>>54516201>DragonIn Gen 1 the only Dragon move was Dragon Rage, and in Gen 2 the most common Dragon moves you'd see were Twister and DragonBreath. The implication that Dragon attack = magical dragon shit was pretty clear.
>GhostGhost tended towards physical moves pre-split with things like Lick, Astonish and Shadow Punch. People tend to forget this because, admittedly, the most iconic Ghost move of all time happens to feel more like a Special move
granted, you could make an argument that hurling a blob of anything is Physical.>DarkMostly got shafted because they wanted to keep the type distribution even and Steel sure as hell wasn't going to be Special.