Ruling Question about the new dragon type

[Nicor123]

for example:

Rayquaza – Dragon – HP120
Basic Pokemon

[L] Dragon Pulse: 40 damage. Discard 2 cards from the top of your deck.
[R][L][C] Tear Through: 90 damage. This attack’s damage isn’t affected by any effects on the opponent’s Active Pokemon.

Weakness: Dragon (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 3

now it says that This attack’s damage isn’t affected by any effects on the opponent’s Active Pokemon.
does that mean that cards like defender etc have no effect or weakness and resistance, i dont get it :/

 

[DNA]

~Weakness is applied
~Resistance is applied
~Any other effects like Shell Armor, Defender, and Eviolite do not affect the damage