Pokemon X and Pokemon Y

[Cirdec]

I think it's fair to make Fire resistant to Fairy. I'll be MAD as hell if Poison is not super-effective against Fairy, though.

Don't you think that it would be a nail in the coffin for Gardevoir if it has to fear Ghost AND Poison attacks from a Gengar? It already has to worry about Shadow Ball, but you're adding insult to injury if Sludge Bomb becomes super-effective as well.

Yes, but it's unfair to think of only ONE Pokémon who would get a disadvantage instead of thinking of tons who would really appreciate the buff.

You do realize that the whole reason Poison was no longer effective against both grass and bug was because of the Paras evolutionary line and how it would have had three types that 4x powerful against it? So yeah, they would think of ONE Pokemon instead of thinking of tons.

Wait that's actually the reason?

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

Well, you got to admit that there are a lot of grass/bug type Pokemon, so it's not like it wasn't for bad reasoning, but yeah, iirc, that was one of the main reasons for that move.

 

[DragonFreak]

Like every single grass Pokemon in the first generation was also a bug type. Not really, but pretty close.

 

[Anser]

You do realize that the whole reason Poison was no longer effective against both grass and bug was because of the Paras evolutionary line and how it would have had three types that 4x powerful against it? So yeah, they would think of ONE Pokemon instead of thinking of tons.

Source, please?

 

[Xiahou Ba]

You do realize that the whole reason Poison was no longer effective against both grass and bug was because of the Paras evolutionary line and how it would have had three types that 4x powerful against it? So yeah, they would think of ONE Pokemon instead of thinking of tons.

That's stupid, because Paras evolutionary line now contains Dry Skin

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

You do realize that the whole reason Poison was no longer effective against both grass and bug was because of the Paras evolutionary line and how it would have had three types that 4x powerful against it? So yeah, they would think of ONE Pokemon instead of thinking of tons.

That's stupid, because Paras evolutionary line now contains Dry Skin

Well, Paras was also the only grass/bug, but now there are MANY Pokemon families that are grass/bug that would get screwed over if Poison was still super-effective to both of the types.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

They still contain Dry Skin which makes them like 6x effective against Fire

 

[GBA]

They still contain Dry Skin which makes them like 6x effective against Fire

They're the only Pokemon with a x5 weakness iirc.

There are only 6 Grass/Bug types that we know of, shared between 3 families. Personally, I doubt that the Paras family was the sole reason that Poison got nerfed. With the abundance of Poison types in Gen I, I'd assume GF decided that it was an overpowered type (though many would state otherwise), made their new Steel type immune to it and weakened Poison as a whole for Gen II. I haven't found any official source that states why GF weakened Poison, but that would be my best guess.

On the note of Fairy types, I believe it was in an episode of Pokemon Smash when they confirmed (albeit really obscurely) that Poison and Rock were weaknesses to Fairy.

 

[Xiahou Dun]

On the note of Fairy types, I believe it was in an episode of Pokemon Smash when they confirmed (albeit really obscurely) that Poison and Rock were weaknesses to Fairy.

Poison and Rock types suck defensively, so I hope it's not true. We don't need Poison to be even crappier than it already is. I'm hoping Poison is super effective against Fairy.

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

On the note of Fairy types, I believe it was in an episode of Pokemon Smash when they confirmed (albeit really obscurely) that Poison and Rock were weaknesses to Fairy.

Poison and Rock types suck defensively, so I hope it's not true. We don't need Poison to be even crappier than it already is. I'm hoping Poison is super effective against Fairy.

Um...LGM, he's saying that Poison and Rock were weaknesses to Fairy, not weak (meaning Fairy is weak to Poison and Rock).

 

[MnSG]

On the note of Fairy types, I believe it was in an episode of Pokemon Smash when they confirmed (albeit really obscurely) that Poison and Rock were weaknesses to Fairy.