Psychic-type Pokemon are weak against Bug, Dark, and Ghost-type Pokemon. Dark-type Pokemon are especially useful as they are immune to Psychic moves. Psychic moves also don’t do very much damage against Steel Pokemon or other Psychic types. Therefore, when fighting against a Psychic-type Pokemon, you’ll want to use characters such as:
- Bug: Genesect, Buzzwole, Scizor, Centiscorch, Yanmega, Hericross, Kleavor, Araquanid, Ninjask
- Dark: Yveltal, Umbreon, Absol, Zoroark, Urshifu, Houndoom, Grimmsnarl, Weavile, Dusknoir, Hoopa
- Ghost: Calyrex (Shadow Rider Form), Gengar, Dragapult, Giratina, Ceruledge, Aegislash, Dusknoir, Lunala, Necrozma
Psychic-type Pokemon are also weak against Bug, Ghost, and Dark-type moves. Therefore, moves such as X-scissor, Bug buzz, Signal beam, Crunch, Dark pulse, Knock off, Shadow ball, Hex, and Shadow claw are effective against Psychic-type Pokemon. Additionally, Mega Gengar, Giratina, and Tyranitar are some of the best counters to Psychic-type Pokemon.
