>>57455007>but a x4 weakness to Fire was a big disadvantage. Maybe give him an ability that reduces this?Swampert has a 4x Grass weakness, so they’re willing to have fully evolved starters with them. First off, by the time you have a filly-evolved starter, you probably have other options to counter your rival’s starter. Second, Water/Ground is an excellent defensive typing which is probably why they figured it was fine for Swampert, and the same applies to Grass/Steel. It has a 4x weakness to Fire but the only other weakness it has is a 2x to Fighting. And it also has immunity to Poison.
I could see them not wanting a 4x weakness if it was a terrible defensive typing overall like a Grass/Bug starter, but since Grass/Steel is generally quite good I’d say it would be acceptable.
