RedBlastoise
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Always figured it was weird how Dragons are strong against other Dragons and how Ghost moves are super effective against other Ghosts. What's the lore behind that logic?
Completely pure water doesn't actually conduct electricity funnily enough, it's the mineral particles in the water that do the conducting. On that note, it would make sense for Electric and Water to be super-effectve against Steel, Electric because most metals conduct electricity, and Water because of rusting.Electric > Water - water conducts electricity
RedBlastoise said:Always figured it was weird how Dragons are strong against other Dragons and how Ghost moves are super effective against other Ghosts. What's the lore behind that logic?
Normal and Ghost types cancel each other out because ghosts are intangible. They go right through you and you can't touch them, which is also why the very physical-oriented Fighting types do nothing against Ghosts.
On that note, it would make sense for Electric and Water to be super-effectve against Steel, Electric because most metals conduct electricity, and Water because of rusting.
I've said this before in other similar threads, but Poison should be super-effective against more types than it is. I'm mostly thinking against Water because poisonous chemicals getting into water can be very, VERY bad.
But if Ghost Pokemon are intangible then why can they get hit by other attacks that aren't Normal or Fighting? I could understand if they were immune to all physical attacks but that isn't the case. :[
What I don't get is why Dragon is weak against ice. The best I can figure is that dragons are usually reptilian and reptiles don't like the cold, but we do have some dragons based on warm blooded creatures, like Altaria, which is clearly a bird.
Because you can't touch or kick a ghost.
But that doesn't really explain why Grass, Fire, Water, Electric and every other type that isn't Normal or Fighting can touch Ghosts. I mean Fire Punch is a physical attack that involves punching and that can harm Ghosts meanwhile something like Drain Punch that's also a punching move can't just because its type is different? :[
Fairy types are super-effective against Dark types because villains usually lose in fairy tales
Fairy seems more like Magic type than Light, but I can understand where you came from that.
Another interpretation of Fairy types is them being a nature-based type, which may be why the rather destructive towards nature Fire and especially Poison types resist them
That'd be a very niche explanation.And why are Fairies weak to Poison? Because of the poisoned apple that the evil witch gave to Snow White in the fairy tale?
For me it looks more like technology (science) VS magic thing.Steel types resist Psychic types, probably because it references tinfoil hat conspiracists blocking out government mind control or something. Though really, most resistances of Steel types seem to be there because steel is hardy and defensive.
For me it looks more like technology (science) VS magic thing.