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LyokoGirl5000 November 3rd, 2016 10:50 AM

Types You Just Don't Use
 
Does anyone else have types that they just don't ever seem to use? For me, it's the Rock and Steel types. I also have a weird aversion to having both a Fire and Electric type on my team. Unless I choose the Fire starter, I almost never have both on my team. It's either the Electric type OR the Fire type. Not both.

Lunar November 3rd, 2016 2:54 PM

I hardly ever use Rock, Steel or Dark type Pokemon, I guess I don't really like any with those typings. The last Steel type I used was Steelix in HGSS and I seriously can't even remember what my last Rock and Dark types were (ironic as my favourite Pokemon is Zorua).

icycatelf November 4th, 2016 6:04 AM

Definitely Steel. The only time I ever use them are when I'm purposely trying to use Pokémon I've never used/used much, but they always get boxed in the post-game. Most of them are also really slow and I prefer battles to go faster. Least-favorite Type for sure.

I do plan to use Alolan Sandslash, though. Its Typing isn't the greatest and I think I read that its Speed was lowered, but I've always liked Sandslash's design and I think it's awesome that it gained my favorite Type (Ice).

I don't use Dragon-, Rock-, or Fighting-Types much, either. Just not many of them that I like and the few that I do are either hard to get or not very reliable.

CF1994 November 4th, 2016 12:25 PM

Rock Types weren't my cup of tea in terms of usage, barring mons like Tyranitar, Aggron, Omastar, and Archeops.

Mainly because a lot of Rock Type Pokémon are slow, and most Rock Type attacks can easily miss due to poor accuracy. They also tend to sport a lot of weaknesses, which didn't help at all.

Khoshi November 5th, 2016 7:19 PM

To me, there's almost no point in using a Rock-type Pokemon if you can just teach a non-Rock type with high attack Stone Edge. Makes the type basically useless, especially since without Rock moves, the type becomes a matter of "anything I can do, the Steel-type does better". Unless you're Tyranitar, of course.

Same with the Ice-type. Why have a whole Pokemon dedicated to the worst defensive typing in all of Pokemon if you can just teach your Water-type Ice Beam, which is arguably the best Ice-type move of all? "But you're missing out on dat STAB tho, Imperishable you fool!" Nonsense, I'd never use a Walrein, Glalie or Vanilluxe. Even then, Mega Glalie uses its ability and Normal-type moves instead of its definitive Ice typing.

I don't use Grass-types because it's just a super boring type to me, not because you have other options that can make you completely avoid the type altogether. I just don't like Grass, lol.

The Silver Fox November 13th, 2016 9:52 PM

For me it is Steel type and Fairy type. I have caught steel types in such a less amount that i even remember them -

Lucario (my first)
Dialga
Elgyme (sorry for spelling if it is wrong)
Escalavier

Since i'd not played gen 6, i'd never used fairy type.

MewAllDay November 15th, 2016 4:43 PM

Bug I like the least so I use them the least usually.

Smash Brony November 17th, 2016 6:38 PM

The type that stands out most in my mind for this topic is Poison.
It's because in older games, there wasn't much point to having one as I usually already have a Pokémon of a type that beats the types Poison does & more.
& In the newer games, there were still not any Poison type that I especially liked.
WARNING: READ THE FOLLOWING ONLY IF YOU KNOW THE LEAKED CONTENTS OF SUN/MOON.
Spoiler:
Although, I am definitely going to have Salazzle on my team on Sun.

Flowerchild December 1st, 2016 8:13 PM

I've come out of my shell a bit and used a Dark-type Pokémon in Sun. It hasn't been super useful, but I don't have anything else yet that deals with ghosts, so whatevs. It's Umbreon, which is also a pretty good tank.

Besides that, just been using my usual types. I wanted to do more unusual stuff in S&M but it didn't really happen :/

Lemonski December 2nd, 2016 7:07 AM

Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I've never had a Fighting-type in my main team.

xXLunaSolXx December 3rd, 2016 5:38 AM

I barely use rock-, bug-, steel- or ground-type Pokemon. Maybe it is because most of them don't appeal to me that much?

Gardevoir the Dragon Slayer December 3rd, 2016 7:51 AM

I tend to avoid ground, rock, bug, poison and normal (and now as you don't need fly from gen vii on flying) as I consider those meh boring types.
Also don't use Dragon much.

Sylphiel December 3rd, 2016 9:35 AM

Rock is one I don't normally use, for sure.

Bug, dragon (since by the time I find a dragon type, I usually have a team in place that I like), ice. Also ghost, the only reason I've been using ghost types this gen in my team is because of the amount of new dual-type ghosts, heh. I could probably list like half the types if I were to list all the ones I tend to not use. Rock is definitely the one I just about never use for any reason, though.

Frozocrone December 3rd, 2016 10:47 AM

I don't normally use Flying types for the Flying type, normally for the secondary type.

Rock types rarely make it into the team for the same reason (exception was Lycanroc)

BlazingCobaltX December 3rd, 2016 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydian (Post 9465556)
Most types that were Physical before the split in gen IV. I often find myself using a more colorful array of types -- like Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, etc. So I often forgo types like Fighting, Ground, Rock, apparently all the brown ones when you look at the color coding, lmao. Welp.

Same here. Not only are they more colourful, I like their moves move. I especially don't use Bug, Steel and Rock types, unless they happen to be secondary types.

Umbreon92 December 3rd, 2016 1:18 PM

Normal, Bug, and Poison. I just never had any luck with those ones.

Flowerchild December 3rd, 2016 1:28 PM

I really want to use Dragon-types but by the time they become available my team is always already set. I often try to cram one into the team at the expense at some other member but it normally doesn't work out and I switch back to the benched team member after a little while.

Polar Spectrum December 4th, 2016 4:58 PM

I honestly stay away from too many dragon types, probably just my old preconception of them being overused.

Perhaps I'll trian more, now that there's a wide variety of dual typings they have, and fairies poop on 'em.


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