Dark type

Darkness sometimes represent evil and crime, but Dark Pokémon are quite misunderstood there. Dark-type Pokémon are known for often using sinister and deceptive moves such as biting and stealing. Some Dark Pokémon include Sneasel, Absol, Poochyena, Umbreon and Houndour. This is also the only Pokémon type which does not have a gym (only some Elite Four members use them). They are often used by criminals as well. Dark Pokémon are usually seen at night, but they are seen in the daytime as well.

They are known as Darkness-types in the TCG.

Type Effectiveness

Generation II-V

Offensively

Super Effective Against:GhostPsychic
Not Very Effective:DarkFightingSteel
No effect on:None

Defensively

Resistance Against:DarkGhost
Weak Against:BugFighting
Unaffected by:Psychic

Generation VI

Offensively

Super Effective Against:GhostPsychic
Not Very Effective:DarkFightingFairy
No effect on:None

Defensively

Resistance Against:DarkGhost
Weak Against:BugFightingFairy
Unaffected by:Psychic

Abilities of Dark Pokémon

Natural

• Aftermath - Just the Stunky family.
• Bad Dreams - Unique to Darkrai.
• Battle Armor - Just Drapion; This is a Rock ability.
• Big Pecks - Just the Vullaby family; This is a Flying ability.
• Chlorophyll - Just the Seedot family; This is a Grass ability.
• Dark Aura - Unique to Yveltal.
• Defiant - Unique to the Pawniard family.
• Early Bird - This is a Flying ability.
• Flash Fire - Just the Houndour family; This is a Fire ability.
• Hustle - Just the Deino family (Not Hydreigon); This is a Flying/Normal ability.
• Hyper Cutter - Just Crawdaunt; This is a Water ability.
• Illusion - Unique to the Zorua family.
• Inner Focus - This is a Fighting ability.
• Insomnia - Just the Murkrow family; This is a Flying Visual ability.
• Intimidate - This is a Normal ability.
• Keen Eye - This is a Flying ability.
• Levitate - Just Hydreigon; This is a Psychic ability.
• Limber - Just the Purrloin family; This is a Normal ability.
• Moxie - Unique to the Sandile and Scraggy family. This is a Dark ability.
• Multitype - Unique to Arceus (Dark Arceus).
• Overcoat - Just the Vullaby family; This is a Psychic ability.
• Pressure - This is a Flying ability.
• Quick Feet - Just the Poochyena family; This is a Normal ability.
• Rough Skin - Just the Carvanha family.
• Run Away - Just Poochyena; This is a Normal ability.
• Sand Stream - Just Tyranitar; This is a Ground ability.
• Sand Veil - Just Cacturne; This is a Ground ability.
• Shed Skin - Just the Scraggy family; This is a Bug ability.
• Shell Armor - Just Crawdaunt; This is a Water ability.
• Sniper - Just Drapion; This is a Water ability.
• Stall - Unique to Sableye.
• Stench - Just the Stunky family; This is a Poison ability.
• Super Luck - This is a Flying ability.
• Synchronize - Just Umbreon; This is a Psychic ability.
• Unburden - Just the Purrloin family.

Hidden

• Adaptability - Just Crawdaunt; This is a Water ability.
• Anger Point - Just the Sandile family; This is a Ground ability.
• Infiltrator - Just Spiritomb; This is a Flying ability.
• Justified - Just Absol; This is a Fighting ability.
• Prankster
• Rattled - Just Poochyena; This is a Normal ability.
• Speed Boost - Just the Carvanha family; This is a Bug/Fire/Flying ability.
• Unnerve - This is a Bug ability.
• Weak Armor - Just the Vullaby family; This is a Rock ability.
• Water Absorb - Just Cacturne; This is a Water ability.
• Wicked Thief

Dark Pokemon Trainers

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Johto Elite Four Karen	Hoenn Elite Four Sidney	Unova Elite Four Grimsley	Yaksha Warlord Kotarō	Warlord Servant Kunoichi

Dark Pokémon Families

Unevolved	First evolution	Second evolution	Other type and info
Template:Not from type	Gyarados		Water; Only Mega Gyarados is Dark.
Template:Not from type	Umbreon		Only Umbreon is Dark.
Murkrow	Honchkrow		Flying
Sneasel	Weavile		Ice
Houndour	Houndoom		Fire
Template:Not from type	Template:Not from type	Tyranitar	Rock; Only Tyranitar/Mega Tyranitar is Dark.
Poochyena	Mightyena
Template:Not from type	Nuzleaf	Shiftry	Grass; Only Seedot isn't Dark.
Sableye			Ghost
Carvanha	Sharpedo		Water
Template:Not from type	Cacturne		Grass; Only Cacturne is Dark.
Template:Not from type	Crawdaunt		Water; Only Crawdaunt is Dark.
Absol
Stunky	Skuntank		Poison
Spiritomb			Ghost
Template:Not from type	Drapion		Poison; Only Drapion is Dark.
Darkrai
Arceus			Dread Plate
Purrloin	Liepard
Sandile	Krokorok	Krookodile	Ground
Scraggy	Scrafty		Fighting
Zorua	Zoroark
Pawniard	Bisharp		Steel
Vullaby	Mandibuzz		Flying
Deino	Zweilous	Hydreigon	Dragon
Template:Not from type	Template:Not from type	Greninja	Water; Only Greninja is part Dark.
Template:Not from type	Pangoro		Fighting; Only Pangoro is Dark.
Inkay	Malamar		Psychic
Yveltal			Flying

Delta Species Dark Pokémon

• Charizard
• Nidoran♂ - Nidorino - Nidoking
• Meowth (Dark or Dark/Steel) - Persian (Steel)
• Natu - Xatu
• Lileep - Cradily (Steel)
• Deoxys

Trivia

• If a Dual-type Pokémon is both Dark and Ghost type, both types cancel out each other's weaknesses with their resistances, leaving Pokémon like Spiritomb and Sableye with no weakness.
• As of Generation VI, this is the only Pokémon type not to be used in a Gym.
• As of Generation VI there are only nine Dark-type Pokémon (not including Dark-type Arceus) that are fully Dark type: Absol, Poochyena, Mightyena, Umbreon, Darkrai, Purrloin, Liepard, Zorua and Zoroark. Of these nine, Darkrai is the only Mythical or Legendary (and the only Mythical or Legendary pure Dark type, with Yveltal being Dark/Flying ), Absol and Darkrai are the only ones not part of an evolutionary line, and out of the ones that are, only Umbreon doesn't have the Dark-type throughout. Furthermore, all the pure Dark-type evolutionary lines only contain two Pokemon.