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Annoying Type Weaknesses
- Thread starter WIZkid1696
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legendarypokemonmaster
Well-Known Member
No... That makes no sense at all. Is Umbreon evil? Don't try to stereotype a pokemon type.
It doesn't make any sense until you realize in Japan, where the game originates, it's called EVIL TYPE.
Swagmander
Well-Known Member
I thought of a valid reason why bug is super-effective against Psychic. It's because the Japanese are very smart (almost to the point of being psychic) yet Tokyo is always being attacked by giant bugs.
ZeroKyurem
Final Smash User
Then, how come there isn't a Light type? Light and Darkness must balance each other.
Tokyo Oranges
Nyan!
Actually I think the reason that Psychic is weak to bug (As well as dark and ghost) Is that they are things that a lot of people tend to be afraid of
I thought bugs are SE against psychic because bugs are annoying; Psychic need concentration to launch their attacks, and buzzing bugs make that harder to do.
castlewars
Chesnaught=Bowser
Answer to all your problematic type matchups!
The Normal-type is basically any move that doesn't fall under a particular category.
The Fire- is any fire-related move. It is weak to Water- because it takes away the heat from the type. It is strong agains Grass- and Bug- because of forest fires burning at forests.
The Normal-type is basically any move that doesn't fall under a particular category.
The Fire- is any fire-related move. It is weak to Water- because it takes away the heat from the type. It is strong agains Grass- and Bug- because of forest fires burning at forests.
Green Blockhead
Banned
This is the simplest of all weaknesses. What do Firefighters use to put out building fires?
Swagmander
Well-Known Member
I don't get why Ghost doesn't affect Normal. The inverse makes sense, but not this one...
Lickilicky
Lickilicky Trainer
Not a weakness, but i don't understand why Dragons are super effective only against other Dragons;
Yes, but it's been emphasized again and again that they are not evil. Absol was not evil. Darkrai was (in most mediums) not evil. Etc, etc.
Just because it's the "Aku" type, does not make all Dark-type inherently evil.
Nobody said anything like that. This is purely for type-on-type discussion. And in that case, Dark is evil.
That can't be right...because Dragons are clearly not the only thing that knows other Dragon's weaknesses, because Dragon is also weak to Ice.
So, why shouldn't dragon be super effective against anything else? Hm?
They should have made ghosts immune too.
Edit: Poison covers a lot of acid-based moves. I imagine acid burning through metal.
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Eh, true. But Steel is harder than Metal, and I don't see Sludge melting through a Sky scrapper anytime soon. These Poison moves are about Crippling the enemy down. Have you noticed that most Poison type moves either Poison or Badly Poison the enemy? This isn't about acids, this is about melting down the enemy in toxic sludge, until they stop moving, stop breathing...
Dragon on Dragon is a tough one. There are stories of Dragon fighting Dragon fiercely...but the most probable reason was Dragon Types were pretty much unstoppable, so they needed to add a Strength AND weakness, so they chose Dragon