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Strangely typed moves
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Any other moves you can think of that have bizarre typing? What do you think could be the reason for it? |
I don't understand what makes Wide Guard a Rock type move. For those who don't know, it's a move that protects Pokemon from moves such as surf that hit multiple Pokemon in double and triple battles.
I'll never understand why Mega Punch and Mega Kick are still Normal types rather than Fighting. |
I'm not sure why Splash is a Normal type move, even though it is clearly more related to water than anything else.
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Signal Beam, Silver Wind, and U-Turn all being Bug-type. WHAT?!
And how are Peck, Pluck, and Drill Peck Flying? Those are just body parts... I get that Game Freak is trying to balance typings, but... Oh, yeah. Also Sucker Punch being a Dark-type move, Play Rough being Fairy-type (though we need a physical Fairy-type move sooner or later), and Rest and Amnesia being Psychic. |
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Mega Punch and Mega Kick being Normal-type has always baffled me. It would suit them so much better if they were both Fighting-type.
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I just looked up U-turn as well and Bulbapedia says: Quote:
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A lot are either odd translation choices or idioms in Japanese. U-turn (Japanese: とんぼがえり / tonbogaeri / "round-trip") is an idiom that means going back to where you started without stopping and (for whatever reason) uses the word for dragonfly, probably because of something dragonflies seem to do. Like how we say "piece of cake" and it has nothing to do with sweets and baked goods.
But, yeah Mega Kick and some of those are still a little weird. Why is Coil a Posion-type move when not all snakes and snake-like Pokemon are Posion-types? |
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Sucker Punch being Dark likely has to do with Dark type being "Evil type" in Japan. A sucker punch is basically an attack without the slightest bit of warning--something that might be seen as a dirty trick or dishonorable by some. |
Mega Punch is definitely for a strange one for me, I mean it says Punch in the name so surely it should be a fighting move...
I feel like U-Turn should be normal type though, there isn't really anything that makes that seem like a bug type move. |
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Lick. It has always struck me as odd that Lick is a Ghost type move. I get the Gastly line are Ghosts, but even in Gen I Lick wasn't their signature move. Pokémon that learn it now can have literally any type and Gastly en co are still the only Ghosts. With a move as Lick you'd at least expect Lickitung to get STAB on it, right?
Also, I can see why they made Will-O-Wisp a Fire type move, but Ghost would have made more sense to me. |
I used to get confused as to why Mirror Move is a Flying type move that can only be learned by bird based Pokemon until I found out its Japanese name is Parrot Mimicry.
I found out recently that Silver Wind is a Bug type move because it's actually dust/powder that the bug is producing rather than actual wind. Why is Flash Cannon a Steel type? I don't see how it has anything to do with metal of any kind. |
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Tri-Attack. I love the move, but it's a Normal type move. Despite Tri-Attack being Electric/Fire/Ice Ghost type Pokémon are immune to the attack.
Explosion and Self-Destruct are both Normal type moves and Physical attacks. Neither Explosion or Self-Destruct are Special attacks, giving no Special equivalent of fainting moves . They also do not hit Ghost types and are resisted by Rock type Pokémon, despite dynamite being developed for blasting and mining purposes to... I don't know... EXCAVATE ROCK. |
Why are Bite and Crunch Dark? Is it because biting is bad? Or perhaps the inside of a mouth is dark?
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Sucker Punch is a dark type move because dark types are associated with unfair tactics and to sucker punch is to attack someone while they aren't prepared to fight or for the punch. Play Rough is known as Frolic in Japanese and it's associated with like just having fun and playing, except maybe with a creature unaware of its own strength so it does damage. Amnesia is about the mind->psychic. |
Why is Dual Chop a Dragon-type move? (weeb name is double chop, so don't try pulling some japan origin crap on me)
also acid totally should beat steel types |
I'm surprised nobody's brought up Dragon Ascent yet. Perhaps it's just me, but I always think the move's Dragon type, not Flying.
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As for how I feel about the topic, the move Techno Blast sounds like it should be Electric-type. Maybe I've been listening to too much EDM, I dunno. Same with Flash Cannon, I don't get how it's Steel-type. Whenever I think "flash of energy", my mind leaps to electricity. |
I have yet to see why Rest is a psychic move. I feel like Normal makes more sense. Is it not normal to rest? I mean, if it was more along the lines of meditating, then yeah, but it's literally just the Pokemon falling asleep. xD
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shouldn't psycho cut be dark or something? just think of a psychotic man with a knife, that's pretty dark and/or evil.
Yeah, Rest being Psychic is kind of weird. Maybe it's a special type of rest? You are getting rid of your poison/burn/paralysis by sleeping. |
Why is mist an ice type move?
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Most dark type moves ( like Night slash) are based on a concept of combat pragmatist- in which a user would do anything especially dirty tactics- to win. |
Let me guess- Belch is Poison-typed because burping is disgusting.
As for Confide, why is it a Normal move, rather than a Dark move, using that logic? And why is Chatter Flying? |
WHY is MIrror Move Flying-Type?
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One move I never understood the typing of was U-Turn. There's nothing lore-wise that suggests why it's a Bug-type move. |
Rest being a Psychic move....why? Is it because sleeping relaxes the mind so it's Psychic? If not I don't get it. I can understand pretty much every other move being a certain type but Rest being Psychic...I dun get it.
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