--- title: "Poison/Ground Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/poison-ground" description: "Poison/Ground Pokémon are weak to Water, Ice, Ground and Psychic, 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/Ground weakness **Poison/Ground Pokémon are weak to Water, Ice, Ground and Psychic, which hit them for 2× damage.** They take no damage from Electric, resist 5 other types and take normal damage from 8 types. ## Poison/Ground damage taken | Damage | Attacking types | | --- | --- | | 2× | [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic) | | 1× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) | | ½× | [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | ¼× | [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison) | | 0× | [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric) | ## Best types to use against Poison/Ground To beat a Poison/Ground Pokémon, use Water, Ice, Ground and Psychic moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Electric (0×), Poison (¼×), Fighting (½×), Bug (½×) and Rock (½×). Poison/Ground and Ground/Poison are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Ground/Poison search lands on this page too. Going the other way, Poison and Ground moves between them hit Fire, Electric, Grass, Poison, Rock, Steel and Fairy super effectively. 4 Pokémon have the Poison/Ground typing: 3 species and 1 alternate form, first appearing in Generation 1 and spanning 3 generations to Generation 9. The highest base stat total is Nidoqueen with 505; the average across the group is 413. ## Abilities that change Poison/Ground matchups Some Poison/Ground Pokémon have an ability that overrides the type chart. These are the ones that do: - [Water Absorb](https://pokee.si/abilities/water-absorb) turns Water moves into healing (Water 2× to 0×). Held by [Paldean Wooper](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wooper?form=wooper-paldea), [Clodsire](https://pokee.si/pokemon/clodsire). ## 4 Poison/Ground Pokémon - [Nidoqueen](https://pokee.si/pokemon/nidoqueen) - [Nidoking](https://pokee.si/pokemon/nidoking) - [Paldean Wooper](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wooper?form=wooper-paldea) (form) - [Clodsire](https://pokee.si/pokemon/clodsire) ## Quick answers ### What is Poison/Ground weak to? Poison/Ground Pokémon are weak to Water, Ice, Ground and Psychic, which hit them for 2× damage. ### What is Poison/Ground immune to? Poison/Ground Pokémon are immune to Electric moves, which deal no damage. ### What resists Poison/Ground? Poison/Ground Pokémon resist Fighting (½×), Bug (½×), Rock (½×), Fairy (½×) and Poison (¼×). ### What is the best type against Poison/Ground? To beat a Poison/Ground Pokémon, use Water, Ice, Ground and Psychic moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Electric (0×), Poison (¼×), Fighting (½×), Bug (½×) and Rock (½×). ## Related type pages Single types: [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground). [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/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/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/poison-dark) - [Poison/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/poison-steel) - [Poison/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/poison-fairy) ### More Ground combinations - [Normal/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/normal-ground) - [Fire/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/fire-ground) - [Water/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/water-ground) - [Electric/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/electric-ground) - [Grass/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/grass-ground) - [Ice/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ice-ground) - [Fighting/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-ground) - [Ground/Flying](https://pokee.si/types/ground-flying) - [Ground/Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/ground-psychic) - [Ground/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/ground-bug) - [Ground/Rock](https://pokee.si/types/ground-rock) - [Ground/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ground-ghost) - [Ground/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/ground-dragon) - [Ground/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/ground-dark) - [Ground/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/ground-steel) --- Source: https://pokee.si/types/poison-ground (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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