#ICE TYPE WEAKNESSES FULL#

#ICE TYPE WEAKNESSES FULL#

This makes Ice the worst defensive typing in the game, even worse than Normal, which doesn't have any resistances but has a full immunity instead. Ice's set of resistances is also pitiful it only resists itself and has no immunities. An Ice-type taking super effective hits will lose a lot of health, since the attacks that hit it super effectively usually have high Base Power to boot. All of these bar the latter are offensively oriented types in general, where high-power moves are common, as are high attacking stats. It takes super effective damage from Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel.

On the defensive side, the Ice-type struggles a lot more. The odds of a random foe taking super effective damage from an Ice-type attack seems greater than the odds of the foe resisting it. Firing off an Ice-type attack deals decent damage in most situations, even when the opponent switches out and you don't know what will come in: Fire-types are usually not bulky enough to sponge an unknown attack as they switch in, there's a great chance that a Steel type would resist any other move you could have used instead anyway, and nobody switches in an Ice-type to counter an Ice-type. In general, Ice-type moves are a solid choice offensively. No types or abilities grant immunity to Ice-type attacks. Combinations of the types above are also relatively rare, meaning that few Pokémon carry a quadruple Ice resistance. The other Ice-resisting types are Fire, whose Ice resistance is a welcome counterpoint to an otherwise nasty set of weaknesses Steel, which resists basically everything and Ice itself-as many types indeed resist their own type. Its offensive weaknesses include Water, which is very common, but that's Ice's only Achilles heel and perhaps the only one that can be put into question. It hits the common Flying-type super effectively, punishes the powerful Dragon-type likewise, and also gets the super effective bonus against Grass and Ground, threatening any STAB users of the ubiquitous Earthquake. It reveals that the Ice-type is actually a pretty good type offensively. The merits of a Pokémon type in battle on a conceptual level are determined by the type chart. Why is that so? This article aims to take an in-depth look at the Ice-type and see where its faults lie. High-tier Ice-types are uncommon in any setting. Both for tiered in-game and competitive play, you will find the vast majority of the Ice-types resting in the lowest tiers. Notably, the Ice-type seems to get the short end of the stick unusually often. When you crunch the numbers and scrutinize the match-ups, you may find that some types perform drastically worse than others.

This means that no type dominates the game, since every type will have its counter, and ensures that all types play on a roughly level field and that all types will get an equal number of opportunities to shine in the long run.

The relationship between the types is determined by a complex kind of rock-paper-scissors ruleset, commonly known as the 'type chart'. One of the foremost aspects of this diversity is the eighteen elemental Pokémon types, which give Pokémon and moves notable characteristics that affect their performance in battle. There are hundreds of different Pokémon with a wide range of designs and battle properties, ranging from small and cute to huge and badass. The Pokémon games are widely appreciated for the extremely diverse set of creatures we can play with.

Ice type weaknesses