Ground/Dark weakness
Ground/Dark Pokémon are weak to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug and Fairy, which hit them for 2× damage. They take no damage from Electric and Psychic, resist 4 other types and take normal damage from 6 types.
Ground/Dark damage taken
| Damage | Attacking types |
|---|---|
| 2× | Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug, Fairy |
| 1× | Normal, Fire, Ground, Flying, Dragon, Steel |
| ½× | Poison, Rock, Ghost, Dark |
| 0× | Electric, Psychic |
Best types to use against Ground/Dark
To beat a Ground/Dark Pokémon, use Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug and Fairy moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Electric (0×), Psychic (0×), Poison (½×), Rock (½×) and Ghost (½×).
Ground/Dark and Dark/Ground are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Dark/Ground search lands on this page too.
Going the other way, Ground and Dark moves between them hit Fire, Electric, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Ghost and Steel super effectively.
4 Pokémon have the Ground/Dark typing, first appearing in Generation 5 and spanning 2 generations to Generation 9.
The highest base stat total is Ting-Lu with 570; the average across the group is 433.
4 Ground/Dark Pokémon
Quick answers
What is Ground/Dark weak to?
Ground/Dark Pokémon are weak to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug and Fairy, which hit them for 2× damage.
What is Ground/Dark immune to?
Ground/Dark Pokémon are immune to Electric and Psychic moves, which deal no damage.
What resists Ground/Dark?
Ground/Dark Pokémon resist Poison (½×), Rock (½×), Ghost (½×) and Dark (½×).
What is the best type against Ground/Dark?
To beat a Ground/Dark Pokémon, use Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug and Fairy moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Electric (0×), Psychic (0×), Poison (½×), Rock (½×) and Ghost (½×).
Related type pages
Single types: Ground, Dark. 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/Bug
- Ground/Rock
- Ground/Ghost
- Ground/Dragon
- Ground/Steel