Pokémon Dark type

This page has information about the Dark type in the Pokemon games. It applies to Diamond/Pearl/Platinum and previous games (the only exception being that the Dark and Steel types were not present in Red/Blue/Yellow).

Attack

Dark moves are super-effective against:

psychic ghost

Dark moves are not very effective against:

fighting dark steel

Defense

These types have no effect on Dark pokemon:

psychic

These types are not very effective against Dark pokemon:

ghost dark

These types are super-effective against Dark pokemon:

fighting bug

Dual-type attack strength

The chart to the right shows the strengths and weaknesses of the Dark type on every possible type combination. The bottom row shows its strength against single-type pokemon.

The numbers in the squares show the fraction of normal damage the move will do (i.e. ½ means 50% damage, while 4 means 400%).

For example, to find how good a Dark-type move is against a Grass/Poison Pokémon, find the square that cross-references those types. You will see that it is 100%.

normal
fire
water
electric
grass
ice
fighting	½	½	½	½	½	½
poison							½
ground							½
flying							½
psychic	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2
bug							½				2
rock							½				2
ghost	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	4	2	2
dragon							½				2			2
dark	½	½	½	½	½	½	¼	½	½	½		½	½		½
steel	½	½	½	½	½	½	¼	½	½	½		½	½		½	¼
-							½				2			2		½	½
	nor	fir	wat	ele	gra	ice	fig	poi	gro	fly	psy	bug	roc	gho	dra	dar	ste

Pokemon

There are 23 pokemon having the Dark type. See detailed list »

Umbreon
#197 • dark Murkrow
#198 • dark / flying Sneasel
#215 • dark / ice Houndour
#228 • dark / fire Houndoom
#229 • dark / fire Tyranitar
#248 • rock / dark Poochyena
#261 • dark Mightyena
#262 • dark Nuzleaf
#274 • grass / dark Shiftry
#275 • grass / dark Sableye
#302 • dark / ghost Carvanha
#318 • water / dark Sharpedo
#319 • water / dark Cacturne
#332 • grass / dark Crawdaunt
#342 • water / dark Absol
#359 • dark Honchkrow
#430 • dark / flying Stunky
#434 • poison / dark Skuntank
#435 • poison / dark Spiritomb
#442 • ghost / dark Drapion
#452 • poison / dark Weavile
#461 • dark / ice Darkrai
#491 • dark