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  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^^ Hence the ish



    And to be fair, poison makes a decent defensive typing and ice a decebt offensive type



    ...GameFreak just seems to like not making Pokemon with base stats to match
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled
    Yeah but they're each atrocious on one side and not good enough on the other to be worth it.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ Pokemon like Weavile did/do pretty well. They need to treat ice types more like Garchomps - where they hit fast and hard because if they don't OHKO the foe they will likely be OHKO'd themselves, and Poison types more like Ferrothorn - where they absorb hits and let the foe essentially work themselves to death
  • 707ruz707ruz
    "I will grant you two wishes; one for each testicle."

    Except Garchomps are notable because they actually can survive most shit that isn't super effective (whihc is a good number of moves).


    Weavile can't, and also is weak to too many things, so the chance the enemy has a move that is super effective against it is way too high.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    My point is that it could be a good type if they just concentrated on pairing it with types that help resist its weaknesses and made the Pokemon able to sweep without setting up
  • SaturnSaturn
    Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!

    I will say though, if there was a new type, I would be okay with it being "Heart".

  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    @Icalasari: Making more bulky Poison-types isn't going to work. Yes it's an okay type defensively but even then all it really has going for it is a Fighting resistance and all the other types that resist Fighting are better offensively and not much worse defensively.


    Fast frail Ice-types may have a chance of being good, but Weavile isn't even OU anymore. There are two Ice-types that are: Kyurem-B has 170 base Attack, and Mamoswine basically stays there because there aren't any decent non-Ice-types that learn Ice Shard. And that really gets to the problem with a type that's only good offensively: other types can use moves of that type.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Still amazes me that Kyurem Black is only OU with that insane attack stat...
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    That is in and of itself testament to how bad Ice-type is. (Admittedly its lacking physical movepool is also a major part of it, and Kyurem-W is uber.)

  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.
    For a brief time on PO, it was UU. With predictable results.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ Kyurem Black or Kyurem White?
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    Well, vanilla Kyurem was UU on Smogon at one point and even if it's way worse than its other formes, those are still clearly uber-level stats.

  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.
    ↑↑ Kyurem-B.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!


    So, Gamefreak released a video of the new Eeveelution, now called "Slyveon". I'm seeing it use Trump Card, Psych-Up, Focus Blast, and Swift in that video. So, honestly I have no freaking idea what it's type could be.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Trump Card is a move that seens associated with the Eevee line



    The others?



    Normal types are known for attack diversity. So either it is normal or typeless



    Why typeless? It could have an ability that lets it change type
  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.

    The issue is, the name Sylveon doesn't lend itself to Normal typing. (Or typeless... typing.)

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    Flying makes the most sense with the name, but normal makes the most sense with the moveset.


    Unless they intentionally had it use non-indicative moves just to fuck with us.

  • ZennistradZennistrad

    Given how they're deliberately hiding its type, and how its design doesn't seem to lend itself to any obvious type, it's very likely.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    edited 2013-02-19 01:43:24
    No rainbow star

    Saig: Here are all Fairy Egg Group Pokemon (final evolutions only)


    Raichu
    Clefable
    Wigglytuff
    Azumarill
    Jumpluff
    Granbull
    Blissey
    Breloom
    Delcatty
    Mawile
    Plusle
    Minun
    Castform
    Glalie
    Roserade
    Pachirisu
    Cherrim
    Togekiss
    Froslass
    Phione
    Manaphy
    Whimsicott

    The type distribution is:


    7 Normal
    5 Grass
    4 Electric
    3 Water
    3 Flying
    2 Ice
    1 Fighting
    1 Steel
    1 Poison
    1 Ghost


    This and its appearance are why I'm betting so much on a Normal type


     


    EDIT: Also, the only pure flying type is a legendary Pokemon and it has no legs, but instead a cloud. Sylveon is clearly on the ground on all fours

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    The series really needs more pure flying-types. Having birds be flying/normal is really dumb.
  • SaturnSaturn
    Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!
    All it does is take away a resistance.
  • 707ruz707ruz
    "I will grant you two wishes; one for each testicle."

    And add an immunity.

  • SaturnSaturn
    Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!

    Which one?

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Ghost.

  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.
    @Icalasari



    The issue being that egg groups are ridiculous. (Skitty x Wailord etc.)
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ That's the Field group which tends to contain most animal Pokemon



    It makes a loose amount of sense, especially if you factor in that gameplay would be a simplified version of if the game was real life (eg you can technically mate a Tea Cup Poodle with a Great Dane. Doesn't mean you should)
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    There is no way they would do this "WHAT TYPE WILL IT BE????" stuff and then have it be the most boring type in the game.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ It's Nintendo
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    No, it's Gamefreak.

  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!

    Also, Normal isn't actually that boring of a type.

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