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CouldBeAnAlt
03/06/21 3:49:42 PM
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What the fuck gamefreak

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cjsdowg
03/06/21 3:51:49 PM
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This isn't a Dragon either.



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dameon_reaper
03/06/21 3:52:30 PM
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Yeah Golduck was actually a 'go-to' Pokemon for me. I always use Golduck but when I found out he wasn't Psychic, I was confused.
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DeadBankerDream
03/06/21 3:52:33 PM
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Gyarados isn't a dragon type. Instead it's flying for no reason.
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IronWolf87
03/06/21 3:53:42 PM
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He's not gold either. Though iirc golduck's name is based on some japanese pun that doesn't translate to english at all.
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CouldBeAnAlt
03/06/21 3:56:42 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
This isn't a Dragon either.
The x version is though

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ThePrinceFish
03/06/21 3:57:34 PM
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Golduck should be Psyduck's name, Psyduck should be Golduck and the evolved form sure as shit should be Water/Psychic

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Collat
03/06/21 3:57:39 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
This isn't a Dragon either.

But this is.

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DeadBankerDream
03/06/21 3:58:49 PM
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Collat posted...


But this is.


It isn't flying, though, which is equally silly.
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nfearurspecimn
03/06/21 3:59:20 PM
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IronWolf87 posted...
He's not gold either. Though iirc golduck's name is based on some japanese pun that doesn't translate to english at all.
can you explain this to me?

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PerseusRad
03/06/21 3:59:42 PM
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Its kinda odd that despite them retconning some types, they havent done the same for Golduck.

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pojr
03/06/21 3:59:55 PM
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CouldBeAnAlt posted...
The x version is though
the mega evolution? i dont think so. dark / water

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ThePrinceFish
03/06/21 4:06:12 PM
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tote_all posted...
It's flying solely because if it was Dragon, it would have been completely broken in RBY since it would have had no weaknesses. Prior to the introduction of Fairy, only Dragon and Ice were super effective vs Dragon, with Water/Dragon being weak exclusively to other Dragon attacks. The only offensive Dragon move in RBY was Dragon Rage, which did a fixed 40 damage and couldn't be supereffective.

A Water-Dragon Gyarados in Red/Blue/Green/Yellow would have had no weakness.
Why not leave Gyarados as monotype water?

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Paragon21XX
03/06/21 4:06:47 PM
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nfearurspecimn posted...
IronWolf87 posted...
He's not gold either. Though iirc golduck's name is based on some japanese pun that doesn't translate to english at all.
can you explain this to me?

Something something gold, something something psychic power. I don't understand the connection myself either, but somehow the two things are related in Japanese lore.
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nfearurspecimn
03/06/21 4:08:35 PM
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Oh yeah that's right, gold has to do with psychic powers for some reason in Japan.

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CouldBeAnAlt
03/06/21 4:08:44 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
Why not leave Gyarados as monotype water?
It's not like gyaradoes isn't already very good even with its electric weakness

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Riev
03/06/21 6:22:03 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
It isn't flying, though, which is equally silly.

are you aware that pokemon can't have 3 types? to have both dragon and flying you'd have to remove fire and you obviously can't do that since it's the gen 1 fire starter
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pojr
03/06/21 6:44:40 PM
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gyarados is not dragon because of chinese mythology. because he abused his power as a dragon and therefore lost the "dragon" status

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kbelfisBACK
03/06/21 7:00:52 PM
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the golduck thing always fucked me up but the gyara thing never bothered me as much

seriously monotype water is *probably* the most boring type overall
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Riev
03/06/21 7:08:30 PM
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kbelfisBACK posted...
the golduck thing always fucked me up but the gyara thing never bothered me as much

seriously monotype water is *probably* the most boring type overall

normal type exists

besides, there are so many ways they can design water type pokemon it's probably the best in that sense
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Jshipp24
03/06/21 7:23:03 PM
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pojr posted...
the mega evolution? i dont think so. dark / water
It's Fire/Dragon type
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CouldBeAnAlt
03/06/21 9:53:07 PM
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kbelfisBACK posted...
the golduck thing always fucked me up but the gyara thing never bothered me as much

seriously monotype water is *probably* the most boring type overall
And he can learn psychic moves so it's obvious the idea of him being psychic was there

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