Pokémon Ground type

This page has information about the Ground 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

Ground moves are super-effective against:

Ground moves are not very effective against:

Ground moves have no effect on:

Defense

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:


Dual-type attack strength

The chart to the right shows the strengths and weaknesses of the Ground 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 Ground-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 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
- 2 2 ½ 2 0 ½ 2 2
nor fir wat ele gra ice fig poi gro fly psy bug roc gho dra dar ste

Pokemon

There are 48 pokemon having the Ground type. See detailed list »

Sandshrew
#027 • ground
Sandslash
#028 • ground
Nidoqueen
#031 • poison / ground
Nidoking
#034 • poison / ground
Diglett
#050 • ground
Dugtrio
#051 • ground
Geodude
#074 • rock / ground
Graveler
#075 • rock / ground
Golem
#076 • rock / ground
Onix
#095 • rock / ground
Cubone
#104 • ground
Marowak
#105 • ground
Rhyhorn
#111 • ground / rock
Rhydon
#112 • ground / rock
Wooper
#194 • water / ground
Quagsire
#195 • water / ground
Gligar
#207 • ground / flying
Steelix
#208 • steel / ground
Swinub
#220 • ice / ground
Piloswine
#221 • ice / ground
Phanpy
#231 • ground
Donphan
#232 • ground
Larvitar
#246 • rock / ground
Pupitar
#247 • rock / ground
Marshtomp
#259 • water / ground
Swampert
#260 • water / ground
Nincada
#290 • bug / ground
Numel
#322 • fire / ground
Camerupt
#323 • fire / ground
Trapinch
#328 • ground
Vibrava
#329 • ground / dragon
Flygon
#330 • ground / dragon
Barboach
#339 • water / ground
Whiscash
#340 • water / ground
Baltoy
#343 • ground / psychic
Claydol
#344 • ground / psychic
Groudon
#383 • ground
Torterra
#389 • grass / ground
Wormadam
#413 • bug / ground
Gastrodon
#423 • water / ground
Gible
#443 • dragon / ground
Gabite
#444 • dragon / ground
Garchomp
#445 • dragon / ground
Hippopotas
#449 • ground
Hippowdon
#450 • ground
Rhyperior
#464 • ground / rock
Gliscor
#472 • ground / flying
Mamoswine
#473 • ice / ground