Ground/Bug weakness
Ground/Bug Pokémon are weak to Fire, Water, Ice and Flying, which hit them for 2× damage. They take no damage from Electric, resist 3 other types and take normal damage from 10 types.
Ground/Bug damage taken
| Damage | Attacking types |
|---|---|
| 2× | Fire, Water, Ice, Flying |
| 1× | Normal, Grass, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel, Fairy |
| ½× | Fighting, Poison, Ground |
| 0× | Electric |
Best types to use against Ground/Bug
To beat a Ground/Bug Pokémon, use Fire, Water, Ice and Flying moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Electric (0×), Fighting (½×), Poison (½×) and Ground (½×).
Ground/Bug and Bug/Ground are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Bug/Ground search lands on this page too.
Going the other way, Ground and Bug moves between them hit Fire, Electric, Grass, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Dark and Steel super effectively, but Flying takes reduced or no damage from both.
2 Pokémon have the Ground/Bug typing: 1 species and 1 alternate form, first appearing in Generation 3 and spanning 2 generations to Generation 4.
The highest base stat total is Sandy Wormadam with 424; the average across the group is 345.
2 Ground/Bug Pokémon
Quick answers
What is Ground/Bug weak to?
Ground/Bug Pokémon are weak to Fire, Water, Ice and Flying, which hit them for 2× damage.
What is Ground/Bug immune to?
Ground/Bug Pokémon are immune to Electric moves, which deal no damage.
What resists Ground/Bug?
Ground/Bug Pokémon resist Fighting (½×), Poison (½×) and Ground (½×).
What is the best type against Ground/Bug?
To beat a Ground/Bug Pokémon, use Fire, Water, Ice and Flying moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Electric (0×), Fighting (½×), Poison (½×) and Ground (½×).
Related type pages
Single types: Ground, Bug. All dual-type combinations. Type chart and calculator.
More Ground combinations
- Normal/Ground
- Fire/Ground
- Water/Ground
- Electric/Ground
- Grass/Ground
- Ice/Ground
- Fighting/Ground
- Poison/Ground
- Ground/Flying
- Ground/Psychic
- Ground/Rock
- Ground/Ghost
- Ground/Dragon
- Ground/Dark
- Ground/Steel