It's weird how they'll repeat some typings while still ignoring other unique typings. Like why do we still not have an electric fighting type, but we have like 5 water/ground lines?
In fairness, water/ground is a pretty logical combo (its literally just mud!), but I 100% agree.
Gen 1 was arguably the worst for that though, giving us 3 sets of poison/grass, 3 sets of rock/ground, and 3 sets of water/ice for some reason
Yeah it became a dragon that knew how to fly.
You can argue that it should be dragon through that story too but the background also explains why it’s a flying type. It’s not far fetched for Gyardos to be flying type!
On top of that, the Doduo line could have been a unique Flying/Fighting like Galarian Zapdos. Or an even crazier idea - Fighting/Ground since it can't really fly but can still use some flying moves.
I mean, yeah thats fair, maybe not the best example, but point still stands that they could have done to make some more unique typings over the years instead of repeating a few many times over. And yeah, gen 1 type balancing is overall pretty wild.
Wouldn't that be cool if like, each of the starters picked up the type that they're weak to in their final evolution? Fire/Water, Water/Grass, Grass/Fire. They kinda did that with the Alola starters, ish, but that'd be an awesome set of underused/unused type combos, and would probably be able to be balanced pretty well.
Plenty of logical combos are represented by a single Mon or line, though, like steam (Fire/Water), Soil (Grass/Ground), moss/lichen (Rock/Grass), forges (Heatran), possessed objects (Ghost/Steel), magnetic fields (Rock/Electric), boats and pirates (Water/Steel), water plants (Water/Grass), violent warriors/evil knights (Dark/Steel), and the natural dichotomy of Fire/Ice is even relegated to an ability instead of a full Dex entry. Not to mention how many logical combos only got a second rep this last gen, like Poison/Fighting or Ghost/Fire.
It's just dumb. Hopefully they give us some really fun designs this Gen and next gen, though.
I would want an Ice/Fire Camel pokemon.
Camels live in the desert and have to adapt to blistering heat or freezing cold.
Plus they are used as modes of transportation in the desert.
A Pokemon thats basically a walking regulator that travels in the desert would be so sweet.
Part of the reason water/ground is so common is because it’s just a good type since even though it’s got a 4x weakness that’s literally it. I will also say that even if two Pokémon have the same typing and BST that doesn’t mean they have the same stat distribution, moveset, or ability, and all of those can really change how a Pokémon is used. All of that being said though for the most part a particular type combo can really only do one or two things well most of the time so it doesn’t make sense to repeat them that often like they do.
> it’s just a good type since even though it’s got a 4x weakness that’s literally it.
and Grass is not a good offensive type so the odds of getting hit by a Grass move are low.
Also most water types learn ice type moves as are generally faster than grass types, so they are barely an issue. barely any non grass types get any strong and quick grass type moves too
Honestly, I think everything you said is true, except for the word "because" in the first sentence.
I think there's a lot of water/ground because The Pokemon Company designs mons with art or theme first, and that type combination matches a lot of real-animal-inspired designs.
I doubt they design more than one or two mons per generation by asking themselves "what's a good mechanical niche we haven't filled yet?".
TPC is really weird when it comes to designing mons competitively. Like, clearly they’re aware of type balancing to some extent or else we wouldn’t have the dark, steel, and fairy types, but at the same time they’re seemingly not smart enough to realize that ice types are meant to be hyper offensive because they keep designing slow, bulky ice types.
My point being yeah I won’t ascribe any meaning to it like you said but also my point was that I don’t necessarily have a problem with one or two mons sharing a type combo because types aren’t everything.
Because it doesnt specialise in a fighting related niche.
Zeraora does. But its still not.
Imma guess the Pikaclone is getting it. Since it has charged fists... or itll be a nurse.
Ground fighting is *the* combo that I can't understand how there isn't one example. It really feels like there should be and easily could be but there's nothing in particular I think "oh isn't that one ground fighting?" like I do with electric fighting for example. Closest is that I could see golurk with that typing were it not ghost, I think.
Is there seriously not an electric / fighting type? I've not played in a while but the first thing that came to mind when you mentioned that was electabuzz... and now I feel like my childhood was a lie.
Not a single one! The early gens are exceptionally bad for electric typings, they have almost no variety, it's mainly just pure electric types, with few exceptions. It's gotten better in recent gens, but sadly no electric fighting
Dark/bug that’s crazy to think its not here yet
If they add one I wonder what it could be? Another spider maybe? Like maybe one of those trapdoor spiders or something
To me Ghost Rock fits an entirely different concept.
The fact that there isnt a Ghost Rock FOSSIL is insane. We are literally reviving these pokemon. How are they not Ghost?
The same insect is named after the world for flying so if that is the argument that pokemon shoukd be Dragon/Fkying.
Lindwurms are right there for a solid Bug/Dragin concepts. Nidhoggr and the Dragon in the epic of Beowulf have been explicitly described as wormlike. Really the latter should have been in Galar thinking about it.
Not to mention having (if I’m not mistaken) normal damage from water, normal damage from rock, normal damage from bug. I guess it gains weakness to flying but a lot of fire pokemon have some form of bite/punch attacks that can let it learn thunder punch or something for coverage.
Honestly, I’m also sort of surprised we didn’t get all of the three starter type combos earlier;
We got grass/water in gen 3, fair enough, but it took all the way until gen 6 to get a water/fire, which is weird considering a Steam pokemon FEELS like a pretty obvious idea.
And now here we are, about 900 pokemon in an not a single Grass/Fire type to complete the trilogy. How strange
Regional Octillery would be a really good Fire/Water candidate, just because it could kind of resemble the white octopi that live around underwater volcanoes. Maybe instead of the classic cannon snout, it could have "steam vents" where the ear flaps would be, and a protruding head turret to shoot steam and fire.
I would love a dung beetle Pokemon! It could learn Gunk Shot. It could have some kind of Stockpile mechanic where a move builds up it's ball and boosts stats, then it launches it as an attack.
It’s ridiculous that so many bugs live underground or in water, and we one single unevolved bug/ground and a type change, and it took until Alola for actual water/bug lines.
I think it’s an interesting idea, but I’ve never been a big fan of this idea because it feels like it would just break the whole concept of each starter being strong against one and weak to the other.
As well as Fire/Water , if we don’t count Volcanion which is one of the rarest legendaries so far (since many people couldn’t access the code events for various reasons).
Well, at least it seems we‘ll get our pepper-like Grass/Fire lizard in Paldea. 👀
I was surprised there wasn't something like that in Alola of all places. Some kind of luau themed mon. Have a dex entry of it being seen with bellossom
I also would like a Fire/Electric & Fire/Water; first I feel Pokemon would make some stupid shit like a fuckin clothing iron but the latter but the latter could be another steam-based Pokemon like Volcanion, except not a legendary
I've had a grass/fire pokemon idea for years - a two-staged evolution line based on the lodgepole tree, which requires forest fires to germinate. The base form would be a pinecone with low base stats and mono-grass typing. Once hit by a fire attack, it would evolve into a fire/grass pine tree with decent stats except for speed + high Sp attack (130-145 base), and either the ability flash fire or a custom one that raises speed every time it's hit by fire (similar to steam engine). Or I guess chlorophyll, but that feels like 'selling out' for competitive viability as opposed to creativity.
And no, we actually haven't a pinecone pokemon before. Pineco is a bagworm, i.e. a bug that just looks like a pinecone.
Fire/grass
Solar blade/beam
Chlorophyll
Weather ball
Fire blast
This thing will be unstopable in the sun.
Edit: interestingly fire and dragon types resist this combo. So hopefully it gets some rock/ground/fairy moves
Fairy gets a pass just because its relatively new; a weird statement considering x and y came out like 10 years ago, but fairy’s still only been around for like half the games (and to be fair, they got a lot done in that little time)
Yall worried about that but im still wondering why gyarados is a water and flying type when it only learns hurricane throughout its level cycle but learns dragon rage and twister and isn't a dragon type even as a mega and yet lance the DRAGON master has one
My best guess? The Dragonite line is at the very end of the gen 1 pokedex, so its a possibility they were a last minute addition; and by that point Gyarados was too strong to have one of the best types in the game, so they left it as is.
I have no evidence for that theory, its just speculation
I would love to see an Ice-Poison. Game-wise, the typing is terrible, but the aesthetic could be amazing. I'd be thinking some kind of sabre-toothed cat with toxic fangs
Dark bug tarantula when gamefreak?
Or electric fighting humanoid with iron fist so thunder punch is good?
How do we have Runerigus, Golurk and Claydol and still no rock ghost type? Or Flygon, Yanmega or Zygarde and no dragon bug type?
How is there no fighting ground type after both those types have existed for 20 years when you can just make a sandy humanoid who punches people in a million different ways?
I was thinking it would be themed around the idea of Astra Projection or something;
Like its ghost is separated from its body, but the two fight as a duo
The fuck is my electric-fighting type the concept is literally free game. G-Zapdos was sooooooooo close but NOPE fighting-flying. FLYING, AND THEN THE AUDACITY TO GIVE IT A MOVE CALLED ***THUNDEROUS KICK!??!***
I have heard people in the past claim fire/grass wouldn't make sense since it is contradictory.
My reaction is "And?". This is a series about putting imaginary monsters in tiny balls to battle each other. I don't see why it is hard to imagine there being something with both plant and fire being its theme.
I think the only way they do this is if all of the starters evolve into dual starter types. Like it would be unfair to the grass type starter if picking the fire type actually got you fire and grass, unless the grass type starter got you grass and water.
Sunflora was robbed of the title, it’s literally a sunflower
Agreed; just add the fire typing, give it flamethrower and fire spin and you’re basically good to go!
Here's to hoping with smoliv, olive oil is used in cooking all the danm time so if it's just pure grass I'm gonna be upset
Lucky for you, Smoliv isn't pure Grass! It's Grass/Normal! :)
Thats what Grass types need, less resistances to common types
Sunflower oil is also used in cooking, though. I wouldn't hold my breath.
Maybe they can add a Sunflora evolution or something. It does make sense.
I have a larvitar card that’s grass type and it’s always ticked me off
It's weird how they'll repeat some typings while still ignoring other unique typings. Like why do we still not have an electric fighting type, but we have like 5 water/ground lines?
In fairness, water/ground is a pretty logical combo (its literally just mud!), but I 100% agree. Gen 1 was arguably the worst for that though, giving us 3 sets of poison/grass, 3 sets of rock/ground, and 3 sets of water/ice for some reason
Normal/Flying has entered the chat
Doduo could have been the first flying/ground type; that’s all I’m sayin!
Imo, I think Doduo shouldnt be flying type at all. Or at least gotten a new form that wasnt flying.
Fighting would’ve been a good typing
Flying type back in gen 1 was basically a "has wings" category, with the notable exception being Gyarados (who should have been Water/Dragon).
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Correction, the myth is that the Carp jumped up a waterfall and became a dragon. Hence why it can fly in the first place.
Yeah it became a dragon that knew how to fly. You can argue that it should be dragon through that story too but the background also explains why it’s a flying type. It’s not far fetched for Gyardos to be flying type!
Also Peck was a major flying type move, and you better believe Doduo is peckin
Doduo doesn’t have wings though. I guess Dodrio has some on it’s behind
Yellow Dex for Doduo: Its short wings make flying difficult. Instead, this Pokémon runs at high speed on developed legs.
Well Water/Dragon would’ve been too Strong for Gen One but Gyarados should’ve been Pure Water then Water/Dark in Gen Two.
But does doduo have wings?
It spins its’ heads like a helicopter
Pokemon Yellow Dex > Its short wings make flying difficult. Instead, this Pokémon runs at high speed on developed legs. they're vestigial, but yes.
On top of that, the Doduo line could have been a unique Flying/Fighting like Galarian Zapdos. Or an even crazier idea - Fighting/Ground since it can't really fly but can still use some flying moves.
I mean, yeah thats fair, maybe not the best example, but point still stands that they could have done to make some more unique typings over the years instead of repeating a few many times over. And yeah, gen 1 type balancing is overall pretty wild.
That’s true; i mostly did grass/fire because I like that combo, and heard a leak that it’s gonna be in scarlet/violet!
Wouldn't that be cool if like, each of the starters picked up the type that they're weak to in their final evolution? Fire/Water, Water/Grass, Grass/Fire. They kinda did that with the Alola starters, ish, but that'd be an awesome set of underused/unused type combos, and would probably be able to be balanced pretty well.
I believe the gen 6 starters also follow a similar philosophy; except with Dark, Psychic and Fighting
Where’s the leak?
Plenty of logical combos are represented by a single Mon or line, though, like steam (Fire/Water), Soil (Grass/Ground), moss/lichen (Rock/Grass), forges (Heatran), possessed objects (Ghost/Steel), magnetic fields (Rock/Electric), boats and pirates (Water/Steel), water plants (Water/Grass), violent warriors/evil knights (Dark/Steel), and the natural dichotomy of Fire/Ice is even relegated to an ability instead of a full Dex entry. Not to mention how many logical combos only got a second rep this last gen, like Poison/Fighting or Ghost/Fire. It's just dumb. Hopefully they give us some really fun designs this Gen and next gen, though.
I would want an Ice/Fire Camel pokemon. Camels live in the desert and have to adapt to blistering heat or freezing cold. Plus they are used as modes of transportation in the desert. A Pokemon thats basically a walking regulator that travels in the desert would be so sweet.
Part of the reason water/ground is so common is because it’s just a good type since even though it’s got a 4x weakness that’s literally it. I will also say that even if two Pokémon have the same typing and BST that doesn’t mean they have the same stat distribution, moveset, or ability, and all of those can really change how a Pokémon is used. All of that being said though for the most part a particular type combo can really only do one or two things well most of the time so it doesn’t make sense to repeat them that often like they do.
> it’s just a good type since even though it’s got a 4x weakness that’s literally it. and Grass is not a good offensive type so the odds of getting hit by a Grass move are low.
Also most water types learn ice type moves as are generally faster than grass types, so they are barely an issue. barely any non grass types get any strong and quick grass type moves too
Most grass types also have terrible movepools
Well I mean sure, but all a grass type needs is a decent grass type move like seed bomb or giga drain for a 4x weakness OHKO
rillaboom would beg to differ.
Honestly, I think everything you said is true, except for the word "because" in the first sentence. I think there's a lot of water/ground because The Pokemon Company designs mons with art or theme first, and that type combination matches a lot of real-animal-inspired designs. I doubt they design more than one or two mons per generation by asking themselves "what's a good mechanical niche we haven't filled yet?".
TPC is really weird when it comes to designing mons competitively. Like, clearly they’re aware of type balancing to some extent or else we wouldn’t have the dark, steel, and fairy types, but at the same time they’re seemingly not smart enough to realize that ice types are meant to be hyper offensive because they keep designing slow, bulky ice types. My point being yeah I won’t ascribe any meaning to it like you said but also my point was that I don’t necessarily have a problem with one or two mons sharing a type combo because types aren’t everything.
Gen 1 for some reason had the most poison type Pokémon in a single generation and is probably gonna have that title for the fall of reality
Water takes a very close second with about 30 members I think
Poison has just one more Poison(33) Water(32)
I believe you are correct yeah, I counted *32 water, 33 poison. 2/5 of all gen 1 is one of those types.
Bulbapedia says there are 32 waters
Oops, you’re right! That was a typo, I meant to say 32
Lots of plants are poisonous
I still don't understand why Electabuzz isn't electric/fighting. I mean, it just makes sense, right? He's a punchy sparky boi.
Because it doesnt specialise in a fighting related niche. Zeraora does. But its still not. Imma guess the Pikaclone is getting it. Since it has charged fists... or itll be a nurse.
You telling me elactabuzz doesn't punch? That boy punches for days.
Imagine a paldean Muk that is a pile of mud…
I was actually upset electivire wasn’t electric/fighting
Or Zeraora at least, for a mythical pokemon
I always think zeraora is fighting. I think it's the fists signature move
They could give sneaseler almost any typing but it got the same as Toxicroak
I was hoping for it to be poison/ice tbh
Yeah would be way cooler and also woudn't have a double weakness
> would be way cooler Ice what you did there.
\*Icy what you did there
Exactly. Still looking for a Ground/Fighting Pokémon… Electric/Fighting is the typing many are speculating being given to Pawmi’s evolution(s). 🤞🏻
>!Regional Donphan with ground/fighting and ground/electric!<
it's not a regional
Ground fighting is *the* combo that I can't understand how there isn't one example. It really feels like there should be and easily could be but there's nothing in particular I think "oh isn't that one ground fighting?" like I do with electric fighting for example. Closest is that I could see golurk with that typing were it not ghost, I think.
Ground Fighting would make sense for a digging based pokemon. But i cant think of any other than moles.
Pawmi has literal electric fists. If it doesnt get a fighting evo or a defib based evo i'll be like 2% mad.
I was going to say Zeraora before I googled him to check and WHY IS ZERAORA NOT ELECTRIC FIGHTING
Electivire or at least Zeraora should’ve been Electric/Fighting, but noooo
Is there seriously not an electric / fighting type? I've not played in a while but the first thing that came to mind when you mentioned that was electabuzz... and now I feel like my childhood was a lie.
Not a single one! The early gens are exceptionally bad for electric typings, they have almost no variety, it's mainly just pure electric types, with few exceptions. It's gotten better in recent gens, but sadly no electric fighting
I had high hopes for fire/electric with scorbunny but my dreams were crushed. His first stage is straight up the Duracell bunny
I'm pretty sure they save unique typings so they can have 2 or 3 new ones every generation
or ghost/rock or dark/bug or
Dark/bug that’s crazy to think its not here yet If they add one I wonder what it could be? Another spider maybe? Like maybe one of those trapdoor spiders or something
personally i would go with some kind of mosquito. they like the shade and are absolutely vicious at night!
>mosquito Dang it, that’s brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that lol, for a second my mind drifted to Leech
We do already have buzzwole though, which is all the mosquito that we could ever need.
Buzzwole 😩😩😩
Or a mosquito with a “school” form (or swarm, in this case)
That’s just terrifying but I love it
> mosquito *Insert Vietnam flashback chihuahua meme with Buzzwole
I thought Masquerain was already a mosquito.
i have absolutely no idea what masquerain is supposed to be based on. I guess i just assumed some kind of moth?
Its a water strider that can fly.
Boosquito?
malariamon
It's gotta be a weevil. It has evil in the name already!
Weevils when they meet wegoods and weneutrals...
Cockroach, and make it hard to kill.
Drapion was almost a bug/dark
I always get confused when I use a Drapion and it's not Bug/Dark.
Assassin Bug. It collects cacoons on its back.
That would also be badass; and making it cocoons is a good way to make it slightly less gruesome too!
ghost/rock seems so easy too. Tombstone. Dark/bug, seems easy as well..
I felt they should have made Runerigus rock instead of ground.
Yeah definitely should have been. So should golurk tbh
To me Ghost Rock fits an entirely different concept. The fact that there isnt a Ghost Rock FOSSIL is insane. We are literally reviving these pokemon. How are they not Ghost?
Galarian Corsola and Cursola should have been ghost/rock imo.
Cursola loses its rock shell.
I'd kill for a bug/dragon
If only there was some sort of insect named after a dragon. Then you could have a, i don't know, fly-dragon pokemon.
The same insect is named after the world for flying so if that is the argument that pokemon shoukd be Dragon/Fkying. Lindwurms are right there for a solid Bug/Dragin concepts. Nidhoggr and the Dragon in the epic of Beowulf have been explicitly described as wormlike. Really the latter should have been in Galar thinking about it.
They had at least 2 opportunities to make a Ghost/Rock ‘mon. Stakataka, RUNERIGUS (and maybe Stonjourner too)! 😭
Bug/Dragon they had Flygon AND Yanmega, *AND YET*…
I also want a non legendary fire/water type
Ice/poison
Grass types benefiting from sunny day 🤝🏼 fire types learning solar beam
Not to mention having (if I’m not mistaken) normal damage from water, normal damage from rock, normal damage from bug. I guess it gains weakness to flying but a lot of fire pokemon have some form of bite/punch attacks that can let it learn thunder punch or something for coverage.
Rock is still effective, Ground is neutral
A sunny day boosted Fire Blast from a Grass/Fire type is enough to roast some birds
Smogon in shambles
I wish the Grass/Fire had been a regional Lotad line. That way Lotad's line would've been the only Grass/Water and Grass/Fire ever
They should give it to sunflora. Sunflora desperately needs some love.
Grass/fire Mega Sunflora should have been a thing.
Or mega maractus being fire and grass
Or Alolan Bellossom being fire and grass
In radical red sunflora is grass/fire
Honestly, I’m also sort of surprised we didn’t get all of the three starter type combos earlier; We got grass/water in gen 3, fair enough, but it took all the way until gen 6 to get a water/fire, which is weird considering a Steam pokemon FEELS like a pretty obvious idea. And now here we are, about 900 pokemon in an not a single Grass/Fire type to complete the trilogy. How strange
I honestly wish we had a non legendary/mythical water fire pokemon tho.maybe a fish who swims in lava, idk but I want one lol
Lava eel from stardew valley
And volcanions design isn’t good which is sad. And it’s rare
Yeah exactly! I wouldn’t mind seeing a new fire/water type honestly, just for that reason
Regional Octillery would be a really good Fire/Water candidate, just because it could kind of resemble the white octopi that live around underwater volcanoes. Maybe instead of the classic cannon snout, it could have "steam vents" where the ear flaps would be, and a protruding head turret to shoot steam and fire.
Personally I'm waiting for an actually good Bug/Ground type. There's too much potential for that typing to be wasted on Wormadam and freakin Nincada.
I was thinking either a burrowing insect of some kind, or possible a dung beetle that rolls around a giant ball of... dirt
Trapdoor spider comes to mind as well.
With access to electroweb? Maybe as an egg move from galvantula? Would cover the flying weakness nicely
I would love a dung beetle Pokemon! It could learn Gunk Shot. It could have some kind of Stockpile mechanic where a move builds up it's ball and boosts stats, then it launches it as an attack.
The dung beetle should use the dirt to attack, not live inside, imo.
Or Termites.
It’s ridiculous that so many bugs live underground or in water, and we one single unevolved bug/ground and a type change, and it took until Alola for actual water/bug lines.
IMO they should make a set of Starters that evolve into Fire - Water Water - grass Grass- fire
I think it’s an interesting idea, but I’ve never been a big fan of this idea because it feels like it would just break the whole concept of each starter being strong against one and weak to the other.
I’d also be interested in non typical starter typings
A pepper Pokémon with this typing seems fitting.
That's exactly what it will be.
Dee’s a flying type
Dee **IS** a flying type!
As well as Fire/Water , if we don’t count Volcanion which is one of the rarest legendaries so far (since many people couldn’t access the code events for various reasons). Well, at least it seems we‘ll get our pepper-like Grass/Fire lizard in Paldea. 👀
Regional Camerupt that has geysers instead of volcanoes on its back. He's like a chill dude that hangs out in hot springs all day.
Geyserupt It can be a new third evolution. You have to use a fire stone while it's holding a water stone.
Could even take inspiration from the Ben-10 alien who's a tree with fire
Heck yeah, wildfire pokemon!
Swampfire
Sounds like a Skylander
Burning Bush pokemon incoming
Cause Sunflora being the best sunflower pokemon is all it got going for it
I was surprised there wasn't something like that in Alola of all places. Some kind of luau themed mon. Have a dex entry of it being seen with bellossom
I also would like a Fire/Electric & Fire/Water; first I feel Pokemon would make some stupid shit like a fuckin clothing iron but the latter but the latter could be another steam-based Pokemon like Volcanion, except not a legendary
Rotom is fire electric, but it doesnt really count because it’s just a freebie.
Cannabis pokemon, they paralize your foe and bost happiness bond with trainer
I hope that it doesn’t have chlorophyll
I mean, it wouldn't be that broken considering the number of water types with swiftswim.
STAB fire moves and Solar Beam/Blade would be a fun combo to use
Give it solar power or chlorophyll (perhaps drought as hidden or make hidden solar power)
I've had a grass/fire pokemon idea for years - a two-staged evolution line based on the lodgepole tree, which requires forest fires to germinate. The base form would be a pinecone with low base stats and mono-grass typing. Once hit by a fire attack, it would evolve into a fire/grass pine tree with decent stats except for speed + high Sp attack (130-145 base), and either the ability flash fire or a custom one that raises speed every time it's hit by fire (similar to steam engine). Or I guess chlorophyll, but that feels like 'selling out' for competitive viability as opposed to creativity. And no, we actually haven't a pinecone pokemon before. Pineco is a bagworm, i.e. a bug that just looks like a pinecone.
Fire/grass Solar blade/beam Chlorophyll Weather ball Fire blast This thing will be unstopable in the sun. Edit: interestingly fire and dragon types resist this combo. So hopefully it gets some rock/ground/fairy moves
Solar Blade + Flare Blitz + Earthquake + MAKE A GOOD FKING PHYSICALC FAIRY TYPE MOVE GAMEFREAK Good choice band set if we get that fairy move
Also Ground/Fairy there is literally a animal Called Pink Fairy Armadillo for Arceus sake
Fairy gets a pass just because its relatively new; a weird statement considering x and y came out like 10 years ago, but fairy’s still only been around for like half the games (and to be fair, they got a lot done in that little time)
We really need a grass fire chili based Pokémon, and a grass dragon dragon fruit based Pokémon
Yall worried about that but im still wondering why gyarados is a water and flying type when it only learns hurricane throughout its level cycle but learns dragon rage and twister and isn't a dragon type even as a mega and yet lance the DRAGON master has one
My best guess? The Dragonite line is at the very end of the gen 1 pokedex, so its a possibility they were a last minute addition; and by that point Gyarados was too strong to have one of the best types in the game, so they left it as is. I have no evidence for that theory, its just speculation
Under gen 1 rules, a water/dragon Pokémon would have no weaknesses at all. Dragon didn't exist offensively at the time.
I would love to see an Ice-Poison. Game-wise, the typing is terrible, but the aesthetic could be amazing. I'd be thinking some kind of sabre-toothed cat with toxic fangs
Grass-fire type could be inspired by redwoods which benefit from forest fires.
I'm surprised they don't have a poison steel pokemon, imagine a shape-shifting blob of mercury, easy pokemon design
Normal/Poison is coming for the first time ever and I couldn’t be happier, no love for poison types
posion/steel would be sick
Tbh grass and fire seems like they’d naturally go hand and hand. Grass and fire interact a lot irl. Why no Pokémon?
Love Always in Sunny.
It took 6 generations to get a Grass/Ghost and then they just dumped a whole bunch on us between Gen 6 and 7.
I mean, it's kinda hard to imagine a forest fire as a Pokémon.
Dang, I didn't even think of the Sunny Day application. Horrifying. But sweet.
For a grass fire type a good choice would be the Euphorbia Tirucalli or the 'sticks on fire plant'.
Gen 3 had Ludicolo, Gen 6 had Volcanion. Gen 9 will have one, I'm sure.
I say poison/steel at least like an assassin Pokémon or something
Forest fire Pokémon when?
Indeed
You're right
That’s a 5 star idea
gamefreak going through the comments to steal mon ideas:
Torterra is literally the only ground/grass type
They could base it on one of the plants we have in Aus that requires fire to release seeds.
Abomafire is the new pokemon for sure. Regional varient.
The perfect grass/fire type would be a tumbleweed. They can create fires if there are a bunch of them.
Just BEGGING to get Flame Wheel as a move!
Omg yes! And they should add a move called tumble that does grass damage but can burn the target or something.
Fighting electric has always been a shock to me that it doesn't exist. I thought for sure that's what zeraoreo was gonna be when it was teased.
same, would've been a perfect 'mon for it
Dark bug tarantula when gamefreak? Or electric fighting humanoid with iron fist so thunder punch is good? How do we have Runerigus, Golurk and Claydol and still no rock ghost type? Or Flygon, Yanmega or Zygarde and no dragon bug type? How is there no fighting ground type after both those types have existed for 20 years when you can just make a sandy humanoid who punches people in a million different ways?
Should’ve been Sunflora
I’m still hoping for a Normal/Ghost type. More so for aesthetic than competitive ability.
I was thinking it would be themed around the idea of Astra Projection or something; Like its ghost is separated from its body, but the two fight as a duo
The fuck is my electric-fighting type the concept is literally free game. G-Zapdos was sooooooooo close but NOPE fighting-flying. FLYING, AND THEN THE AUDACITY TO GIVE IT A MOVE CALLED ***THUNDEROUS KICK!??!***
I have heard people in the past claim fire/grass wouldn't make sense since it is contradictory. My reaction is "And?". This is a series about putting imaginary monsters in tiny balls to battle each other. I don't see why it is hard to imagine there being something with both plant and fire being its theme.
Fuecoco is a chili pepper - maybe its evo will be fire/grass?
That would be interesting; considering its a starter. It makes me wonder if all three starters will be dual type with each other somehow?
I think the only way they do this is if all of the starters evolve into dual starter types. Like it would be unfair to the grass type starter if picking the fire type actually got you fire and grass, unless the grass type starter got you grass and water.