>>48358990You coulda just said "I agree" since that's literally the final assessment of that post
>>48359197Absolutely correct. More specifically, Ghost is basically Dark + Fairy in essence. If Pokemon had more flexible type limits then you could prune Ghost completely, or replace it with a more specific "Spirit" type to represent its one unique attribute, intangibility.
>>48361978You can see for yourself I only commented on changes for the Rock type. Ground does indeed possess plenty of highly aggressive builds that suit the competitive scene of the game, builds that themselves don't always "gel" with the flavour of Ground as a type or what-have-you.
Game Freak has a strange ability to do what it likes with Ground, but gets bunched up and very narrow minded about Rock. Perhaps this is a translation issue, and "Ground" or its rendering in the original Japanese has different connotations than in English.
We all know that Ground and Rock sound and seem weirdly similar as types, the two most outstandingly redundant types in the game (even Dark and Ghost take a backseat). Steel is only a moderate amount different from the pair as well (Poison fits this role for Dark-Ghost). But Rock and Ground were in Gen 1, meaning that someone way back then thought it was a good idea for two such similar types - and giving Ground faster builds than Rock must have been a part of that, for some not-very-good reason.
All that said, you're totally right to note that Rock could have better moves. But the underlying psychology prevents Game Freak from doing the right thing with the type. "Rock must be tanky because it's rock!" rules their thinking, despite not making sense.
