--- title: "Poison/Dark Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/poison-dark" description: "Poison/Dark Pokémon are weak only to Ground, which hits them for 2× damage. On pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-20" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" --- 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 | Damage | Attacking types | | --- | --- | | 2× | [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) | | 1× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | ½× | [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark) | | 0× | [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/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 - [Alolan Grimer](https://pokee.si/pokemon/grimer?form=grimer-alola) (form) - [Alolan Muk](https://pokee.si/pokemon/muk?form=muk-alola) (form) - [Hisuian Qwilfish](https://pokee.si/pokemon/qwilfish?form=qwilfish-hisui) (form) - [Stunky](https://pokee.si/pokemon/stunky) - [Skuntank](https://pokee.si/pokemon/skuntank) - [Drapion](https://pokee.si/pokemon/drapion) - [Overqwil](https://pokee.si/pokemon/overqwil) ## 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](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark). [All dual-type combinations](https://pokee.si/types/dual). [Type chart and calculator](https://pokee.si/types). ### More Poison combinations - [Normal/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/normal-poison) - [Fire/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/fire-poison) - [Water/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/water-poison) - [Electric/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/electric-poison) - [Grass/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/grass-poison) - [Fighting/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-poison) - [Poison/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/poison-ground) - [Poison/Flying](https://pokee.si/types/poison-flying) - [Poison/Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/poison-psychic) - [Poison/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/poison-bug) - [Poison/Rock](https://pokee.si/types/poison-rock) - [Poison/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/poison-ghost) - [Poison/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/poison-dragon) - [Poison/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/poison-steel) - [Poison/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/poison-fairy) ### More Dark combinations - [Normal/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/normal-dark) - [Fire/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/fire-dark) - [Water/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/water-dark) - [Electric/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/electric-dark) - [Grass/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/grass-dark) - [Ice/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/ice-dark) - [Fighting/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-dark) - [Ground/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/ground-dark) - [Flying/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/flying-dark) - [Psychic/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/psychic-dark) - [Bug/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/bug-dark) - [Rock/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/rock-dark) - [Ghost/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-dark) - [Dragon/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dragon-dark) - [Dark/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/dark-steel) - [Dark/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/dark-fairy) --- Source: https://pokee.si/types/poison-dark (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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