Most unpopular Pokemon type?

[sp00kyskeleton]

What type do you never see that often? As in both moves and Pokemon.

 

[Hikamaru]

I voted for Rock, since it's one of those types I feel that I'm not a fan of most Pokemon designs. The attacks are strong but it's offset by lackluster-looking Pokemon.

 

[Mawa]

I voted for rock, but I think ice and bug can get many votes too?

It's hard to say, really. Maybe Rock, Steel, and Poison? I've never really seen many people be a fan of those types in particular, but maybe I just don't know enough people. D:

I love them all haha funny. Well I don't love rock but most of the Pokemon I really like are part rock. My favorite type is ground soo.....

 

[blue]

Probably Rock. Whilst Ghost and Ice-types are less common in terms of Pokémon, those two seem to be a lot more popular and talked about in comparison to Rock-types.

 

[Aquacorde]

Bug, Normal, Ice, Rock? I think. Def the first two anyway.

 

[Altaria]

Normal. I mean, really, it almost seems too obvious since it's the catch-all for design and also isn't super effective against anything. There are plenty of super popular Normal type pokemon (Eevee, Snorlax, Skitty) but it doesn't seem like many people actually care for the typing itself.

Edit: And Fighting. Fighting is basically just Normal type with muscles.

Personally I haven't seen many Bug users, either.

 

[Aquacorde]

Fightinng is good against so much tho and I use it a lot- while it is pretty much another catch-all type it's a good one.

 

[Hikamaru]

I think Blue has a point. Ghost and Ice are rare in terms of Pokemon numbers but I think they are definitely talked about more than Rock, which definitely is why I think Rock is the most unpopular type.

 

[CloysterOyster]

Honestly, although I wouldn't say Ice types are unpopular per se, I haven't met many people who openly really love the type.

I do, I do!!! Ice is my favorite type. I picked Ground though, because we never see many Ground-types and none of their moves are used in the anime thanks to the real-life natural disasters about earthquakes.

 

[Sirfetch’d]

Ice types are pretty popular IMO. Rock types are the most neglected. I rarely see anyone talk about or hype up Rock Pokemon.

 

[Frozocrone]

Pokemon - Ice. Grass and Rock have the luxury of being starer/fossil Pokemon respectively.
Move - Dragon. Sort of weak without large stats to back them up as they lack coverage.

 

[Hikamaru]

Is anyone a fan of Poison types? As I mentioned before, I've never really seen many people, if at all be a fan of that type in particular.

I like how Poison-types have a lot of resistances, but it's their designs that tend to be unappealing so I guess that's why you think they're unpopular.

 

[Somewhere_]

Rock type. Its not a great type and it doesnt have as many notable pokemon.

 

[Legobricks]

Poison has mysteriously gone from being the third most common type in gen 1 (after normal & water, which by contrast remain the most common two types) to somewhat rare afterward. It being common would make sense since venom is a rather mundane feature of living organisms.

Bug rarely shows up late game, though like an inverse of poison non-weak bug monsters have become more common over time. Bug moves are super useful against the powerful psychic Pokemon; pulling out something like a Lanturn with Signal Beam is pretty surprising.

 

[Ace Trainer 188]

Probably a tie between Rock and Poison, but between the 2.....maybe Rock.

 

[LilyGardy]

Poison. All Poison types I remember or like tend to be so because of their other typing such as Vileplume being Grass/Poison.

Of Pokemon I forget about such as Drapion, Arbok and Ariados are part poison type.

 

[NinjaQueen]

bug types, hate bugs.

 

[LadyLucina]

I'd have to say that the Bug-types are a little underappreciated. There have been some pretty cool Bug-type Pokemon, like Ninjask and Shedinja, and now Wimpod and Golisopod. I would hope that in the future, the Bug Pokemon and their moves get a little bit more love.

 

[Hikamaru]

I'd have to say that the Bug-types are a little underappreciated. There have been some pretty cool Bug-type Pokemon, like Ninjask and Shedinja, and now Wimpod and Golisopod. I would hope that in the future, the Bug Pokemon and their moves get a little bit more love.

Bug-types have been getting some love from 5th Gen onwards, since it was when we started getting an average of really good BST's and we also saw more powerful Bug-type moves introduced. 6th Gen unfortunately messed up the type by making it be a bad coverage option by having 7 types resist Bug moves - that's on par with Grass as far as the number of types that resist its moves are concerned.

 

[Lunar]

I hate bug types with a passion