--- title: "Water/Electric Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/water-electric" description: "Water/Electric Pokémon are weak to Grass and Ground, 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/Electric weakness **Water/Electric Pokémon are weak to Grass and Ground, which hit them for 2× damage.** They resist 5 types and take normal damage from 11 types. ## Water/Electric damage taken | Damage | Attacking types | | --- | --- | | 2× | [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) | | 1× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock), [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× | [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) | | ¼× | [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) | ## Best types to use against Water/Electric To beat a Water/Electric Pokémon, use Grass and Ground moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Steel (¼×), Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×) and Flying (½×). Water/Electric and Electric/Water are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Electric/Water search lands on this page too. Going the other way, Water and Electric moves between them hit Fire, Water, Ground, Flying and Rock super effectively, but Grass and Dragon take reduced or no damage from both. 3 Pokémon have the Water/Electric typing: 2 species and 1 alternate form, first appearing in Generation 2 and spanning 2 generations to Generation 4. The highest base stat total is Wash Rotom with 520; the average across the group is 437. ## Abilities that change Water/Electric matchups Some Water/Electric Pokémon have an ability that overrides the type chart. These are the ones that do: - [Levitate](https://pokee.si/abilities/levitate) floats the Pokémon off the ground, so Ground moves miss (Ground 2× to 0×). Held by [Wash Rotom](https://pokee.si/pokemon/rotom?form=rotom-wash). - [Water Absorb](https://pokee.si/abilities/water-absorb) turns Water moves into healing (Water ½× to 0×). Held by [Chinchou](https://pokee.si/pokemon/chinchou) (hidden ability), [Lanturn](https://pokee.si/pokemon/lanturn) (hidden ability). - [Volt Absorb](https://pokee.si/abilities/volt-absorb) turns Electric moves into healing (Electric 1× to 0×). Held by [Chinchou](https://pokee.si/pokemon/chinchou), [Lanturn](https://pokee.si/pokemon/lanturn). ## 3 Water/Electric Pokémon - [Chinchou](https://pokee.si/pokemon/chinchou) - [Lanturn](https://pokee.si/pokemon/lanturn) - [Wash Rotom](https://pokee.si/pokemon/rotom?form=rotom-wash) (form) ## Quick answers ### What is Water/Electric weak to? Water/Electric Pokémon are weak to Grass and Ground, which hit them for 2× damage. ### What is Water/Electric immune to? Water/Electric Pokémon have no type immunities. ### What resists Water/Electric? Water/Electric Pokémon resist Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Flying (½×) and Steel (¼×). ### What is the best type against Water/Electric? To beat a Water/Electric Pokémon, use Grass and Ground moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Steel (¼×), Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×) and Flying (½×). ## Related type pages Single types: [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric). [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/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/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/water-bug) - [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 Electric combinations - [Normal/Electric](https://pokee.si/types/normal-electric) - [Fire/Electric](https://pokee.si/types/fire-electric) - [Electric/Grass](https://pokee.si/types/electric-grass) - [Electric/Ice](https://pokee.si/types/electric-ice) - [Electric/Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/electric-fighting) - [Electric/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/electric-poison) - [Electric/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/electric-ground) - [Electric/Flying](https://pokee.si/types/electric-flying) - [Electric/Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/electric-psychic) - [Electric/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/electric-bug) - [Electric/Rock](https://pokee.si/types/electric-rock) - [Electric/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/electric-ghost) - [Electric/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/electric-dragon) - [Electric/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/electric-dark) - [Electric/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/electric-steel) - [Electric/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/electric-fairy) --- Source: https://pokee.si/types/water-electric (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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