Ground (type)
Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice So far, there are only two notable Ground-type specialist trainers: Giovanni of Viridian City and Bertha of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
Statistical averages
| Stat | Range | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 66
|
126 - 173 | 242 - 336 | |
81
|
77 - 146 | 150 - 287 | |
86
|
81 - 151 | 159 - 298 | |
53
|
52 - 115 | 99 - 225 | |
58
|
56 - 121 | 108 - 236 | |
54
|
53 - 116 | 101 - 227 | |
Total: 398
|
Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Battle properties
Ground-type moves:
- Are super effective against: Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel
- Are not very effective against: Bug, Grass
- Have no effect against: Flying
Ground-type Pokémon:
Characteristics
Defensively, the Ground-type is mediocre. it is weak to Water, Grass and Ice-the other of the three key atacking types. It resists Posion, a rare offensive type, and Rock. It is Electric immune, a great advantage due to the minitory of Pokémon resisting Electric-type moves that are not Electric-types themself, and the lack of a 1/4 resistiance to Electric up to now.
Offensively, the Ground-type is one of the three most important attacking types, together with Ice and Fighting. It is the onlt type super-effective against Electric, and is super-effective against five types-together with Fighting, more than any other type in the game. It is also super-effective against the best defensive type-Steel. Grass and Bug-type do resist Ground, but many of them lose their Ground resistiance due to part Poison-typing. The greatest disadvantage of the Ground-type is that it does not effect the very common Flying-type at all, nor Pokémon with the Levitate trait.
Quite expectedly, Ground combines very well with the Ice-type, as Ice covers Grass and Flying, while Ground covers Rock, Steel and Fire. Ground and Rock, such similar types, also work very well together, Rock covering Ice and Flying while Ground covers Steel; up to now, only Claydol, Flygon and Breloom resist both Rock and Ground. Most Ground-type are able to learn Rock-type moves, for that need. No Pokémon up to now resists Ice/Ground/Rock all together besides Bronzor and Bronzong with the Levitate trait, making Mamoswine a top-tier OU Pokémon by all opinions, a great step forward from RSE's Piloswine.
Pokémon
Pure Ground-type Pokémon
| # | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 027 | File:027MS.gif | Sandshrew |
| 028 | File:028MS.gif | Sandslash |
| 050 | File:050MS.gif | Diglett |
| 051 | File:051MS.gif | Dugtrio |
| 104 | File:104MS.gif | Cubone |
| 105 | File:105MS.gif | Marowak |
| 231 | File:231MS.gif | Phanpy |
| 232 | File:232MS.gif | Donphan |
| 328 | File:328MS.gif | Trapinch |
| 383 | File:383MS.gif | Groudon |
| 449 | 
|
Hippopotas |
| 450 | 
|
Hippowdon |
Half Ground-type Pokémon
Primary Ground-type Pokémon
Secondary Ground-type Pokémon
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Club | 
|
Tough | 65 | 85% | 20 | One foe | Has a 10% chance of causing the opponent to flinch. |
| Bone Rush |
|
Tough | 25 | 80% | 10 | One foe | Attacks two to five times in a row. |
| Bonemerang |
|
Cool | 50 | 90% | 10 | One foe | Hits twice. |
| Dig |
|
Smart | 80 | 100% | 10 | One foe | In battle: User digs the first turn, then strikes the next turn. Out of battle: Used to escape tunnels. |
| Earth Power | 
|
Smart | 90 | 100% | 10 | One foe | Has 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense. |
| Earthquake |
|
Tough | 100 | 100% | 10 | Everyone else | |
| Fissure |
|
Tough | — | 30% | 5 | One foe | Target faints. |
| Magnitude |
|
Tough | Varies | 100% | 30 | Everyone else | Damage chosen randomly. |
| Mud Bomb |
|
Smart | 65 | 85% | 10 | One foe | Has 30% chance to lower the target's accuracy. |
| Mud Shot |
|
Tough | 55 | 95% | 15 | One foe | Lowers the opponent's Speed. |
| Mud-Slap |
|
Cute | 20 | 100% | 10 | One foe | Lowers the opponent's accuracy. |
| Sand Tomb |
|
Smart | 15 | 70% | 15 | One foe | Attacks for two to five turns. |
Non-damaging moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Sport | 
|
Cute | — | —% | 15 | User | Weakens Template:Type2 moves. |
| Sand-Attack |
|
Cute | — | 100% | 15 | One foe | Lowers opponent's accuracy by 1 level. |
| Spikes |
|
Smart | — | —% | 20 | Both foes | Lays spikes that damage opponents who switch into battle. |
Trivia
- Electric is the only type not neutral to Ground that was not combined with the Ground-type itself.
In other languages
- French: Sol
- German: Boden
- Italian: Terra
- Spanish: Tierra
- Korean: 땅 ttang
- Hebrew: אדמה adamah
