Pokemon Champions · Type matchups
Bug type
How the Bug type works in Champions ranked battles — what it hits hardest, what it fears, and every Bug Pokemon on the roster.
As the attacker
Bug moves hit super-effectively:
grass psychic dark
Not very effective against:
fire fighting poison ghost steel fairy
As the defender
Bug Pokemon take more from:
grass psychic dark
Bug Pokemon resist:
fire fighting poison ghost steel fairy
Build with it
In the builder, Bug coverage matters because Grass, Psychic, Dark are common defensive staples. Allocate stat points with the 66/32 caps in mind:
- 32 / 32 / 2 spreads are the ranked baseline
- cap any single stat at 32
- the builder flags illegal spreads automatically