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Old July 20th, 2011 (10:42 AM).
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Here`s a story, and it`s true.

I`ve had a few what-the-fudge-is-this- kind of moments during my time on SoulSilver. Today added one more that just confuses me.

So I`ve been regularly rebattling the gym leaders and the elite four, training up my team to face Red someday. Got a Typhlosion, Lugia, Ampharos, Heracross, Slowking and a Tyranitar, and they form a pretty amazing ass-kicking team. Levels 60-61 at the moment.

One of my regulars has been Blaine, whose rebattle team isnt the suckiest. A few times now though, his Camerupt has used Eruption on my Lugia. I know my trusted genderless monster can take a beating and definitely deliver one, but under normal battle conditions, the Eruption set Lugia back by 2 HP. That`s right, two health points, which it immediately gained back with the Leftovers it`s had since forever. Once, Blaine`s Torkoal had brought the sun a-shining with Sunny Day and it was still shining when i faced Camerupt, which made Eruption barely stronger (that time Lugia lost about 20 HP.)

And the thing that triggered this post happened today, as i was fighting Jasmine. Her last hope in steel armor, Bronzong, used Hypnosis on my Tyranitar, and it worked. Now just for clarity, Hypnosis is a nondamaging Psychic-type move, and Tyranitar is Dark-type, which i thought are immune to all Psychic-type moves.

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Old July 20th, 2011 (10:51 AM).
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So you're basically asking how did Hypnosis hit Tyranitar?

Well Dark types are only immune to offensive Psychic attacks. Hypnosis, Psycho Shift etc... will work.

Lugia is incredibly bulky and such. That's why eruption did next to nothing, plus if Camerupt had already taken a hit, then the attack would be weaker.
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Old July 20th, 2011 (11:06 AM).
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Well now i feel dumb :D I`ve been playing these games from the very beginning, and I`ve always thought that immune means all moves directed to the Pokemon, much like Ground-types are immune to Thunder Wave (they are, aren`t they? Bulbapedia says they are and i cant recall it myself), which isn`t damaging.

And yeah, i forgot that Eruption was one of those moves that take the users current HP into consideration. Camerupt was nearly down and out at that moment.

Thanks for the clarification, and apologies for looking like a noob :D
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Old July 20th, 2011 (11:18 AM).
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Ground types are completely immune to electric type moves, including status inflictions. Dark types are only immune to offensive Psychic moves.
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Old July 20th, 2011 (5:22 PM).
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Well... basically resolved and there's nothing else left to discuss, so I'll close this thread. If you have any other questions we have a Help thread you can use, and there's also the WTF momnt thread to share stuff that seems weird to you as well.
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