Dark type

The  type (あくタイプ Aku taipu in Japanese) is one of the eighteen Pokémon elemental types.

The Dark type was added in Generation II to cause a weakness on types, which had the weaknesses to  type (the moves were really weak to cause a major damage) and  type (the only move was Night Shade).

Many Dark type Pokémon tend to be aggresive, mysterious, malicious, cruel and clever, but a Dark-type Pokémon doesn't have to necessarily be evil, like Absol.

It's hard for a Dark-type Pokémon to form bonds of friendship with its Trainer, but when having one, it will never break, being really faithful to its Trainer and protecting it anytime.

The -type Pokémon, along with the types, are mostly used by the criminal organizations.

The known famous Dark-type Trainers are: Karen, the fourth member of the Elite Four of the Johto Pokémon League; Sidney, the first member of the Elite Four of the Hoenn Pokémon League and Grimsley, a member of the Elite Four of the Unova Pokémon League.

Dark-type moves

 * There are 31 Dark-type moves.
 * In Generation I, 1 move was introduced.
 * In Generation II, 5 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation III, 7 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation IV, 11 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation V, 5 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation VI, 2 moves were introduced.
 * In battles: Physical moves stand out.
 * 14 moves are of the Physical type.gif type.
 * 3 moves are of the Special type.gif type.
 * 14 moves are of the Other type.gif type.
 * In contests: Clever moves stand out.
 * 16 moves are of the [[File:Clever type.png]] type.
 * 7 moves are of the [[File:Tough type.png]] type.
 * 5 moves are of the [[File:Cool type.png]] type.
 * 3 moves are of the [[File:Cute type.png]] type.
 * 0 moves are of the [[File:Beautiful type.png]] type.

Effectiveness of Dark-type moves
Super effective against Pokémon of the types: and.

Not very effective against Pokémon of the types:, and.

Weaknesses and resistances of the Dark type
A type chart displaying the weaknesses and resistances of a Pokémon when damaged by a move. Empty fields are moves that do normal damage.

Dark-type Pokémon
44 Pokémon are Dark type. (6.13% of all Pokémon)

Pure Dark-type Pokémon
9 Pokémon are pure Dark type. (20.45% of the Dark-type Pokémon)

Primary Dark-type Pokémon
19 Pokémon are primary Dark type. (43.18% of Dark-type Pokémon)

Secondary Dark-type Pokémon
16 Pokémon are secondary Dark type. (36.36% of Dark-type Pokémon)

Relations with other types

 * They're strong against the type because of the fears, and the fears can affect one's rationality and concentration.
 * They're strong against the type because evil can damage the soul.
 * They're weak against the type because philosophically, a warrior must overcome their fears - represented by Dark. The Fighting type also supposedly represents justice, which opposes evil, also represented by Dark types.
 * They're weak against the type because bugs operate well in darkness.
 * They're weak against the type because fairies represent light and the darkness disappears with light. Furthermore, light is a metaphor for goodness, which always triumphs over evil in fiction.

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 apart from Fairy.
 * This is the only Pokémon type not to be used in a Pokémon Gym.