Pokemon types they got horribly wrong

[Shak]

Why you're looking at a Yanmega and thinking...wtf game freak, they could've even done it with Yanma.

4 Gens later and still no bug/dragons!!!!!
It wouldn't even be my favourite type combination, but it's so obviously a missed opportunity that it hurts.

What do you guys think?
Should gyarados be a dragon or maybe Haxorus should be fighting?

 

[Gardevoir the Dragon Slayer]

Granbull as a Fairy type, am sorry but no it looks like a Football hooligan =p

 

[Shak]

Granbull as a Fairy type, am sorry but no it looks like a Football hooligan =p

{XD} So true, I mean I can understand Snubbull, but how Granbull is a fairy I think I'll never know. Even ground would've made more sense

So much wasted potential here, one of the most interestingly designed pokemon of Gen 2 and its normal/Psychic:|
Though I suppose its stats are the thing that make it suck more than anything, would've loved this thing to be competitively viable.
How about Fairy/Dark, then we really have something

 

[classiccartoonsftw]

I don't get why Whimsicott is Grass/Fairy but Lilligant isn't. If you ask me, Lilligant is more fairy-like than Whimsicott.

 

[Pendraflare]

Many people have suggested that Electivire should have been Electric/Fighting. That would be understandably fitting, given its Attack and capabilities of learning moves like Cross Chop, the punches and Meditate. It'd lose the Flying-type resistance and gain a Psychic weakness, but it'd be appropriate.

 

[Shak]

I agree with both. I understand why Electrivire didn't get one though. Beacause if they did I feel as though they would have to give Magmortar one as well. For continuity reasons...

 

[Shak]

lol wouldn't it be interesting if Celebi was also a Fairy-type, because y'know, it is literally a fairy?

Though sacrificing one of it's already existing types would be a huge blow to it, either way. Though if 6th gen taught me anything, it's that there's a giant plant that isn't really a grass-type (Florges), so maybe Grass-type isn't necessary for Celebi, after all?

Celebi has the most weaknesses of any pokemon along with exeggutor (last time I checked anyway). It can take all the help it can get as far as typing goes...

 

[moon]

Yeah, the one I'm most disappointed with is Celebi still being Psychic/Grass instead of Grass/Fairy. But maybe the time travel powers are more psychic-y.

 

[Shak]

I'm not entirely sure why they made the time travelling pokemon a grass type. Fairy type seems like the perfect opportunity to set that wrong right. But I suppose Celebi is very popular. So, hey what do I know?

 

[moon]

I'm not entirely sure why they made the time travelling pokemon a grass type. Fairy type seems like the perfect opportunity to set that wrong right. But I suppose Celebi is very popular. So, hey what do I know?

Well, it's the guardian of the forest, so I'm not arguing with the grass part :)

 

[Sirfetch’d]

I've always said that Luxray should be part Dark instead of pure electric. Psyduck/Golduck should also be part Psychic imo because it just doesn't make much sense that they aren't. There are a few others but those are the ones that stand out to me the most :)

 

[Nah]

I kinda don't get why the Flabebe line isn't Grass/Fairy. They're flowers. Plant stuff is Grass type in Pokemon. It learns several Grass type moves. So why's it not part Grass?

Lugia should be part Water instead of part Psychic imo (ignore the 4x Electric weakness for a moment). It's always seemed more of a Water Pokemon to me because it lives in the Whirl Islands, which require a lot of water HMs to navigate, and it can summon tempests or something. Or idk, make it Water/Flying/Psychic

 

[BettyNewbie]

Oh, I have many. Besides the ones already named:

1. Bellossom => Grass/Fairy. It's a tiny, cute little grass nymph with flowers on its head and a little grass skirt. It's entire motif is centered around being lighter and prettier than the rest of its family. How is it not a Fairy?

2. Happiny/Chansey/Blissey => Fairy or Normal/Fairy. Strange that they retyped the other two "pink puffballs" (ie. Jigglypuff and Clefairy) but not Chansey's line. Of course, these Pokémon are already quite strong as they are, so it doesn't bother me that much.

3. Dratini/Dragonair/Dragonite => Dragon/Fairy. C'mon, it's Puff the Magic Dragon! {XD} A big part of Dragonite's motif is being kind-hearted and willing to help others, which a lot of the Fairy Type is based around. Dragonair is also said to have mystical powers like the ability to change the weather, and they're all cuter and prettier than the vast majority of Dragon types.

4. Swablu/Altaria => Fairy and Dragon/Fairy. Similar argument as above. At least, Altaria got a temporary "fix" with its Mega, though.

5. Lapras => Water/Fairy or Water/Dragon. Ice has never made sense as a typing for this Pokémon, which really sucks because Ice is such a terrible typing to begin with and does nothing but hurt Lapras more than help it. It's based on a combination of sea turtles and the Loch Ness Monster, which screams Fairy or Dragon far more than it does Ice.

6. Sunflora => Grass/Fire. Being a sunflower, it's a shame that they never took it literally with Sunflora and made it part Fire. At least, it'd stand out better and be remembered for more than just being the evolved form of the Weakest Pokémon Ever.

7. Raichu => Electric/Fairy or Electric/Fighting. Yeah, it'll be a million years before GF ever throws this Pokémon a bone, but it could, at least, use something to set it apart from its insanely popular pre-evo.

8. Milotic => Water/Fairy. It's pink, and its entire motif is wrapped up in beauty and healing. This one should've been obvious.

 

[Mister Coffee]

So, I can't be the only person that thought that "Staraptor" got cheated by getting the stereotypical Normal/Flying typing as all the other starting area bird pokemon? It should have been Flying/Fight type. It's such a beefy savage bird pokemon, and I mean it gets "Close Combat" and "Final Gambit" in it's leveling move pool. Staraptor has always been my favorite of the starting birds, and I always liked it because of it's ability to abuse "Close Combat" so well, but it still always felt lacking mostly because of its Normal typing. Being a Fight typed pokemon instead of normal would do this pokemon so much justice not only in combat utility, but it also would make this pokemon seem more adjusted to it's presented attitude within the game.

 

[bobandbill]

Why you're looking at a Yanmega and thinking...wtf game freak, they could've even done it with Yanma.

4 Gens later and still no bug/dragons!!!!!
It wouldn't even be my favourite type combination, but it's so obviously a missed opportunity that it hurts.

What do you guys think?
Should gyarados be a dragon or maybe Haxorus should be fighting?

I'm not quite seeing the dragon in Yanmega or Yanma tbh. In Flygon I can see why people feel it should be bug/dragon more so than that.

Gyarados not being dragon does make sense - for once, the whole 'would have been way overpowered early on', and two that it's based on a legend of a flying (jumping) carp, rather than a dragon. Not sure where the Dark typing comes in with its mega evolution however...

I kinda don't get why the Flabebe line isn't Grass/Fairy. They're flowers. Plant stuff is Grass type in Pokemon. It learns several Grass type moves. So why's it not part Grass?

I agree with this. It threw me off that it didn't get the Grass typing.

Dark type for Luxray seems a odd missing typing as well. It has a bunch fo Dark type moves as well as the appearance to match.

 

[Return]

I don't know why Exploud is not a Pure Fighting type Pokemon.As approximately Exploud can learn all the fighting type moves by tm/hms.Exploud shape and size/weight is worth to Make Exploud a Pure fighting type Pokemon.So why It is not a Fighting type Pokemon?

 

[Lycanthropy]

The one that annoyed me the most is Gyarados. Water/flying, why? It can't even fly. It isn't that it can learn a good amount of flying type moves, the only one being Bounce (none at all prior to Gen IV!). It is clearly a sea dragon, but I can understand why it isn't given the dragon type. This type was, in the first generation, and exclusive type for Dragonite's evolutionairy family. They probably had to meant something unique.
Then, in Gen VI, Mega-Gyarados appeared, and its typing changed and lost flying. But it gained dark... Why? I admit it makes more sense than flying, but I'd rather see a pure water Gyarados with a water/dragon Mega.

 

[Shak]

I'm not quite seeing the dragon in Yanmega or Yanma tbh. In Flygon I can see why people feel it should be bug/dragon more so than that.

Yanmega is a dragonfly, it makes perfect sense. I kinda get why Yanma isn't, because he just isn't very dragony but Yanmega was the perfect chance to rectify that...

 

[bobandbill]

I don't know why Exploud is not a Pure Fighting type Pokemon.As approximately Exploud can learn all the fighting type moves by tm/hms.Exploud shape and size/weight is worth to Make Exploud a Pure fighting type Pokemon.So why It is not a Fighting type Pokemon?

I'd guess it's because of its basis in sound. It has Soundproof and specialises in sound-based attacks, and they probably decided that fits into Normal better than Fighting (no basis in an actual fighting style or token 'thing that fights').

The one that annoyed me the most is Gyarados. Water/flying, why? It can't even fly. It isn't that it can learn a good amount of flying type moves, the only one being Bounce (none at all prior to Gen IV!). It is clearly a sea dragon, but I can understand why it isn't given the dragon type. This type was, in the first generation, and exclusive type for Dragonite's evolutionairy family. They probably had to meant something unique.
Then, in Gen VI, Mega-Gyarados appeared, and its typing changed and lost flying. But it gained dark... Why? I admit it makes more sense than flying, but I'd rather see a pure water Gyarados with a water/dragon Mega.

Again, Flying does make some sense given what the line is based on, and in some way appearance.

It appears to be based on a sea dragon or sea serpent. Gyarados is partially based on a legend about how carp that leapt over the Dragon Gate would become dragons. Several waterfalls and cataracts in China are believed to be the location of the Dragon Gate. This is referenced by Pokémon Snap, as the player needs to get a Magikarp into a waterfall to evolve it into Gyarados. This legend is an allegory of the drive and efforts needed to overcome obstacles (which can be tied to the fact that Gyarados' pre-evolution, Magikarp, could possibly take a lot of drive and effort to legitimately evolve into Gyarados).
Its Flying-type may be a reference of koinobori, a carp-shaped wind sock traditionally flown to celebrate the Children's Day in Japan, formerly called Tango no Sekku (端午の節句).

Understandable that it isn't obvious unless you're familiar with Chinese mythology though, and I do agree that the Dark typing for its mega is odd.

Yanmega is a dragonfly, it makes perfect sense. I kinda get why Yanma isn't, because he just isn't very dragony but Yanmega was the perfect chance to rectify that...

Eh, each to their own but besides it being based on a (ancient) dragonfly (which is afaik a weird name for the animal, nor consistent in other languages from what I know), it doesn't look much like a dragon nor appear to have enough in its moveset to suggest it should be a dragon type to me.

 

[Winter]

I feel that Luxray should have gained Dark typing. Celebi ought to have been made part Fairy, replacing its Psychic type, since it makes more sense. Time traveling is hardly a psychic power. You don't see Dialga being part Psychic anyway, do you?

I'm not seeing the dragon in Yanmega. So I think I'd much rather have it as a Bug/Flying (its Bug Buzz is pretty sick too).