Ground/Steel weakness
Ground/Steel Pokémon are weak to Fire, Water, Fighting and Ground, which hit them for 2× damage. They take no damage from Electric and Poison, resist 8 other types and take normal damage from 4 types.
Ground/Steel damage taken
| Damage | Attacking types |
|---|---|
| 2× | Fire, Water, Fighting, Ground |
| 1× | Grass, Ice, Ghost, Dark |
| ½× | Normal, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Dragon, Steel, Fairy |
| ¼× | Rock |
| 0× | Electric, Poison |
Best types to use against Ground/Steel
To beat a Ground/Steel Pokémon, use Fire, Water, Fighting and Ground moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Electric (0×), Poison (0×), Rock (¼×), Normal (½×) and Flying (½×).
Ground/Steel and Steel/Ground are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Steel/Ground search lands on this page too.
Going the other way, Ground and Steel moves between them hit Fire, Electric, Ice, Poison, Rock, Steel and Fairy super effectively.
8 Pokémon have the Ground/Steel typing: 3 species and 5 alternate forms, first appearing in Generation 1 and spanning 4 generations to Generation 9.
The highest base stat total is Mega Steelix with 610; the average across the group is 496.
8 Ground/Steel Pokémon
- Alolan Diglett
- Alolan Dugtrio
- Steelix
- Mega Steelix
- Excadrill
- Mega Excadrill
- Galarian Stunfisk
- Iron Treads
Quick answers
What is Ground/Steel weak to?
Ground/Steel Pokémon are weak to Fire, Water, Fighting and Ground, which hit them for 2× damage.
What is Ground/Steel immune to?
Ground/Steel Pokémon are immune to Electric and Poison moves, which deal no damage.
What resists Ground/Steel?
Ground/Steel Pokémon resist Normal (½×), Flying (½×), Psychic (½×), Bug (½×), Dragon (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×) and Rock (¼×).
What is the best type against Ground/Steel?
To beat a Ground/Steel Pokémon, use Fire, Water, Fighting and Ground moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Electric (0×), Poison (0×), Rock (¼×), Normal (½×) and Flying (½×).
Related type pages
Single types: Ground, Steel. 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/Dark