The thread that attempts to explain all type resistances

[BorgyDudeMan]

So as we all know, every type has some sort of matchup with each other. We all know that Ground beats Electric, Water beats Fire, Normal does nothing to Ghost, etc etc...

So in this thread, it's what the title says. We just attempt to explain why a type resists another type. Here are all the resistances:

Spoiler: The list is quite long

• Normal- resists... nothing
• Fighting- Rock, Bug, and Dark
• Flying- Fighting, Bug, and Grass
• Poison- Fighting, Poison, Bug, Grass, and Fairy
• Ground- Poison and Rock
• Rock- Normal, Flying, Poison, and Fire
• Bug- Fighting, Ground, and Grass
• Ghost- Poison and Bug
• Steel- Normal, Flying, Rock, Bug, Steel, Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dragon, and Fairy (wow, what a lot of resistances)
• Fire- Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Ice, and Fairy
• Water- Steel, Fire, Water, and Ice
• Grass- Ground, Water, Grass, and Electric
• Electric- Flying, Steel, and Electric
• Psychic- Psychic and Fighting
• Ice- Just itself (the main reason most Ice-types are pretty bad defensively)
• Dragon- Fire, Water, Grass, and Electric
• Dark- Ghost and Dark
• Fairy- Fighting, Bug, and Dark

Sadly, since I can't explain all of the resistances very well... I'll try to explain them in the (hopefully) next post kthxbye

 

[BorgyDudeMan]

OK here's the "list":

• Dragon resists Fire, Water, Grass, and Electric because of the idea that Dragons resist most elements
• Flying resists Fighting because you can't get easily punched while you're in the air

THATS ALL I CAN EXPLAIN.....

 

[SirOni]

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Spoiler

On a more serious note I'd say Dragon resists Fire, Water, Grass, and Electric mainly because they're the starter types. It's kind of a neat detail considering Dragon's original narrative as very rare and consistently powerful.

It's only natural for Bug and Fighting to resist each other as well as beat Dark for they are allies of justice!

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

I think...

Dragon resists Fire, Water, Grass and Electric since dragons generally have a thick skin/hide and the hide is strong enough to be not affected from 'simpler' elements like the above four. These types are said to be the basic ones.

Fighting resists rock since karate players often break stones and stuff. It resists Bug since... a muscled person wouldn't get damaged from a weak bug and it would simply get squished. Fighting resists dark since Fighting is the 'Hero' type to Dark's 'Evil' type.

 

[DoctorWhy]

Water Type Pokémon resist Ice Type because ice is solid water.

I've always taken issue with this one. Logic could just as easily suggest that Ice should be SE against Water since the Ice can freeze the Water.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

I think water and ice should both be resistant to each other. I thought so for the longest time ever, avoiding using water moves on ice types.

 

[ManUtd22]

Ice in my opinion should resist the fire; because I always used ice against fire in the yellow, and in red

It's only natural for Bug and Fighting to resist each other as well as beat Dark for they are allies of justice!

I still don't know the reason of why dark, and normal cannot beat fight my best friend

 

[SirOni]

I still don't know the reason of why dark, and normal cannot beat fight my best friend

Fighting beating Normal isn't really clear. Some say it's because martial artists have a clear advantage against normal people which sure I guess works.

Fighting beats Dark because Fighting-types are disciplined practitioners while Dark-types are sneaky cheats. So good morals vs bad morals kinda.

 

[DoctorWhy]

Ice in my opinion should resist the fire

No clue why. Fire melts the hell out of Ice. It's one of the most obvious relationships on the list.

 

[ManUtd22]

Fighting beating Normal isn't really clear. Some say it's because martial artists have a clear advantage against normal people which sure I guess works.

Fighting beats Dark because Fighting-types are disciplined practitioners while Dark-types are sneaky cheats. So good morals vs bad morals kinda.

Well, the first one is doesn't clear too much, but still you do have a point. I think that you mean that the athletic
person always have the advantages.

the Other one, is hard also, because the dark cannot be seen if it is dark

No clue why. Fire melts the hell out of Ice. It's one of the most obvious relationships on the list.

But even s, but still the ice, I mean the snow can stop the fire if there is a lot fire. When we throw the snow in the fire then we eliminate it. Also, I remember that I always use ice against Fire in red, ad yellow, and it happen

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About Bug resist both psychic, and dark is extremely understandable

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

-And this may sound odd, though I believe Grass should lose it's SE advantage against Rock while gaining an SE advantage against Electric

I disagree there. Rock and Electric matchups should remain as it is.

But even s, but still the ice, I mean the snow can stop the fire if there is a lot fire.

Nope. When there's lots of fire, Ice melts into water and then into smoke.

When we throw the snow in the fire then we eliminate it.

Are you thinking of fire extinguishers? Becuase that isn't ice, but carbon di oxide.

Also, I remember that I always use ice against Fire in red, ad yellow, and it happen

Fire>Ice in all the games, so I highly doubt you could get an upper hand. Max. that can happen is that you're at an higher level.

 

[ManUtd22]

Are you thinking of fire extinguishers? Becuase that isn't ice, but carbon di oxide.


Fire>Ice in all the games, so I highly doubt you could get an upper hand. Max. that can happen is that you're at an higher level.

No, I know that the carbon is the thing that we use in fire which is fire extinguishers. but no, I meant that I saw dicney that some people who live in the home of ice use the snow for it. Even in the episode when Ash lost Misty, and brock because he wa lookin for pikachu when the strong ice winds come to them then Pikachu get lost, and without bulbasour then he will not help pikachu. When Charizard is still charmander in that episode

I don't know about max game, but even in the Final Fantasy then the strong is ICE to Fire.I do use multi times the ice aginst fire in the FIRE, and yellow when I was to young

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

No, I know that the carbon is the thing that we use in fire which is fire extinguishers. but no, I meant that I saw dicney that some people who live in the home of ice use the snow for it. Even in the episode when Ash lost Misty, and brock because he wa lookin for pikachu when the strong ice winds come to them then Pikachu get lost, and without bulbasour then he will not help pikachu. When Charizard is still charmander in that episode

That will happen when you use too much of an element against another. In a scenario, you could use lots of fire against water, and evaporate all of it. So, does that mean fire is stronger than water?
Also, ice melts to water which extinguishes minor flames. If you use fire on ice, you're basically converting ice to water, so it is ice no more.
Fire so, 'destroys' ice.

I don't play final fantasy, so I don't know about that.

EDIT: are you talking about this episode (Snow Way Out! - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia!), becuase in that episode charmander's flame is weak since it issimplu tired after using its flames continuously.

 

[BorgyDudeMan]

After some extensive research, I discovered that the reason why Fire resists bug is because Bugs can easily get burnt!

 

[Faerdin]

Water resists Ice because of entropy. Along with the fact that liquid water has a higher specific heat than ice and is therefore significantly more difficult to change into ice than ice is into water. It resists Steel because metals generally corrode in water, whereas the water itself is minimally effected. Fire and Water being resisted by Water is self-explanatory.

 

[ManUtd22]

That will happen when you use too much of an element against another. In a scenario, you could use lots of fire against water, and evaporate all of it. So, does that mean fire is stronger than water?
Also, ice melts to water which extinguishes minor flames. If you use fire on ice, you're basically converting ice to water, so it is ice no more.
Fire so, 'destroys' ice.

I don't play final fantasy, so I don't know about that.

EDIT: are you talking about this episode (Snow Way Out! - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia!), becuase in that episode charmander's flame is weak since it issimplu tired after using its flames continuously.

Yes, in that episode, the strong snow was a reason of why the fire didn't complete in helping ash. Well, you do have a point in the you could use lots of fire against water, and evaporate all of it, but I do still think that Ice can beat fire; because I do remember using ice against fire in Yellow, and in Red.

And in the final fantasy, the Ice beat fire

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Yes, in that episode, the strong snow was a reason of why the fire didn't complete in helping ash. Well, you do have a point in the you could use lots of fire against water, and evaporate all of it, but I do still think that Ice can beat fire; because I do remember using ice against fire in Yellow, and in Red.[/B]

On my first Pokemon game ( a browser battling game faithful to the type chart), I defeated water types with my Typhlosion, so fire types should be stronger than water /s

 

[ManUtd22]

On my first Pokemon game ( a browser battling game faithful to the type chart), I defeated water types with my Typhlosion, so fire types should be stronger than water /s

No, I meant that I did beat them in Yellow, and Red using Ice attacks

 

[Faerdin]

Ice was normally effective against Fire in Generation I.

Blizzard could hit Charizard for supereffective damage. Imagine that.

 

[ManUtd22]

Ice was normally effective against Fire in Generation I.

Blizzard could hit Charizard for supereffective damage. Imagine that.

Yess, this what I remember also, and This what I am talking about. in thee final fantasy, the ice beat fire also