Flying Pokémon weakness, strengths, and resistances

The flying Pokémon weakness is especially handy to know when you come up against birds, but you should also know what their strengths are.

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If you want to be the very best that no one ever was, you need to scrub up on your flying Pokémon weakness knowledge. Flying-types are fairly common, with many trainers having at least one on their team, so it's imperative that you know how to beat them. Not only can we help you with that, but we can also tell you how to make the most out of any flying Pokémon that you may have on your team.

To decide which flying Pokémon should be on your team, take flight with our guide. While you're here, why not see what the best mythical Pokémon are, too? There are many great 'mon in the Pokédex.

Here's everything you need to know about the flying Pokémon weakness:

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What are the flying Pokémon weaknesses?

There are three types that flying Pokémon are especially weak to ice-, electric-, and rock-types. If you come across one of those with a bird on your team, we suggest you rename them to Christmas, Easter, or Thanksgiving, as that's all they're good for. To be fair, however, three weaknesses puts flying-types in good standing defensively, especially as none of their weaknesses are too common.

The best Flying Pokémon counters

When it comes to specific Pokémon to use against flying Pokémon, we suggest the likes of Pikachu, Zeraora, Onix, Glaceon, and Abomasnow. For specific 'mon from each generation, we recommend:

What are the flying Pokémon resistances?

flying Pokémon have four resistances - bug-, ground-, grass-, and fighting-types. Going one step further, ground attacks don't damage flying-types at all. With four resistances and just three weaknesses, flying 'mon are pretty good defensively, and their offensive capabilities mean it's near-essential to have one on your team, especially if you can get one with a secondary type.

Flying Pokemon weakness - Archeops in front of the flying type icon in front of a map of Unova

What are the flying Pokémon strengths?

  • Fighting Pokémon
  • Grass Pokémon
  • Bug Pokémon

Flying Pokémon are super effective against fighting-, grass-, and bug-types on the battlefield. Fighting Pokémon like Lucario can be difficult to handle, but the likes of Corviknight and Pidgeot trivialize them.

Kayleigh got her journalistic start at PocketGamer.biz and PCGamesInsider.biz before joining GameRant as a list writer. In May 2021, she joined Pocket Tactics as a Staff Writer, stepping into the Deputy Editor role in November 2022. A lover of all things Nintendo and mobile, she also enjoys taking long walks with Geralt of Rivia while she’s not playing Pokémon, Life is Strange, Poppy Playtime, Dead by Daylight, or FNAF, that is. Failing that, she’s probably searching for new Roblox giveaways or testing out the latest OnePlus and the best gaming phones. For more of her words, head to The Loadout and Wargamer. Oh, and she doesn’t think that Skyrim is a good RPG, she has the audacity to think it’s boring.

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