Psychic type

The  type (どくタイプ Esper taipu in Japanese) is one of the eighteen Pokémon elemental types.

Many Pokémon are of this type, and, being the type with most Legendary Pokémon, for many, the Psychic type is the most powerful. Psychic-type Pokémon tend to be very intelligent.

To attack, the use their mind power, thus having high special stats and low physical stats. However, this is not always like this.

Famous Psychic-type Pokémon Trainers include Sabrina, the sixth Gym Leader of Kanto; Will, first member of the Johto Pokémon League; Tate and Liza, the seventh Gym Leaders of Hoenn; Lucian, the fourth member of the Sinnoh Pokémon League; Caitlin, a member of the Unova Pokémon League; and Olympia, seventh Kalos Gym Leader.

Psychic-type moves

 * There are 53 Psychic-type moves.
 * In Generation I, 15 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation II, 2 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation III, 11 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation IV, 13 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation V, 12 moves were introduced.
 * No moves have been introduced in Generation VI.
 * In battles: Other moves stand out.
 * 3 moves are of the Physical type.gif type.
 * 15 moves are of the Special type.gif type.
 * 35 moves are of the Other type.gif type.
 * In contests: Clever moves stand out.
 * 23 moves are of the [[File:Clever type.png]] type.
 * 11 moves are of the [[File:Beautiful type.png]] type.
 * 10 moves are of the [[File:Cool type.png]] type.
 * 9 moves are of the [[File:Cute type.png]] type.
 * There are no moves of the [[File:Tough type.png]] type.

Effectiveness of Psychic-type moves
Super effective against Pokémon of the types: and.

Not very effective against Pokémon of the types: and.

Ineffective against Pokémon of the types:.

Weaknesses and resistances of the Psychic type
A type chart displaying the weaknesses and resistances of a Pokémon when damaged by a move. Empty fields are moves that do normal damage.

Psychic-type Pokémon
72 Pokémon are Psychic type. (10.47% of all Pokémon)

Pure Psychic-type Pokémon
32 Pokémon are pure Psychic type. (48.57% of the Psychic-type Pokémon)

Primary Psychic-type Pokémon
14 Pokémon are primary Psychic type. (14.29% of the Poison-type Pokémon)

Secondary Psychic-type Pokémon
27 Pokémon are secondary Psychic type. (37.14% of the Psychic-type Pokémon)

Relations with other types

 * They're strong against the type because there's a saying that states that mind winds over strength.
 * They're strong against the type because psychic concentration can, at times, ignore the body's physical pain. Also, mind cannot be poisoned, while the body yes.
 * They're weak against the, and  types because these represent fears, and these take over the mind.
 * The resists them because some of them are based in machines, and machines don't have mind or thoughts.