Water / Ice is best pressured by Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Rock-type attacks at 2x damage. Because there is no 4x weakness, defensive safety, Speed, and raw stats matter more.
Best move types
Top weaknesses (4)
Quaquaval
#0914
Safe into Water 0.5x, Ice 0.5x
120 offense · 85 Speed
Tauros-Paldea-Aqua
#0128
Safe into Water 0.5x, Ice 0.5x
110 offense · 100 Speed
Magnezone
#0462
Safe into Ice 0.5x
130 offense · 60 Speed
Sneasler
#0903
Mostly neutral switch-in
130 offense · 120 Speed
Crabominable
#0740
Safe into Ice 0.5x
132 offense · 43 Speed
Poliwrath
#0062
Safe into Water 0.5x, Ice 0.5x
95 offense · 70 Speed
Lucario
#0448
Safe into Ice 0.5x
115 offense · 90 Speed
Kabutops
#0141
Safe into Ice 0.5x
115 offense · 80 Speed
Drednaw
#0834
Safe into Ice 0.5x
115 offense · 74 Speed
Vikavolt
#0738
Mostly neutral switch-in
145 offense · 43 Speed
Conkeldurr
#0534
Mostly neutral switch-in
140 offense · 45 Speed
Omastar
#0139
Safe into Ice 0.5x
115 offense · 55 Speed
Mewtwo-Mega X
#0150
Mostly neutral switch-in
190 offense · 130 Speed
Kartana
#0798
Safe into Water 0.5x
181 offense · 109 Speed
Keldeo
#0647
Safe into Water 0.5x, Ice 0.5x
129 offense · 108 Speed
Resolute Keldeo
#0647
Safe into Water 0.5x, Ice 0.5x
129 offense · 108 Speed
Rapid Strike Urshifu
#0892
Safe into Water 0.5x, Ice 0.5x
130 offense · 97 Speed
Rapid Strike Urshifu-Gmax
#0892
Safe into Water 0.5x, Ice 0.5x
130 offense · 97 Speed
Heracross-Mega
#0214
Mostly neutral switch-in
185 offense · 75 Speed
Crowned Zamazenta
#0889
Safe into Ice 0.5x
120 offense · 128 Speed
Move availability depends on game version and learnset data, so this page recommends move types rather than guaranteed moves.
These attacking types are resisted or blocked by the defender's typing, so they are usually lower-priority choices unless they provide a special battle role.
Water / Ice is best countered by Pokémon that can use Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Rock (2x) attacks while avoiding bad defensive matchups into Water / Ice STAB attacks. Because there is no 4x weakness, Speed, bulk, and offensive stats matter more when choosing the actual Pokémon.
Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Rock are the strongest attacking types against Water / Ice, dealing 2x damage under the modern Gen 6+ type chart.
Water / Ice has 4 super-effective attacking options: Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Rock. Use the highest multiplier first, then choose a Pokémon that is not exposed to Water / Ice STAB attacks.
No. The ranking uses base typing and base stats. Abilities, items, Terastallization, weather, terrain, and special move rules can change the real matchup.
Yes. Terastallization can replace the defensive typing used here, so the recommended counter types may change completely in formats where Tera is active.
Avoid relying on Ice and Water attacks unless they have a special role or unusually high power.
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