>>45479584Both Ground types and Rock types are:
>Earth elementals>Heavy and/or thick skinned/shelledGround could have been a lizard or arid type (hence the Ice weakness) but that was never the case, it just encompasses fat or dirty Normal types + a few Clay-spirit-mons that really blur the line with Rock types.
In terms of attacks, sand/mud attacks have always been weak, and made no sense in overwhelming Steel or Rock types. If they got retitled as weak Rock moves with 2ndary effects no one would mind.
By fusing Rock+Ground, you also distinguish further Rock from Steel. Steel can be a conductive type, and Rock a ceramic-insulating sort of type.
