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Okay well from a lore and realistic standpoint, it makes sense. Gengar stands on the ground in every rendition of artwork or sprites depicting him.
From a competitive standpoint, as others have mentioned, with the likely coming of terrain wars, he does get a few boosts by being grounded.
The irony here is that you have Mega Gengar all over your profile, which already lost Levitate, in a way this incentivizes use of M-Gengar over Gengar, doesn't it? It's not like this makes Gengar a bad Pokemon. I can think of plenty of Pokemon just like him that survive just fine without a Ground immunity or even a Ground weakness. I get that it's your favorite Pokemon, we all have one, but Gengar is still a very fearsome Pokemon, that'll never change. Also, technically, Gengar was originally affected by Ground-type, as you probably know, Gen I and II didn't have abilities, and Gengar was even more fearsome back then.
As I mention above, it originally wasn't immune to Ground-types, if we want to get nostalgic, he wasn't meant to be. Besides, common sense says he shouldn't be. He's standing on the ground. Unlike Gastly and Haunter, who do actually float, Gengar doesn't.
From a competitive standpoint, as others have mentioned, with the likely coming of terrain wars, he does get a few boosts by being grounded.
Or just wait for a better second or hidden ability like almost every other Pokémon without Levitate.
My personal feelings aside, this comes across as a half done job. How many other non-legendary Pokémon without Levitate have a single ability that doesn't completely define what they do? Gengar's not Slaking or Aegislash, there's no reason to have just one ability now.
The irony here is that you have Mega Gengar all over your profile, which already lost Levitate, in a way this incentivizes use of M-Gengar over Gengar, doesn't it? It's not like this makes Gengar a bad Pokemon. I can think of plenty of Pokemon just like him that survive just fine without a Ground immunity or even a Ground weakness. I get that it's your favorite Pokemon, we all have one, but Gengar is still a very fearsome Pokemon, that'll never change. Also, technically, Gengar was originally affected by Ground-type, as you probably know, Gen I and II didn't have abilities, and Gengar was even more fearsome back then.
Would have rathered they kept Levitate and made Cursed Body his Hidden Ability~ I'm not fond of retcons that take away an Ability it had for Generations and now no longer canonically has~
Regardless, I never use Gengar Competitvely, so the change has no real effect on me, but still not totally a fan~
As I mention above, it originally wasn't immune to Ground-types, if we want to get nostalgic, he wasn't meant to be. Besides, common sense says he shouldn't be. He's standing on the ground. Unlike Gastly and Haunter, who do actually float, Gengar doesn't.
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