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title: "Ground/Dark Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si"
url: "https://pokee.si/types/ground-dark"
description: "Ground/Dark Pokémon are weak to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug and Fairy, which hit them for 2× damage. On pokee.si."
last_updated: "2026-10-20"
publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)"
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Dual type

# 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](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) |
| 1× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) |
| ½× | [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark) |
| 0× | [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/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

- [Sandile](https://pokee.si/pokemon/sandile)
- [Krokorok](https://pokee.si/pokemon/krokorok)
- [Krookodile](https://pokee.si/pokemon/krookodile)
- [Ting-Lu](https://pokee.si/pokemon/ting-lu)

## 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](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark). [All dual-type combinations](https://pokee.si/types/dual). [Type chart and calculator](https://pokee.si/types).

### More Ground combinations

- [Normal/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/normal-ground)
- [Fire/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/fire-ground)
- [Water/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/water-ground)
- [Electric/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/electric-ground)
- [Grass/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/grass-ground)
- [Ice/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ice-ground)
- [Fighting/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-ground)
- [Poison/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/poison-ground)
- [Ground/Flying](https://pokee.si/types/ground-flying)
- [Ground/Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/ground-psychic)
- [Ground/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/ground-bug)
- [Ground/Rock](https://pokee.si/types/ground-rock)
- [Ground/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ground-ghost)
- [Ground/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/ground-dragon)
- [Ground/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/ground-steel)

### 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)
- [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)

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