Fighting (type)

The **Fighting type** is one of the twenty types. Notable Trainers who specialize in Fighting-type Pokémon are Yajur of the Indarat Elite Four.

## Battle properties

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## Characteristics

### Defense

While the Fighting type has three different weaknesses, Fighting-type Pokémon with a secondary Steel typing have the advantage of having those three weakness neutralized, leaving them only with Steel's weaknesses.

### Offense

The Fighting type hits five different types for super-effective damage, the most for any type, tied by only the Ground type. It is the only type that deals super effective damage against Normal. Ghost's immunity to Fighting can be nullified by Foresight or Odor Sleuth.

Most Fighting-type Pokémon can learn Rock moves to check Bug and Flying. Additionally, many Fighting types can also learn Poison type moves to deal with Fairy types. The combination of Fighting and Ghost is even better, dealing at least neutral damage to all type combinations bar Normal/Ghost, which has not materialized (unless Trick-or-Treat is considered).

On average, Fighting-type Pokémon have the highest physical Template:Stat of all types.

### Contest properties

In Contests, Fighting-type moves are typically Cool or Tough moves. None of them are considered Cute.

## Pokémon

As of Generation VII, there are 57 Fighting-type Pokémon or 7.0% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Fighting-type in at least one of their forms, including Mega Evolutions), making it the 8th rarest type.

## Abilities

### Interacting with the Fighting type

A Pokémon with Template:A, Template:A, Template:A, Template:A, or Template:A will become a Fighting-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Fighting-type move, uses a Fighting-type move, is sent out against a Fighting-type opponent, is holding a Fighting Memory, or is holding a Fist Plate or Fightinium Z.

### Exclusive Abilities

Currently, no Abilities are exclusive to Fighting types. This does not include signature Abilities.

## In the TCG

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Due to the decreased amount of types in the TCG, Fighting generally adopts all Rock- and Ground Pokémon under its typing.

Fighting-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to Template:TCG with no resistances. Fighting-type Pokémon are strong against Template:TCG, Template:TCG and Template:TCG Pokémon, whilst some Template:TCG and Template:TCG Pokémon can resist the Fighting type.

## Trivia

* Generation V introduced the most Fighting-type Pokémon of any Generation, with 16, and Generation II introduced the fewest, with three.
* Generation I introduced the most Fighting-type moves of any Generation, with nine, and Generation VII introduced the fewest, with only one: All-Out Pummeling.
* All Fighting-type moves that do damage only target one foe, and all physical Fighting-type moves make contact.
* Fighting was the last type to receive a Pokémon with Flying as the other type, only receiving one with Hawlucha in Generation VI.
* Every region has a Fighting-type specialist.
* Color representations for the Fighting type have generally been inconsistent in various Pokémon media. While the Fighting type has been associated with the color red in the main Pokémon games since Generation III, it is associated with orange in the Template:G and the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, and brown in the Template:G.
* Fighting is the most common secondary type for evolutions of starter Pokémon, with four starter lines being paired with it, three of them being Fire.
* The Fighting type could be considered a physical counterpart to the Psychic type:
	+ The highest average stat among all Fighting types is Template:Stat, while for Psychic types it is Template:Stat.
	+ While the Fighting type is the only formerly physical type to not have any old moves changed into special moves, the Psychic type is the only formerly special type to not have any old moves changed into physical moves.
	+ Counter and Mirror Coat, moves countering physical and special attacks are, respectively, Fighting- and Psychic-type moves.
	+ Bulk Up and Calm Mind, moves raising physical and special stats are, respectively, Fighting- and Psychic-type moves.
* The Fighting and Bug types are the only two separate types that are not very effective against each other.

## In other languages

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it:Lotta
ja:かくとう
zh:格斗（属性）