--- title: "Ground/Steel Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/ground-steel" description: "Ground/Steel Pokémon are weak to Fire, Water, Fighting and Ground, which hit them for 2× damage. On pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-20" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" --- Dual type # 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](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) | | 1× | [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark) | | ½× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | ¼× | [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) | | 0× | [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/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](https://pokee.si/pokemon/diglett?form=diglett-alola) (form) - [Alolan Dugtrio](https://pokee.si/pokemon/dugtrio?form=dugtrio-alola) (form) - [Steelix](https://pokee.si/pokemon/steelix) - [Mega Steelix](https://pokee.si/pokemon/steelix?form=steelix-mega) (form) - [Excadrill](https://pokee.si/pokemon/excadrill) - [Mega Excadrill](https://pokee.si/pokemon/excadrill?form=excadrill-mega) (form) - [Galarian Stunfisk](https://pokee.si/pokemon/stunfisk?form=stunfisk-galar) (form) - [Iron Treads](https://pokee.si/pokemon/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](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel). [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/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/ground-dark) ### More Steel combinations - [Fire/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/fire-steel) - [Water/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/water-steel) - [Electric/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/electric-steel) - [Grass/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/grass-steel) - [Ice/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/ice-steel) - [Fighting/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-steel) - [Poison/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/poison-steel) - [Flying/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/flying-steel) - [Psychic/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/psychic-steel) - [Bug/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/bug-steel) - [Rock/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/rock-steel) - [Ghost/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-steel) - [Dragon/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/dragon-steel) - [Dark/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/dark-steel) - [Steel/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/steel-fairy) --- Source: https://pokee.si/types/ground-steel (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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