TYPE DEX
Ground type – strengths, weaknesses & best counters
The Ground type hits 5 types for double damage: Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, Steel. Defensively it has 3 weaknesses (Water, Grass, Ice). The Earthquake type: five 2× targets including Steel and Electric — the best attacking type in the game, Flying types aside.
Ground moves against …
Ground Pokémon on defense
What is super effective against Ground?
Garchomp takes ×4 damage. Garchomp is Dragon, Ground — the weaknesses of both types multiply. That's exactly why Ice is the answer whenever Garchomp hits the field.
Super effective against Ground: Water, Grass, Ice. The most famous victim: Garchomp (Dragon, Ground) takes a massive ×4 damage from Ice moves thanks to its dual typing — one hit is often enough.
Ground has 3 weaknesses: Water, Grass, Ice. Resisted: Poison, Rock — and against Electric, Ground is completely immune, which means a free switch-in.
2 types resist Ground moves: Grass, Bug. Ground moves do nothing at all against Flying — bring coverage for that matchup. You really hurt Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, Steel, though.
79 Pokémon carry the Ground type — pure, in combination or via a form (Gen 9, incl. Mega Evolutions and regional forms). The full filterable list lives in the Pokédex: toggle the Ground filter at the top and you'll see every species with stats, locations and movesets.
Yes — Ground is one of the best attacking types in the game. The math: 5 types are hit ×2 (Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, Steel), 2 resist it (Grass, Bug) and 1 are immune (Flying). The rating comes straight from the type chart — test the matchups live in the Versus calc.