Fighting (type)

The **Fighting type** is one of the eighteen types. Fighting-type moves are super-effective against Dark-, Ice-, Normal-, Rock- and Steel-type Pokémon, while Fighting-type Pokémon are weak to Flying-, Fairy- and Psychic-type moves.

## 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 weaknesses neutralized, leaving them only with Steel's weaknesses. Fighting-type Pokémon with a secondary Dark typing have their Psychic weakness completely immunized.

### 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 moves such as Foresight or Odor Sleuth, as well as the ability Scrappy.

Most Fighting-type Pokémon can learn Rock-type moves to check Bug-types and Flying-types. Additionally, many Fighting types can also learn Poison type moves to deal with Fairy types, as well as Dark and sometimes Ghost type moves to deal with Psychic-types and Ghost-types. Notably, the combination of Fighting and Ghost deals at least neutral damage to all type combinations bar Normal/Ghost.

Aside from Normal, the Fighting type pairs well with every type offensively, with each type combo being good with at least six different types.

On average, Fighting-type Pokémon have the highest physical Attack of all types.

## Pokémon

There are 1 Fighting-type Pokémon or 3.13% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Fighting-type in at least one of their forms, including Mega Evolutions and regional forms), making it the 8th rarest type after Ground and before Poison and Dark.

## Abilities

### Interacting with the Fighting type

A Pokémon with Protean or Libero will become a Fighting-type Pokémon if it uses a Fighting-type move. A Pokémon with Color Change, Imposter, RKS System or Multitype will become a Fighting-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with 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.

## Notable Fighting-type Trainers

*Main page: Category:Fighting-type Trainers*

## Trivia

* Fighting has been paired up with every other type, except Electric, Ground and Fairy-type, at least once.
	+ The Fighting type is the last type to receive a Pokémon with Flying as the other type, only receiving one with Hawlucha in Alola.
* Unova introduced the most Fighting-type Pokémon of any region, with 16 (including Meloetta's Pirouette Forme), and JohtoI introduced the fewest, with three.
* All Fighting-type moves that do damage only target one foe, and all physical Fighting-type moves make contact except for one, Meteor Assault.
* There is at least one Fighting-type specialist in every region but Unova.
* The Fighting type is the most common secondary type for evolutions of starter Pokémon, with four starter lines being paired with it, three of them being Fire-type.
* The Fighting type could be considered a physical counterpart to the Psychic type:
	+ The highest average stat among all Fighting types is Attack, while for Psychic types it is Special Attack.
	+ 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 resist each other.
* The Fighting type has the highest concentration of bipedal Pokémon (with or without tails, and with at least one pair of arms) of all types, with only 8 Pokémon of the 70 total that are any other body type.
* Aside from Normal, each type combination with the Fighting type is super effective against at least six different types.