--- title: "Poison/Ghost Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/poison-ghost" description: "Poison/Ghost Pokémon are weak to Ground, Psychic, Ghost and Dark, 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 # Poison/Ghost weakness **Poison/Ghost Pokémon are weak to Ground, Psychic, Ghost and Dark, which hit them for 2× damage.** They take no damage from Normal and Fighting, resist 4 other types and take normal damage from 8 types. ## Poison/Ghost damage taken | Damage | Attacking types | | --- | --- | | 2× | [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark) | | 1× | [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) | | ½× | [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | ¼× | [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug) | | 0× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) | ## Best types to use against Poison/Ghost To beat a Poison/Ghost Pokémon, use Ground, Psychic, Ghost and Dark moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Normal (0×), Fighting (0×), Poison (¼×), Bug (¼×) and Grass (½×). Poison/Ghost and Ghost/Poison are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Ghost/Poison search lands on this page too. Going the other way, Poison and Ghost moves between them hit Grass, Psychic, Ghost and Fairy super effectively. 6 Pokémon have the Poison/Ghost typing: 4 species and 2 alternate forms, first appearing in Generation 1 and spanning 2 generations to Generation 9. The highest base stat total is Mega Gengar with 600; the average across the group is 486. ## Abilities that change Poison/Ghost matchups Some Poison/Ghost Pokémon have an ability that overrides the type chart. These are the ones that do: - [Levitate](https://pokee.si/abilities/levitate) floats the Pokémon off the ground, so Ground moves miss (Ground 2× to 0×). Held by [Gastly](https://pokee.si/pokemon/gastly), [Haunter](https://pokee.si/pokemon/haunter). ## 6 Poison/Ghost Pokémon - [Gastly](https://pokee.si/pokemon/gastly) - [Haunter](https://pokee.si/pokemon/haunter) - [Gengar](https://pokee.si/pokemon/gengar) - [Mega Gengar](https://pokee.si/pokemon/gengar?form=gengar-mega) (form) - [Gigantamax Gengar](https://pokee.si/pokemon/gengar?form=gengar-gmax) (form) - [Pecharunt](https://pokee.si/pokemon/pecharunt) ## Quick answers ### What is Poison/Ghost weak to? Poison/Ghost Pokémon are weak to Ground, Psychic, Ghost and Dark, which hit them for 2× damage. ### What is Poison/Ghost immune to? Poison/Ghost Pokémon are immune to Normal and Fighting moves, which deal no damage. ### What resists Poison/Ghost? Poison/Ghost Pokémon resist Grass (½×), Fairy (½×), Poison (¼×) and Bug (¼×). ### What is the best type against Poison/Ghost? To beat a Poison/Ghost Pokémon, use Ground, Psychic, Ghost and Dark moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Normal (0×), Fighting (0×), Poison (¼×), Bug (¼×) and Grass (½×). ## Related type pages Single types: [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost). [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/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/poison-dragon) - [Poison/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/poison-dark) - [Poison/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/poison-steel) - [Poison/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/poison-fairy) ### More Ghost combinations - [Normal/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/normal-ghost) - [Fire/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/fire-ghost) - [Water/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/water-ghost) - [Electric/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/electric-ghost) - [Grass/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/grass-ghost) - [Ice/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ice-ghost) - [Fighting/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-ghost) - [Ground/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ground-ghost) - [Flying/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/flying-ghost) - [Psychic/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/psychic-ghost) - [Bug/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/bug-ghost) - [Ghost/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-dragon) - [Ghost/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-dark) - [Ghost/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-steel) - [Ghost/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/ghost-fairy) --- Source: https://pokee.si/types/poison-ghost (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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