Water/Steel weakness
Water/Steel Pokémon are weak to Electric, Fighting and Ground, which hit them for 2× damage. They take no damage from Poison, resist 10 other types and take normal damage from 4 types.
Water/Steel damage taken
| Damage | Attacking types |
|---|---|
| 2× | Electric, Fighting, Ground |
| 1× | Fire, Grass, Ghost, Dark |
| ½× | Normal, Water, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Dragon, Fairy |
| ¼× | Ice, Steel |
| 0× | Poison |
Best types to use against Water/Steel
To beat a Water/Steel Pokémon, use Electric, Fighting and Ground moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Poison (0×), Ice (¼×), Steel (¼×), Normal (½×) and Water (½×).
Water/Steel and Steel/Water are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Steel/Water search lands on this page too.
Going the other way, Water and Steel moves between them hit Fire, Ice, Ground, Rock and Fairy super effectively, but Water takes reduced or no damage from both.
1 Pokémon has the Water/Steel typing, first appearing in Generation 4.
Empoleon is the only Water/Steel Pokémon, with a base stat total of 530.
1 Water/Steel Pokémon
Quick answers
What is Water/Steel weak to?
Water/Steel Pokémon are weak to Electric, Fighting and Ground, which hit them for 2× damage.
What is Water/Steel immune to?
Water/Steel Pokémon are immune to Poison moves, which deal no damage.
What resists Water/Steel?
Water/Steel Pokémon resist Normal (½×), Water (½×), Flying (½×), Psychic (½×), Bug (½×), Rock (½×), Dragon (½×), Fairy (½×), Ice (¼×) and Steel (¼×).
What is the best type against Water/Steel?
To beat a Water/Steel Pokémon, use Electric, Fighting and Ground moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Poison (0×), Ice (¼×), Steel (¼×), Normal (½×) and Water (½×).
Related type pages
Single types: Water, Steel. All dual-type combinations. Type chart and calculator.
More Water combinations
- Normal/Water
- Fire/Water
- Water/Electric
- Water/Grass
- Water/Ice
- Water/Fighting
- Water/Poison
- Water/Ground
- Water/Flying
- Water/Psychic
- Water/Bug
- Water/Rock
- Water/Ghost
- Water/Dragon
- Water/Dark
- Water/Fairy