--- title: "Water/Bug Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/water-bug" description: "Water/Bug Pokémon are weak to Electric, Flying and Rock, which hit them for 2× damage. On pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-20" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" --- Dual type # Water/Bug weakness **Water/Bug Pokémon are weak to Electric, Flying and Rock, which hit them for 2× damage.** They resist 5 types and take normal damage from 10 types. ## Water/Bug damage taken | Damage | Attacking types | | --- | --- | | 2× | [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) | | 1× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | ½× | [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) | ## Best types to use against Water/Bug To beat a Water/Bug Pokémon, use Electric, Flying and Rock moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Water (½×), Ice (½×), Fighting (½×), Ground (½×) and Steel (½×). Water/Bug and Bug/Water are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Bug/Water search lands on this page too. Going the other way, Water and Bug moves between them hit Fire, Grass, Ground, Psychic, Rock and Dark super effectively. 6 Pokémon have the Water/Bug typing: 5 species and 1 alternate form, first appearing in Generation 3 and spanning 2 generations to Generation 7. The highest base stat total is Golisopod with 530; the average across the group is 368. ## Abilities that change Water/Bug matchups Some Water/Bug Pokémon have an ability that overrides the type chart. These are the ones that do: - [Water Absorb](https://pokee.si/abilities/water-absorb) turns Water moves into healing (Water ½× to 0×). Held by [Dewpider](https://pokee.si/pokemon/dewpider) (hidden ability), [Araquanid](https://pokee.si/pokemon/araquanid) (hidden ability), [Totem Araquanid](https://pokee.si/pokemon/araquanid?form=araquanid-totem) (hidden ability). - [Water Bubble](https://pokee.si/abilities/water-bubble) halves damage from Fire moves (Fire 1× to ½×). Held by [Dewpider](https://pokee.si/pokemon/dewpider), [Araquanid](https://pokee.si/pokemon/araquanid), [Totem Araquanid](https://pokee.si/pokemon/araquanid?form=araquanid-totem). ## 6 Water/Bug Pokémon - [Surskit](https://pokee.si/pokemon/surskit) - [Dewpider](https://pokee.si/pokemon/dewpider) - [Araquanid](https://pokee.si/pokemon/araquanid) - [Totem Araquanid](https://pokee.si/pokemon/araquanid?form=araquanid-totem) (form) - [Wimpod](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wimpod) - [Golisopod](https://pokee.si/pokemon/golisopod) ## Quick answers ### What is Water/Bug weak to? Water/Bug Pokémon are weak to Electric, Flying and Rock, which hit them for 2× damage. ### What is Water/Bug immune to? Water/Bug Pokémon have no type immunities. ### What resists Water/Bug? Water/Bug Pokémon resist Water (½×), Ice (½×), Fighting (½×), Ground (½×) and Steel (½×). ### What is the best type against Water/Bug? To beat a Water/Bug Pokémon, use Electric, Flying and Rock moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Water (½×), Ice (½×), Fighting (½×), Ground (½×) and Steel (½×). ## Related type pages Single types: [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug). [All dual-type combinations](https://pokee.si/types/dual). [Type chart and calculator](https://pokee.si/types). ### More Water combinations - [Normal/Water](https://pokee.si/types/normal-water) - [Fire/Water](https://pokee.si/types/fire-water) - [Water/Electric](https://pokee.si/types/water-electric) - [Water/Grass](https://pokee.si/types/water-grass) - [Water/Ice](https://pokee.si/types/water-ice) - [Water/Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/water-fighting) - [Water/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/water-poison) - [Water/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/water-ground) - [Water/Flying](https://pokee.si/types/water-flying) - [Water/Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/water-psychic) - [Water/Rock](https://pokee.si/types/water-rock) - [Water/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/water-ghost) - [Water/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/water-dragon) - [Water/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/water-dark) - [Water/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/water-steel) - [Water/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/water-fairy) ### More Bug combinations - [Fire/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/fire-bug) - [Electric/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/electric-bug) - [Grass/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/grass-bug) - [Ice/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/ice-bug) - [Fighting/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-bug) - [Poison/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/poison-bug) - [Ground/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/ground-bug) - [Flying/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/flying-bug) - [Psychic/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/psychic-bug) - [Bug/Rock](https://pokee.si/types/bug-rock) - [Bug/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/bug-ghost) - [Bug/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/bug-dark) - [Bug/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/bug-steel) - [Bug/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/bug-fairy) --- Source: https://pokee.si/types/water-bug (HTML page). pokee.si is an unofficial fan site and is not affiliated with Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company. 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