Fighting (type): Difference between revisions

Types

Normal

Fire

Fighting

Water

Flying

Grass

Poison

Electric

Ground

Psychic

Rock

Ice

Bug

Dragon

Ghost

Dark

Steel

Fairy

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The Fighting type (Japanese: かくとうタイプ Fighting type) is one of the eighteen types. Notable Trainers who specialize in Fighting-type Pokémon are Bruno of the Indigo Plateau Elite Four, Chuck of Cianwood City, Brawly of Dewford Town, Maylene of Veilstone City, Marshal of the Unova Elite Four, and Korrina of Shalour City. The Fighting Dojo of Saffron City is also home to several Trainers of Fighting-type Pokémon, although it is no longer an official Gym. Prior to changes in Generation IV, all damaging Fighting-type moves were physical, but they may now also be special depending on the attack.

Statistical averages

Overall

Fully evolved

Battle properties

Generation I

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×			0×	None

Generations II to V

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×			0×	None

Generation VI onwards

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×			0×	None

Characteristics

Defense

Defensively, the Fighting type has its pros and cons. Fighting-type Pokémon have key resistances to Dark and Rock, but their weaknesses are to the common Flying and Psychic types, as well as the Fairy type in Generation VI. It is also highly likely for a Fighting-type to fall to strong super-effective attacks in one turn due to their typically mediocre Defense and Special Defense stats.

Fighting types that have secondary Psychic, Steel or Dark typing also have the advantage of having their Psychic weakness nullified, but as of Generation VI the latter has a disadvantage of having a double weakness to Fairy-type moves. Fighting types that have secondary Fire, Steel, or Poison typing also have the advantage of having their Fairy weakness nullified, but the latter similarly has a double weakness to Psychic-type moves.

Offense

Offensively, the Fighting type is one of the most powerful and commonly used types. It hits five different types for super-effective damage, more than any other type except for the Ground-type, with which it ties. It is super effective against the Rock and Steel types, which generally have high Defense, and is the only type that deals super-effective damage against Normal. It is super effective against Ice types, a type frequently utilised for offence but with notoriously bad defence. It is also one of only three types that are super effective against Dark.

In contrast to Psychic types, most Fighting types are physical attackers due to their typically high Attack. Contrary to Psychic-type moves, Fighting-type moves that were introduced before Generation IV are physical moves (with the exception of a Fighting-type Hidden Power). However, there were very few powerful Fighting-type moves that Fighting types could learn prior to Generation IV.

Most Fighting-type Pokémon can learn Rock-type moves to counter Bug-type and Flying-type resistances to Fighting-type moves, although Flying types have markedly higher average Speed and there are no priority Rock-type moves, which can result in defensive issues. Ghost types are immune to Fighting-type attacks without the aid of Foresight, Odor Sleuth or the Ability Scrappy. Owing to this, the Fighting type does well offensively in tangent with Ghost type attacks, and such a combination will provide at least neutral damage to all type combinations bar Normal/Ghost, which no Pokémon can currently possess unless under the effects of Trick-or-Treat. Offensively some Dark-type moves also provide good coverage, but Fairy-type Pokémon resist both Dark and Fighting. Despite this, many Fighting types can also learn Poison type moves (particularly Poison Jab) to help counter Fairy-type Pokémon.

Contest properties

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

Pokémon

As of Generation VI, there are 47 Fighting-type Pokémon, or 6.5% of all Pokémon (counting forms and Mega Evolutions that change typing as different Pokémon), making it the 7th rarest type.

Pure Fighting-type Pokémon

# Name 056 Mankey 057 Primeape 066 Machop 067 Machoke 068 Machamp 106 Hitmonlee 107 Hitmonchan 236 Tyrogue 237 Hitmontop 296 Makuhita 297 Hariyama 447 Riolu 532 Timburr 533 Gurdurr 534 Conkeldurr 538 Throh 539 Sawk 619 Mienfoo 620 Mienshao 674 Pancham

Pokéstar Studios opponents

# Name N/A Black Belt

Half Fighting-type Pokémon

Primary Fighting-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 308 Mega Medicham Fighting Psychic 448 Lucario Fighting Steel 448 Mega Lucario Fighting Steel 675 Pangoro Fighting Dark 701 Hawlucha Fighting Flying

Secondary Fighting-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 150 Mega Mewtwo X Psychic Fighting 214 Heracross Bug Fighting 214 Mega Heracross Bug Fighting 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 257 Mega Blaziken Fire Fighting 286 Breloom Grass Fighting 391 Monferno Fire Fighting 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 428 Mega Lopunny Normal Fighting 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 475 Mega Gallade Psychic Fighting 499 Pignite Fire Fighting 500 Emboar Fire Fighting 559 Scraggy Dark Fighting 560 Scrafty Dark Fighting 638 Cobalion Steel Fighting 639 Terrakion Rock Fighting 640 Virizion Grass Fighting 647 Keldeo Water Fighting Water Fighting 648 Meloetta* Normal Fighting 652 Chesnaught Grass Fighting

Moves

Abilities

Interacting with the Fighting type

A Pokémon with Color Change, Protean, Imposter, or Multitype 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, or is holding a Fist Plate.

Exclusive Abilities

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

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 VI introduced the fewest, with three.
• All Fighting-type moves that do damage only target one foe, and all physical Fighting-type moves make contact.
• There has been one Elite Four member or Gym Leader specializing in Fighting-type Pokémon in every generation.
• 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 Pokémon Stadium series and the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, and brown in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
• 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-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.
  • 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.

In other languages

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