Pokemon rolling theory....

[jynx]

I agree, how does Wailord even fight? I guess I can understand it rolling over their opponents as an attack but why does it float in the air?
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*Slaps himself*
Nevermind, I just found out Wailord's species is called "Floating Whale Pokemon"...rofl! But I still don't understand why they have the ability to float, unless they have untapped psychic abilities.

ha ha! Agree!
That's why my friend likes to use Kingdra and Goldeen.
So we have laughs during the whole battle!

 

[igtica]

Hmmm aerodactyl the flying rock :p it doesn't look as rocky as onix and geodude though. I never getr pokemon that are a type that would mean they would normally be weak against themselves. Like Chinchou and omanyte. Rock weak against water and water weak against electric :S

 

[Porygon]

Being an "Elemental Oxymoron" means nothing bad, usually. Often the other element cancelles out the disadvantage.

 

[jynx]

Not for me!
Ice+Psychic really is weak!

 

[Frostweaver]

you haven't seen grass psychic then... even more worst.

Since the strange RBY bug of "sometimes effective sometimes not" bug is fixed, there is no longer any contradicting types.

 

[HAJIME]

odd disgucussion.. o.O

Well anyway, how does a legendary bird keep itself int he air without flapping hmm? In the second pokemon movie at one point lugia is hovering, yet only flapping once ever few seconds... Lets just put it down to them being magical maybe. But geodude? I never liked this pokemon. I would be better if i walked on its hands me thinks.
But then think about this, if pokemon where reel, most of them wouldnt be able to move at all. Even charizard couldnt walk of fly. Its legs are to wide apart and too stubby for it to walk, and its wings are in a positioning and a shape making it impossible to fly. *shrugs*..they are only made up monsters and so these things are allowed. :P

 

[igtica]

I realise the whole cancelling out thing, it just seems kinda illogical. I guess the pokemon just have a natural immunity to themselves :S

Hajime, I don't know if you've ever noticed, but birds like eagles hover when looking for prey, and they don't flap their wings. They do this but finding a certian air current, and their wings act to control where they are with slight movements. I hope this is the same with Lugia etc, it's how paraglides work too with out any method of propelling. I don't think charizards legs are too short. Remember crocodiles legs are short, maybe they use that mechanism of movement.

 

[jynx]

There's a bird called Kingfisher that can hover in the air without going forwards and backwards or flapping its wings.
So for Lugia's place, I'm not surprised.

 

[Frostweaver]

first of all, if that Pokemon can learn psychic, then perhaps it can bend logic a bit by using the excuse "psychic powers make it possible". Lugia may possibly use psychic to hold itself up in the air for example...

Eagles do ride air currents to "fly" without flapping their wings but they can never stay in the air IN THE SAME SPOT without flapping their wings, which is what Lugia is doing in that case.

 

[igtica]

first of all, if that Pokemon can learn psychic, then perhaps it can bend logic a bit by using the excuse "psychic powers make it possible". Lugia may possibly use psychic to hold itself up in the air for example...

Eagles do ride air currents to "fly" without flapping their wings but they can never stay in the air IN THE SAME SPOT without flapping their wings, which is what Lugia is doing in that case.

true psychic, but some bird can stay in the same spot without flapping there wings constantly, which was my point. Of course the occasionally flap to balance and keep in the air, but Lugia does do this if I recall correctly. Reason why I related it to that of a bird of prey, though kestrels do this more evidently as they are smaller. It's like they are hanging in the air, it's really weird.