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I decided to make a list of all (currently) unused types or type combos. I thought of making a Bulbapedia page for them, but I wasn't sure if this would be a good idea or not:

Psychic/Fire
Psychic/Electric
Psychic/Bug
Psychic/Ice
Psychic/Water
Psychic/Dragon
Psychic/Poison
Psychic/Ghost
Psychic/Steel
Psychic/Normal
Psychic/Ground
Psychic/Rock
Psychic/Dark

Fighting/Fire
Fighting/Electric
Fighting/Bug
Fighting/Grass
Fighting/Ice
Fighting/Water
Fighting/Dragon
Fighting/Flying
Fighting/Poison
Fighting/Ghost
Fighting/Normal
Fighting/Ground
Fighting/Rock
Fighting/Dark

Fire/Psychic
Fire/Electric
Fire/Bug
Fire/Grass
Fire/Ice
Fire/Water
Fire/Dragon
Fire/Poison
Fire/Ghost
Fire/Normal
Fire/Dark

Electric/Psychic
Electric/Fighting
Electric/Fire
Electric/Bug
Electric/Grass
Electric/Ice
Electric/Water
Electric/Dragon
Electric/Poison
Electric/Normal
Electric/Ground
Electric/Rock
Electric/Dark

Bug/Psychic
Bug/Fire
Bug/Electric
Bug/Ice
Bug/Dragon
Bug/Normal
Bug/Dark

Grass/Fire
Grass/Electric
Grass/Bug
Grass/Water
Grass/Dragon
Grass/Ghost
Grass/Steel
Grass/Normal
Grass/Rock

Ice/Fighting
Ice/Fire
Ice/Electric
Ice/Bug
Ice/Grass
Ice/Dragon
Ice/Poison
Ice/Steel
Ice/Normal
Ice/Rock
Ice/Dark

Water/Fire
Water/Bug
Water/Ghost
Water/Normal

Dragon/Fighting
Dragon/Fire
Dragon/Electric
Dragon/Bug
Dragon/Grass
Dragon/Ice
Dragon/Water
Dragon/Poison
Dragon/Ghost
Dragon/Steel
Dragon/Normal
Dragon/Rock
Dragon/Dark

Flying
Flying/Fighting
Flying/Fire
Flying/Electric
Flying/Bug
Flying/Grass
Flying/Ice
Flying/Water
Flying/Dragon
Flying/Poison
Flying/Ghost
Flying/Steel
Flying/Normal
Flying/Ground
Flying/Rock
Flying/Dark

Poison/Psychic
Poison/Fire
Poison/Electric
Poison/Grass
Poison/Ice
Poison/Water
Poison/Dragon
Poison/Ghost
Poison/Steel
Poison/Normal
Poison/Rock

Ghost/Psychic
Ghost/Fighting
Ghost/Fire
Ghost/Electric
Ghost/Bug
Ghost/Grass
Ghost/Ice
Ghost/Water
Ghost/Steel
Ghost/Normal
Ghost/Ground
Ghost/Rock

Steel/Fighting
Steel/Fire
Steel/Electric
Steel/Bug
Steel/Grass
Steel/Ice
Steel/Water
Steel/Poison
Steel/Ghost
Steel/Normal
Steel/Dark

Normal/Fighting
Normal/Fire
Normal/Electric
Normal/Bug
Normal/Grass
Normal/Ice
Normal/Dragon
Normal/Poison
Normal/Ghost
Normal/Steel
Normal/Ground
Normal/Rock
Normal/Dark

Ground/Fighting
Ground/Fire
Ground/Electric
Ground/Bug
Ground/Grass
Ground/Ice
Ground/Water
Ground/Poison
Ground/Ghost
Ground/Steel
Ground/Normal
Ground/Dark

Rock/Fighting
Rock/Fire
Rock/Electric
Rock/Ice
Rock/Dragon
Rock/Poison
Rock/Ghost
Rock/Normal

Dark/Psychic
Dark/Fighting
Dark/Electric
Dark/Bug
Dark/Grass
Dark/Water
Dark/Dragon
Dark/Poison
Dark/Steel
Dark/Normal
Dark/Ground
Dark/Rock

And, just to clarify: The type combos in the tables are the exact order the types appear in. A Dark/Rock type does not exist even though a Rock/Dark type does. I've gotten some flack about this elsewhere, so I want to be clear.

To clarify further: The point of the list I created is to show all First type/Second type combos not yet used. Tyranitar is Rock/Dark but no pokemon is Dark/Rock. Will that affect the battle statistics? Probably not. Does any of this really matter? Probably not, but there are examples of mirror type pokemon:

Celebi is Psychic/Grass while Exeggcute and Exeggutor are Grass/Psychic.

Gallade is Psychic/Fighting while Meditite and Medicham are Fighting/Psychic.

Rhyhorn, Rhydon, and Rhyperior are all Ground/Rock while Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Onix, Larvitar, and Pupitar are all Rock/Ground.

And so, the distinction of which type is first and which type is second is not entirely a moot point.
 
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But see, is there any difference between a rock/dark and a dark/rock? Aside from design I mean. I think the list would be more accurate if that was taken into consideration.
 
Ryuutakeshi said:
But see, is there any difference between a rock/dark and a dark/rock? Aside from design I mean. I think the list would be more accurate if that was taken into consideration.
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Well Rhyhorn, Rhydon, and Rhyperior are all Ground/Rock while Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Onix, Larvitar, and Pupitar are all Rock/Ground. I'm not sure there's a significant difference in weaknesses and strengths, but they are not interchangeable as far as I know.
 
I'm really surprised that they haven't used dragon/fire or fire/dragon yet considering that, as far as European dragons go, it's perhaps the single most obvious type combination.
 
not to mention ice/dragon. or dark/dragon. Or even Thunder/dragon. THAT is what Rayquaza should have been.
 
A Normal/Dragon would probably have the most epic hyper beam EVER!!!!!
 
I don't really get why which type comes first matters. I don't think it does.
Infernape and Blaziken are both Fighting/Fire... you might want to double-check the list.

Also, Bronzong is Psychic/Steel.

Houndoom/Houdour is Fire/Dark.

Chinchou/Lantern is Electric/Water.

Empoleon is Water/Steel.


The Gengar family is Poison/Ghost.

Staraptor is Flying/Normal.


And Ground/Water... I mean really, come on! What did you do, just blindly write down random types? You've got Wooper/Quagsire, Gastrodon, the Mudkip family line... Seriously, edit the list.
 
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GGDeimos said:
I don't really get why which type comes first matters. I don't think it does.
Infernape and Blaziken are both Fighting/Fire... you might want to double-check the list.

Also, Bronzong is Psychic/Steel.

Houndoom/Houdour is Fire/Dark.

Chinchou/Lantern is Electric/Water.

Empoleon is Water/Steel.


The Gengar family is Poison/Ghost.

Staraptor is Flying/Normal.


And Ground/Water... I mean really, come on! What did you do, just blindly write down random types? You've got Wooper/Quagsire, Gastrodon, the Mudkip family line... Seriously, edit the list.
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He already said he included the type combos which exist but in reverse order. Bronzong is Steel/Psychic, not Psychic/Steel. Similarly, Houndoom's main is Dark, Lanturn's Water, Gengar's Ghost, Staraptor's Normal, Quagsire/Gastrodon/Mudkip's Water.
 
GGDeimos said:
I don't really get why which type comes first matters. I don't think it does.
Infernape and Blaziken are both Fighting/Fire... you might want to double-check the list.

Also, Bronzong is Psychic/Steel.

Houndoom/Houdour is Fire/Dark.

Chinchou/Lantern is Electric/Water.

Empoleon is Water/Steel.


The Gengar family is Poison/Ghost.

Staraptor is Flying/Normal.


And Ground/Water... I mean really, come on! What did you do, just blindly write down random types? You've got Wooper/Quagsire, Gastrodon, the Mudkip family line... Seriously, edit the list.
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I agree. Some type combinations have been used already (like Ice/Grass, taken by Snover and Abomasnow). Just a suggestion: have a look at every dual-typed Pokemon's typings, then look back at the list.
 
PlatinumDude said:
I agree. Some type combinations have been used already (like Ice/Grass, taken by Snover and Abomasnow). Just a suggestion: have a look at every dual-typed Pokemon's typings, then look back at the list.
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This is exactly why I put the notice at the bottom of the list. I'm aware of the fact that there are Normal/Flying types and that, very likely, there's not much difference between them and a Flying/Normal - except for one, very important thing: there are no pokemon with Flying as their first type.

Celebi is Psychic/Grass while Exeggcute and Exeggutor are Grass/Psychic.

Gallade is Psychic/Fighting while Meditite and Medicham are Fighting/Psychic.

As I mentioned before: Rhyhorn, Rhydon, and Rhyperior are all Ground/Rock while Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Onix, Larvitar, and Pupitar are all Rock/Ground.

Unless you're willing to argue that Celebi is interchangeably Grass/Psychic or Meditate might as well be Psychic/Fighting like Gallade, then the First Type/Second Type must be important in some way, even if it's only for aesthetic reasons.
 
Nogitsune said:
This is exactly why I put the notice at the bottom of the list. I'm aware of the fact that there are Normal/Flying types and that, very likely, there's not much difference between them and a Flying/Normal - except for one, very important thing: there are no pokemon with Flying as their first type.

Celebi is Psychic/Grass while Exeggcute and Exeggutor are Grass/Psychic.

Gallade is Psychic/Fighting while Meditite and Medicham are Fighting/Psychic.

As I mentioned before: Rhyhorn, Rhydon, and Rhyperior are all Ground/Rock while Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Onix, Larvitar, and Pupitar are all Rock/Ground.

Unless you're willing to argue that Celebi is interchangeably Grass/Psychic or Meditate might as well be Psychic/Fighting like Gallade, then the First Type/Second Type must be important in some way, even if it's only for aesthetic reasons.
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Like I said in my previous post, I still don't see how that matters. So when Geodude (Rock) evolves, it also takes on the type Ground. It becomes apart of that type, and sometimes the secondary typing is more powerful than the first.
 
GGDeimos said:
Like I said in my previous post, I still don't see how that matters. So when Geodude (Rock) evolves, it also takes on the type Ground. It becomes apart of that type, and sometimes the secondary typing is more powerful than the first.
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And like I said, I agree that the order of the types probably does not matter, but that doesn't mean you're going to find a Flying/Normal pokemon.
 
GGDeimos said:
I don't really get why which type comes first matters. I don't think it does.
Infernape and Blaziken are both Fighting/Fire... you might want to double-check the list.

Also, Bronzong is Psychic/Steel.

Houndoom/Houdour is Fire/Dark.

Chinchou/Lantern is Electric/Water.

Empoleon is Water/Steel.


The Gengar family is Poison/Ghost.

Staraptor is Flying/Normal.


And Ground/Water... I mean really, come on! What did you do, just blindly write down random types? You've got Wooper/Quagsire, Gastrodon, the Mudkip family line... Seriously, edit the list.
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PlatinumDude said:
I agree. Some type combinations have been used already (like Ice/Grass, taken by Snover and Abomasnow). Just a suggestion: have a look at every dual-typed Pokemon's typings, then look back at the list.
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The list is specifically based on what type comes first, not just what types are paired. Water/Ground is statistically the same as Ground/Water, but Quagsire, Gastrodon, Wiscash, and the Mudkip family are all bottom-feeding fish and more Water than Ground in design, making them Water/Ground types, while hypothetically a Rhydon carrying a class-A fire extinguisher would be more Ground than Water and thus be a Ground/Water type.
 
GGDeimos said:
Like I said in my previous post, I still don't see how that matters. So when Geodude (Rock) evolves, it also takes on the type Ground. It becomes apart of that type, and sometimes the secondary typing is more powerful than the first.
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There are Pokemon like Kingdra or Salamence which gain a type as they evolve (Kingdra gets dragon, Salamence gets flying). Like the Quagsire thing, it might statistically not make a difference but Kingdra is more water than dragon and Salamence is more dragon than flying.

But consider this:
Pokemon like Drapion and Steelix change types when they evolve. Skorupi is Poison/Bug. When he evolves, the secondary type changes to dark. Skorupi is obviously a poison Pokemon first. Steelix on the other hand changes his primary type. Onix is Rock/Ground but Steelix is Steel/Ground. Based on pokedex entry it seems this is because its rock structure changes into steel. Even though ground is the type which sticks around, it is rock and then steel which is intended to be the primary type concept for Onix and Steelix.
 
apenpaap said:
I agree, as long as they look like Dragons instead of a dog, a wrestler, and a centipede like generation IV's dragon trio.
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Lol'd at this xD.
But yeah, I'd love to see a Water/Fire, Kraken, anyone?
 
um.. a lot of those ARE types..

dargon/water? palkia

ice/dark? snesel


and others, comon man.. i picked out a few off the top of my head.
 
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