Ground (type)

Types

Normal

Fire

Fighting

Water

Flying

Grass

Poison

Electric

Ground

Psychic

Rock

Ice

Bug

Dragon

Ghost

Dark

Steel

Fairy

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Stellar

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The Ground type (Japanese: じめんタイプ Ground type) is one of the seventeen types. Notable Trainers that specialize in Ground-type Pokémon are Giovanni of Viridian City, Bertha of the Sinnoh Elite Four, and Clay of Driftveil City. Prior to Generation IV, when moves were designated physical or special based on their type, all Ground-type moves were physical.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 73.37
Attack: 86.83
Defense: 82.42
Sp.Atk: 55.93
Sp.Def: 60.97
Speed: 57.49
Total: 417.02

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 88.97
Attack: 102.48
Defense: 96.97
Sp.Atk: 70.72
Sp.Def: 76.34
Speed: 65.97
Total: 501.45

Battle properties

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×			0×

Characteristics

Defense

Defensively, the Ground type is somewhat risky. Whilst they do have above average HP and Defense, they have below average Special Defense and Speed. Combining that with weaknesses to the common Water, Grass and Ice types (all three of which have generally special movesets), decreases their ability to defend. It resists Poison, a type rarely used offensively, and Rock. It is, however, immune to the Electric-type, posing a great advantage due to the minority of Pokémon resisting Electric moves that are not Electric-type themselves, and the fact that as of Generation V, only Zekrom and Rotom's Mow Form have a ¼ resistance to Electric. This also renders them immune to the crippling Thunder Wave (though not immune to paralysis itself).

Offense

Offensively, the Ground type is one of the most powerful offensive types, with the others being Ice, Rock, Fighting, and Fire. It is the only type super-effective against Electric, and is super-effective against five types in total; only the Fighting type is as powerful as this. It is also super-effective against two of the best defensive types, Poison and Steel. Grass- and Bug-type Pokémon do resist Ground, but this is largely mitigated by the common Grass/Poison and Bug/Poison typing. This, combined with the fact that the highly damaging and popular Earthquake has been available as TM26 in every Generation, makes Ground a very potent type offensively. Given that the types Ground hits with super-effective damage (with the arguable exception of Poison) are fairly common types, and its unique ability to hit Electric-types super effectively, Ground-type is commonly considered as one of the best offensive types, along with Fighting.

The greatest disadvantage of the Ground-type is that it does not affect the very common Flying-type Pokémon at all (unless the Flying type uses Roost), nor Pokémon with Levitate (unless Smack Down is used on it). However, all fully-evolved Ground-type Pokémon are able to learn Rock-type attacks, which somewhat alleviates the problem.

Contest Properties

When used in Contests, Ground-type moves typically become Tough moves. No Ground-type moves are Beauty moves, while they can be the other three types.

Pokémon

As of Generation V, there are 59 Ground-type Pokémon or 9.09% of all Pokémon, making it the seventh most common type.

Pure Ground-type Pokémon

# Name 027 Sandshrew 028 Sandslash 050 Diglett 051 Dugtrio 104 Cubone 105 Marowak 231 Phanpy 232 Donphan 328 Trapinch 383 Groudon 449 Hippopotas 450 Hippowdon 529 Drilbur

Half Ground-type Pokémon

Primary Ground-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 207 Gligar Ground Flying 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 330 Flygon Ground Dragon 343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 344 Claydol Ground Psychic 464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 472 Gliscor Ground Flying 530 Excadrill Ground Steel 551 Sandile Ground Dark 552 Krokorok Ground Dark 553 Krookodile Ground Dark 618 Stunfisk Ground Electric 622 Golett Ground Ghost 623 Golurk Ground Ghost 645 Landorus Ground Flying Ground Flying

Secondary Ground-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 034 Nidoking Poison Ground 074 Geodude Rock Ground 075 Graveler Rock Ground 076 Golem Rock Ground 095 Onix Rock Ground 194 Wooper Water Ground 195 Quagsire Water Ground 208 Steelix Steel Ground 220 Swinub Ice Ground 221 Piloswine Ice Ground 246 Larvitar Rock Ground 247 Pupitar Rock Ground 259 Marshtomp Water Ground 260 Swampert Water Ground 290 Nincada Bug Ground 322 Numel Fire Ground 323 Camerupt Fire Ground 339 Barboach Water Ground 340 Whiscash Water Ground 389 Torterra Grass Ground 413 Wormadam* Bug Ground 423 Gastrodon Water Ground 443 Gible Dragon Ground 444 Gabite Dragon Ground 445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 536 Palpitoad Water Ground 537 Seismitoad Water Ground

Moves

Gen	Move	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Range	Description
I	Bone Club	Physical	Tough	06565	08585%	2020 (max 32)	Normal	The user clubs the target with a bone. It may also make the target flinch.
II	Bone Rush	Physical	Tough	02525	09090%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user strikes the target with a hard bone two to five times in a row.
I	Bonemerang	Physical	Cool	05050	09090%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user throws the bone it holds. The bone loops to hit the target twice, coming and going.
V	Bulldoze	Physical		06060	100100%	2020 (max 32)	All Others	The user stomps down on the ground and attacks everything in the area. Hit Pokémon's Speed stat is reduced.
I	Dig	Physical	Smart	08080	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user burrows, then attacks on the second turn. It can also be used to exit dungeons.
V	Drill Run	Physical		08080	09595%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user crashes into its target while rotating its body like a drill. Critical hits land more easily.
IV	Earth Power	Special	Smart	09090	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user makes the ground under the target erupt with power. It may also lower the target's Sp. Def.
I	Earthquake	Physical	Tough	100100	100100%	1010 (max 16)	All Others	The user sets off an earthquake that strikes every Pokémon around it.
I	Fissure	Physical	Tough	000—	03030%	055 (max 8)	Normal	The user opens up a fissure in the ground and drops the target in. The target instantly faints if it hits.
II	Magnitude	Physical	Tough	VariesVaries	100100%	3030 (max 48)	All Others	The user looses a ground-shaking quake affecting everyone around the user. Its power varies.
IV	Mud Bomb	Special	Smart	06565	08585%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user launches a hard-packed mud ball to attack. It may also lower the target's accuracy.
III	Mud Shot	Special	Tough	05555	09595%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. It also reduces the target's Speed.
III	Mud Sport	Status	Cute	000—	000—%	1515 (max 24)	All	The user covers itself with mud. It weakens Electric-type moves while the user is in the battle.
II	Mud-Slap	Special	Cute	02020	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user hurls mud in the target's face to inflict damage and lower its accuracy.
III	Sand Tomb	Physical	Smart	03535	08585%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	The user traps the target inside a harshly raging sandstorm for four to five turns.
I	Sand-Attack	Status	Cute	000—	100100%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	Sand is hurled in the target's face, reducing its accuracy.
II	Spikes	Status	Smart	000—	000—%	2020 (max 32)	Other Side	The user lays a trap of spikes at the opposing team's feet. The trap hurts Pokémon that switch into battle.
All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual move's page. Target data assumes user is in the lower left.

Trivia

• Along with the Fighting type, Ground-type moves are super-effective against the most types: five.
• Each generation has introduced at least one Ground-type Pokémon whose English name begins with the letter G.
• Although Ground-type Pokémon are immune to Electric-type attacks, the Ability Static still affects them.
• In the anime, Ground-type Pokémon's immunity to Electric-type attacks is treated inconsistently, sometimes upheld and sometimes ignored. The anime (in particular Showdown at Pewter City) also implies that Ground type's immunity to Electric types has a limit depending on the voltage, as Brock's Onix, when first fighting Pikachu, was completely unaffected by Pikachu's electricity, but in the rematch, Pikachu's electric attacks, having been boosted at an abandoned hydroelectric plant, were giving Onix a noticable degree of pain, although it still wasn't enough to completely incapacitate it, as well as environmental factors (such as water being sprayed on it).
• All types that resist the Flying type are weak to Ground, and vice versa; however, the type combinations Electric/Flying, Rock/Flying, and Steel/Flying still resist both due to the Flying type's immunity to Ground moves.
• More Pokémon are immune to Ground-type moves than any other type, as both Flying Pokémon and Levitating Pokémon are immune to Ground.
• Generation I introduced the most Ground-type Pokémon of any Generation, with 14 and Generation II introduced the least Ground-type Pokémon, with 10.
• Generation I introduced the most Ground-type moves of any Generation, with six and Generation IV and V introduced the least Ground-type moves, with two.
• The Ground-type is the only type in the Generation II games and their remakes that a notable trainer doesn't specialize in.

In other languages

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