Type weaknesscurrent chartGen 1–9Updated OCT 18, 2026
Dark Type Weakness
Dark type weakness: Fighting, Bug and Fairy moves deal 2× damage to the Dark type, and it takes no damage from Psychic attacks. Tyranitar (Rock/Dark) and Bisharp (Dark/Steel) have a 4× Fighting weakness, and Scrafty (Dark/Fighting) has a 4× Fairy weakness. Bisharp’s Steel half does cancel the Bug and Fairy weaknesses.
Ghost
Psychic
Weakness chart
What is Dark type weak to?
This is the chart every game has used since X & Y (Gen 6). What was different in older games is at the bottom of the page.
Counters
Pokémon strong against Dark
The best counters to Dark. These Pokémon win both ways: they take half damage or less from Dark attacks, and their own type hits Dark for 2× damage. Ranked by that move, the stat behind it, bulk and speed.
- 1USES
SuperpowerPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC- Close CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Hammer ArmPHYSICAL100 PWR90 ACC
- Brick BreakPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Drain PunchPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Total
- 505
- HP
- 105
- Atk
- 140
- Def
- 95
- SpA
- 55
- SpD
- 65
- Spe
- 45
- 2USESSuperpowerPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Close CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Hammer ArmPHYSICAL100 PWR90 ACC
- Sky UppercutPHYSICAL85 PWR90 ACC
- Brick BreakPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Total
- 495
- HP
- 95
- Atk
- 124
- Def
- 78
- SpA
- 69
- SpD
- 71
- Spe
- 58
- 3USESClose CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Brick BreakPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Drain PunchPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
X-ScissorPHYSICAL80 PWR100 ACC- U-turnPHYSICAL70 PWR100 ACC
- Total
- 510
- HP
- 80
- Atk
- 130
- Def
- 60
- SpA
- 40
- SpD
- 80
- Spe
- 120
- 4USESSuperpowerPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Close CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Hammer ArmPHYSICAL100 PWR90 ACC
- Brick BreakPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Drain PunchPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Total
- 500
- HP
- 120
- Atk
- 125
- Def
- 80
- SpA
- 55
- SpD
- 60
- Spe
- 60
- 5USESSuperpowerPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Close CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Cross ChopPHYSICAL100 PWR80 ACC
- Brick BreakPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Drain PunchPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Total
- 474
- HP
- 144
- Atk
- 120
- Def
- 60
- SpA
- 40
- SpD
- 60
- Spe
- 50
- 6USESSuperpowerPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Close CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Cross ChopPHYSICAL100 PWR80 ACC
- Brick BreakPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Drain PunchPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Total
- 505
- HP
- 90
- Atk
- 130
- Def
- 80
- SpA
- 65
- SpD
- 85
- Spe
- 55
- 7USES
MoonblastSPECIAL95 PWR100 ACC- Dazzling GleamSPECIAL80 PWR100 ACC
- Aura SphereSPECIAL80 PWR— ACC
- Signal BeamSPECIAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Play RoughPHYSICAL90 PWR90 ACC
- Total
- 545
- HP
- 85
- Atk
- 50
- Def
- 95
- SpA
- 120
- SpD
- 115
- Spe
- 80
- 8USESClose CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- MegahornPHYSICAL120 PWR85 ACC
- Brick BreakPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Skitter SmackPHYSICAL70 PWR90 ACC
- Bug BuzzSPECIAL90 PWR100 ACC
- Total
- 500
- HP
- 80
- Atk
- 125
- Def
- 75
- SpA
- 40
- SpD
- 95
- Spe
- 85
Legendary, Mythical, Paradox and Ultra Beast picks
- 1USESClose CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Brick BreakPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Drain PunchPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Play RoughPHYSICAL90 PWR90 ACC
- Focus BlastSPECIAL120 PWR70 ACC
- Total
- 570
- HP
- 154
- Atk
- 140
- Def
- 108
- SpA
- 50
- SpD
- 68
- Spe
- 50
- 2USESClose CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Collision CoursePHYSICAL100 PWR100 ACC
- Brick BreakPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Drain PunchPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- U-turnPHYSICAL70 PWR100 ACC
- Total
- 670
- HP
- 100
- Atk
- 135
- Def
- 115
- SpA
- 85
- SpD
- 100
- Spe
- 135
- 3USESMoonblastSPECIAL95 PWR100 ACC
- Play RoughPHYSICAL90 PWR90 ACC
- Dazzling GleamSPECIAL80 PWR100 ACC
- Close CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- MegahornPHYSICAL120 PWR85 ACC
- Total
- 680
- HP
- 126
- Atk
- 131
- Def
- 95
- SpA
- 131
- SpD
- 98
- Spe
- 99
- 4USESSuperpowerPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Close CombatPHYSICAL120 PWR100 ACC
- Hammer ArmPHYSICAL100 PWR90 ACC
- Leech LifePHYSICAL80 PWR100 ACC
- Brick BreakPHYSICAL75 PWR100 ACC
- Total
- 570
- HP
- 107
- Atk
- 139
- Def
- 139
- SpA
- 53
- SpD
- 53
- Spe
- 79
Abilities & items
Abilities and items that change Dark matchups
Some abilities and held items change how much damage Dark deals or takes, on top of the chart.
Resist berries
- Halves one super effective Dark hit on the holder, then is used up.
Colbur BerryVS
DARK - Halves one super effective Fighting hit on a Dark Pokémon, then is used up.
Chople BerryVSFIGHTING - Halves one super effective Bug hit on a Dark Pokémon, then is used up.
Tanga BerryVSBUG - Halves one super effective Fairy hit on a Dark Pokémon, then is used up.
Roseli BerryVSFAIRY
Moves
Super effective moves against Dark
Moves that deal 2× damage to Dark, from every type it is weak to.
Up to 10 moves of each type that hit Dark for 2×, picked from the moves the most Pokémon can learn at 75 power or more. Filter by type or sort by any number.
| MOVE | CATEGORY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brick BreakGEN 3 | PHYSICAL | 75 | ACC 100% | PP 15 | LEARNED BY 347 |
| Focus BlastGEN 4 | SPECIAL | 120 | ACC 70% | PP 5 | LEARNED BY 228 |
| Focus PunchGEN 3 | PHYSICAL | 150 | ACC 100% | PP 20 | LEARNED BY 226 |
| Signal BeamGEN 3 | SPECIAL | 75 | ACC 100% | PP 15 | LEARNED BY 220 |
| SuperpowerGEN 3 | PHYSICAL | 120 | ACC 100% | PP 5 | LEARNED BY 186 |
| Dazzling GleamGEN 6 | SPECIAL | 80 | ACC 100% | PP 10 | LEARNED BY 175 |
| Play RoughGEN 6 | PHYSICAL | 90 | ACC 90% | PP 10 | LEARNED BY 166 |
| Body PressGEN 8 | PHYSICAL | 80 | ACC 100% | PP 10 | LEARNED BY 155 |
| Dynamic PunchGEN 2 | PHYSICAL | 100 | ACC 50% | PP 5 | LEARNED BY 150 |
| Drain PunchGEN 4 | PHYSICAL | 75 | ACC 100% | PP 10 | LEARNED BY 150 |
| Close CombatGEN 4 | PHYSICAL | 120 | ACC 100% | PP 5 | LEARNED BY 135 |
| X-ScissorGEN 4 | PHYSICAL | 80 | ACC 100% | PP 15 | LEARNED BY 120 |
| Leech LifeGEN 1 | PHYSICAL | 80 | ACC 100% | PP 10 | LEARNED BY 76 |
| Bug BuzzGEN 4 | SPECIAL | 90 | ACC 100% | PP 10 | LEARNED BY 72 |
| SubmissionGEN 1 | PHYSICAL | 80 | ACC 80% | PP 20 | LEARNED BY 65 |
| Alluring VoiceGEN 9 | SPECIAL | 80 | ACC 100% | PP 10 | LEARNED BY 61 |
| Hammer ArmGEN 4 | PHYSICAL | 100 | ACC 90% | PP 10 | LEARNED BY 59 |
| MoonblastGEN 6 | SPECIAL | 95 | ACC 100% | PP 15 | LEARNED BY 55 |
| MegahornGEN 2 | PHYSICAL | 120 | ACC 85% | PP 10 | LEARNED BY 43 |
| Misty ExplosionGEN 8 | SPECIAL | 100 | ACC 100% | PP 5 | LEARNED BY 25 |
Rules & history
Dark type rules beyond the chart
Battle effects tied to the Dark type, and what was different in older games.
Beyond the chart
- Blocks PranksterFrom Gen 7, status moves boosted by an opponent’s Prankster fail on Dark types.
How Dark changed across generations
- GEN2Gold & SilverDark type added, immune to Psychic from the start.
- GEN4Diamond & PearlSince Gen 4, each Dark move is physical or special based on the move itself. Before that, every Dark move was special.
- GEN6X & YFairy type added. Dark moves do ½ damage to Fairy, and Fairy moves hit Dark for 2×.
- GEN6X & YDark moves now hit Steel for normal damage. Steel resisted them before Gen 6.