--- title: "Fire/Dark Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/fire-dark" description: "Fire/Dark Pokémon are weak to Water, Fighting, Ground and Rock, 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 # Fire/Dark weakness **Fire/Dark Pokémon are weak to Water, Fighting, Ground and Rock, which hit them for 2× damage.** They take no damage from Psychic, resist 6 other types and take normal damage from 7 types. ## Fire/Dark damage taken | Damage | Attacking types | | --- | --- | | 2× | [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) | | 1× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | ½× | [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) | | 0× | [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic) | ## Best types to use against Fire/Dark To beat a Fire/Dark Pokémon, use Water, Fighting, Ground and Rock moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Psychic (0×), Fire (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×) and Ghost (½×). Fire/Dark and Dark/Fire are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Dark/Fire search lands on this page too. Going the other way, Fire and Dark moves between them hit Grass, Ice, Psychic, Bug, Ghost and Steel super effectively. 5 Pokémon have the Fire/Dark typing: 4 species and 1 alternate form, first appearing in Generation 2 and spanning 3 generations to Generation 9. The highest base stat total is Mega Houndoom with 600; the average across the group is 506. ## Abilities that change Fire/Dark matchups Some Fire/Dark Pokémon have an ability that overrides the type chart. These are the ones that do: - [Flash Fire](https://pokee.si/abilities/flash-fire) absorbs Fire moves and powers up its own (Fire ½× to 0×). Held by [Houndour](https://pokee.si/pokemon/houndour), [Houndoom](https://pokee.si/pokemon/houndoom). ## 5 Fire/Dark Pokémon - [Houndour](https://pokee.si/pokemon/houndour) - [Houndoom](https://pokee.si/pokemon/houndoom) - [Mega Houndoom](https://pokee.si/pokemon/houndoom?form=houndoom-mega) (form) - [Incineroar](https://pokee.si/pokemon/incineroar) - [Chi-Yu](https://pokee.si/pokemon/chi-yu) ## Quick answers ### What is Fire/Dark weak to? Fire/Dark Pokémon are weak to Water, Fighting, Ground and Rock, which hit them for 2× damage. ### What is Fire/Dark immune to? Fire/Dark Pokémon are immune to Psychic moves, which deal no damage. ### What resists Fire/Dark? Fire/Dark Pokémon resist Fire (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Ghost (½×), Dark (½×) and Steel (½×). ### What is the best type against Fire/Dark? To beat a Fire/Dark Pokémon, use Water, Fighting, Ground and Rock moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Psychic (0×), Fire (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×) and Ghost (½×). ## Related type pages Single types: [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark). [All dual-type combinations](https://pokee.si/types/dual). [Type chart and calculator](https://pokee.si/types). ### More Fire combinations - [Normal/Fire](https://pokee.si/types/normal-fire) - [Fire/Water](https://pokee.si/types/fire-water) - [Fire/Electric](https://pokee.si/types/fire-electric) - [Fire/Grass](https://pokee.si/types/fire-grass) - [Fire/Ice](https://pokee.si/types/fire-ice) - [Fire/Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fire-fighting) - [Fire/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/fire-poison) - [Fire/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/fire-ground) - [Fire/Flying](https://pokee.si/types/fire-flying) - [Fire/Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/fire-psychic) - [Fire/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/fire-bug) - [Fire/Rock](https://pokee.si/types/fire-rock) - [Fire/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/fire-ghost) - [Fire/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/fire-dragon) - [Fire/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/fire-steel) ### More Dark combinations - [Normal/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/normal-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) - [Dark/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/dark-fairy) --- Source: https://pokee.si/types/fire-dark (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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