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Xtacy April 18th, 2005 2:10 PM

Weaknesses that don't make sense
 
We all know fire scorches steel, and water turns the ground into mud, but I thought it'd be interesting to list weaknesses that are odd than try to explain them..

I'll start off: Psychic, Weak against bug.

Anyone care to add more or take a shot at explaining this? Maybe bug types are so simple minded that complex psychic attacks don't have as strong an effect?

Lord Jaws April 18th, 2005 5:36 PM

Thats the general idea I think. Although I dont think Dark should be completely immune to Psychic, just make Psychic NVE against Dark.

Yumecosmos April 19th, 2005 1:37 PM

Well, considering I don't know anyone with actual psychic powers, that theory is a little hard to test ^_~
And why is psychic strong against poison? That one I really don't get.

Happy Dude April 19th, 2005 1:47 PM

And how is leaf super effective against ground.

You'd think the leaves would bounce of.Try throwing a leaf at a rock and see what happens.

SleepyGomamon April 19th, 2005 1:53 PM

Well....grass against ground and rock makes some sense, given that plants bore into the soil and stones and can break them.
But yeah, anything involving psychic, dragon, dark and poison are hard to test.

kohei April 20th, 2005 1:36 AM

Ground against Steel. Whats up with that?

Lord Jaws April 20th, 2005 4:13 AM

Think of it this way. Building Vs Earthquake, who would win? XD

Help at all?

Lucifer. April 20th, 2005 4:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Yumecosmos
And why is psychic strong against poison? That one I really don't get.

Probably something to do with psychic waves causing explosions within Poison-types I'm guessing (due to all the chemicals and gases in monsters like Weezing and Muk).

And yeah, I agree with the Bug > Psychic explanation. Although it would've made more sense to have psychic attacks be NVE against Bugs as well as psys being weak against them.

Dragon against Dragon. Now there's a difficult one to test out in reality. :bandit:

squiq April 20th, 2005 5:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumecosmos
Well, considering I don't know anyone with actual psychic powers, that theory is a little hard to test ^_~
And why is psychic strong against poison? That one I really don't get.

Psychics can detect poison, thus making it ineffective against them? Although that doesn't really explain why psychic is effective against poison, just the opposite x_X

Porygon April 20th, 2005 5:36 AM

Mwar, psychic abilities are all about the mind… perhaps a bug's mind is too darn tiny to be affected by Psychic abilities, and as such would have an advantage.

But that would be resistance, mwar, wouldn't it? O_O

kohei April 20th, 2005 6:01 AM

Quote:

Think of it this way. Building Vs Earthquake, who would win? XD

Help at all?
But arn't most buildings concrete? I mean, they do have steel to reinforce it's foundations, but....

Usohachii_Pot April 20th, 2005 10:07 AM

Rock, weak against Ice. Water, weak against Grass. How does that work?

nickw1101 April 20th, 2005 10:11 AM

it works like this,

in the scientific world, Rocks get water in the cracks of tehm, and when it freezes it starts to crack the rock (hope that helped)

And water and grass, i think its because the water makes the plant stronge r by making its plant components grow ^_^

ryan April 20th, 2005 10:13 AM

can anybody explain why fighting is weak to flying?? it's like "hey i'm a ninja! o crap! a pidgeon!!!!!" *dies* that makes no sense to me...

nickw1101 April 20th, 2005 10:17 AM

sure it does, the lfying nature of the pokemon puts it out of reach of the figihting pokemon, allow it "free" shots a tehe fighting pokemon ^_^

ryan April 20th, 2005 10:20 AM

bulllllllllcrap. not with moves like "high jump kick" and besides... real fighters cary ninja stars and poison darts... immagine this... ryu from street fighter against big bird from seasame street... are you going to tell me that big bird has an advantage??? i don't think so!

Porygon April 20th, 2005 10:21 AM

Mwar, Big Bird is a pansy. No comparison.

vonboy April 20th, 2005 4:17 PM

why is fire weak against rock? i thought heat would melt the rovk into magma/lava, or are the fire attacks not hot enough?

Lord Jaws April 20th, 2005 6:01 PM

Yes thats why.

~Filler

Nicks April 20th, 2005 10:05 PM

How is Fire good against Bug type? accept of they might not have any hair leftXD

MewthreeXL April 20th, 2005 10:56 PM

Try setting a bug on fire.You'll see.

Lucifer. April 21st, 2005 1:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squiq
Psychics can detect poison, thus making it ineffective against them? Although that doesn't really explain why psychic is effective against poison, just the opposite x_X

Poison is neutral against Psychic. ;)

Yumecosmos April 21st, 2005 4:13 PM

Really? Because when I use Confusion on a tentacruel it's super-effective, and I'm pretty sure Psychic isn't strong against water...

I think you guys are right about the psychic vs. bug. Makes sense to me. It's probably the same principle that makes psychic weak to rock. You can't really confuse a rock.

As for the flying vs. fighting thing... come on, big bird is not a fair representative for the flying type. You might as well say Barney is a dragon type. x_x

Kyle_Katarn April 21st, 2005 4:23 PM

XD

What I really dont get is how Ground is SE against ghost

ryan April 21st, 2005 4:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumecosmos
Really? Because when I use Confusion on a tentacruel it's super-effective, and I'm pretty sure Psychic isn't strong against water...

As for the flying vs. fighting thing... come on, big bird is not a fair representative for the flying type. You might as well say Barney is a dragon type. x_x

psychic is super effective on poison, but i'm not sure if poison attacks are weak on psychic pokemon... i'd have to look that up (but i'm too lazy). and i'd still like somebody to offere a better explanation as to why flying is super effective on fighting other than they can get out of range... that would hold true for every type pretty much... the big bird thing was to point out that fighters are much cooler than birds and should therefore not be weak to them...


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