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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:15:12 No.22416128 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>22416352 >>22416408 >>22420266

>Bug super effective against dark
>grass super effective against rock
>psychic super effective against poison
>ice super effective against dragon

bravo gamefreak

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:16:10 No.22416144 Report

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:18:26 No.22416188 Report

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>>22416144
>implying any of those make sense

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:18:46 No.22416193 Report

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>>22416144
Explain them then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:21:15 No.22416219 Report

Quoted By: >>22416245 >>22416286 >>22416304 >>22416317 >>22420736

>Bug super effective against dark
Alright, you got me there.

>grass super effective against rock
Roots of plants burrow down and break through the rock.

>psychic super effective against poison
Intelligent kids don't do drugs. Think smart, don't start.

>ice super effective against dragon
Dragons are cold blooded. Cold kills them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:21:56 No.22416223 Report

Quoted By: >>22416245

If ur psychic and u are given 2 cups with one poison in it then u know which one is poison cuz ur psychic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:24:01 No.22416245 Report

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>>22416219
>that psychic explanation

wow, right in the 80's

>>22416223
this one is better

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:24:31 No.22416253 Report

Quoted By: >>22416279

>water super effective against ground
>ground immune to electric but not rock

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:25:47 No.22416274 Report

Quoted By: >>22416285

It's called balance you fucking mongoloid

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:26:06 No.22416279 Report

Quoted By: >>22416340

>>22416253
>what is weathering and erosion
>I'll give you that one. Ground and rock being two separate types makes absolutely zero sense.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:26:32 No.22416283 Report

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Psychic types can use telepathy to screw with a venomous mon's biology, and make it poison itself.

It's like having a swordsman type. The Psychic can just make it stab itself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:26:37 No.22416285 Report

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>>22416274
But the game isn't balanced in the slightest. Its a fucking RPG.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:26:43 No.22416286 Report

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>>22416219
>Intelligent kids don't do drugs.
>implying

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:28:39 No.22416303 Report

Quoted By: >>22416712

>>22416285
>The game has balance issues so literally no attempt at balance should ever be made

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:28:39 No.22416304 Report

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>>22416219
>>psychic super effective against poison
>Intelligent kids don't do drugs. Think smart, don't start.

U wat m8

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:29:40 No.22416317 Report

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>>22416219
>Dragons are cold blooded. Cold kills them.

>fire breathing monsters
>cold blooded

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:30:00 No.22416324 Report

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Niggers die from malaria and psychic makes poison do chemical shit

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:31:19 No.22416340 Report

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>>22416279
>Not knowing that Rock and Steel type represent minerals/metals and Ground is a separate type because it represents earth which isn't composed entirely of minerals/metals.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:32:11 No.22416352 Report

Quoted By: >>22416376

>>22416128
>Bug super effective against dark
Bugs pay no mind to spiteful, demoralizing or fear-tactics because they're simple-minded.

>grass super effective against rock
Paper beats rock. Paper is made of tree bark; trees are a plant like grass.

>psychic super effective against poison
The knowledge to combat toxins.

>ice super effective against dragon
I think you might be retarded.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:32:14 No.22416353 Report

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>ground super effective against poison

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:33:18 No.22416366 Report

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>>22416317
Reptiles. Also a dragons fire goes out in the snow.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:34:22 No.22416376 Report

Quoted By: >>22416384 >>22416479 >>22420350

>>22416352
>psychic super effective against poison
>The knowledge to combat toxins.
Ok so why isn't psychic super effective vs everything, its just the knowledge to combat ____.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:34:28 No.22416378 Report

Quoted By: >>22416548

>>22416340
What is happening here

>>22416353
This one makes no sense.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:35:08 No.22416384 Report

Quoted By: >>22416479

>>22416376
...

Shut up

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:35:22 No.22416389 Report

Quoted By: >>22416595

These are just my best guesses:

>Bug super effective against dark
I had just assumed bug was meant to be effective against higher functioning/more complex poke types. Neurotoxins effecting brain chemistry and what not. This kinda hits a dead end with fairy type though... Maybe fairy isn't so much higher functioning but innate magic?

>Grass super effective against rock
Makes sense to me. Few things can bust up a boulder or cement better than a tree defiantly growing out of it.

>Psychic super effective against poison
This kind of made sense to me in gen1. When lick was the only ghost move. Poison being sneakier/more about subertfuge and strategy than brute strength which a psychic mind could easily counter. When gen2 the fact psychic moves were completely ineffective against dark types lead me to think maybe the strategies and subterfuge are super effective because psychics are used to just seeing through the shit and not expecting actual surprises. Doesn't explain ghost being super effective against psychics though... Maybe bug and ghost are super effective against psychics because psychics are easy to freak out and generally nervous in nature?

>Ice super effective against dragon

I have no fucking clue. In fact its not uncommon for me to completely forget that weakness entirely since I can't make logical sense of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:37:01 No.22416408 Report

Quoted By: >>22416432

>>22416128
>Bug vs Dark
Superheroes in Japan. Kamen Rider.
>Grass vs Rock
Roots break through the earth. Grass should also be SE to Steel but isn't for whatever reason.
>Psychic vs Poison
Great minds combat and overpower the toxins.
>Ice vs Dragon
Cold blooded.

>>22416353
This one doesn't make any sense.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:39:37 No.22416432 Report

Quoted By: >>22416479

>>22416408
>Great minds combat and overpower the toxins.
Great minds combat and overpower fire/electricity/earth/fucking everything as well.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:42:41 No.22416452 Report

Quoted By: >>22416506

>>22416317
Traditionally speaking eastern dragons don't breath fire. That's more of a european dragon thing.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:42:47 No.22416454 Report

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>psychic not super effective against fairy

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:45:20 No.22416479 Report

Quoted By: >>22416542

>>22416384
>impersonating me

>>22416376
>>22416432
>Ok so why isn't psychic super effective vs everything
Because intelligence is not an element you fuckwad.
You can't simply think-away fires. You know how to put them out, sure. But if you don't have the materials at hand it means fuck all.
You can't simply rend rocks asunder by thinking mean things about them.
etc.

Knowledge is essential to developing anti-toxins.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:45:23 No.22416480 Report

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>>22416193
>Bug super effective against dark
Bugs like dark areas and many bugs are nocturnal
>grass super effective against rock
Organic weathering
>psychic super effective against poison
Got me there
>ice super effective against dragon
Most dragon types are reptilian and reptiles dont thrive in cold weather
bravo gamefreak

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:45:52 No.22416483 Report

Quoted By: >>22416574 >>22416577 >>22425028

>Ghost weak against dark
>Ghost weak against ghost

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:46:16 No.22416487 Report

Quoted By: >>22416534

>>22416353
Limestone, activated charcoal, and various other other earth-y stuff is used in combating venoms and poison. Makes a rough kind of sense in my mind.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:47:47 No.22416506 Report

Quoted By: >>22416589

>>22416452
Do eastern dragons count more than western dragons in your shit filled weeaboo mind?

Does dragonite look like he is inspired by some chinese dragon? In fact, does any dragon in the games besides raiquaquaqua look like they are inspired by eastern dragons?

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:49:59 No.22416534 Report

Quoted By: >>22416739 >>22420859

>>22416487
>activated charcoals

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:51:04 No.22416542 Report

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>>22416479
Knowledge is also essential to harnessing electricity, using metals, building out of earth, controlling fire, etc.

Also you cant simply will away poison either, I'm not sure why you made that analogy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:51:39 No.22416544 Report

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>>22416193
Malaria and ebola erradicate niggers

Moss grows on rock, grass type are based on plants, some of them which override the rocks

Smart people beat those who are cancer in the world

Dragon eggs must remain warm or they die, obviously something cold kills them

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:52:27 No.22416548 Report

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>>22416378
how does ground hurt poison?
it seems right but i cant figure out why

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:54:46 No.22416574 Report

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>>22416483
I have no fucking clue. Ghost as a type in general is pretty nonsensical and weird, really.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:54:58 No.22416577 Report

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>>22416483
No one is explaining these

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:56:05 No.22416589 Report

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>>22416506
Calm down, spanky. I was just offering a suggestion.

Game freak is a japanese company after all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:56:39 No.22416595 Report

Quoted By: >>22416615

>>22416389
>bugs come out at night
>roots break
>dragons are salamanders. they arent into cold

!KipKipujKc

!KipKipujKc Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:57:49 No.22416603 Report

Quoted By: >>22416632

Bug is strong to dark because of that dark thing in japanese

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 02:58:39 No.22416615 Report

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>>22416595
But ghosts come out at night too and ghosts are weak vs dark.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 03:00:03 No.22416632 Report

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>>22416603
Oh ok, thank you for so clearly explaining. Guess this thread was for nothing, this anon figured it all out.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 03:03:01 No.22416662 Report

Quoted By: >>22416844 >>22420398 >>22420698

>onix
>literally made solely of rocks
>rock/ground type

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 03:07:57 No.22416707 Report

Quoted By: >>22416738

>fire weak vs. water
>fire strong vs. solid water

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 03:08:35 No.22416712 Report

Quoted By:

>>22416303
>implying a terrible attempt at balance is better than no balance

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 03:11:55 No.22416738 Report

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>>22416707
They should teach this in Chemistry class. At least people would listen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 03:11:57 No.22416739 Report

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>>22416534
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activated_carbon
Learn something, fgt.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 03:19:56 No.22416844 Report

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>>22416662
Maybe the ground is on the inside? or the joints between the rocks?

Nah its just early GF bullshit, gen 1 was full of it. At least the Golem line kind of makes sense being Rock/Ground.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 03:43:12 No.22417123 Report

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 10:02:56 No.22420218 Report

Quoted By:

>>22416193
>>22416193
>goth kids don't like bugs

>inb4 grumps

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 10:13:45 No.22420266 Report

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>>22416128

>dark type is cheating bullshit and bugs are too stupid to fall for tricks
>shit man grass grows out of the sidewalk
>you can't sting me nigger i'm all the way over here
>fuck you you can't bask here shitty lizard

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 10:28:28 No.22420350 Report

Quoted By:

>>22416376
but psychic IS se vs combat types...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 10:29:46 No.22420358 Report

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Psychics can cure ilnesses with there psychic powers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 10:34:31 No.22420398 Report

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>>22416662
their rationale for ground in gen 1 seems like it was "burrowing animals" and rock type was "literally made from rocks." thus, massive overlap, with the exceptions being sandshrew and diglett that's the best I got.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 11:15:39 No.22420682 Report

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>>22416193
Bugs see in the dark (or aren't bothered by it anyway)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 11:17:35 No.22420698 Report

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>>22416662
It's a fucking earthworm, it had to be ground or bug. And then rock because it's made of rocks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 11:18:29 No.22420705 Report

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psychic beats poison because there is a strong belief in eastern culture in the placebo effect for medical purposes. The psychic pokemon uses his mind to overcome the effects of the poison.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 11:21:50 No.22420728 Report

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>>22416286
>>22416304
420blazeits confirmed, have fun smelling like piss, and using weed as an excuse to have fun

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 11:22:51 No.22420736 Report

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>>22416219
Bugs love the dark,

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 11:46:52 No.22420859 Report

Quoted By: >>22424985

>>22416534
Kek, sadly I didn't go through this thread. When was this? In other boards, I presume? Must be a fun article to laugh at.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 11:59:05 No.22420928 Report

Quoted By: >>22424752

mind over body

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 21:59:58 No.22424752 Report

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>>22420928
But gym rats beat up nerds all the time.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:06:41 No.22424817 Report

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>still no explanation for ghostxdark and ghostxghost
ayy

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:11:07 No.22424866 Report

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Can Psychic please be super effective against Fairy? It makes thematic sense because smart people don't believe in fairy bullshit and also Psychic really fucking needs an offensive boost.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:14:39 No.22424909 Report

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bug is because of kamen rider or some shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:15:01 No.22424913 Report

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>no Steel>Ghost
why

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:20:33 No.22424985 Report

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>>22420859
it was on /fit/ a long time ago

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:23:03 No.22425005 Report

Quoted By: >>22425453

>>22416353
we bury our garbage in the ground

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:25:55 No.22425028 Report

Quoted By: >>22425112

>>22416483
>Ghost: Only a ghost can harm a ghost
>Dark: Likely something about eternal damnation, and/or ghosts cannot rely on their natural habitat (darkness) when there are being that can use the darkness freely.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:35:25 No.22425112 Report

Quoted By: >>22425125 >>22425168

>>22425028
For probably the billionth time, Dark type isn't about literal darkness. It's about evil. Evil people summon and control ghosts and ancient spirits all the time in fiction.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:36:30 No.22425125 Report

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>>22425112
but darkness can be used for literal darkness too hence psychics weaknesses are all common fears

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:40:30 No.22425168 Report

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>>22425112
>What is Night Daze
>What is Dark Void
There are instances that Dark Type moves and creatures are things born of dark and not just evil/malicious.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 22:54:18 No.22425311 Report

Quoted By: >>22425538

Op tries to make sense of a game targeted for a audience of children. But got me to respond Gr8 b8 m8

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 23:06:57 No.22425453 Report

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>>22425005
Works for me.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Jan 2015 23:15:03 No.22425538 Report

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>>22425311
also its full of weird Nip Shinto bullshit reasoning for how shit works

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