Psychic (type)

The Psychic type has few outright strengths, however, it also has few weaknesses. In the first generation, Psychic ended up being massively overpowered, mainly due to a complete lack of remotely powerful Bug moves, its only weakness. Furthermore, a mistake in the game meant that Ghost-type moves had no effect on Psychic (although this only affected the low-powered Lick). Generation II rectified the situation with the addition of the Dark type, plus better Pokemon and moves of all types.

Attack pros & cons

Psychic moves are super-effective against:

Fighting Poison

Psychic moves are not very effective against:

Psychic Steel

Psychic moves have no effect on:

Dark

Defense pros & cons

These types are not very effective against Psychic pokemon:

Fighting Psychic

These types are super-effective against Psychic pokemon:

Bug Ghost Dark

Dual-type attack pros & cons

The chart below shows the strength of the Psychic type against every type combination. The numbers in the squares show the fraction damage the move will do (i.e. ½ means 50% damage and not very effective, while 4 means 400% - super-effective).

For example, look where the Grass and Poison types intersect to see how good a Psychic-type move would be against a pokemon like Venusaur. You will see that it is 200%.

	nor	fir	wat	ele	gra	ice	fig	poi	gro	fly	psy	bug	roc	gho	dra	dar
Fire
Water
Electric
Grass
Ice
Fighting	2	2	2	2	2	2
Poison	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Ground							2	2
Flying							2	2
Psychic	½	½	½	½	½	½			½	½
Bug							2	2			½
Rock							2	2			½
Ghost							2	2			½
Dragon							2	2			½
Dark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steel	½	½	½	½	½	½			½	½	¼	½	½	½	½	0

Notable Psychic-type trainers

Lucian
Elite Four
Diamond/Pearl
Lucian
Elite Four
Platinum
Sabrina
Saffron City gym leader
HeartGold/SoulSilver
Will
Elite Four
HeartGold/SoulSilver
Caitlin
Elite Four
Black/White

Psychic Pokemon

There are currently 72 Psychic-type pokemon.
See also: