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
| Damage | Attacking 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
- Normal/Poison
- Fire/Poison
- Water/Poison
- Electric/Poison
- Grass/Poison
- Fighting/Poison
- Poison/Ground
- Poison/Flying
- Poison/Psychic
- Poison/Bug
- Poison/Rock
- Poison/Ghost
- Poison/Dragon
- Poison/Steel
- Poison/Fairy