Dark (type)

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.

Effects of the Dark type

• The ability Rattled raises the Pokémon's Speed one stage when hit by a Dark type attack.
• The ability Justified raises the Pokémon's Attack one stage when hit by a Dark type attack.
• The Dark Aura ability increases the power of Dark type moves for all Pokémon on the field by 33%.
• If Pokémon with the abilities Dark Aura and Aura Break (i.e. Yveltal and Zygarde) are both in battle, the power of Dark type moves for all Pokémon on the field instead decreases by 25%.
• The move Miracle Eye allows Psychic type moves to hit Dark type Pokémon.
• The items Dread Plate and Dark Glasses increase the power of Dark type moves by 20% when held.
• The Dark Gem increases the power of a Dark type move by 30% when held, and is then consumed.
• The Colbur Berry, when held, neutralizes a super-effective Dark type move.