Another member's suggestion on my learnset thread got me thinking of this related topic: Are there any particular moves that belong to the wrong type, in your opinion? Here are some of my suggestions, to get the proverbial ball rolling.
- Bite and Crunch should revert to Normal type, where they were originally. More Pokémon are based on natural animals and plants, than on humans or similar beings; Stomping and Scratching a human opponent in a fight would also be considered unfair, but those animal-like moves aren't classified as Dark.
- Twister should be moved to Flying, since it closely resembles other wind-based moves like Gust and Whirlwind. (Even the Japanese B-movies have giant moths flapping their wings to cause storms; those monsters don't resemble or behave like dragons.)
- The suggestion that inspired this thread: Aura Sphere should be moved to Psychic, since its name implies drawing on spiritual energy. (The stories about Lucario in the second Pokémon movie even gave me the mistaken impression that Aura Sphere was a Psychic move... *blush*)
Feel free to make your own suggestions, as long as they involve
existing moves and types from the main games. I plan to use the best changes in a game project of my own. Thank you again!
Crunch was introduced as a Dark Move upon creation. Its from Gen 2. Bite was the only one to change from Normal to Dark.
Whirlwind is Normal type, not Flying. Majority of the Wind based attacks aren't flying even while Flying has the most Wind based attacks listed. The majority are mixture of Normal, Ghost, Bug, and Fire.
Aura and Psychic energy are also different as Aura is from Life Energy/Chi which is produced by Fighters (think Dragon Ball Z) Psychic energy is controlling the energy outside of your body with your mind alone. They are two separate spectrum of energy manipulation from the body.
Basically I disagree with the ones you have listed. Twister is summoned through roars of Dragons and those that are Draconic. A few of the Pokemon that can learn Twister don't have wings and there are legends of wingless dragons able to whip up storms through magic. Biting is underhanded tactics which fits in perfectly with Dark's theme of fighting dirty, and as described above Aura and Psychic energies are different so I wouldn't see the switch being possible or likely.
I do think that some attacks should get retyped...I know there are a few I have quirks with but cannot recall names at the moment.
Lick...That is 1 I have quirks with since Licking is something any creature can do. I don't see why its a Ghost attack. That is one I think should be Normal typed.
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Disable...Disable should be Psychic since it prevents the target from using an attack. Only other attacks I can recall that do this are all Psychic (Imprison, Heal Block).
Mind Reader should have been Psychic. Both English and Japanese names make it sound Psychic in nature....
Wide Guard doesn't make sense as a Rock type....Its similar to Protect/Detect but protects from attacks that target more than one Pokemon on your side. It should have been Normal like Protect or Fighting like Detect/Quick Guard.
Drill run should have been Steel. Excadrill would still get STAB from it but when you think of a Drill you think of a metallic object that burrows through the ground.
