Dark/Fairy weakness
Dark/Fairy Pokémon are weak to Poison, Steel and Fairy, which hit them for 2× damage. They take no damage from Psychic and Dragon, resist 2 other types and take normal damage from 11 types.
Dark/Fairy damage taken
| Damage | Attacking types |
|---|---|
| 2× | Poison, Steel, Fairy |
| 1× | Normal, Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground, Flying, Bug, Rock |
| ½× | Ghost |
| ¼× | Dark |
| 0× | Psychic, Dragon |
Best types to use against Dark/Fairy
To beat a Dark/Fairy Pokémon, use Poison, Steel and Fairy moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Psychic (0×), Dragon (0×), Dark (¼×) and Ghost (½×).
Dark/Fairy and Fairy/Dark are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Fairy/Dark search lands on this page too.
Going the other way, Dark and Fairy moves between them hit Fighting, Psychic, Ghost, Dragon and Dark super effectively.
4 Pokémon have the Dark/Fairy typing: 3 species and 1 alternate form, first appearing in Generation 8.
The highest base stat total is Grimmsnarl with 510; the average across the group is 414.
4 Dark/Fairy Pokémon
Quick answers
What is Dark/Fairy weak to?
Dark/Fairy Pokémon are weak to Poison, Steel and Fairy, which hit them for 2× damage.
What is Dark/Fairy immune to?
Dark/Fairy Pokémon are immune to Psychic and Dragon moves, which deal no damage.
What resists Dark/Fairy?
Dark/Fairy Pokémon resist Ghost (½×) and Dark (¼×).
What is the best type against Dark/Fairy?
To beat a Dark/Fairy Pokémon, use Poison, Steel and Fairy moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Psychic (0×), Dragon (0×), Dark (¼×) and Ghost (½×).
Related type pages
Single types: Dark, Fairy. All dual-type combinations. Type chart and calculator.
More Dark combinations
- Normal/Dark
- Fire/Dark
- Water/Dark
- Electric/Dark
- Grass/Dark
- Ice/Dark
- Fighting/Dark
- Poison/Dark
- Ground/Dark
- Flying/Dark
- Psychic/Dark
- Bug/Dark
- Rock/Dark
- Ghost/Dark
- Dragon/Dark
- Dark/Steel