Pokemon-go – Do moves or Pokemon types count towards strengths or weaknesses

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I am aware than in Pokemon, different types have strengths and weakness to other types.

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But I have noticed that in Pokemon Go, Pokemon can have moves that are not in their type for example this Golbat:

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So does the dark type move count towards the Golbat's strengths/weaknesses or is it the actual poison/flying type of the Pokemon?

Best Answer

Pokémon can have moves that don't match their type(s). You gain a STAB bonus for attacks that match your Pokémon's types, but otherwise it is just the attack's type (not your Pokémon's type) against the defender's type(s) in the type effectiveness chart.

In your specific case, the Dark type attack an your Poison/Flying Golbat does not receive any bonus damage from Golbat's typing, but a Dark typed move may help it against things like Psychic types which would likely have attacks that do extra damage to Poison types.