Dark (type)

The Dark type was introduced in the second generation of Pokémon games as a measure to balance the types. In particular, its resistance to Psychic cut down that type's advantage by a long way. When paired with the Ghost type it was the only type combination to have no weaknesses prior to Gen 6.

60
Dark type Pokémon

12
Single type Pokémon

48
Dual type Pokémon

39
Dark-type moves

Attack pros & cons

Dark moves are super-effective against:

Psychic Ghost

Dark moves are not very effective against:

Fighting Dark Fairy

Defense pros & cons

These types have no effect on Dark Pokémon:

Psychic

These types are not very effective against Dark Pokémon:

Ghost Dark

These types are super-effective against Dark Pokémon:

Fighting Bug Fairy

Dual-type attack pros & cons

This chart shows the strength of the Dark type against every type combination. The fraction of damage a Dark type move will deal is shown - ½ means 50% damage (not very effective), 2 means 200% (super-effective) and so on.

	Nor	Fir	Wat	Ele	Gra	Ice	Fig	Poi	Gro	Fly	Psy	Bug	Roc	Gho	Dra	Dar	Ste	Fai
Normal							½				2			2		½		½
Fire							½				2			2		½		½
Water							½				2			2		½		½
Electric							½				2			2		½		½
Grass							½				2			2		½		½
Ice							½				2			2		½		½
Fighting	½	½	½	½	½	½		½	½	½		½	½		½	¼	½	¼
Poison							½				2			2		½		½
Ground							½				2			2		½		½
Flying							½				2			2		½		½
Psychic	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2		2	2	4	2		2
Bug							½				2			2		½		½
Rock							½				2			2		½		½
Ghost	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	4	2	2		2		2
Dragon							½				2			2		½		½
Dark	½	½	½	½	½	½	¼	½	½	½		½	½		½		½	¼
Steel							½				2			2		½		½
Fairy	½	½	½	½	½	½	¼	½	½	½		½	½		½	¼	½

Dark Pokémon stat averages

72.8
HP
Ranked #7

95.1
Attack
Ranked #4

69.2
Defense
Ranked #15

76.3
Sp. Attack
Ranked #9

68.9
Sp. Defense
Ranked #15

75.5
Speed
Ranked #7

Notable Dark-type trainers

Karen
Elite Four
Gold/Silver/Crystal

Sidney
Elite Four
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald

Karen
Elite Four
HeartGold/SoulSilver

Grimsley
Elite Four
Black/White/Black 2/White 2

Sidney
Elite Four
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire