Do you have a least favorite type? Page 2

Started by Sheep December 22nd, 2020 2:27 AM
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To further the point that current engines can deal with harder settings than just "immune to all moves of one type", we already have a Ground move that can hit non-grounded targets: Thousand Arrows.

And I really think we should have more of those. Not every Ground type move screams "flying types should be immune to me".

The most obvious ones being Bone Club, Bone Rush, Bonemerang, Mud Bomb, Mud Shot, and of course, Thousand Arrows. They're all fundamentally projectiles and there's no real reason non-grounded Pokémon should be immune to them.

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A work around this is to consolidate rock and ground into one type, Earth. Then you would eliminate the 4x weakness. Flying would still have it's immunity against Earth. "Rock moves" would still exist, have the Earth typing but, still be effective against flying, bug, ice, etc. Think of freeze-dry and flying press move mechanics.
Yeah, was thinking of something like that myself. The part where you mentioned about making the rock based earth attacks being coded to hit flyers could work too.

Hell, maybe even make it like an Earth type but only moves like Earthquake and Bulldoze and the like cannot hit flyers. Because like the above post stated, I can’t see the logic of Mud shot or any bone attack not being able to hit a flying target, because you are basically using a projectile, which should definitely hit someone regardless if they are floating.
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Yeah, was thinking of something like that myself. The part where you mentioned about making the rock based earth attacks being coded to hit flyers could work too.

Hell, maybe even make it like an Earth type but only moves like Earthquake and Bulldoze and the like cannot hit flyers. Because like the above post stated, I can’t see the logic of Mud shot or any bone attack not being able to hit a flying target, because you are basically using a projectile, which should definitely hit someone regardless if they are floating.
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Fairy. I don't hate it but it's the one I'm less familiar with. Plus I think there could have been cool designs from this typing but instead, all of them seem to just be cutesy. My favorites from this type are Mimikyu and Mawile.

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have never really cared much for most rock types, tbh

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For some reason I just really dislike the Ground type. Something about just feels...boring? I'm not sure how to put it.

I'm also not the biggest fan of how poorly treated Grass is as a type. I mean, why even give us a Grass-type starter when Water is pretty much a superior type? Fewer weaknesses, fewer things that resist it, and both types even share super effectiveness to Rock and Ground.

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I have a hard time coming up with a specific type. Maybe it's because I always find at least one Pokemon of that type that I like?

If I had to go with a type it'd be Electric. I feel like it has a lot of similar designs. Though, it also happens to be the type that has all the Pikachu clones, so that may explain it somewhat. I do like Plusle, though. Easily the cutest Pikachu clone!
I don't know why, but a lot of the designs just seem so forgettable...The Magnemite line is cool, though, and so is Zapdos!

Also Electric only having one weakness is kind of strange.
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Rock is my least favorite type for many of the reasons already mentioned. Huge weaknesses, questionable accuracy, and low speed cause me to pick other Pokémon. I did use Rhyperior, Lunatone, and Lycanroc on some of my playthroughs. Can't think of anything else really. I do like Tyranitar and Aerodactyl though.
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According to the point ranking I created, Normal is apparently my least favourite, though I think that mostly because so many of its members fall into the 'average' zone, and then are dragged down by the likes of Miltank and Ambipom. Snorlax is my 7th favourite Pokémon however, and a fair few Normal types are placed very highly.
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Fairy. I don't really hate it, but I remember the pain in my chest when my favourite types were Dark, Dragon and Fighting and suddenly "Hey, we got a new type and it destroys Dark, Dragon and Fighting-types!" I mean, I'm okay with Dragon and Fighting, but Dark is not that good of a type if you really look at it, there was no need for another weakness, no matter how much it makes sense. It does, though.

Not to mention I do think Fairy-type is kinda overpowered. Like steel in a way, but imo steel is such a secondary typing that it hardly matters outside of bulk. Prior to Fairy-type, why'd you ever run steel for coverage?

But yeah, I have used tons of them. Mawile is my second favourite mega after Banette, I love Mimikyu, Ninetales and Grimmsnarl and have also used Clefable, Gardevoir and Togekiss.

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I’d say I fluctuate between Rock/Ground, and Fighting. Rock and Ground are like, pretty much indistinguishable from one another, but that’s honestly the only reason I dislike either one so it’s not really fair to say that the types themselves are what I dislike, just how they compare to one another. And Fighting is just underwhelming? In designs, in color palettes, and in what they do combat wise.
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