Beedrill v/s Dustox
Beedrill. It's Gen I. Got spears hence Twinneedle. Cool anime appearances (chases). And it cries "zuki" (in the Japanese version at least).
I have to admit however I like Dustox's
movepool WAAAAAY more. And it is a moth... a moth is always better than a wasp inside the house, right?
What is your favourite poison type pokemon/evolution family?
Already said: Nidos (male). Can't express in words because of the word count limit per post. Was here that someone said "give a Nidoking Earthquake and it's unstoppable"?
Oh it's so
nice to see at least somewhere else
Nidos get love!
Nidoking is complete win (, but I'm happy with
Nidorino for now... my very own personal Rival Beater. To a pulp. Thrice. :D
I always marvel at how much
pain can a Nidorino endure, and then curse at Nintendo (note: the
only reason I actually curse at them) because one can not actually pat one's Pokémon in the head and take them to a (Pokémon) restaurant or something after a battle. I mean, come on, Bag -> Full Restore -> Use and that's all?
I Laugh at your Misfortune! said:
Damn, I forgot the gastly family. They are like, the gods of poison types
Oh Arceus!
Gengar! That thing rocks! And he has got some good appearances at the anime... like Agatha's Gengar, that battle was real cool, with the snicker and the melt-into-flor thing! -- It's a shame you have to trade to get him, but, hey, the road to awesomeness is suposed to be steep, filled with Psychics and Steels, and only a few of us are already... escalating! :D --- And a good point with the god thing: there's no Poison-type Legendary yet!
@M@XWeru: although it's true that Eevee never got a Poison evolution, there's something done, albeit little, in the form of
Umbreon. It is pure-Dark, but it is suppossed to, from the Pokédex entries,
sweat poison and spray it when it feels endangered. Rare how it
does not reflect in the games. Oh well, as long as the designs for 5th Gen are not absolutely f@ed up, wel should be seeing a Poison eeveelution. Yeah, and I am a Nintendo executive...
The only good thing about Grass+Poison is that it gives a Pokémon one 0.25× resistance (Grass), and that several overrated types (Dragon, Steel, Ground) do 1× damage. For everything else, it adds
two weaknesses (but increases one resistance)... oh well at least we got to hit Steel-types.
The only two "good" type combinations for Poison seem to be Poison+Flying, which increases most of the resistances to 0.25×
plus Ground-immunity, no 4× weakness, movepool advantage against two Poison-beaters (Fighting and Ground) and reduces one weakness to neutrality. But I don't remember ever being a Poison+Flying Pokémon... except for... oh my...
Are you ready?
Ta-da-dá....
The Zubat family!!!!!!! -- That's right, the Pokémon one always finds in a cave and wants to (usually) just past by! Welcome, fellow!
And the other is Poison+Ghost (Gastly...) with
two immunities but 4 weaknesses and only two other resistances, one of them being Poison anyways... oh and good movelist against itself.
Let's be content not being Poison+Fighting (4× weakness to Psychic, M@XWeru!!!) and weakness to
both Ground and Flying, plus movelist detriment against Ghost and Psychic... who's the unfortunate? ... let's see... the
Croagunk line.
Oh and for the topics thing, hey, a question for everyone:
Time for a team (tag) double Battle. Who do you pair up your favourite Poison Pokémon with?