Current Events > Psychic type's weaknesses are based on common fears.

Topic List
Page List: 1
Chicken
02/22/18 7:44:45 AM
#1:


... Copied to Clipboard!
Fam_Fam
02/22/18 7:46:36 AM
#2:


whaaaaaaaa
... Copied to Clipboard!
RE_expert44
02/22/18 8:01:08 AM
#3:


Other psychics?
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Chicken
02/22/18 8:01:36 AM
#4:


RE_expert44 posted...
Other psychics?

No
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
#5
Post #5 was unavailable or deleted.
#6
Post #6 was unavailable or deleted.
ArchangelBaruch
02/22/18 8:05:14 AM
#7:


27_Sandman_40 posted...
Ok so whats the deal with poison being weak to psychic?

And water to grass


The power of the mind can control the debilitating effects of poison on the body.

Plant roots absorb water.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Chicken
02/22/18 8:05:23 AM
#8:


Water is weak to grass because plants absorb water.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Fam_Fam
02/22/18 8:06:31 AM
#9:


Chicken posted...
Water is weak to grass because plants absorb water.


mind = blown
... Copied to Clipboard!
Chicken
02/22/18 8:07:28 AM
#10:


Also fire can burn plants so thats why grass is weak to fire ok
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony
02/22/18 8:07:33 AM
#11:


Ok, but why is fairy strong against dragon?
---
I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics.
http://i.imgtc.com/tHc3mIo.png http://i.imgtc.com/PYxw8Lm.png
... Copied to Clipboard!
Chicken
02/22/18 8:09:10 AM
#12:


Irony posted...
Ok, but why is fairy strong against dragon?

Traps are gay.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony
02/22/18 8:10:36 AM
#13:


Oh
---
I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics.
http://i.imgtc.com/tHc3mIo.png http://i.imgtc.com/PYxw8Lm.png
... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchangelBaruch
02/22/18 8:11:07 AM
#14:


Irony posted...
Ok, but why is fairy strong against dragon?


Balancing. Same reason it's weak to poison and steel.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony
02/22/18 8:12:19 AM
#15:


Sounds like they threw darts
---
I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics.
http://i.imgtc.com/tHc3mIo.png http://i.imgtc.com/PYxw8Lm.png
... Copied to Clipboard!
Reis
02/22/18 8:13:29 AM
#16:


Chicken posted...
Irony posted...
Ok, but why is fairy strong against dragon?

Traps are gay.

EYoVIPM
... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale
02/22/18 8:14:29 AM
#17:


But in Japanese Dark is called Evil. >_>
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Chicken
02/22/18 8:21:16 AM
#18:


AlisLandale posted...
But in Japanese Dark is called Evil. >_>

Its pretty common to be afraid of evil innit?
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
#19
Post #19 was unavailable or deleted.
charey
02/22/18 8:44:15 AM
#20:


ArchangelBaruch posted...
Irony posted...
Ok, but why is fairy strong against dragon?


Balancing. Same reason it's weak to poison and steel.
Cold iron is a weakness of classical fairies.

"Cold iron" is historically believed to repel, contain, or harm ghosts, fairies, witches, and other malevolent supernatural creatures. This belief continued into later superstitions in a number of forms
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_in_folklore

Dont know about poison.
---
I won't have it! I'm not having anyone talk about me in
the past tense! ~Squall Leonhart
... Copied to Clipboard!
Reis
02/22/18 8:46:09 AM
#21:


It's probably something like Poison corroding Fairy's purity
... Copied to Clipboard!
GeneralKenobi85
02/22/18 8:50:14 AM
#22:


Poison just needed something to be offensively viable against.

I guess you could justify it as maybe something like industry or pollution vs. nature.
---
Ah, yes, the Negotiator: General Kenobi
<sneaky beeping>
... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony
02/22/18 8:52:58 AM
#23:


Reis posted...
It's probably something like Poison corroding Fairy's purity

aUTCyXo
---
I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics.
http://i.imgtc.com/tHc3mIo.png http://i.imgtc.com/PYxw8Lm.png
... Copied to Clipboard!
Bloodychess
02/22/18 8:56:25 AM
#24:


Poison should be weak to fire
Poison should not be weak to Psychic
---
To err is human
To arr is pirate
... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531
02/22/18 8:59:02 AM
#25:


Bloodychess posted...
Poison should be weak to fire
Poison should not be weak to Psychic

Wut?
---
Ad Hominem.
... Copied to Clipboard!
GeneralKenobi85
02/22/18 9:00:55 AM
#26:


Bloodychess posted...
Poison should be weak to fire
Poison should not be weak to Psychic

RIP Venusaur if that were to happen.
---
Ah, yes, the Negotiator: General Kenobi
<sneaky beeping>
... Copied to Clipboard!
sauceje
02/22/18 9:05:21 AM
#27:


Flying resists fight because punching birds is hard
---
He was born in a coop, raised in a cage, children fear him, critics rage,
He's half alive, he's half dead, folks just call him Buckethead
... Copied to Clipboard!
#28
Post #28 was unavailable or deleted.
GeneralKenobi85
02/22/18 9:10:17 AM
#29:


26_Sandman_39 posted...
GeneralKenobi85 posted...
Bloodychess posted...
Poison should be weak to fire
Poison should not be weak to Psychic

RIP Venusaur if that were to happen.


Charizard seems to be doing fine.

Charizard was pretty crap till Mega Evolution came along. You're right though, Venusaur would still be okay probably. But it wouldn't be very pleasant for all the other Grass/Poison types.
---
Ah, yes, the Negotiator: General Kenobi
<sneaky beeping>
... Copied to Clipboard!
Musourenka
02/22/18 9:11:15 AM
#30:


Paper is made of plants and that's why Grass beats Rock.

But scissors are made of Steel. Why doesn't Rock beat Steel?
---
Shooing away pigeons crapping on debate tables is not a violation of the pigeons' free speech.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531
02/22/18 9:11:28 AM
#31:


Does grass still have fuck ton of weaknesses?
---
Ad Hominem.
... Copied to Clipboard!
GeneralKenobi85
02/22/18 9:14:50 AM
#32:


Webmaster4531 posted...
Does grass still have fuck ton of weaknesses?

Yes though Rock and Ice have more. But Rock and Ice at least are fantastic offensive types. Grass not so much.

Actually, no, I'm wrong. Rock is tied with Grass. Rock and Ice are still shittier defensively though.
---
Ah, yes, the Negotiator: General Kenobi
<sneaky beeping>
... Copied to Clipboard!
Bloodychess
02/22/18 10:07:54 AM
#33:


Webmaster4531 posted...
Bloodychess posted...
Poison should be weak to fire
Poison should not be weak to Psychic

Wut?

What's a sure fire to get rid of poisonous entities or bacteria?

Heat. In the medical field, they call that "denaturing" in relation to poisonous bites.

Poison's weakness to psychic never made sense to me. Simply using will power doesn't stop tissue damage so the resistance makes no sense either. .
---
To err is human
To arr is pirate
... Copied to Clipboard!
Metua
02/22/18 10:10:19 AM
#34:


But why is Fire weak against Water
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Darklit_Minuet
02/22/18 10:11:40 AM
#35:


None of the things psychic are weak to are scary. Bugs aren't scary. The dark isn't scary. I guess some people find ghosts scary but I just find them interesting.

It should be weak to fire if this were true. Being set on fire is actually scary.

Therefore, this topic is objectively wrong
... Copied to Clipboard!
#36
Post #36 was unavailable or deleted.
Chicken
02/22/18 11:06:45 AM
#37:


Darklit_Minuet posted...
None of the things poison are weak to are scary.


What?

Psychic isn't weak to poison, poison is weak to psychic. Psychic is weak to dark, bug, and ghost.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
ForestLogic
02/22/18 11:26:44 AM
#38:


Yo real talk.

Why's Rock and Steel weak to Ground?
---
AKA Level 36 ForestWanderer / ObjectiveLogic
... Copied to Clipboard!
Darklit_Minuet
02/22/18 11:30:34 AM
#39:


Do a google image search for "Earthquake" and see what happens to rocks and steel buildings
... Copied to Clipboard!
ForestLogic
02/22/18 11:32:36 AM
#40:


Darklit_Minuet posted...
Do a google image search for "Earthquake" and see what happens to rocks and steel buildings


But earthquakes destroy stuff through sheer force, not the actual element of Earth... Most ground type attacks revolve around shooting mud or dirt.
---
AKA Level 36 ForestWanderer / ObjectiveLogic
... Copied to Clipboard!
LinksLiege
02/22/18 11:32:46 AM
#41:


Irony posted...
Ok, but why is fairy strong against dragon?

I highly doubt it's what they had in mind, but one idea I've read is that it's a reference to how, in fairy tales, the dragon usually ends up being vanquished in the end.

Kinda cute for an explanation, but in reality it's almost certainly just, "We needed something else to counter dragons because they're too strong."
---
This is LinksLiege's signature. It is fantastic.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Darklit_Minuet
02/22/18 11:34:23 AM
#42:


ForestLogic posted...
Darklit_Minuet posted...
Do a google image search for "Earthquake" and see what happens to rocks and steel buildings


But earthquakes destroy stuff through sheer force, not the actual element of Earth... Most ground type attacks revolve around shooting mud or dirt.

Manipulating the mud or dirt under a building can do shit like this

https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAOHAAAAJDc2NDQ2OTJhLTAyZmEtNGJiZS1hZTRjLTdlZDU4Yjc2YzBkMw.png

Rocks and steel are dependent on the ground they sit upon, more so than most things.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Bloodychess
02/22/18 11:39:06 AM
#43:


40+ posts and no one has mentioned that bug resists fighting type moves yet
---
To err is human
To arr is pirate
... Copied to Clipboard!
LinksLiege
02/22/18 11:40:09 AM
#44:


Bloodychess posted...
40+ posts and no one has mentioned that bug resists fighting type moves yet

How often have you successfully punched a fly out of the air?
---
This is LinksLiege's signature. It is fantastic.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Bloodychess
02/22/18 11:41:06 AM
#45:


LinksLiege posted...
Bloodychess posted...
40+ posts and no one has mentioned that bug resists fighting type moves yet

How often have you successfully punched a fly out of the air?

Punched? Never. Grabbed? Lots.

Fighting is super effective against rock and steel, but bug resists it.

Come on now
---
To err is human
To arr is pirate
... Copied to Clipboard!
GeneralKenobi85
02/22/18 11:59:49 AM
#46:


Bloodychess posted...
LinksLiege posted...
Bloodychess posted...
40+ posts and no one has mentioned that bug resists fighting type moves yet

How often have you successfully punched a fly out of the air?

Punched? Never. Grabbed? Lots.

Fighting is super effective against rock and steel, but bug resists it.

Come on now

Yeah I can't really think of anything for that. Bug just needs to have something going for it though.
---
Ah, yes, the Negotiator: General Kenobi
<sneaky beeping>
... Copied to Clipboard!
MKScorpion
02/22/18 12:03:38 PM
#47:


The only one I never understood was Dragon and Ice.
... Copied to Clipboard!
#48
Post #48 was unavailable or deleted.
Phantom_Nook
02/22/18 12:18:51 PM
#49:


MKScorpion posted...
The only one I never understood was Dragon and Ice.

Dragons are reptiles.
Reptiles are cold-blooded.
---
Posted with GameRaven 3.4
... Copied to Clipboard!
Thunder_Armor
02/22/18 12:34:19 PM
#50:


So many of the justifications for the type chart are huge reaches. I think we should accept that a lot of it isnt grounded in reality.

Id be curious to see an interviewer ask the guys at GameFreak about this. AFAIK theyve never talked about it. I wonder if theyd have some sort of explanation or if theyd just be like, yeah, its for balancing the game and nothing more.
---
"The universe has a wonderful sense of humor. The trick is learning how to take a joke."
... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List
Page List: 1