Pokemon type matchups versus real life analogies?

[TeirusuFX]

I've ben wondering sometimes about some weaknesses and resistances that don't make sense...I'll give a few examples

Water ---> Grass Resistance = If you give a plant too much water, wouldn't it die?

Ice ---> Water Resistance = Ice can turn water to ice, water can also turn ice into water.

Fighting ---> Flying Resistance = Physically abusing a bird would heavily damage them.

Bug ---> Dark Weakness = ...A bug can infiltrate darkness?

Fighting ---> Dark Weakness = You can't touch the darkness.

Can you think of any more or more analogies?

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♫Mairusu♫

[Pickleboy]

Originally Posted by TeirusuFX

I've ben wondering sometimes about some weaknesses and resistances that don't make sense...I'll give a few examples

Water ---> Grass Resistance = If you give a plant too much water, wouldn't it die?

Ice ---> Water Resistance = Ice can turn water to ice, water can also turn ice into water.

Fighting ---> Flying Resistance = Physically abusing a bird would heavily damage them.

Bug ---> Dark Weakness = ...A bug can infiltrate darkness?

Fighting ---> Dark Weakness = You can't touch the darkness.

Can you think of any more or more analogies?

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♫Mairusu♫

Well, let me start off by correcting a few things...

-Grass absorbs water for nutrition, and without it, it would die. Water attacking plants are only really doing them good.
-I do kind of agree with you on the Ice-Water thing. I don't think Ice should have a Water weakness, but I think Water should have an Ice weakness, though I guess if you throw a cube of ice in a puddle of water, the water isn't going to freeze, the Ice is going to melt and become water, so I guess I can see how Water WOULD resist Ice.
-Physically abusing anything would heavily damage it. The point behind Flying resisting Fighting is that it's pretty hard to hit someone who is flying around, and provided you do hit them, it's probably only just a scrape, resuting in the attack not being very effective. What I DON'T understand is how Fighting has a Flying weakness. I'll leave that up to the imagination.
-Bugs live in the dark, they thrive from the dark. The dark doesn't do anything to them that day wouldn't, so bugs have free reign in any kind of light. I think it would make since that Dark wouldn't be very effective against Bug.
-Well, nothing can touch the darkness in real life, so I guess the Dark-type should be immune to all Types? Dark also refers to evil, and Fighting-Types could be associated with super heroes, who fight evil and always prevail.

One thing that never made since to me was how Psychic prevailes over Poison... I can't think of the logic there. Or how Poison resists Fighting.

[Gaby]

I think that Ice and Water should be like Dragon types, they're weak to each other. Since the water melts the ice, but the ice freezes the water.

And the Psychic-Poison thing, maybe it's like, since touching something poisonous could potentially sicken you, and Psychic is using the mind, not really touching it, in a way, it overpowers the Poison, get it? o xo Same thing goes for Poison and Fighting. Fighting = touching = poisoning = sick. :D

[Ridiculously Attractive]

I would like to know why Electric resists Steel...

[Viva la Gofre]

There's millions that work in either direction. Water may put out fires, but hot enough flames can evaporate water. The creators picked a set of sensible analogies that keep the game balanced.

[Gold Rush]

Some of them don't actually make sense but if they made it as it would be in real life, the games would be really bad, and one type of Pokemon will be better than the the rest by far Dx

[The Politoed Hunter]

Originally Posted by -Adam-

Some of them don't actually make sense but if they made it as it would be in real life, the games would be really bad, and one type of Pokemon will be better than the the rest by far Dx

Yeah, I mean, Dragon would pwn everything.

[-Zodeon]

Electric can hit Rock in the games.. Why?

[Electrivire]

if all this was the case then nothing should be able to hit a ghost type

[Vaughn]

Nothing can harm dragons, know why? They don't exist.

[Viva la Gofre]

Originally Posted by Neurotic Nero

Nothing can harm dragons, know why? They don't exist.

Neither do fire breathing chimps, is infernape immune to everything too?

The pokemon world is seperate from ours, mythology doesn't apply there

[DragoniteMistress]

Isn't pure H2O supposed to not even be all that... conductible?

[TeirusuFX]

Originally Posted by Pickleboy

Well, let me start off by correcting a few things...

-Grass absorbs water for nutrition, and without it, it would die. Water attacking plants are only really doing them good.
-I do kind of agree with you on the Ice-Water thing. I don't think Ice should have a Water weakness, but I think Water should have an Ice weakness, though I guess if you throw a cube of ice in a puddle of water, the water isn't going to freeze, the Ice is going to melt and become water, so I guess I can see how Water WOULD resist Ice.
-Physically abusing anything would heavily damage it. The point behind Flying resisting Fighting is that it's pretty hard to hit someone who is flying around, and provided you do hit them, it's probably only just a scrape, resuting in the attack not being very effective. What I DON'T understand is how Fighting has a Flying weakness. I'll leave that up to the imagination.
-Bugs live in the dark, they thrive from the dark. The dark doesn't do anything to them that day wouldn't, so bugs have free reign in any kind of light. I think it would make since that Dark wouldn't be very effective against Bug.
-Well, nothing can touch the darkness in real life, so I guess the Dark-type should be immune to all Types? Dark also refers to evil, and Fighting-Types could be associated with super heroes, who fight evil and always prevail.

One thing that never made since to me was how Psychic prevailes over Poison... I can't think of the logic there. Or how Poison resists Fighting.

-I'm well aware that Grass absorbs water, I'm pointing out the fact when you overwater it, such as moves like Hydro Pump
-Ice is able to freeze water if there was more ice than water, therefore, Water should be weak against Ice
-Explain moves like Aura Sphere then, a moves that never misses, even against a Flying type foe; even if the foe is using Fly, it'd make no sense to how it could miss
-I understand that bugs can see in the dark and that they can live in the dark, now can you explain how Bugs types are super effective to Dark types, cause all I'm hearing is that bugs benifit from the dark, that's not exactly damaging the dark
-I get your point for Fighting ---> Dark Weaknesss

-That is a good question, Psychic ---> Poison Weakness
-Poison resists Fighting because you can't physically get rid of poison, as in using your body alone

Here's a new one

Water ---> Poison Regular = Can't water wash away sludge?

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♫Mairusu♫

[atucker22]

Electric---->Ground, Lightning is always aiming to hit the ground.