--- title: "Dark/Fairy Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/dark-fairy" description: "Dark/Fairy Pokémon are weak to Poison, Steel and Fairy, which hit them for 2× damage. On pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-20" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" --- Dual type # 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](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | 1× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) | | ½× | [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost) | | ¼× | [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark) | | 0× | [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/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 - [Impidimp](https://pokee.si/pokemon/impidimp) - [Morgrem](https://pokee.si/pokemon/morgrem) - [Grimmsnarl](https://pokee.si/pokemon/grimmsnarl) - [Gigantamax Grimmsnarl](https://pokee.si/pokemon/grimmsnarl?form=grimmsnarl-gmax) (form) ## 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](https://pokee.si/types/dark), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy). [All dual-type combinations](https://pokee.si/types/dual). [Type chart and calculator](https://pokee.si/types). ### More Dark combinations - [Normal/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/normal-dark) - [Fire/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/fire-dark) - [Water/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/water-dark) - [Electric/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/electric-dark) - [Grass/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/grass-dark) - [Ice/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/ice-dark) - [Fighting/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-dark) - [Poison/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/poison-dark) - [Ground/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/ground-dark) - [Flying/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/flying-dark) - [Psychic/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/psychic-dark) - [Bug/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/bug-dark) - [Rock/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/rock-dark) - [Ghost/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-dark) - [Dragon/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dragon-dark) - [Dark/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/dark-steel) ### More Fairy combinations - [Normal/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/normal-fairy) - [Water/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/water-fairy) - [Electric/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/electric-fairy) - [Grass/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/grass-fairy) - [Ice/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/ice-fairy) - [Fighting/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-fairy) - [Poison/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/poison-fairy) - [Flying/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/flying-fairy) - [Psychic/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/psychic-fairy) - [Bug/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/bug-fairy) - [Rock/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/rock-fairy) - [Ghost/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-fairy) - [Dragon/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/dragon-fairy) - [Steel/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/steel-fairy) --- Source: https://pokee.si/types/dark-fairy (HTML page). pokee.si is an unofficial fan site and is not affiliated with Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company. Pokémon and all related names and images are © their respective owners.