Ground (type)

Template:ElementalTypes The Ground type (Japanese: じめんタイプ Ground type) is one of the seventeen elemental types. Notable Trainers that 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, where moves are designated physical or special based on the move itself rather than its type, all Ground-type moves were physical.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 66
Attack: 81
Defense: 86
Sp.Atk: 53
Sp.Def: 58
Speed: 54
Total: 0

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 86.22
Attack: 100.87
Defense: 102.30
Sp.Atk: 69.57
Sp.Def: 75.87
Speed: 63.96
Total: 0

Battle properties

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×			0×

Characteristics

Defensively, the Ground type is somewhat risky. It is weak to the common types Water, Grass and Ice. It resists Poison, a type rarely used offensively, and Rock. It is, however, immune to the Electric-type, posing a great advantage due to the minority of Pokémon resisting Electric moves that are not Electric-type themselves, and the fact that as of Generation V, only Zekrom and Rotom's Mow Form have a ¼ resistance to Electric. This also renders them immune to the crippling Thunder Wave.

Offensively, the Ground type is one of the most powerful attacking attacking types, with others being Ice, Rock, and Fighting and Fire. It is the only type super-effective against Electric, and is super-effective against five types in total; only the Fighting type is as powerful as this. It is also super-effective against the best defensive type, Steel. Grass- and 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 a very potent type offensively.

The greatest disadvantage of the Ground type is that it does not affect the very common Flying-type Pokémon at all, nor Pokémon with Levitate.

When used in contests, Ground-type moves typically become Tough moves. No Ground-type moves are Beauty moves, while they can be the other three types.

Pokémon

As of Generation V, there are 59 Ground-type Pokémon or 6.09% of all Pokémon, making it the seventh most common elemental type.

Pure Ground-type Pokémon

# Name 027 Sandshrew 028 Sandslash 050 Diglett 051 Dugtrio 104 Cubone 105 Marowak 231 Phanpy 232 Donphan 328 Trapinch 383 Groudon 449 Hippopotas 450 Hippowdon 529 Drilbur

Half Ground-type Pokémon

Primary Ground-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 207 Gligar Ground Flying 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 330 Flygon Ground Dragon 343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 344 Claydol Ground Psychic 464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 472 Gliscor Ground Flying 530 Excadrill Ground Steel 551 Sandile Ground Dark 552 Krokorok Ground Dark 553 Krookodile Ground Dark 618 Stunfisk Ground Electric 622 Golett Ground Ghost 623 Golurk Ground Ghost 645 Landorus Ground Flying

Secondary Ground-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 034 Nidoking Poison Ground 074 Geodude Rock Ground 075 Graveler Rock Ground 076 Golem Rock Ground 095 Onix Rock Ground 194 Wooper Water Ground 195 Quagsire Water Ground 208 Steelix Steel Ground 220 Swinub Ice Ground 221 Piloswine Ice Ground 246 Larvitar Rock Ground 247 Pupitar Rock Ground 259 Marshtomp Water Ground 260 Swampert Water Ground 290 Nincada Bug Ground 322 Numel Fire Ground 323 Camerupt Fire Ground 339 Barboach Water Ground 340 Whiscash Water Ground 389 Torterra Grass Ground 413 Wormadam* Bug Ground 423 Gastrodon Water Ground 443 Gible Dragon Ground 444 Gabite Dragon Ground 445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 536 Palpitoad Water Ground 537 Seismitoad Water Ground

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes Bone Club Physical Tough 65 85% 20 One target Has a 10% chance of causing the target to flinch. Bone Rush Physical Tough 25 90%* 10 One target Attacks two to five times in a row. Bonemerang Physical Cool 50 90% 10 One target Hits twice. Dig Physical 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. Drill Run Physical ??? 80 95% 10 One target Has a high critical hit ratio. Earth Power Special Smart 90 100% 10 One target Has 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense. Earthquake Physical Tough 100 100% 10 All others Deals double damage to users using Dig. Fissure Physical Tough — 30% 5 One target Target faints. Smooth Over Physical ??? 60 100% 20 One target Lowers the target's Speed. Magnitude Physical Tough Varies 100% 30 All others Damage chosen randomly. Mud Bomb Special Smart 65 85% 10 One target Has 30% chance to lower the target's accuracy. Mud Shot Special Tough 55 95% 15 One target Lowers the target's Speed. Mud-Slap Special Cute 20 100% 10 One target Lowers the target's accuracy. Sand Tomb Physical Smart 35* 85%* 15 One target Attacks for two to five turns.

Non-damaging moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes Mud Sport Status Cute — —% 15 All Weakens Template:Type2 moves. Sand-Attack* Status Cute — 100% 15 One target Lowers opponent's accuracy by 1 level. Spikes Status Smart — —% 20 Both foes Lays spikes* that damage opponents who switch into battle*.

Trivia

• Along with the Template:Type2, Ground-type moves are super-effective against the most types: five.
• Each generation has introduced at least one Ground-type Pokémon whose English name begins with the letter G.
• Although Ground-type Pokémon are immune to Electric-type attacks, the ability Static still affects them.
• In the anime, Ground-type Pokémon's immunity to Electric-type attacks is treated inconsistently, sometimes upheld and sometimes ignored.
• All types that resist the Template:Type2 are weak to Ground, and vice versa; however, the type combinations Electric/Flying, Rock/Flying, and Steel/Flying still resist both due to the Flying-type's immunity to Ground moves.
• More Pokémon are immune to Ground-type moves than any other type, as both Flying Pokémon and Levitating Pokémon are immune to Ground.
• For each possible Ground-type Pokémon with a different subtype that nullifies its weakness to Grass, there is at least one Pokémon with that type combination.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese じめん (地面) jimen Mandarin Chinese 地面 dìmiàn Dutch Grond Finnish Maa French Canada Sol Europe Sol German Boden Greek Έδαφος - Edafos Hebrew אדמה adama Italian Terra Korean 땅 ttang Polish Ziemny Brazilian Portuguese Solo Ground / Terra earth Russian Земляной zemlyanoi Spanish Latin America Tierra Spain Tierra