Pokémon-specific weakness guide
Sylveon Weaknesses and Counters
This guide explains Sylveon's defensive profile, including every weakness, resistance, immunity, and practical counter type based on its Fairy typing.
Sylveon
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Resistances (3)
Immunities (1)
Battle notes
- Sylveon's Fairy typing is best attacked with Poison (2x), Steel (2x). Start with those attacking types when choosing moves or counter Pokémon.
- Avoid relying on common Dragon, Fighting, Bug, Dark attacks unless they have unusually high power or a secondary purpose, because Sylveon 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.
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
Sylveon's base defensive typing is Fairy. 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.
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FAQ
What is Sylveon weak to?
Sylveon is weak to Poison (2x), Steel (2x).
Which attacking types are most practical against Sylveon?
Poison and Steel are tied as the strongest attacking types against Sylveon, each dealing 2x damage.
Does Sylveon'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.