Dual type

Poison/Dark weakness

Poison/Dark Pokémon are weak only to Ground, which hits them for 2× damage. They take no damage from Psychic, resist 4 other types and take normal damage from 12 types.

Poison/Dark damage taken

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

Best types to use against Poison/Dark

To beat a Poison/Dark Pokémon, use Ground moves: it deals 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Psychic (0×), Grass (½×), Poison (½×), Ghost (½×) and Dark (½×).

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

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

7 Pokémon have the Poison/Dark typing: 4 species and 3 alternate forms, first appearing in Generation 1 and spanning 4 generations to Generation 8.

The highest base stat total is Overqwil with 510; the average across the group is 440.

7 Poison/Dark Pokémon

Quick answers

What is Poison/Dark weak to?

Poison/Dark Pokémon are weak only to Ground, which hits them for 2× damage.

What is Poison/Dark immune to?

Poison/Dark Pokémon are immune to Psychic moves, which deal no damage.

What resists Poison/Dark?

Poison/Dark Pokémon resist Grass (½×), Poison (½×), Ghost (½×) and Dark (½×).

What is the best type against Poison/Dark?

To beat a Poison/Dark Pokémon, use Ground moves: it deals 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Psychic (0×), Grass (½×), Poison (½×), Ghost (½×) and Dark (½×).

Related type pages

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

More Poison combinations

More Dark combinations

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