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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 02:53:51 No.40365119 View View Reply Original Report

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Why is steel weak to fighting?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 02:55:43 No.40365137 Report

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>>40365119
A better question would be, why is steel weak to ground?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 02:56:01 No.40365140 Report

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>>40365119

Because the logical step for a being who can punch through stone to punch through metal.

Also, going to Japan's wording, fighting is Hero type, and it is the Hero who wields the sword.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 02:57:29 No.40365152 Report

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>>40365119
It was because in gen 1 fighting REALLY sucked so they made it good against the amazing new defensive typing
still sucked in gen 2 tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:02:35 No.40365194 Report

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>>40365119
You ever see any of those martial arts things where they like karate chop steel bars in half or some shit? It’s that

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:02:47 No.40365199 Report

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Man Hitmonlee looked way cooler in 2D.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:02:49 No.40365200 Report

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>>40365137
Earfquakes turn buildings into scrap and rubble

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:05:15 No.40365222 Report

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>>40365199
Why did his sclera get so narrow?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:08:59 No.40365255 Report

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metal is malleable

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:16:12 No.40365315 Report

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>>40365119

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:25:37 No.40365401 Report

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you ever realize that he's an anthro foot?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:26:36 No.40365412 Report

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>>40365401
He’s Xing Tian but a martial artist

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:27:11 No.40365419 Report

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>>40365137
because metal carries sound very well and so is affected by tremors

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:30:18 No.40365446 Report

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>>40365412
this is hilarious

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:31:01 No.40365453 Report

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>>40365199
He never looked cool don't lie like that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:33:01 No.40365476 Report

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Better question is why is Poison weak to Psychic?
Had a buddy of mine ask me recently, and after over 20 years, I never really considered the logistics behind it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:38:35 No.40365523 Report

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>>40365476
Medicine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:42:14 No.40365555 Report

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>>40365476
I always thought it had something to do with psychics being able to foresee assassination by poison. Also before Fairy Psychic was the "healing" type. In a lot of forms of fiction psychic powers are used to counteract poisons.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:43:39 No.40365566 Report

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>>40365446
i thought that was a fucking wojack holy shit lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:44:01 No.40365568 Report

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>>40365476
Psychic is also a manifestation of will, so mind over matter. It's the same reason they're super effective against Fighting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:45:19 No.40365574 Report

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>>40365555
Also Poison was the "Dark type" of Gen 1

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 03:50:22 No.40365630 Report

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>>40365566

The Age of Exploration was a magical time, anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 04:06:02 No.40365795 Report

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>>40365199
Every pokemon looked way cooler in 2D

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 04:07:57 No.40365812 Report

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>>40365140
kakuto is not "hero" you faggot

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 04:13:59 No.40365875 Report

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>>40365574
Probably true.
It was used by the ninja gym leader, and Umbreon was originally intended to be poison.
I wouldn't be surprised if Zubat would've been dark type if it was introduced in gen 2.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 04:24:01 No.40365972 Report

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>>40365119
Because steel had to be weak to something.
Even fire is a stretch, considering the fact that it takes way more heat to even soften steel than it does to boil water, but water isn't weak to fire.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 04:30:41 No.40366027 Report

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>>40365137
Tectonic movement is huge, steel is likely just a synonym for metals in Pokémon which are malleable and pliable. The bigger they are, the harder they fall ubder their own weight.

As for OPs question, Fighting types are based on specific combat skills. Meaning they can hit weak points assuming that steel types have soft or brittle spots.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 06:11:11 No.40366814 Report

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>>40365476
Mind over matter, the brain can cure all illnesses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 06:25:50 No.40366923 Report

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>>40365140
>fighting is hero type
>every fighting type move refers to fighting techniques
>every fighting type pokemon is muscular or represents a particular fighting style/archetype
The only "heroic" fighting types are the ponies, and that's only because they have Justified.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 06:31:54 No.40366965 Report

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>>40365972
Metal is a great conductor of heat, so a steel-type lifeform will feel the heat from the Fire Blast through its entire being

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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 06:44:52 No.40367036 Report

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>>40365453
He used to be cooler when he had Gaara eyes >>40365222

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 07:57:24 No.40367340 Report

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>>40365199
anime hitmonlee is a fucking chad, why couldn't they make him look like that? they did it with pikachu

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 08:02:21 No.40367367 Report

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>>40365199
>literally an egg with chicken drumsticks for arms
thanks masuda

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 08:12:41 No.40367413 Report

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>>40365875
Poison/dark zubat line with levitate as ability. Please let this happen

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 08:16:24 No.40367424 Report

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>>40365476
Gotta look at it from a Japanese cultural perspective. In pre-industrial Japan, psychic mediums, shamans, and monks drove out evil spirits, diseases, and prepared medicinal herbs.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 08:18:39 No.40367429 Report

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>>40365119
Shonen gimmick. You too can punch through metal barriers if you train hard enough!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 08:19:39 No.40367433 Report

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>>40365222
It's in the shell now instead potato with cool anime eyes

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 08:39:18 No.40367502 Report

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>>40365476
>logistics

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 14:46:01 No.40369598 Report

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>>40365199
>>40367036
fuck i thought the whole 3d hate was a meme

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 14:54:41 No.40369665 Report

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>>40365119
the gold sprite makes it look like he's jumping

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 14:58:00 No.40369691 Report

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>>40367433
>nigger Def. Deoxys

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 14:59:58 No.40369708 Report

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>>40365222
Maybe he has black sclera and white irises

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 15:05:28 No.40369748 Report

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>>40365140
Fighting is Kakuto type in japanese, which literwlly means hand to hand fighting type. It’s why there are so few special fighting moves

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 15:10:39 No.40369796 Report

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>>40365476
I always figured it was because "teenager with psychic powers" was an extremely overused cliche in 70s Japanese media, which is what psychic types heavily draw from. Those kinds of series pretty frequently had a dramatic scene where they use the psychic powers to erase poison from someone who's dying.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 15:13:22 No.40369825 Report

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>>40365119
fighitng is like using power tools

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 18:20:18 No.40371987 Report

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>>40365119
>>40365137
Why is steel weak to anything? It should really just resist everything and be weak to nothing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 18:24:49 No.40372044 Report

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>>40366923
>The only "heroic" fighting types are the ponies

Gallade, Kommo-o, Pangoro to some extent as a bully hunter, Chesnaught was described on the official site as caring deeply for it's allies, there's probably more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 18:26:56 No.40372066 Report

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>>40372044
Not that I'm saying Fighting type is only "hero type" but there's definitely elements of it the further you go through the series. I mean it's also effective against Dark aka "Evil".

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 18:27:58 No.40372081 Report

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>>40365137
i always thought of erosion as the main reason.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 18:30:13 No.40372113 Report

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>>40366923
>ponies
only keldeo is a pony

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 18:31:14 No.40372125 Report

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>>40365119
Fighting is strong against all 3 "hard material" types (Rock, Ice, Steel) to represent martial artists breaking bricks and shit.
>>40365137
Ground was originally sort of the kaiju type (Nidos, Rhydon, Giovanni using Kangaskhan) and also Rhyhorn and Donphan are often mentioned to smash things in their Pokedex entries. Gen 3 was when it started to more consistently be the "Earth type" of the series.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 18:33:02 No.40372140 Report

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>>40365137
I like thinking of it as steel also represents gears and metalworks like that. Grit, silt, and dirt in machinery can fuck it hard core. Like sand in a system of gears.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 18:36:36 No.40372190 Report

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>>40365119
Hard material is easier to crush (ot not bends) so it is weak to permanent damage. That's why all three hard material types: ice rock and steel are weak to fighting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2019 18:52:26 No.40372359 Report

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>>40365137

Cuz earthquake destroys buildings

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