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soble92

Why is ____ typed like this?

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Nov 15 10 7:22 AM

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Sort of a half game half discussion topic. There are many pokemon typed strangely, and we just don't know why. Let's figure them out.

Why is Palkia part water type?

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Nov 15 10 8:11 AM

Probably because pearls come from water.

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Duckiducky (DS#037)
Rubbarvaz (DS#038)
Larvyre (Community DS#039)
Pupyre (Community DS#040)
Lepradu (DS#150)

Pollutross (DS #180)

Jibayuna (DS #199 Legendary Contest winner)

Bayubisa (DS #200 Legendary Contest winner)
Torchild
Lightorch
Destorch
Phashift(Community)

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Nov 15 10 12:49 PM

Why is Pururi (I can't spell the name, but it's that blue-if-male-pink-if-female jellyfish from the Gen V) part Ghost-type? It doesn't look at all ghostly!

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Nov 15 10 2:35 PM

Why is the electric ray/flouder thing not part water?

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elementalpenguin

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Nov 15 10 7:38 PM

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@GF: Because it is a ghost - it is a specter king! Looks pretty ghostly to me.
@JDL: It'a weirder like that - also, it's mudfish, it lives in mud, not water.

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Nov 16 10 1:17 AM

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The dexes really bring out the ghostliness.
Pururiru: It paralyzes its prey with poison, then drags it to its den in the ocean’s depths, 8000 meters below the surface.
It sinks to the bottom of the sea with its enemies’ bodies still bound in its thin, veil-like arms.
Burungeru: It expels water that it absorbs into its body with great force to propel itself. Life energy is its favorite food.
If a lost ship sinks in Buringeru’s habitat, the crew members' life force gets completely absorbed.

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Nov 16 10 4:29 PM

Creepy... I like it. >

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Nov 16 10 5:21 PM

Why aren't these Pokemon part Water-type?

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Also, why is Dark weak against Bug?

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Nov 16 10 6:32 PM

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They aren't water because they're not sea-dwelling eels - the last one has feet, ya'know.
Dark is weak against bug because it's the "secret weakness" every super-villain has.

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Nov 17 10 5:07 AM

Only Always wrote:
Also, why is Dark weak against Bug?

Reminded me of this comic.

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Nov 17 10 5:09 AM

Teehee.

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Nov 17 10 4:30 PM

Why is Regigigas Normal? For that matter, why are so many Pokemon just thrown into the Normal category? And why aren't some Pokemon put in the Normal category even though they really aren't all that special?

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Nov 18 10 12:23 AM

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A few examples would help.
Also, I'm weirded out as well with Regigigas's type. Fighting could work just as well, and that type is super effective at the other three's types. It's probably for balance I guess, since it's Uber powerful already, giving it STAB to moves that can deal super effective damage would probably be unfair, even with Slow Start.

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Nov 18 10 10:01 AM

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Yeah, I guess that's the reason, since Fighting would make way more sense due to the type effectiveness.

Also, I think Bug respresents the Scary/Fear element. Maybe Dark-types aren't all that brave and easily scared? XD

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Nov 18 10 4:09 PM

I think its more of the fact that Dark and Psychic are two sides to a similar coin: Psychics are the "good" mental abilities/magic/whatever, and Darks are the bad mental abilities/magic/whatever. Since bugs are more of a "mindless will", the powers of the mind, good or ill, are laid waste by the "mindless will". FYI, got that term from this quote:

The Shifting Sands Lay Just Ahead
Beware! And choose another road instead.

Death swarms within its rocky walls
Where all are one, one will rules all
Beneath the dead the living strive
With mindless will to serve the hive

Deltora Quest, Book 4: The Shifting Sands

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Nov 18 10 4:54 PM

@EP: Legs? Oh, I didn't notice those!

@Everyone else: Hm, all of your explanation make lots of sense.

Now for a PF related question, why is Magic weak against Steel and Rock?

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Nov 18 10 4:55 PM

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Reigigas is normal so that it gets a fighting weakness with the other Regis.

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Nov 18 10 5:52 PM

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Exactly. All Regis share fighting type weakness. This is actually normal for trios so far, to some extent, since other then Rayquaza, Groudon, Kyogre, Suicune, Entei and Raikou, trios all had a shared weakness.

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Nov 18 10 8:30 PM

What was the shared weakness of the Dragon God trio again?

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Nov 18 10 11:41 PM

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Dragon.

EDIT: You meant Sinnoh, huh. Yeah, they don't have one, Decku forgot them.

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Nov 19 10 4:11 AM

Only Always wrote:
Now for a PF related question, why is Magic weak against Steel and Rock?

For Steel, it's because Magical creatures from many folk tales have a weakness to steel; it's man-made (for the most part), and most of these creatures (i.e. the Fey) are largely tuned to the natural world, so it throws them off, or something.

For Rock, I -
I actually don't know about that one.

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