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Defensively, the Ground type is somewhat risky. It is weak to the common types {{t|Water}}, {{t|Grass}} and {{t|Ice}}. It resists {{t|Poison}}, a type rarely used offensively, and {{t|Rock}}. It is, however, immune to the {{t|Electric}}-type, posing a great advantage due to the minority of Pokémon resisting {{t|Electric}} moves that are not {{type|Electric}} themselves, and the fact that as of Generation V, only {{p|Zekrom}} and {{p|Rotom}}'s Mow Form have a ¼ resistance to {{t|Electric}}. This also renders them immune to {{m|Thunder Wave}}. | Defensively, the Ground type is somewhat risky. It is weak to the common types {{t|Water}}, {{t|Grass}} and {{t|Ice}}. It resists {{t|Poison}}, a type rarely used offensively, and {{t|Rock}}. It is, however, immune to the {{t|Electric}}-type, posing a great advantage due to the minority of Pokémon resisting {{t|Electric}} moves that are not {{type|Electric}} themselves, and the fact that as of Generation V, only {{p|Zekrom}} and {{p|Rotom}}'s Mow Form have a ¼ resistance to {{t|Electric}}. This also renders them immune to {{m|Thunder Wave}}. | ||
Offensively, the Ground type is one of the | Offensively, the Ground type is one of the four most important attacking types, together with {{t|Ice}}, {{t|Rock}}, and {{t|Fighting}}. It is the only type super-effective against {{t|Electric}}, and is super-effective against five types in total; only the {{t|Fighting}} type is as powerful as this. It is also super-effective against the best defensive type, {{t|Steel}}. {{t|Grass}}- and {{t|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 very potent type offensively. | ||
The greatest disadvantage of the Ground type is that it does not affect the very common {{type|Flying}} Pokémon at all, nor Pokémon with {{a|Levitate}}. | The greatest disadvantage of the Ground type is that it does not affect the very common {{type|Flying}} Pokémon at all, nor Pokémon with {{a|Levitate}}. | ||