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Weaknesses that don't make sense

Id say the Ice > Dragon thing is for lack of a better option. And for MewthreeXL and Yumecosmos, the damage multipliers are as follows:

If the attack is strong against:

Both Types of the Defending Pokemon = 4x Damage
One Type of the Defending Pokemon and Neutral to the Other = 2x

Neutral to Both Types = 1x

If the attack is NVE (Not very effective) against:

Both Types of the Defending Pokemon = 0.25x Damage
One Type of the Defending Pokemon and Neutral to the Other = 0.5x

And finally, if the attack is Super Effective against one type and NVE against the other = 1x Damage

No negatives involved, just reductions.
 
Oh,thanks.I had forgotten.

I prefer fractions to decimals.
 
i dont get why dragon is weak aginst ice,i get how they are weak aginst dragons though because if you saw dragons-a fantasy made real on animal planet you'ed know i just dont get why they are weak aginst ice
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I guess to the devolper, dragons=reptiles, and so they are weak to the cold.
 
Honestly, it was probably because dragon type needed another weakness besides just dragon. Or else they'd have kind of a monopoly, right?
 
Perhaps, but Kohei's theory is a good one, seeing as dragons are related to lizards (not in real life duh).

And MewthreeXL, its easier in terms of damage calculation to have decimals y'know. If they were fractions youd have to convert them anyway to do the damage calc.
 
In a galaxy far far away...

back in the days of R/B/Y, phsicic pokemon were unstoippable, with Zam being the best example. Very high speed, and High Sp Attack. There were hardly any pokemon who could stand up to the phsicic types (Beedrill dies before attacking) and megahorn did not exist.

Something had to be strong against phsicic, so they chose bug, but the stupid Nintendo game designers didnt create any GOOD bug pokemon. Then all the other colour versions were made, and the popularity of phsicic pokemon diminished, but are still quite powerful.

With dark being the type that phycic could not touch, is probably the way of the Nindento developers making the phsicic pokemon seem less godlike. (There are also heaps of counter nowadays)
 
Not only did that have nothing to do with the topic, it was completely old information as well. <_<
 
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