--- title: "Ghost/Dark Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/ghost-dark" description: "Ghost/Dark Pokémon are weak only to Fairy, which hits them for 2× damage. Full Ghost/Dark type chart with every 4×, 2×, ½× and 0× matchup, the best counters and all 4 Ghost/Dark Pokémon. On pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-20" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" --- Dual type # Ghost/Dark weakness **Ghost/Dark Pokémon are weak only to Fairy, which hits them for 2× damage.** They take no damage from Normal, Fighting and Psychic, resist 1 other type and take normal damage from 13 types. ## Ghost/Dark damage taken | Damage | Attacking types | | --- | --- | | 2× | [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | 1× | [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), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [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) | | ½× | [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison) | | 0× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic) | ## Best types to use against Ghost/Dark To beat a Ghost/Dark Pokémon, use Fairy moves: it deals 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Normal (0×), Fighting (0×), Psychic (0×) and Poison (½×). Ghost/Dark and Dark/Ghost are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Dark/Ghost search lands on this page too. Going the other way, Ghost and Dark moves between them hit Psychic and Ghost super effectively, but Dark takes reduced or no damage from both. 4 Pokémon have the Ghost/Dark typing: 2 species and 2 alternate forms, first appearing in Generation 3 and spanning 2 generations to Generation 4. The highest base stat total is Mega Absol Z with 565; the average across the group is 478. ## 4 Ghost/Dark Pokémon - [Sableye](https://pokee.si/pokemon/sableye) - [Mega Sableye](https://pokee.si/pokemon/sableye?form=sableye-mega) (form) - [Mega Absol Z](https://pokee.si/pokemon/absol?form=absol-mega-z) (form) - [Spiritomb](https://pokee.si/pokemon/spiritomb) ## Quick answers ### What is Ghost/Dark weak to? Ghost/Dark Pokémon are weak only to Fairy, which hits them for 2× damage. ### What is Ghost/Dark immune to? Ghost/Dark Pokémon are immune to Normal, Fighting and Psychic moves, which deal no damage. ### What resists Ghost/Dark? Ghost/Dark Pokémon resist Poison (½×). ### What is the best type against Ghost/Dark? To beat a Ghost/Dark Pokémon, use Fairy moves: it deals 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Normal (0×), Fighting (0×), Psychic (0×) and Poison (½×). ## Related type pages Single types: [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark). [All dual-type combinations](https://pokee.si/types/dual). [Type chart and calculator](https://pokee.si/types). ### More Ghost combinations - [Normal/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/normal-ghost) - [Fire/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/fire-ghost) - [Water/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/water-ghost) - [Electric/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/electric-ghost) - [Grass/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/grass-ghost) - [Ice/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ice-ghost) - [Fighting/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-ghost) - [Poison/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/poison-ghost) - [Ground/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ground-ghost) - [Flying/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/flying-ghost) - [Psychic/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/psychic-ghost) - [Bug/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/bug-ghost) - [Ghost/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-dragon) - [Ghost/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-steel) - [Ghost/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-fairy) ### 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) - [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/ghost-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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