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Fire pokemon?

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Sphyxius

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Does anyone know why Fire pokemon are considered a "weak" type, as the guys who run this site so eloquently put it? Last I checked, Fire types were some of the best out there, the few that there are.
 
fire pokemon are great... I use them all the time.
 
Fire types are weak to EQ and Water attacks, which are commonly used in competitive play. That's why some people say that their the "weakest" type. But with Pokemon like Infernape, Typhlosion, Blaziken, Magmortar..they prove that they're not. It really depends on how you use the Pokemon.
 
Fire types are weak to EQ and Water attacks, which are commonly used in competitive play. That's why some people say that they're the "weakest" type. But with Pokemon like Infernape, Typhlosion, Blaziken, Magmortar..they prove that they're not. It really depends on how you use the Pokemon.
 
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Fire is a very poor type defensively. Ground, Rock, and Water attacks are all very common, while most of the Fire type's resistances are of little use. Fire-type Pokémon will not survive very long in battle; they must deal damage quickly in order to earn their slot on a team.

Offensively, Fire is much more useful. The ability to deal super-effective damage to Steel-type Pokémon is very useful for Physical Pokémon, as many Steel-type Pokémon typically have high defense but a low special defense and would have little trouble with any physical moves thrown at them. However, Fire is not a good type to rely on as a primary source of damage.

(stolen from bulbapedia >:P)
 
EQ is Earthquake =\

I would never ever say Fire is a bad type, it's one of my favourites :p
 
ShinyManafi said:
EQ is Earthquake =\

I would never ever say Fire is a bad type, it's one of my favourites :p
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My thoughts exactly. Fire=Awesomness. It might not be the best type in competitive play but otherwise it rocks.
 
No weak types. Even Bug isn't weak.

Dunno, maybe there's too many Water type PKMN? xD There were only a few NEW fire types in D/P. (I think) -points to Magmortar-
 
There are some pretty good reasons I can understand why Fire-types aren't exactly the most useful type in some cases, but I still use them practically all the time, mainly because they're just so fun and cool to use.

No type is bad in a universal sense. Look at the Bug-types. In 1st gen, we only had a very few amount of Bug-types, and the ones available were all mostly weak. Now look how far we've gone. Bug-types are very useful now, and have many handy moves in their disposal.
 
very few of them are decent.
infernape/heatran/magmortar
camerupt has cool++ factor but kind of sucks
yeah that's about it.
 
blendmaster0505 said:
No weak types. Even Bug isn't weak.
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Not any more! :D Last gen it was terrible! Silver Wind and Megahorn was mostly used, and what got it, had little chance of it doing a lot of damage! Signal Beam is in their, but not a lot of Bugs get it...

But now we got Bug Buzz, Attack Order, X-Scizzor, and U-Turn! They're better than just two measly attacks...

Fire is a strange type. It's considered a Special attack, but few Physical ones, but most of the Fire typed Pokemon don't have good enough Special Attack to render Fire right. But now that there's a few Physicals, they're gonna be used a hell of a lot more than they were last gen!

Infernape gets the most glory!
 
I dont think any types are bad.. But I dislike fire types for some reason o_O
 
They are good despite there weakness.
All pokemon have a weakness, even sabeyle.
 
fire types rnt bad...but u need to use them well..like use them for offense...fire types suck when it cums to defense..and only fire types which r part flying rock etc. r gud...for example ninetales..IT ROX!
 
Never loved them, mainly because my older brother loved them and who would want to be like him? Ew.

But I am annoyed at how unevenly they are spread in the 4th Gen, with little choice pre-national dex as to what Fire Pokemon you can use. Which sucks more if you actually like them D:

That said, Monferno is my favourite Pokemon :P
 
fire pokemon are my favorite types and I have never heard said that they were weak beforein fact i'v heard the oppisite then that but every type has its own weaknesses
 
there are pokemon that are better that others but there is no dominant pokemon or anything (am I using the right word) but I love fire pokemon they have a good attack
 
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