Explaining Every Logical and Illogical Pokemon Type Matchup.

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@johnmarklorsagorio4885 5 ай бұрын

"there are no superheroes themed bug" Spiderman left the chat

@yamomsahoelol9909 5 ай бұрын

Ant man and blue beetle too lmao

@jakubpociecha8819 4 ай бұрын

@@yamomsahoelol9909 And the Tick

@Tusk4-zm6lt 4 ай бұрын

That's an arachnid.

@Demonmatamon 2 ай бұрын

Hes right. Spider-Man is a "bug" themed superhero, not the other way around

@qoombert 5 ай бұрын

Maybe Rock resists flying because large rocks aren't moved by wind.

@TheCencc 5 ай бұрын

Bird beaks big rock = brain damage and not much damage on rock

@nyeeeofthestarsz1804 5 ай бұрын

If you throw a rock at a bird, it will die

@Fredz1892 5 ай бұрын

I always imagined that if there was a rock slide or something a flying bird would get smacked down by debris 😂

@yamomsahoelol9909 5 ай бұрын

“Two birds one stone”

@Tobeast250 5 ай бұрын

@@nyeeeofthestarsz1804 I thought this was the obvious reason for it kdfjbgfjklbhlk

@OSCRandom 5 ай бұрын

I always said "Ghost beats normal because ghosts are paranormal."

@greninjamariokartpokemonfan 5 ай бұрын

Dark is weak to Bug because insects thrive in areas with little to no light, and most of them are nocturnal and have good night vision, so they are masters of the dark and have nothing the fear over it.

@qualityoceansounds9281 5 ай бұрын

But isn't Dark supposed to be the "Evil" type in Japan? If we're going with that logic, Ghost should ALSO beat Dark, because they thrive in the night but are weak to the light.

@greninjamariokartpokemonfan 5 ай бұрын

@@qualityoceansounds9281 Dark doesn't just represent evil, it also represents literal darkness. Ghost is weak to Dark because evil can corrupt innocent spirits.

@furret1907 14 күн бұрын

@greninjamariokartpokemonfan Dark doesn't represent literal darkness, but okay. If you want an explanation that makes more sense, you could say that "bad guys are weak to good luck", because bugs are a symbol of good luck.

@golira19 5 ай бұрын

Ledian is superhero themed, and I'd argue for buzzswole as well

@nickvang7 5 ай бұрын

And Lokix

@furret1907 13 күн бұрын

@golira19 Ok, and? That doesn't mean it makes sense. Those are exceptions, not the rule. Bugs are not necessarily linked to superheroes, and it would not be believable of them to slay villains when they can't even beat normal dudes and martial artists. (That was not a typo. Bug resisting Fighting makes ZERO sense. Not only does it completely ignore that normal dudes and even mammals eat bugs for breakfast [literally and figuratively], but it's also blatantly disrespectful, insulting, and downright defamatory to our martial artists. At best, it speaks from ignorance of people who not only know nothing about martial arts or even fighting, but are also so weak that they have never defeated a single bug in their life!) Even though Bug resisting Fighting makes ZERO sense (no matter what reasons redditors on copium like to pull out of their anus), you can at least come up with a valid reason as to why Bug beats Dark. To put it simply, bugs are a symbol of good luck, which bad guys are weak to. Good luck coming up with a legitimate reason as to why Bug resists Fighting... because you can't.

@furret1907 13 күн бұрын

@@nickvang7 Also, Lokix is a villain.

@golira19 13 күн бұрын

@@furret1907 First of all, I practice martial arts myself, so there's no need to say that I'm being disrespectful. Second, I only meant to point out that those particular pokemon have a little more going on in their design that often goes underappreciated. Sorry that got your panties in a tizzy.

@furret1907 13 күн бұрын

@golira19 Well excuuuuuse me for defending the honor of people like you. Don't be suprised if I don't trust you, though. I manage to catch flies with my bare hands all the time.

@xzalean 5 ай бұрын

I feel like Dark is weak to Bug because Bugs often prefer Dark and Moist conditions. Ice being weak to Steel I feel like is just because of Ice Carving or something.

@spectussy 5 ай бұрын

or because bugs usually have advantages in the dark against their predators which can be perceived as they've mastered the dark

@golira19 5 ай бұрын

@@spectussy that's always what I figured

@qualityoceansounds9281 5 ай бұрын

But isn't Dark supposed to be the "Evil" type in Japan? If we're going with that logic, Ghost should ALSO beat Dark, because they thrive in the night but are weak to the light.

@ianperry8557 4 ай бұрын

*looks at the titanic…* by ice carving you meant ice carving steel hulls?..

@randomyoutuber4189 3 ай бұрын

You could always just throw a metal cube at the ice and watch it break

@jonathanherge7642 5 ай бұрын

Two birds with one stone. That's why flying is bad vs. rock.

@yamomsahoelol9909 5 ай бұрын

My exact thought lmao

@Tusk4-zm6lt 4 ай бұрын

Damn, beat me to it.

@sparklyjuicejuice 4 ай бұрын

Does that saying exist in japanese, tho?

@skasktheslod924 5 ай бұрын

for flying i straight up have just always imagined “what would happen if a bird flew at full speed directly into a boulder”

@pedrohenriquemedeirosmacha9696 5 ай бұрын

3:29 it makes sense why bug resist fighthing, since some bugs can be venomous and can cause harm in general, meaning you shouldn't FIGHT bugs 4:42 bugs in general don't mind the abstence of light, meaning they are more suitable in the dark 5:45 the logic behind this similar to ghost beating ghost, also considering that the dragon type was created before the fairy type even came to be, it makes sense why dragon would beat dragon 7:00 here is just because most depictions of fairys tend to view them as "bugs" and such 7:37 Fighthing being able to resist rock is just because of the reason you just listed, some martial artists are able to break rock, ice and even steel with sheer power, being that the reason why fighthing deals super effective to these types and why it is able to resist rock, that being because rock is the weakest and more easier ones to break compared to ice and steel 9:48 ghost resist bug because most bug moves come in form of poison, going back to the poison being resisted by ghost, you can also think of it like bugs can't cause harm to dead creatures 10:05 like said, ghost are intangible, meaning you need to have another ghost to be able to harm one another, also the fact that dark wasen't a thing before gen 2, making it more plausible why ghost would beat ghost 11:20 both ground and rock can be just interpred as "hard soil" and "soft soil", both types are a representation of the "earth" element in that matter 12:03 just like rocks can break ice, same can happend with steel or metals in general 12:29 although you do have a point in normal being more similated with animals then with humans, a human that knows how to fight or just knows wth they are doing can still beat animals in circumstances 13:46 this one is the same reason as "2 birds with one stone" argument 14:20 steel is more durable and more tough to break then rocks, meaning steel > rocks, also the argument that "there is no tool themed pokémon" is just a flat out lie, are you saying that Klefky, magnemite, tinkaton, aegislash and many others just don't exist? 15:08 most dragons are depicted as reptiles, and those animals are unable to break steel

@OSCRandom 5 ай бұрын

The rock->flying one is because it's twice as strong. Killing two birds with one stone. Duh.

@Kale-from-the-Future 5 ай бұрын

Dark type being weak to fairy is the only thing I’d advocate changing. Instead, it should have been ghost type that’s weak to fairy, and dark type resist fairy for balancing reasons. Psychic types go hand in hand with fairy types, indirectly eliminating dark type as a counter to psychic.

@christiancinnabars1402 5 ай бұрын

For Flying and Fighting types, I think their type match-ups can also be seen, at least on the offensive side, as quick and precise attacks vs imprecise but heavy attacks. This is why Flying > Bug > Fighting. With a small, agile creature like a roach or a grasshopper, slow and heavy attacks would be too telegraphed and will usually miss, while a quick strike would be enough to catch and incapacitate them. Hard materials like Rock and Steel, on the other hand, need a lot of force at once to break them, and light attacks would simply bounce off of them. Fast attacks in martial arts tend to be hard to counter and usually put you in an advantageous position if you are able to keep up momentum, which is why Flying beats Fighting. And punching a bird with a slow, heavy attack obviously wouldn't work the same way hitting them with a quick strike would, having Fighting be weak against Flying. Ice is cracked by heavy attacks, and at the scale that many defensive Ice types are on (being extra solid ice blocks) should honestly resist Flying - but Ice being dogwater defensively seems to be Game Freak's sacred treasure. Grass, Electric, and Fairy are a bit harder to explain as match-ups in this way, and could then lean into other interpretations of the types. As for Bug being potentially interpreted as a hero-esque typing, yet not resisting Dark, this _could_ be explained by the trope of the hero being taken over by dark forces/urges being more prevalent in Eastern Sentai media. The trope does appear somewhat frequently in Western superhero media as well, but still not nearly as often; you can easily go at least half a dozen issues at a time and not bump into the trope in Western hero shows/comics, especially back in the early-mid 90s, while you'd be hard pressed trying to name a single Sentai show/comic that _doesn't_ incorporate that trope as a major arc in the story. I also think that underhanded tactics in Sentai shows/comics tend to be more effective on average than in Western hero shows/comics, but it would be kind of hard to quantize that, so that theory is more up in the air.

@wakwakwakc337 5 ай бұрын

Bugs can see in the dark so can hit their weakpoints easily. You also clearly never tried swatting a fly (reasonably difficult) so thats why they resist fighting.

@wakwakwakc337 5 ай бұрын

most of the type matchups you say that make no sense do actually have a pretty valid reason to exist

@robertlupa8273 5 ай бұрын

Dark type isn't about literal darkness. It's about underhanded combat. Why do we have to explain this all the time. >_>

@wakwakwakc337 5 ай бұрын

@@robertlupa8273 dark type is both literal darkness and evil. Types can be multiple things like how flying can mean both clouds and birds

@robertlupa8273 5 ай бұрын

@@wakwakwakc337 the only darkness-themed move I can think of is Night Daze. The general point about type meaning diversity is correct however. Can't disagree with that.

@kkorinko3013 Ай бұрын

Psychic is weak to dark because darkness is a common fear. All of Psychic’s weaknesses - dark, bug, ghost - are based on fears because fear overpowers the mind.

@dytamic 5 ай бұрын

bugs when you lift up a *rock*:

@sunsetsand 5 ай бұрын

Ground resists rock/is effective against rock i think because ground is associated not just with dirt, but sand, and over time sand can wear down and eventually disintegrate rock. I know you mentioned that this is why you believe rock resisting flying doesnt make sense, however truthfully the wind will never erode a rock if the wind doesnt carry a bit of ground or sand. I honestly think the explanation for metal tools breaking through ice is valid (and I think there are some Pokemon that are tool themed, i would point out the Klink line), but even so i think ice could also be weak to steel for the same reason it is weak to rock. Metal is harder than ice, so it would break it. I'd give this same reasoning for disagreeing with your assertion of rock being weak to steel not making sense. I think your explanation for normal being weak to fighting NOT making sense is the exact reason that it actually is. Fighting types often have more humanoid features compared to normal types, and humans have clearly shown throughout history to be more powerful than animals through their skill, dexterity, and generally higher intelligence. One thing to break up the disagreeing, I actually want to propose that poison resisting poison could maybe be swapped to poison instead being weak to itself, as antidotes to poison are often made using a portion of the same poison. Steel resists dragon perhaps because knights often prevail over dragons using metal armor and swords? I suppose that may mean that steel should be effective against dragon. Perhaps metal armor is only effective at protecting knights, but the sword would still be ineffective. Of course, these are all disagreements with your logical reasoning and not your gameplay and balancing reasoning. I dont think i disagree with anything in that regard.

@KKkacperro 5 ай бұрын

Bugs tend to be nocturnal, so they beat dark.

@asaka616 Ай бұрын

Bug resists Psychic and i think it is due to insect minds being so different to other creatures, perhaps the same is true for Dark being weak? Perhaps Insects can be erratic and unpredictable, making it hard for a Dark type with a devious mind to combat them? Also what do heroes wear in fairy tales where they slay the dragon? Steel armor. That's why they resist Dragon.

@qoombert 5 ай бұрын

The bug type is very strange.