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
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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, which are key attacking types. It resists Poison, a rare offensive type, and Rock. It is, however, immune to the Electric-type, posing a great advantage due to the minority of Pokémon resisting Electric-type moves that are not Electric-types themselves, and the lack of a 1/4 resistance to Electric even by Generation IV.
Offensively, the Ground-type is one of the three most important attacking types, together with Ice and Fighting. It is the only type super-effective against Electric, and is super-effective against five types; only the Fighting-type is as powerful as this. 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 resistance due to being part Poison. The greatest disadvantage of the Ground-type is that it does not affect the very common Flying-type at all, nor Pokémon with Levitate.
The Ground-type combines very well with the Ice-type, as Ice covers Grass and Flying, while Ground covers Rock, Steel and Fire. Ground and Rock also work very well together; Rock covers Ice and Flying while Ground covers Steel; as of Generation IV, only Claydol, Flygon, Breloom, Torterra, and Bronzong with Levitate resist both Rock and Ground. Most Ground-type Pokémon are able to learn Rock-type moves, possibly for that very purpose.
In total, there are 48 Pokémon with the Ground-type.
Pokémon
Pure Ground-type Pokémon
| # | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 027 | 
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Sandshrew |
| 028 | 
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Sandslash |
| 050 | 
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Diglett |
| 051 | 
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Dugtrio |
| 104 | 
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Cubone |
| 105 | 
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Marowak |
| 231 | 
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Phanpy |
| 232 | 
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Donphan |
| 328 | 
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Trapinch |
| 383 | 
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Groudon |
| 449 | 
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Hippopotas |
| 450 | 
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Hippowdon |
Half Ground-type Pokémon
Primary Ground-type Pokémon
| # | Name | Type 1 | Type 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 
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Rhyhorn | Ground | Rock |
| 112 | 
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Rhydon | Ground | Rock |
| 207 | 
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Gligar | Ground | Flying |
| 329 | 
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Vibrava | Ground | Dragon |
| 330 | 
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Flygon | Ground | Dragon |
| 343 | 
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Baltoy | Ground | Psychic |
| 344 | 
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Claydol | Ground | Psychic |
| 464 | 
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Rhyperior | Ground | Rock |
| 472 | 
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Gliscor | Ground | Flying |
Secondary Ground-type Pokémon
| # | Name | Type 1 | Type 2 | |
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| 031 | 
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Nidoqueen | Poison | Ground |
| 034 | 
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Nidoking | Poison | Ground |
| 074 | 
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Geodude | Rock | Ground |
| 075 | 
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Graveler | Rock | Ground |
| 076 | 
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Golem | Rock | Ground |
| 095 | 
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Onix | Rock | Ground |
| 194 | 
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Wooper | Water | Ground |
| 195 | 
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Quagsire | Water | Ground |
| 208 | 
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Steelix | Steel | Ground |
| 220 | 
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Swinub | Ice | Ground |
| 221 | 
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Piloswine | Ice | Ground |
| 246 | 
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Larvitar | Rock | Ground |
| 247 | 
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Pupitar | Rock | Ground |
| 259 | 
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Marshtomp | Water | Ground |
| 260 | 
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Swampert | Water | Ground |
| 290 | 
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Nincada | Bug | Ground |
| 322 | 
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Numel | Fire | Ground |
| 323 | 
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Camerupt | Fire | Ground |
| 339 | 
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Barboach | Water | Ground |
| 340 | 
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Whiscash | Water | Ground |
| 389 | 
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Torterra | Grass | Ground |
| 413 | 
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Wormadam* | Bug | Ground |
| 423 | 
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Gastrodon | Water | Ground |
| 443 | 
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Gible | Dragon | Ground |
| 444 | 
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Gabite | Dragon | Ground |
| 445 | 
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Garchomp | Dragon | Ground |
| 473 | 
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Mamoswine | Ice | Ground |
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
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| Bone Club | 
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Tough | 65 | 85% | 20 | One target | Has a 10% chance of causing the target to flinch. |
| Bone Rush |
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Tough | 25 | 80% | 10 | One target | Attacks two to five times in a row. |
| Bonemerang |
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Cool | 50 | 90% | 10 | One target | Hits twice. |
| Dig |
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Smart | 80 | 100% | 10 | One target | In battle: User digs the first turn, then strikes the next turn. Out of battle: Used to escape tunnels. |
| Earth Power | 
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Smart | 90 | 100% | 10 | One target | Has 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense. |
| Earthquake |
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Tough | 100 | 100% | 10 | All others | |
| Fissure |
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Tough | — | 30% | 5 | One target | Target faints. |
| Magnitude |
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Tough | Varies | 100% | 30 | All others | Damage chosen randomly. |
| Mud Bomb |
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Smart | 65 | 85% | 10 | One target | Has 30% chance to lower the target's accuracy. |
| Mud Shot |
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Tough | 55 | 95% | 15 | One target | Lowers the target's Speed. |
| Mud-Slap |
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Cute | 20 | 100% | 10 | One target | Lowers the target's accuracy. |
| Sand Tomb |
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Smart | 15 | 70% | 15 | One target | Attacks for two to five turns. |
Non-damaging moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
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| Mud Sport | 
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Cute | — | —% | 15 | All | Weakens Template:Type2 moves. |
| Sand-Attack |
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Cute | — | 100% | 15 | One target | Lowers opponent's accuracy by 1 level. |
| Spikes |
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Smart | — | —% | 20 | Both foes | Lays spikes that damage opponents who switch into battle. |
Trivia
- The Template:Type2 is the only type not neutral to Ground that has not been combined with the Ground-type yet.
- Along with the Template:Type2, Ground-type moves are super-effective against the most types, with five.
- Each Generation has at least one Ground type Pokémon that starts with the letter G.
In other languages
- Dutch: Grond.
- French: Sol.
- German: Boden.
- Italian: Terra.
- Spanish: Tierra.
- Korean: 땅 ttang.
- Hebrew: אדמה adamah.