Dual type

Dark/Steel weakness

Dark/Steel Pokémon are weak to Fighting for 4× damage, and to Fire and Ground for 2× damage. They take no damage from Poison and Psychic, resist 9 other types and take normal damage from 4 types.

Dark/Steel damage taken

Damage	Attacking types
4×	Fighting
2×	Fire, Ground
1×	Water, Electric, Bug, Fairy
½×	Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel
0×	Poison, Psychic

Best types to use against Dark/Steel

To beat a Dark/Steel Pokémon, use Fighting moves: it deals 4× damage. Fire and Ground moves also hit for 2×. Do not waste turns on Poison (0×), Psychic (0×), Normal (½×), Grass (½×) and Ice (½×).

Dark/Steel and Steel/Dark are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Steel/Dark search lands on this page too.

Going the other way, Dark and Steel moves between them hit Ice, Psychic, Rock, Ghost and Fairy super effectively.

3 Pokémon have the Dark/Steel typing, first appearing in Generation 5 and spanning 2 generations to Generation 9.

The highest base stat total is Kingambit with 550; the average across the group is 460.

3 Dark/Steel Pokémon

Quick answers

What is Dark/Steel weak to?

Dark/Steel Pokémon are weak to Fighting for 4× damage, and to Fire and Ground for 2× damage.

What is Dark/Steel immune to?

Dark/Steel Pokémon are immune to Poison and Psychic moves, which deal no damage.

What resists Dark/Steel?

Dark/Steel Pokémon resist Normal (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Flying (½×), Rock (½×), Ghost (½×), Dragon (½×), Dark (½×) and Steel (½×).

What is the best type against Dark/Steel?

Related type pages

Single types: Dark, Steel. All dual-type combinations. Type chart and calculator.