--- title: "Dark/Steel Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/dark-steel" description: "Dark/Steel Pokémon are weak to Fighting for 4× damage, and to Fire and Ground for 2× damage. On pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-20" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" --- 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](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) | | 2× | [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) | | 1× | [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | ½× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) | | 0× | [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/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 - [Pawniard](https://pokee.si/pokemon/pawniard) - [Bisharp](https://pokee.si/pokemon/bisharp) - [Kingambit](https://pokee.si/pokemon/kingambit) ## 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? 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×). ## Related type pages Single types: [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel). [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/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/dark-fairy) ### More Steel combinations - [Fire/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/fire-steel) - [Water/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/water-steel) - [Electric/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/electric-steel) - [Grass/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/grass-steel) - [Ice/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/ice-steel) - [Fighting/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-steel) - [Poison/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/poison-steel) - [Ground/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/ground-steel) - [Flying/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/flying-steel) - [Psychic/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/psychic-steel) - [Bug/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/bug-steel) - [Rock/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/rock-steel) - [Ghost/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-steel) - [Dragon/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/dragon-steel) - [Steel/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/steel-fairy) --- Source: https://pokee.si/types/dark-steel (HTML page). pokee.si is an unofficial fan site and is not affiliated with Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company. 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