Poison/Steel weakness
Poison/Steel Pokémon are weak to Ground for 4× damage, and to Fire for 2× damage. They take no damage from Poison, resist 9 other types and take normal damage from 6 types.
Poison/Steel damage taken
| Damage | Attacking types |
|---|---|
| 4× | Ground |
| 2× | Fire |
| 1× | Water, Electric, Fighting, Psychic, Ghost, Dark |
| ½× | Normal, Ice, Flying, Rock, Dragon, Steel |
| ¼× | Grass, Bug, Fairy |
| 0× | Poison |
Best types to use against Poison/Steel
To beat a Poison/Steel Pokémon, use Ground moves: it deals 4× damage. Fire moves also hit for 2×. Do not waste turns on Poison (0×), Grass (¼×), Bug (¼×), Fairy (¼×) and Normal (½×).
Poison/Steel and Steel/Poison are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Steel/Poison search lands on this page too.
Going the other way, Poison and Steel moves between them hit Grass, Ice, Rock and Fairy super effectively, but Steel takes reduced or no damage from both.
2 Pokémon have the Poison/Steel typing, first appearing in Generation 9.
The highest base stat total is Revavroom with 500; the average across the group is 400.
Abilities that change Poison/Steel matchups
Some Poison/Steel Pokémon have an ability that overrides the type chart. These are the ones that do:
- Filter cuts super effective damage by a quarter (Fire 2× to 1.5×; Ground 4× to 3×). Held by Revavroom (hidden ability).
2 Poison/Steel Pokémon
Quick answers
What is Poison/Steel weak to?
Poison/Steel Pokémon are weak to Ground for 4× damage, and to Fire for 2× damage.
What is Poison/Steel immune to?
Poison/Steel Pokémon are immune to Poison moves, which deal no damage.
What resists Poison/Steel?
Poison/Steel Pokémon resist Normal (½×), Ice (½×), Flying (½×), Rock (½×), Dragon (½×), Steel (½×), Grass (¼×), Bug (¼×) and Fairy (¼×).
What is the best type against Poison/Steel?
To beat a Poison/Steel Pokémon, use Ground moves: it deals 4× damage. Fire moves also hit for 2×. Do not waste turns on Poison (0×), Grass (¼×), Bug (¼×), Fairy (¼×) and Normal (½×).
Related type pages
Single types: Poison, Steel. All dual-type combinations. Type chart and calculator.
More Poison combinations
- Normal/Poison
- Fire/Poison
- Water/Poison
- Electric/Poison
- Grass/Poison
- Fighting/Poison
- Poison/Ground
- Poison/Flying
- Poison/Psychic
- Poison/Bug
- Poison/Rock
- Poison/Ghost
- Poison/Dragon
- Poison/Dark
- Poison/Fairy