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Notable trainers that specialize in Ground-type Pokémon are Giovanni of Viridian City, Bertha of the Sinnoh Elite Four, and Yacon of Hodomoe City.
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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 Thunder Wave.
Offensively, the Ground type is a 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
Half Ground-type Pokémon
Primary Ground-type Pokémon
Secondary Ground-type Pokémon
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
Non-damaging moves
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.
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