I still think that Lugia should be a Water/Flying Type...

[ShinjisLover]

I don't agree with that a Pokémon has to be psychic to control something.

Yes, but since there's already a water-type legendary that controls the weather, I guess they decided to keep Lugia a psychic-type.​

 

[coolcatkim22]

You guys do realise he didn't always live around water right?

 

[ShinjisLover]

Lugia mostly lives around water. It's very rare to see a Lugia out of the water due to its destructive powers:

Lugia is so powerful even a light fluttering of its wings can blow apart houses. As a result, it chooses to live out of sight deep under the sea.

 

[coolcatkim22]

Before he lived underwater he lived in the brass tower.
You really need to read storylines.

 

[ShinjisLover]

Dude, that was Ho-Oh. . This is Lugia.​

 

[coolcatkim22]

Ho-oh lived in the Tin Tower.
Lugia lived in the Brass Tower.

 

[ShinjisLover]

Oh, right, my bad. Even then, this really has nothing to do with Lugia's current typing situation. What does the Brass Tower have to do wit anything?​

 

[white lancer]

He just made a point on your side, actually. Lugia wasn't always the guardian of the sea. Heck, it didn't even live anywhere near the water until the Brass Tower burned down, so why would it be a Water-type? I doubt anyone would be saying that Lugia should be part Water if it still lived on the Brass Tower.

 

[ShinjisLover]

But I never said it should be a Water-type. . O.o I was all for it being a Psychic-type.

EDIT: Or is that what ya meant? XD If so, what's the point of bringing that up?
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[Teh Blazer]

In my opinion, water/flying is x4 effective from electricity. Do you any other legends that are x4 effective on anything?

 

[ShinjisLover]

Err. . Moltres has a double weakness to Rock-types. . So, yeah.​

 

[white lancer]

But I never said it should be a Water-type. . O.o I was all for it being a Psychic-type.

EDIT: Or is that what ya meant? XD If so, what's the point of bringing that up?
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I wasn't arguing against you in my last post, I was arguing on your side, XD. And that's exactly what coolkatkim22 was saying--both of us were making points against Lugia being part Water-type, which is what you've been doing all along, isn't it?

Err. . Moltres has a double weakness to Rock-types. . So, yeah.​

Not to mention Ho-oh itself. Oh, and Celebi has a x4 weakness to Bug, although that's a little less likely to be taken advantage of.

 

[ItzMike]

i'm gonna go out on a whim here and say.

Lugia was made psychic/flying to give ho-oh a chance.

I mean if it was Water/flying that would give its water moves stab. meaning ho-oh would be useless against it.

Then attach rain dance and mystic water? and what do you have. an almost unstoppable lugia? Exactly

 

[DarthWaffles]

You realize that if Lugia was truly the POLAR opposite of Ho-oh, then he should be Ice/Flying?

Although I see your reasoning, I believe Lugia was a Psychic/Flying is sensible enough.

LIke the above poster, Lugia's typing was most likely made because of the fact that he/she would be near unstoppable if made differently. Its like gyarados. He would be overpowered if he was Dragon/Water. The main and pretty much only weakness of Gyarados competitively is Electric attacks, but if he were made Dragon, that weakness would disappear, thus making him ridiculously powerful.

And I end my arguement.

 

[PokemonFanatic2]

Salamence should be Flygon, but at the same time it doesn't look like a flygon.

And I always thought that gyrados should be a water and dragon type.. I wonder why they didn't make him one

 

[PalkiaSpace]

i under stand that lugia is aimed at the opposite f ho-oh, being water type would only make sence. and since it's already flying, it would be X4 damage if it was water, making it even weaker.

 

[ShinjisLover]

And I always thought that gyrados should be a water and dragon type.. I wonder why they didn't make him one

It's been speculated, but not confirmed, it wasn't made part dragon type due to the lack of dragon-type moves.

I wasn't arguing against you in my last post, I was arguing on your side, XD. And that's exactly what coolkatkim22 was saying--both of us were making points against Lugia being part Water-type, which is what you've been doing all along, isn't it?

Sorry. XD Head colds are such a pain. . >.>
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[benville]

I think its to put Ho-oh and Lugia on a more even playing field. Making Lugia water would give it the upper hand in battle.

 

[Frequency]

Huh? But isn't Ho-oh Fire/Flying? Correction much needed?

 

[Shiny ninetales]

It makes sence, especialy since it can learn water moves. when i was little i actualy thought it was water untill i caught it lol. also i think there is too many psychic lengendarys. every single generation has atleast two psychic legendarys.
(gen I:mew mewtwo
gen II:Lugia, celebi
gen III:Jirachi, deoxys, latias, latios
gen IV: Mespirt, uxie, azelf, cresselia)
THERES TOO MANY!!!!!! maybe they will turn lugia to water in soul silver (or maybe not)

You guys do realise he didn't always live around water right?

It only lives in water because it is afraid that it can do too much damage on land or something like that. ( it says so on the bulbapedia and lugias pokedex entrys)