Water (type)

Attack pros & cons

Water moves are super-effective against:

Fire Ground Rock

Water moves are not very effective against:

Water Grass Dragon

Defense pros & cons

These types are not very effective against Water Pokémon:

Fire Water Ice Steel

These types are super-effective against Water Pokémon:

Electric Grass

Water effects

• The power of Water type attacks increases by 50% during rain and decreases by 50% during harsh sunlight.
• Water type attacks have no effect during extremely harsh sunlight created by Desolate Land.
• The Torrent ability increases the power of Water type moves by 50% when the Pokémon has less than ¹⁄₃ HP remaining.
• Pokémon with the abilities Water Absorb or Dry Skin heal ¹⁄₄ of their maximum HP when hit by a Water type move.
• The ability Storm Drain redirects all Water type moves to that Pokémon, dealing no damage and raising their Special Attack one stage.
• The move Soak changes a Pokémon's type to pure Water.
• The Ice type move Freeze-Dry is super-effective on Water type Pokémon.
• The items Splash Plate, Mystic Water, Sea Incense and Wave Incense increase the power of Water type moves by 20% when held.
• The item Absorb Bulb raises the holder's Special Attack when hit by a Water type move, while Luminous Moss raises the Special Defense.
• The Passho Berry, when held, neutralizes a super-effective Water type move.
• Lustrous Orb boosts Water type moves by 20% when held by Palkia.

Dual-type attack pros & cons

This chart shows the strength of the Water type against every type combination. The fraction of damage a Water type move will deal is shown - ½ means 50% damage (not very effective), 2 means 200% (super-effective) and so on.