Pokémon-specific weakness guide

Zen Darmanitan Weaknesses and Counters

This guide explains Zen Darmanitan's defensive profile, including every weakness, resistance, immunity, and practical counter type based on its Fire / Psychic typing.

Fire Psychic

Zen Darmanitan

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Weaknesses (5)

Water×2 Ground×2 Rock×2 Ghost×2 Dark×2

Resistances (7)

Fire×0.5 Grass×0.5 Ice×0.5 Fighting×0.5 Psychic×0.5 Steel×0.5 Fairy×0.5

Immunities (0)

None

Battle notes

Zen Darmanitan's Fire / Psychic typing is best attacked with Water (2x), Ground (2x), Rock (2x). Start with those attacking types when choosing moves or counter Pokémon.
Avoid relying on common Fire, Grass, Ice attacks unless they have unusually high power or a secondary purpose, because Zen Darmanitan resists or ignores those matchups.
This guide uses the modern Gen 6+ type chart only. Abilities, held items, Terastallization, weather, fields, and special move rules can still change real battle outcomes.

Best counter types

These attacking types hit the defender for super-effective damage under the modern Gen 6+ type chart.

Water×2 Ground×2 Rock×2 Ghost×2 Dark×2

Example Pokémon with Effective Types

These are examples of Pokémon associated with super-effective attacking types, not a ranked competitive counter list.

Defensive typing summary

Zen Darmanitan's base defensive typing is Fire / Psychic. The weakness chart multiplies both types when a Pokémon has two types, so a matchup can become 4x, 2x, 1x, 0.5x, 0.25x, or 0x.

FAQ

What is Zen Darmanitan weak to?

Zen Darmanitan is weak to Water (2x), Ground (2x), Rock (2x), Ghost (2x), Dark (2x).

Which attacking types are most practical against Zen Darmanitan?

Water, Ground, Rock, Ghost, and Dark are tied as the strongest attacking types against Zen Darmanitan, each dealing 2x damage.

Does Zen Darmanitan's ability change these weaknesses?

This page uses base defensive typing only. Abilities, held items, Terastallization, weather, fields, and special move rules can change actual battle outcomes.