Ground (type): Difference between revisions

{{redirect|Ground|the Egg Group formerly known as the Ground Egg Group|Field (Egg Group)}}

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==Battle properties==

===Generation I===

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===Generation II onwards===

|type=Ground

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==Pokémon==

===Pure Ground-type Pokémon===

! Name

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|{{p|Sandshrew}}

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|{{p|Sandslash}}

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|{{p|Diglett}}

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|{{p|Dugtrio}}

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|{{p|Cubone}}

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|{{p|Marowak}}

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|{{p|Phanpy}}

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|{{p|Donphan}}

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|{{p|Trapinch}}

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|{{p|Groudon}}

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|{{p|Hippopotas}}

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|{{p|Hippowdon}}

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|{{p|Drilbur}}

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|{{p|Mudbray}}

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|{{p|Mudsdale}}

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|{{p|Silicobra}}

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|{{p|Sandaconda}}

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|<small>[[Gigantamax]]</small><br>{{p|Sandaconda}}

|}

! Type 2

|-

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Steel}}

|-

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Steel}}

|-

|{{p|Rhyhorn}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Rock}}

|-

|{{p|Rhydon}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Rock}}

|-

|{{p|Gligar}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Flying}}

|-

|{{p|Vibrava}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Dragon}}

|-

|{{p|Flygon}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Dragon}}

|-

|{{p|Baltoy}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Psychic}}

|-

|{{p|Claydol}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Psychic}}

|-

|<small>[[Primal Reversion|Primal]]</small><br>{{p|Groudon}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Fire}}

|-

|{{p|Rhyperior}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Rock}}

|-

|{{p|Gliscor}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Flying}}

|-

|{{p|Excadrill}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Steel}}

|-

|{{p|Sandile}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Dark}}

|-

|{{p|Krokorok}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Dark}}

|-

|{{p|Krookodile}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Dark}}

|-

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Ghost}}

|-

|{{p|Stunfisk}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Electric}}

|-

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Steel}}

|-

|{{p|Golett}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Ghost}}

|-

|{{p|Golurk}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Ghost}}

|-

|{{p|Landorus}}<br><small>{{form|Forces of Nature|Incarnate Forme}}</small>

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Flying}}

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|{{p|Landorus}}<br><small>{{form|Forces of Nature|Therian Forme}}</small>

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Flying}}

|-

|{{p|Runerigus}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Ghost}}

|-

|{{p|Ursaluna}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Normal}}

|-

|{{p|Toedscool}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Grass}}

|-

|{{p|Toedscruel}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Grass}}

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|{{p|Great Tusk}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

{{typetable|Fighting}}

|-

|{{p|Iron Treads}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

! Type 2

|-

|{{p|Nidoqueen}}

{{typetable|Poison}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Nidoking}}

{{typetable|Poison}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Geodude}}

{{typetable|Rock}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Graveler}}

{{typetable|Rock}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Golem}}

{{typetable|Rock}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Onix}}

{{typetable|Rock}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Wooper}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

{{typetable|Poison}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Quagsire}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Steelix}}

{{typetable|Steel}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|<small>[[Mega Evolution|Mega]]</small><br>{{p|Steelix}}

{{typetable|Steel}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Swinub}}

{{typetable|Ice}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Piloswine}}

{{typetable|Ice}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Larvitar}}

{{typetable|Rock}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Pupitar}}

{{typetable|Rock}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Marshtomp}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Swampert}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|<small>[[Mega Evolution|Mega]]</small><br>{{p|Swampert}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Nincada}}

{{typetable|Bug}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Numel}}

{{typetable|Fire}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Camerupt}}

{{typetable|Fire}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|<small>[[Mega Evolution|Mega]]</small><br>{{p|Camerupt}}

{{typetable|Fire}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Barboach}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Whiscash}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Torterra}}

{{typetable|Grass}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Wormadam}}<br><small>{{form|Burmy and Wormadam|Sandy Cloak}}</small>

{{typetable|Bug}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|<small>{{form|Gastrodon|West Sea}}</small><br>{{p|Gastrodon}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|<small>{{form|Gastrodon|East Sea}}</small><br>{{p|Gastrodon}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Gible}}

{{typetable|Dragon}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Gabite}}

{{typetable|Dragon}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Garchomp}}

{{typetable|Dragon}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|<small>[[Mega Evolution|Mega]]</small><br>{{p|Garchomp}}

{{typetable|Dragon}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Mamoswine}}

{{typetable|Ice}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Palpitoad}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Seismitoad}}

{{typetable|Water}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Diggersby}}

{{typetable|Normal}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Zygarde}}<br><small>{{form|Zygarde|10% Forme}}</small>

{{typetable|Dragon}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Zygarde}}<br><small>{{form|Zygarde|50% Forme}}</small>

{{typetable|Dragon}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Zygarde}}<br><small>{{form|Zygarde|Complete Forme}}</small>

{{typetable|Dragon}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Sandygast}}

{{typetable|Ghost}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Palossand}}

{{typetable|Ghost}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Clodsire}}

{{typetable|Poison}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Sandy Shocks}}

{{typetable|Electric}}

{{typetable|Ground}}

|-

|{{p|Ting-Lu}}

{{typetable|Dark}}

==Moves==

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.

{{movelist/battle-head|Ground}}

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

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

{{movelist/battle|1|Earthquake|Physical|Tough|100|100|10|alladjacent|The user sets off an earthquake that strikes every Pokémon around it.}}

{{movelist/battle|8|G-Max Sandblast|Physical||—|—|3|adjacentfoes|A Ground-type attack that Gigantamax Sandaconda use. Opponents are trapped in a raging sandstorm for four to five turns.}}

{{movelist/battle|8|G-Max Sandblast|Special||—|—|3|adjacentfoes|A Ground-type attack that Gigantamax Sandaconda use. Opponents are trapped in a raging sandstorm for four to five turns.}}

{{movelist/battle|7|High Horsepower|Physical||95|95|10|anyadjacent|The user fiercely attacks the target using its entire body.}}

{{movelist/battle|2|Magnitude|Physical|Tough|—|100|30|alladjacent|The user attacks everything around it with a ground-shaking quake. Its power varies.}}

{{movelist/battle|4|Mud Bomb|Special|Cute|65|85|10|anyadjacent|The user launches a hard-packed mud ball to attack. This 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. This also lowers the target's Speed stat.}}

{{movelist/battle|6|Precipice Blades|Physical|Cool|120|85|10|adjacentfoes|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 Grass-type Pokémon.}}

{{movelist/battle|7|Tectonic Rage|Physical||—|—|1|anyadjacent|The user burrows deep into the ground and slams into the target with the full force of its Z-Power. The power varies, depending on the original move.}}

{{movelist/battle|7|Tectonic Rage|Special||—|—|1|anyadjacent|The user burrows deep into the ground and slams into the target with the full force of its Z-Power. The power varies, depending on the original move.}}

{{movelist/battle-foot|Ground}}

===Changed types===

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background:#{{ground color light}}; border:5px solid #{{ground color}}"

! style="background:#{{Ground color light}}; {{roundytr|8px}}" class="unsortable" | Description

|-

| width="100px" style="background:#FFF; border: 1px solid #D8D8D8" | {{acolor|Earth Eater|000}}

| style="background:#FFF; border: 1px solid #D8D8D8; text-align:left;" | If hit by a Ground-type move, the Pokémon has its HP restored instead of taking damage.

|-

| width="100px" style="background:#FFF; border: 1px solid #D8D8D8" | {{acolor|Levitate|000}}

| style="background:#FFF; border: 1px solid #D8D8D8; text-align:left;" | By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.

|-

| width="100px" style="background:#FFF; border: 1px solid #D8D8D8" | {{acolor|Sand Force|000}}

| style="background:#FFF; border: 1px solid #D8D8D8; text-align:left;" | Boosts the power of Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-type moves in a sandstorm.

! style="background:#{{Ground color light}};" | Ability

! style="background:#{{Ground color light}}; {{roundytr|8px}}" class="unsortable" | Description

|-

| width="100px" style="background:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #D8D8D8" | {{acolor|Arena Trap|000}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #D8D8D8; text-align:left;" | Prevents opposing Pokémon from fleeing from battle.

! style="background:#{{ground color light}}; {{roundytr|8px}}" class="unsortable" | Description

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Air Balloon]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Earth Plate]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Ground Gem]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Ground Memory]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Groundium Z]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Iron Ball]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Shuca Berry]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Soft Sand]]

|- class="unsortable"

|}

! style="background:#{{ground color light}}; {{roundytr|8px}}" | Name

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Apicot Berry]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Big Nugget]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Chipped Pot]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Cracked Pot]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Heavy-Duty Boots]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Hondew Berry]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Nugget]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Persim Berry]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Rare Bone]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Stardust]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Terrain Extender]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| [[Thick Club]]

|- class="unsortable"

! style="background:#{{Ground color light}}; {{roundytr|8px}}" | Location

|-

| [[File:VSGiovanni PE.png|x64px|link=Giovanni]]<br>[[Giovanni]]

| [[Team Rocket|Team Rocket Boss]]<br>[[Gym Leader]]{{sup/1}}{{sup/3|FRLG}}{{sup/7|PE}}<br>[[Team Rainbow Rocket]]{{sup/7|USUM}}

| [[Viridian Gym]]{{sup/1}}{{sup/3|FRLG}}{{sup/7|PE}}<br>[[Team Rocket's Castle]]{{sup/7|USUM}}

|-

| [[File:VSBertha BDSP.png|x64px|link=Bertha]]<br>[[Bertha]]

| [[Elite Four]]

| [[Pokémon League (Sinnoh)|Sinnoh Pokémon League]]

|-

| [[File:VSClay.png|link=Clay]]<br>[[Clay]]

| [[Gym Leader]]

| [[Driftveil Gym]]

|-

| [[File:VSHapu.png|x64px|link=Hapu]]<br>[[Hapu]]

| [[Island kahuna]]

| [[Poni Island]]

|-

| [[File:VSRika.png|x64px|link=Rika]]<br>[[Rika]]

| [[Elite Four]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{Ground color dark}}; background:#eee; width:80px; height:80px" | [[File:Ground icon SwSh.png|64px]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{Ground color dark}}; background:#eee; width:80px; height:80px" | [[File:GroundIC BDSP.png|64px]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{Ground color dark}}; background:#eee; width:80px; height:80px" | [[File:GroundIC LA.png|64px]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{Ground color dark}}; background:#eee; width:80px; height:80px" | [[File:Ground icon LA.png|64px]]

|-

| Icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire}}, {{color2|000|Pokémon Emerald|Emerald}}, {{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}

| Icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu!; Let's Go, Eevee!}}

| Icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Sword and Shield}}

| Icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl}}

| Icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Legends: Arceus}}

|}

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{Ground color dark}}; background:#eee; width:80px; height:80px" | [[File:Mezastar Ground type.png|64px]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{Ground color dark}}; background:#eee; width:80px; height:80px" | [[File:GroundIC NPSnap.png|48px]]

|-

| Symbol icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Battrio}}

| Symbol icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Tretta}}

| Symbol icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mezastar}}

| Symbol icon from<br>{{color2|000|New Pokémon Snap}}

|}

Ground-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to {{TCG|Grass}} and {{TCG|Water}} with a resistance to the {{TCG|Lightning}}-type. Fighting-type Pokémon are strong against {{TCG|Colorless}}, {{TCG|Darkness}} and {{TCG|Lightning}} Pokémon, whilst some {{TCG|Colorless}} and {{TCG|Psychic}} Pokémon can resist the Fighting type.

==Trivia==

* Generations I, VI, and {{gen|VIII}} introduced the most Ground-type moves of any Generation, with five, while [[Generation IX]] introduced the fewest, with zero.

* Generation VI and IX are the only Generations to not introduce a pure Ground-type Pokémon.

* 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).

* In the anime on multiple occasions, like in ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'', ''[[EP193|Sick Daze]]'' and ''[[EP204|Right On, Rhydon!]]'', Ground and {{t|Rock}}-type Pokémon are said to have strong aversion to water and generally being wet. {{p|Rhydon}} is often presented as an exception to this rule due to its ability to use the move {{m|Surf}}.

* Each type that resists {{t|Flying}} is weak to Ground, and vice versa.

* Ground is the only type in the [[Generation II]] games and their remakes that a notable Trainer does not [[Type expert|specialize in]].

* Out of all the types, Ground has the most [[moves]] ineligible for [[Sky Battle]]s, with 12.