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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:04:37 No.45867272 View View Reply Original Report

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So why are they ground types?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:05:54 No.45867275 Report

Quoted By: >>45867452

The same reason Cubone is.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:09:32 No.45867300 Report

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>>45867272
>It will protect the young in its burrow with its life.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:10:25 No.45867307 Report

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>>45867272
They're earthbenders, just like all Ground and Rock type Pokemon

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:10:54 No.45867309 Report

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>>45867272
They're plated, tanky, heavy creatures that can stomp the ground to make shockwaves

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:13:12 No.45867321 Report

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they're rabbit kaiju

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:13:28 No.45867323 Report

Quoted By: >>45867383 >>45867400 >>45867503

Ground is heinous for how nonsensical and overly broad it is. It either means "Earth" in which case Rock already covers it and indeed many of these are part Rock anyway. "Particulate" like sand or mud, "Vibrations and Sound", "Digs holes and Tunnels", or "Is big and stompy". Every Ground-Type Pokemon can, would, and should easily be slotted into another type.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:21:14 No.45867383 Report

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>>45867323
>vibrations and sound
Literally only flygon

Othewise a pretty good description, the only ones that don't fit are the cubone and gligar line

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:22:42 No.45867393 Report

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>>45867383
Seismitoad could be argued

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:24:18 No.45867400 Report

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>>45867323
Fire covers fire, lava/magma, and heat

Types are supposed to be broad. There doesn't need to be any tying them together other than what elemental power they have.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:28:13 No.45867428 Report

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>>45867272
Moon Stone radiation.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:31:37 No.45867441 Report

Quoted By: >>45869192

>>45867272
They're based on Baragon which lives underground

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:32:39 No.45867448 Report

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>>45867383
>cubone
Bones are burried in the ground

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:32:58 No.45867450 Report

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>>45867272
They love having sex with humans

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:33:19 No.45867452 Report

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>>45867275
Are bones made of sand now

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:35:20 No.45867460 Report

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>>45867393
Good point, forgot about that one, although there could be a fifth catergory for all the part water ground types. "Lives in swamps" or something like that. They are associated with mud to a certain degree but not enough to go into the "particulate" category like, say, mudsdale

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:37:16 No.45867475 Report

Quoted By: >>45867500

>>45867448
But cubone uses "fresh bones" from its dead mother. If it was themed more around fossils then it would actually make sense.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:41:47 No.45867500 Report

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>>45867475
Not saying it makes sense but that's the reason why

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:41:59 No.45867503 Report

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>>45867323
Rock is the outsider type here. Every RPG based on elemental attacks have Ground (or Earth) like a fixed element, together with Water, Fire, Wind, Electric (or Thunder), Ice, and others depending on the game.
Rock element is just odd to have.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 01:48:37 No.45867550 Report

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>>45867450
based

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 02:11:40 No.45867715 Report

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>>45867400
That's nowhere near as broad as Ground. It covers a single thing "fiery stuff" that makes intuitive sense. Even more esoteric things like "Dragon" and "Bug" make similar sense.
Dark, Psychic, and Fairy have a similar problem to ground, but only fairy comes close to it in meaning a billion different things.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 02:15:04 No.45867734 Report

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>>45867503
Agree. Pokemon is weird in that there is a weird divide between having standard RPG "elements" like Fire, Ground, Poison, Water, etc. but then the other half of the type chart is weird descriptors like Bug, Dragon, "Martial Arts", Ghost, and "Naughty".

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 02:19:37 No.45867768 Report

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>>45867272
Because GF decided so. Stop trying to autistically apply real life logic to the Pokemon world

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 02:20:12 No.45867772 Report

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>>45867768
>He says this about a series that mostly operates on real life logic

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 02:20:52 No.45867775 Report

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>>45867272
Are they supposed to be so small?

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 02:23:05 No.45867791 Report

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>>45867775
yeah.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 02:23:12 No.45867793 Report

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>>45867272
They're Kaijus and Rabbits, both usually live underground

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 02:24:11 No.45867806 Report

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>>45867772
>He says this about a series that mostly operates on real life logic
>that mostly operates on real life logic
love when people btfo themselves

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 02:40:12 No.45867894 Report

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>>45867791
CUTE

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 05:37:29 No.45868907 Report

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>>45867768
>don't discuss about Pokemon in the Pokemon discussion board

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 06:27:45 No.45869078 Report

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>>45867503
The weird types can only be dispensed with and
/or replaced. Secondary abilities (attributes/ special abilities) could justify their resistances but not the actual damage they deal out as a type unto itself.
Dragon, Bug, Psychic, Fairy, -out
Flying- becomes elemental Air Type
rock moves into ground
dark is dark matter
ghost is life/chi draining
fighting is chi, with other normal attacks being interchangeable.
lava is a dual type move between ground and fire.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 06:30:50 No.45869086 Report

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>>45867272
They could have a molecular structure which has earth as a part of it. looking fleshy on the outside like cubone but still being technically earth.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 07:07:43 No.45869192 Report

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>>45867441
>This

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 10:18:56 No.45869759 Report

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>>45867503
No, you are confused. Despite the name, Rock is the Earthbending magical type. Ground types are just thick dusty Normal types.
Ground type attacks are all over the place, conceptually.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 10:22:27 No.45869766 Report

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>>45869078
Exactly!
Here we go again...
TYPES NEED TO BE SPLIT INTO BODY TYPES AND ATTACK TYPES.
Basically, your egg group should be your type, sort of, and then you can attack with any attack that fits you. Sandslash for example would be Beast type that can use Poison Sting and Earth attacks.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Jan 2021 10:36:29 No.45869810 Report

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>>45867452
Always have been.

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