Types of Pokemon in Soul Silver

Normal and Fighting types

• Normal-type Pokemon are common and are especially weak against Fighting-type Attacks. They have no effect on Ghost-types and vice versa. Fighting-types are rare and are super effective when attacking Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark and Steel-types. They are vulnerable against Flying and Psychic-types and are not very effective against Poison and Grass-types.

Water and Ice types

• Water-type Pokemon are very common and are super-effective against Fire, Ground and Rock-types. They are weak against Electric and Grass-type attacks and are ineffective against Dragon and other Water-types. Ice-type Pokemon are strong against Grass, Ground, Flying and Dragon-types, but vulnerable against Fire, Fighting, Rock and Steel types.

Electric and Steel types

• Electric-type Pokemon are strong against Water and Flying-types. Their biggest weakness is against Ground-type Pokemon. Steel-type Pokemon are relatively rare. They are best against Ice and Rock-types but can resist attacks from most Pokemon. They are completely immune to Poison attacks. They are only vulnerable to Fire, Fighting and Ground-types.

Rock and Ground

• Rock-type Pokemon are effective against Fire, Ice, Flying and Bug-type Pokemon. They are resistant to attacks from Normal, Fire, Poison and Flying-types. They are very weak against Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground and Steel-types. Ground-type Pokemon are super effective against Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock and Steel types. They have no effect on Flying-types and are weak against Water, Grass and Ice.

Grass and Bug

• Grass-type Pokemon are strong against Water, Ground and Rock-types but have little impact on a lot of other types. They are very weak against Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying and Bug-types. Bug-type Pokemon are super effective against Grass, Psychic and Dark-type Pokemon, but weak against Fire, Flying and Rock-types. They are ineffective against Fire, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Ghost and Steel-types.

Poison and Psychic

• Poison-types have the ability to poison other Pokemon, so that they lose some health points every turn until they use an Antidote. Poison-types are strong against Grass, but have no effect Steel-types and are weak to attacks from Ground and Psychic-type Pokemon. Team Rocket, the adversaries in "SoulSilver," use a lot of Poison-type Pokemon. Psychics are strong against Poison and Fighting but have no effect on Dark-types. They are vulnerable to attacks from Bug, Ghost and Dark-types.

Fire and Flying

• Fire-type Pokemon are quite common in "SoulSilver" and are very effective when fighting against Grass, Ice, Bug and Steel-types. They are weak against Water, Ground and Rock types, and not very effective against Dragons and other Fire-types. Flying-type Pokemon, which are also very common, cannot be harmed by Ground-type Pokemon and are very effective when attacking Grass, Fighting and Bug-types. They are weak against Electric, Ice, Rock and Steel types.

Ghost, Dragon and Dark types

• Only a few of these Pokemon types appear in the game. Ghost-types have no effect on Normal types but in turn cannot be affected by them. They are effective against Psychic and other Ghosts but weak against Dark-types. Dragon-types are strong against other Dragon-types but weak against Ice and ineffective against Steel. Dark-types are effective against Psychic and Ghost-types, but weak against Fighting and Bug-types. Psychic-types have no effect on Dark-type Pokemon.