Normal Type Weakness Explained: Poke Pro Tips

By Devin KellyApr 13, 2022Updated:Aug 21, 2022

Some players may think Normal-type Pokemon are rather boring amongst the crowd of Dragon and Fire types.

With that being said, there are plenty of fantastic, competitively viable Normal types out there, so you need to understand every Normal type weakness and strength if you want to be a Pokemon master.

For the Lazy

I’ve thrown together a quick-reference chart for Normal-type Pokemon down at the bottom for those that don’t feel like reading. So if you just need a quick reference, scroll on down.

Normal-Type Pokemon Weakness (Defense)

Normal type Pokemon are actually pretty interesting because they only have one defensive weakness, and that is fighting. Fighting-type moves will do double damage to Normal-type Pokemon.

Fighting

There aren’t very many Normal / Psychic or Normal / Bug-type Pokemon to even out this disadvantage, so you’ll want to avoid fighting a Fighting-type Pokemon with your Normal Pokemon.

Normal-Type Pokemon Weakness (Offense)

It’s pretty easy to remember the offensive weaknesses of Normal-type Pokemon since there are only about three. The following types will only take half damage from a Normal-type attack: