Fighting (type)

Template:ElementalTypes The Fighting type (Japanese: かくとうタイプ Fighting type) is one of the seventeen elemental types. Notable Trainers that specialize in Fighting-type Pokémon are Bruno of the Indigo Plateau Elite Four, Chuck of Cianwood City, Brawly of Dewford Town, Maylene of Veilstone City, and Marshal of the Unova Elite Four. The Fighting Dojo of Saffron City is also home to several Trainers of Fighting-type Pokémon, although it is no longer an official Gym. Prior to Generation IV, where moves are designated physical or special based on the move itself rather than its type, all Fighting-type moves were physical, under the exception of Aura Sphere, Focus Blast, Secret Sword and Vacuum Wave.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 67
Attack: 93
Defense: 64
Sp.Atk: 51
Sp.Def: 70
Speed: 64
Total: 0

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 74.40
Attack: 109.33
Defense: 72.53
Sp.Atk: 65.33
Sp.Def: 83.73
Speed: 78.73
Total: 0

Battle properties

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×			0×	None

Note: Although Fighting-type attacks normally have no effect on Template:Type2 Pokémon, the moves Foresight and Odor Sleuth, as well as the ability Scrappy, allow both Normal-type and Fighting-type moves to affect Ghost-type Pokémon.

Characteristics

Defense

Defensively, the Fighting type has cons and pros. Fighting-type Pokémon have key resistances to Dark and Rock, but their weaknesses are to the common Flying and Psychic types. They also usually fall to Psychic moves in one turn, due to a low Special Defense. However, several Fighting Pokémon (like Lucario, Gallade, Scraggy, Scrafty, Medicham and Cobalion) have a subtype that rids them of the Psychic weakness, with Scraggy and Scrafty being completely immune due to their secondary type of Dark (until they are affected by Miracle Eye).

Offense

Offensively, the Fighting type is one of the most powerful and commonly used types. It hits five different types with super-effective damage, more than any other type except for the Template:Type2, with which it ties. It deals super-effective damage to Rock and Steel, types which generally have high Defense, and is the only type super-effective against Normal. It is super-effective against Ice, a key offensive but low defensive type. It is also one of the two types super-effective against Dark. This is slightly balanced out by the fact that Ghosts are immune to Fighting attacks without the aid of Foresight/Odor Sleuth or the Scrappy ability. In the first three generations, there were very few powerful Fighting-type moves, but this has changed with the introduction of Close Combat and increased availability of moves such as Superpower. The Fighting type also pairs up well with the Dark type offensively as only three Pokémon currently resist a Fighting/Dark combination.

When used in contests, Fighting-type moves typically become Cool or Tough, but can also be of the Beauty or Smart Contest catagories. No Fighting-type moves are of the Cute category.

Pokémon

As of Generation V, there are 41 Fighting-type Pokémon or 6.32% of all Pokémon, making it the eleventh most common elemental type.

Pure Fighting-type Pokémon

# Name 056 Mankey 057 Primeape 066 Machop 067 Machoke 068 Machamp 106 Hitmonlee 107 Hitmonchan 236 Tyrogue 237 Hitmontop 296 Makuhita 297 Hariyama 447 Riolu 532 Timburr 533 Gurdurr 534 Conkeldurr 538 Throh 539 Sawk 619 Mienfoo 620 Mienshao

Half Fighting-type Pokémon

Primary Fighting-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 448 Lucario Fighting Steel

Secondary Fighting-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 214 Heracross Bug Fighting 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 286 Breloom Grass Fighting 391 Monferno Fire Fighting 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 499 Pignite Fire Fighting 500 Emboar Fire Fighting 559 Scraggy Dark Fighting 560 Scrafty Dark Fighting 638 Cobalion Steel Fighting 639 Terrakion Rock Fighting 640 Virizion Grass Fighting 647 Keldeo Water Fighting 648 Meloetta* Normal Fighting

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes Arm Thrust Physical Tough 15 100% 20 One target Hits two to five times in a row. Aura Sphere Special Beauty 90 —% 20 One target Never misses. Brick Break Physical Cool 75 100% 15 One target Breaks any barrier such as Light Screen and Reflect. Circle Throw Physical ??? 60 90% 10 One target Ends wild battles. Switches opponent. Close Combat Physical Smart 120 100% 5 One target Lowers the user's Defense and Special Defense. Counter Physical Tough Varies 100% 20 One target Returns Physical attack damage for double. Cross Chop Physical Cool 100 80% 5 One target Has a high critical hit ratio. Double Kick Physical Tough 30 100% 30 One target Hits twice. Drain Punch Physical Beauty 75 100% 10 One target The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target. DynamicPunch Physical Cool 100 50% 5 One target Confuses the target. Final Gambit Special ??? Varies 100% 5 One target The user faints. In the return, the opponent receives damage equal to the user's lost HP. Focus Blast Special Cool 120 70% 5 One target Has a 10% chance to lower target's Special Defense. Focus Punch Physical Tough 150 100% 20 One target It will fail if the user is hit before it is used. Force Palm Physical Cool 60 100% 10 One target Has a 30% chance of paralyzing the opponent. Hammer Arm Physical Cool 100 90% 10 One target Lowers the user's Speed by one stage. Hi Jump Kick Physical Cool 130 90% 10 One target If it misses, the user is hurt instead. Jump Kick Physical Cool 100 95% 10 One target If it misses, the user is hurt instead. Karate Chop* Physical Tough 50 100% 25 One target Has a high critical hit ratio. Low Kick Physical Tough Varies 100% 20 One target Inflicts greater damage on heavier foes.* Low Sweep Physical ??? 60 100% 20 One target Lowers the opponent's Speed by 1 level. Mach Punch Physical Cool 40 100% 30 One target Always attacks first. Revenge Physical Tough 60 100% 10 One target Inflicts double the damage if the user has been hurt by the foe in the same turn. Reversal Physical Cool Varies 100% 15 One target More powerful the less HP the user has. Rock Smash Physical Tough 40 100% 15 One target In battle: Has a 50% chance to lower the target's Defense. Outside of battle: Can smash cracked boulders. Rolling Kick Physical Cool 60 85% 15 One target Has a 30% chance of causing the opponent to flinch. Sacred Sword Physical ??? 90 100% 20 One target Deals damage regardless the opponent's stat changes. Seismic Toss Physical Tough Varies 100% 20 One target Inflicts damage equal to the user's level. Secret Sword Special ??? 85 100% 10 One target Calculates damage by using the user's Special Attack with the opponent's Defense. Sky Uppercut Physical Cool 85 90% 15 One target Capable of hitting opponents while they are using Fly. Storm Throw Physical ??? 40 100% 10 One target Always result critical hit. Submission Physical Cool 80 80% 25 One target User receives 25% recoil damage. Superpower Physical Tough 120 100% 5 One target Lowers the user's Attack and Defense. Triple Kick Physical Beauty 10 90% 10 One target Hits three times. Gains power with each hit. Vacuum Wave Special Smart 40 100% 30 One target Always attacks first. Vital Throw Physical Cool 70 —% 10 One target The user attacks last. In return, this move is guaranteed not to miss. Wake-Up Slap Physical Smart 60 100% 10 One target Doubles in power when the target is asleep, but then awakens that target.

Non-damaging moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes Bulk Up Status Beauty — —% 20 User Raises user's Attack and Defense. Detect Status Cool — —% 5 User Evades all attacks. Chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. Quick Guard Status ??? — —% 15 User and Allies Protects from all priority moves. Chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.

Trivia

• The Fighting type is the only type that has not been paired with the Flying type.
• All of the legendary golems are weak to Fighting-type moves.
• No Fighting-type move can hit more than one foe in a double or triple battle.
• Along with the Ground type, Fighting-type moves are super effective against the most Pokémon types: five.
• Fighting is the only type to have two variations of Quick Attack: Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave.
• All non-damaging moves of the Fighting type involve some form of defense.
• There has been one Elite Four member or Gym Leader specializing in Fighting-type Pokémon in every generation.
• Color representations for the Fighting type have generally been inconsistent in various Pokémon media. While the Fighting type has been associated with the color red in the main Pokémon games since Generation III, it is associated with the color orange in the Pokémon Stadium series and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, and with the color brown in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
• Fighting is the only former physical type to have all damaging moves retain their physical category. All special category moves were introduced in Generation IV or later, after the split had occurred.
• Fighting is the most common secondary type for evolutions of starter Pokémon, with three starter lines being paired with it, all of the Template:Type2.
• Generation V introduced the most Fighting-type Pokémon, with 16 introduced, including Meloetta's Pirouette Forme.
  • Generation II introduced the fewest Fighting-type Pokémon, with 3 introduced.

In other languages

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