Pokémon-specific weakness guide

Alolan Grimer Weaknesses and Counters

This guide explains Alolan Grimer's defensive profile, including every weakness, resistance, immunity, and practical counter type based on its Poison / Dark typing.

Poison Dark

Alolan Grimer

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Weaknesses (1)

Ground×2

Resistances (4)

Grass×0.5 Poison×0.5 Ghost×0.5 Dark×0.5

Immunities (1)

Psychic×0

Battle notes

Alolan Grimer's Poison / Dark typing is best attacked with Ground (2x). Start with those attacking types when choosing moves or counter Pokémon.
Avoid relying on common Psychic, Grass, Poison, Ghost attacks unless they have unusually high power or a secondary purpose, because Alolan Grimer resists or ignores those matchups.
This guide uses the modern Gen 6+ type chart only. Abilities, held items, Terastallization, weather, fields, and special move rules can still change real battle outcomes.

Best counter types

These attacking types hit the defender for super-effective damage under the modern Gen 6+ type chart.

Ground×2

Example Pokémon with Effective Types

These are examples of Pokémon associated with super-effective attacking types, not a ranked competitive counter list.

Excadrill

Garchomp

Landorus

Sandshrew

Defensive typing summary

Alolan Grimer's base defensive typing is Poison / Dark. The weakness chart multiplies both types when a Pokémon has two types, so a matchup can become 4x, 2x, 1x, 0.5x, 0.25x, or 0x.

FAQ

What is Alolan Grimer weak to?

Alolan Grimer is weak to Ground (2x).

Which attacking types are most practical against Alolan Grimer?

Ground is the strongest listed attacking type against Alolan Grimer, dealing 2x damage.

Does Alolan Grimer's ability change these weaknesses?

This page uses base defensive typing only. Abilities, held items, Terastallization, weather, fields, and special move rules can change actual battle outcomes.