Dual type

Normal/Dark weakness

Normal/Dark Pokémon are weak to Fighting for 4× damage, and to Bug and Fairy for 2× damage. They take no damage from Psychic and Ghost, resist 1 other type and take normal damage from 12 types.

Normal/Dark damage taken

DamageAttacking types
4×Fighting
2×Bug, Fairy
1×Normal, Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Ice, Poison, Ground, Flying, Rock, Dragon, Steel
½×Dark
0×Psychic, Ghost

Best types to use against Normal/Dark

To beat a Normal/Dark Pokémon, use Fighting moves: it deals 4× damage. Bug and Fairy moves also hit for 2×. Do not waste turns on Psychic (0×), Ghost (0×) and Dark (½×).

Normal/Dark and Dark/Normal are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Dark/Normal search lands on this page too.

Going the other way, Normal and Dark moves between them hit Psychic and Ghost super effectively.

6 Pokémon have the Normal/Dark typing: 1 species and 5 alternate forms, first appearing in Generation 1 and spanning 3 generations to Generation 8.

The highest base stat total is Obstagoon with 520; the average across the group is 377.

Abilities that change Normal/Dark matchups

Some Normal/Dark Pokémon have an ability that overrides the type chart. These are the ones that do:

6 Normal/Dark Pokémon

Quick answers

What is Normal/Dark weak to?

Normal/Dark Pokémon are weak to Fighting for 4× damage, and to Bug and Fairy for 2× damage.

What is Normal/Dark immune to?

Normal/Dark Pokémon are immune to Psychic and Ghost moves, which deal no damage.

What resists Normal/Dark?

Normal/Dark Pokémon resist Dark (½×).

What is the best type against Normal/Dark?

To beat a Normal/Dark Pokémon, use Fighting moves: it deals 4× damage. Bug and Fairy moves also hit for 2×. Do not waste turns on Psychic (0×), Ghost (0×) and Dark (½×).

Related type pages

Single types: Normal, Dark. All dual-type combinations. Type chart and calculator.

More Normal combinations

More Dark combinations

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