Ground is one of the strongest types offensively: it is super-effective against five other types (as is Fighting) and Earthquake is one of the strongest moves in the game with power and accuracy both 100. Unfortunately, many Ground-type Pokemon are dual Rock types, lumbering them with 4x Grass and Water disadvantages.
Ground moves are super-effective against:
Ground moves are not very effective against:
Ground moves have no effect on:
These types have no effect on Ground pokemon:
These types are not very effective against Ground pokemon:
These types are super-effective against Ground pokemon:
The chart below shows the strength of the Ground type against every type combination. The numbers in the squares show the fraction damage the move will do (i.e. ½ means 50% damage and not very effective, while 4 means 400% - super-effective).
For example, look where the Grass and Poison types intersect to see how good a Ground-type move would be against a pokemon like Venusaur. You will see that it is 100%.
| nor | fir | wat | ele | gra | ice | fig | poi | gro | fly | psy | bug | roc | gho | dra | dar | ste | fai | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Water | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Electric | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Grass | ½ | ½ | ||||||||||||||||
| Ice | 2 | 2 | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| Fighting | 2 | 2 | ½ | |||||||||||||||
| Poison | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Ground | 2 | 2 | ½ | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Flying | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Psychic | 2 | 2 | ½ | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bug | ½ | ½ | ¼ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ||||||||||
| Rock | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ghost | 2 | 2 | ½ | 2 | 0 | ½ | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dragon | 2 | 2 | ½ | 2 | 0 | ½ | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dark | 2 | 2 | ½ | 2 | 0 | ½ | 2 | |||||||||||
| Steel | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Fairy | 2 | 2 | ½ | 2 | 0 | ½ | 2 | 2 |
Note: the exact strengths and weaknesses of the newly revealed Fairy type are not yet confirmed.
There are 60 Ground-type pokemon.
See also: