The Ground-type (Japanese: じめんタイプ Jimen type) is one of the seventeen elemental types.
So far, there are only two notable Ground-type specialist trainers: Giovanni of Viridian City and Bertha of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
Statistical averages
| HP:
| 66
|
|
| Attack:
| 81
|
|
| Defense:
| 86
|
|
| SpAtk:
| 53
|
|
| SpDef:
| 58
|
|
| Speed:
| 54
|
|
Battle properties
Ground-type moves:
Ground-type Pokémon:
Characteristics
Defensively, the Ground-type is mediocre. Water-type attacks and Pokémon are common, and the other two weaknesses don't help. The resistance to Rock and immunity to Electric are a plus.
Offensively, the Ground-type is one of the best in the game. It scores super effective hits against the common Electric-, Fire-, and Poison-types as well as the Rock- and Steel-types which are normally very strong against physical attacks. It scores quadruple damage on Steel/Rock Pokémon, which are resistant to most types. The two types resistant to Ground-type attacks are rare, and the Flying-type's immunity to Ground is one of the main reasons Flying-type Pokémon are so useful. Earthquake is one of the most commonly used moves in the metagame for these reasons, and it is usually backed up with a strong Ice-, Rock- or Electric-type move to counter the Flying-type.
Pokémon
Pure Ground-type Pokémon
Half Ground-type Pokémon
Primary Ground-type Pokémon
Secondary Ground-type Pokémon
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
| Name
| Category
| Contest
| Power
| Accuracy
| PP
| Target
| Notes
|
| Bone Club
| 
| 
| 65
| 85%
| 20
| One foe
| Has a 10% chance of causing the opponent to flinch.
|
| Bone Rush
|
|
| 25
| 80%
| 10
| One foe
| Attacks two to five times in a row.
|
| Bonemerang
|
| 
| 50
| 90%
| 10
| One foe
| Hits twice.
|
| Dig
|
| 
| 80
| 100%
| 10
| One foe
| In battle: User digs the first turn, then strikes the next turn.
Out of battle: Used to escape tunnels.
|
| Earth Power
| 
|
| 90
| 100%
| 10
| One foe
| Has 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense.
|
| Earthquake
|
|
| 100
| 100%
| 10
| Everyone else
|
|
| Fissure
|
|
| —
| 30%
| 5
| One foe
| Target faints.
|
| Magnitude
|
|
| Varies
| 100%
| 30
| Everyone else
| Damage chosen randomly.
|
| Mud Bomb
|
|
| 65
| 85%
| 10
| One foe
| Has 30% chance to lower the target's accuracy.
|
| Mud Shot
|
|
| 55
| 95%
| 15
| One foe
| Lowers the opponent's Speed.
|
| Mud-Slap
|
| 
| 20
| 100%
| 10
| One foe
| Lowers the opponent's accuracy.
|
| Sand Tomb
|
|
| 15
| 70%
| 15
| One foe
| Attacks for two to five turns.
|
Non-damaging moves
| Name
| Category
| Contest
| Power
| Accuracy
| PP
| Target
| Notes
|
| Mud Sport
| 
|
| —
| —%
| 15
| User
| Weakens Electric-type moves.
|
| Sand-Attack
|
|
| —
| 100%
| 15
| One foe
| Lowers opponent's accuracy by 1 level.
|
| Spikes
|
|
| —
| —%
| 20
| Both foes
| Lays spikes that damage opponents who switch into battle.
|
Trivia
In other languages
- French: Sol
- German: Boden
- Italian: Terra
- Spanish: Tierra
- Korean: 땅 ttang
- Hebrew: אדמה adamah
