--- title: "Water/Ghost Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/water-ghost" description: "Water/Ghost Pokémon are weak to Electric, Grass, 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 # Water/Ghost weakness **Water/Ghost Pokémon are weak to Electric, Grass, Ghost and Dark, which hit them for 2× damage.** They take no damage from Normal and Fighting, resist 6 other types and take normal damage from 6 types. ## Water/Ghost damage taken | Damage | Attacking types | | --- | --- | | 2× | [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark) | | 1× | [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | ½× | [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) | | 0× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) | ## Best types to use against Water/Ghost To beat a Water/Ghost Pokémon, use Electric, Grass, Ghost and Dark moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Normal (0×), Fighting (0×), Fire (½×), Water (½×) and Ice (½×). Water/Ghost and Ghost/Water are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Ghost/Water search lands on this page too. Going the other way, Water and Ghost moves between them hit Fire, Ground, Psychic, Rock and Ghost super effectively. 4 Pokémon have the Water/Ghost typing: 3 species and 1 alternate form, first appearing in Generation 5 and spanning 2 generations to Generation 8. The highest base stat total is Basculegion with 530; the average across the group is 469. ## Abilities that change Water/Ghost matchups Some Water/Ghost 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 ½× to 0×). Held by [Frillish](https://pokee.si/pokemon/frillish), [Jellicent](https://pokee.si/pokemon/jellicent). ## 4 Water/Ghost Pokémon - [Frillish](https://pokee.si/pokemon/frillish) - [Jellicent](https://pokee.si/pokemon/jellicent) - [Basculegion](https://pokee.si/pokemon/basculegion) - [Female Basculegion](https://pokee.si/pokemon/basculegion?form=basculegion-female) (form) ## Quick answers ### What is Water/Ghost weak to? Water/Ghost Pokémon are weak to Electric, Grass, Ghost and Dark, which hit them for 2× damage. ### What is Water/Ghost immune to? Water/Ghost Pokémon are immune to Normal and Fighting moves, which deal no damage. ### What resists Water/Ghost? Water/Ghost Pokémon resist Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Poison (½×), Bug (½×) and Steel (½×). ### What is the best type against Water/Ghost? To beat a Water/Ghost Pokémon, use Electric, Grass, Ghost and Dark moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Normal (0×), Fighting (0×), Fire (½×), Water (½×) and Ice (½×). ## Related type pages Single types: [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost). [All dual-type combinations](https://pokee.si/types/dual). [Type chart and calculator](https://pokee.si/types). ### More Water combinations - [Normal/Water](https://pokee.si/types/normal-water) - [Fire/Water](https://pokee.si/types/fire-water) - [Water/Electric](https://pokee.si/types/water-electric) - [Water/Grass](https://pokee.si/types/water-grass) - [Water/Ice](https://pokee.si/types/water-ice) - [Water/Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/water-fighting) - [Water/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/water-poison) - [Water/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/water-ground) - [Water/Flying](https://pokee.si/types/water-flying) - [Water/Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/water-psychic) - [Water/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/water-bug) - [Water/Rock](https://pokee.si/types/water-rock) - [Water/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/water-dragon) - [Water/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/water-dark) - [Water/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/water-steel) - [Water/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/water-fairy) ### More Ghost combinations - [Normal/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/normal-ghost) - [Fire/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/fire-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) - [Poison/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/poison-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/water-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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