, Electric's only weakness.
* As of Generation IX, Poison/Flying type are dual types with the longest span to be unique type combos with Zubat and Golbat since Generation I.
* In Generation V, there were 3 unique type combos through not technically a Pokémon from Pokéstar Studios, such as F-00 who was Steel/Normal type, UFO 2 who was Psychic/Electric type, and Brycen-Man who was Dark/Psychic type.
== Relation with Types of others ==
Elements/Relation
== List of Creatures by Type ==
* Fire type creatures
* Water type creatures
* Grass type creatures
* Electric Type creatures
* Flying type creatures
* Poison type creatures
* Dragon type creatures
* Ghost type creatures
* Ground type creatures
* Steel type creatures
* Psychic type creatures
* Rock type creatures
* Normal type creatures
* Dark type creatures
* Fighting type creatures
* Fairy type creatures
* Ice type creatures
* Stellar type creatures
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