Ground (type): Difference between revisions

The '''Ground type''' (Japanese: '''じめんタイプ''' ''Ground type'') is one of the eighteen [[type]]s. Notable Trainers who 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#Advances in gameplay|changes in Generation IV]], all damaging Ground-type moves were [[physical move|physical]], but they may now also be [[special move|special]] depending on the attack.

HP=75.58 |

Attack=92.67 |

Defense=87.70 |

SpAtk=61.21 |

SpDef=64.84 |

Speed=59.07 |

Total=441.07 }}

===Fully evolved===<!--as of generation 6-->

HP=89.59 |

Attack=109.68 |

Defense=103.38 |

SpAtk=77.08 |

SpDef=80.03 |

Speed=67.00 |

Total=526.76 }}

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Starting in [[Generation II]], Ground-type Pokémon are immune to the damage from the {{weather|sandstorm}} weather condition.

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Offensively, Ground is one of the most powerful types. It is the only type {{DL|Damage modification|super effective}} against {{t|Electric}}, and is super effective against five types in total, a coverage matched only by {{t|Fighting}}, which is also super effective against the Rock and Steel types. The other types are {{t|Fire}}, {{t|Rock}}, {{t|Poison}}, and {{t|Steel}}. Even though {{t|Grass}}- and {{t|Bug}}-type Pokémon resist Ground attacks, many of them lose this resistance due to secondary typings with a weakness to Ground (such as the common Grass/Poison and Bug/Poison types).

Ground-type [[physical move]]s are commonly known and have many potent options, most notably {{m|Earthquake}}, which has high attack power and widespread compatibility due to its [[TM]] status in every generation. Ground-type [[special move]]s pale in comparison, considering the relatively low {{stat|Special Attack}} stats of the majority of Ground-type Pokémon. The special Ground-type move with the best mix of utility and power is unquestionably {{m|Earth Power}}, but it is generally considered inferior to Earthquake. While Earth Power has been a [[Move Tutor|tutor move]] in every generation since its debut, the facts that move tutors tend to be costly and don't appear in all games hurts their utility; even ignoring those issues, Earth Power is still not as widespread as Earthquake. Earth Power's Base Power is also 10 points lower than Earthquake's (though Earth Power does have a 10% chance to lower Special Defense).

Ground's greatest disadvantage is its ineffectiveness against common {{type|Flying}} Pokémon and those with {{a|Levitate}} (unless they are [[grounded]]). However, most Ground-type Pokémon can learn Rock-type moves to take down Flying-types.

As of Generation VI, there are 62 Ground-type Pokémon or 8.3% of all Pokémon (counting [[List of Pokémon with form differences|forms]] and [[Mega Evolution]]s that change typing as different Pokémon), making it the 7th most common type.

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{{movelist/battle|1|Bone Club|Physical|Tough|65|85|20|anyadjacent|The user clubs the target with a bone. It may also make the target flinch.}}

{{movelist/battle|1|Bonemerang|Physical|Tough|50|90|10|anyadjacent|The user throws the bone it holds. The bone loops to hit the target twice, coming and going.}}

{{movelist/battle|5|Bulldoze|Physical|Tough|60|100|20|alladjacent|The user stomps down on the ground and attacks everything in the area. Hit Pokémon's Speed stat is reduced.}}

{{movelist/battle|1|Dig|Physical|Clever|80|100|10|anyadjacent|The user burrows, then attacks on the second turn. It can also be used to exit dungeons.}}

{{movelist/battle|4|Earth Power|Special|Clever|90|100|10|anyadjacent|The user makes the ground under the target erupt with power. It may also lower the target's Sp. Def.}}

{{movelist/battle|1|Fissure|Physical|Tough|—|30|5|anyadjacent|The user opens up a fissure in the ground and drops the target in. The target instantly faints if it hits.}}

{{movelist/battle|2|Magnitude|Physical|Tough|Varies|100|30|alladjacent|The user looses a ground-shaking quake affecting everyone around the user. Its power varies.}}

{{movelist/battle|4|Mud Bomb|Special|Clever|65|85|10|anyadjacent|The user launches a hard-packed mud ball to attack. It may also lower the target's accuracy.}}

{{movelist/battle|3|Mud Shot|Special|Tough|55|95|15|anyadjacent|The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. It also reduces the target's Speed.}}

{{movelist/battle|3|Mud Sport|Status|Cute|—|—|15|all|The user covers itself with mud. It weakens Electric-type moves while the user is in the battle.}}

{{movelist/battle|6|Precipice Blades|Physical|Cool|120|85|10|alladjacent|The user attacks opposing Pokémon by manifesting the power of the land in fearsome blades of stone.}}

{{movelist/battle|6|Rototiller|Status|Tough|—|—|10|all|Tilling the soil, the user makes it easier for plants to grow. This raises the Attack and Sp. Atk stats of {{type|Grass}} Pokémon.}}

{{movelist/battle|1|Sand Attack|Status|Cute|—|100|15|anyadjacent|Sand is hurled in the target's face, reducing its accuracy.}}

A Pokémon with {{a|Color Change}}, {{a|Protean}}, {{a|Imposter}}, or {{a|Multitype}} will become a Ground-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Ground-type move, uses a Ground-type move, is sent out against a Ground-type opponent, or is holding an {{DL|Plate|Earth Plate}}.

* In the anime, Ground-type Pokémon's immunity to {{type|Electric}} attacks is treated inconsistently, sometimes upheld and sometimes ignored. The anime (in particular ''[[EP005|Showdown at Pewter City]]'') also implies that Ground's immunity to Electric 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 noticeable degree of pain, although it still was not enough to completely incapacitate it, as well as environmental factors (such as water being sprayed on it).

* Excluding {{t|Fairy}}, Ground is the only type in the [[Generation II]] games and their remakes that a notable Trainer does not specialize in.

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