Now Water is going to be paired with fire when volcanion comes out as well as the fact that it has been paired with fairy (Azumarill). By this logic, water will have been with every single type.
Ahem. Prior to the split that occurred in Generation IV, types were categorized exclusively as either Special or Physical. Water, Grass, and Ice, the Ground type's weaknesses, were all categorized as Special types and therefore used Special type moves. Even after the split, a majority of the moves within these types remain categorized as Special rather than Physical. Your dice.
The reason ghost is weak against itself is because in ancient folklore one of the ways to defeat a ghost is to hit it with an object that is the same SPIRITUAL mass as the ghost this also shows why ghost type attacks were physical attack in the past
TheH@wkin@tor To be honest, it's probably right smack dab in the middle. It's a good type with some good Pokemon, but I can't get behind the type match-ups with them. While other types had some clever meaning behind their weaknesses and strengths, Fairy type is there for no other reason than to balance with no thought put into the concept of Fairy type itself. They could have called it flargen type and it wouldn't make any difference.
superflipper76 Type matchups shouldn't affect what you think of a type. Also, what's with that gripe of yours about a type being weak to itself? Pokemon like Nidoqueen and Lucario are weak to their own type, and what does it mean? Absolutely nothing. Just my opinion though.
Yes! After scrolling through countless top 17/18s, I finally found someone who appreciates the awesome of Poison :) It was my favorite from the start, and to be honest, most other types don't really have a chance in my preference. At first, I was glad it wasn't in the bottom few right along with normal, bug, and ice, but was genuinely surprised to hear "water" as number two, with Poison left over. Nice video, I like how you included statistical evidence to back up your points.
I have no problem with your opinion (I would disagree with Ice being low if it weren't for the Fairy type being the go-to Dragon-slayer), but your jokes and your camera are quite poor.
I have to say I agree with every single thing you said on that list, and poison is by far my favorite type. It is so underrated and this is one of the only youtube videos I agree with!
18.Fairy - gimmicky 17.Rock - Weak to water(2nd most common type) 16.Bug - Weak...weak in general 15.Normal - No super effectiveness 14.Grass - Good, but never choose the grass starter. Ironic tho (Fav pkmn? Sceptile lol) 13.Poison - Used to hate it, but you make a lot of good points in this video 12.Psychic - Gen 1 they were evilly hard 11.Ghost - Love em but again, you made good points in this vid 10.Flying - Always catch one, cause i love flying, so convenient 9.Dark - when gen 2 intro'd this type and the steel...i shit my pants as a 12 year old 8.Ground - Love sand attack lol 7.Fighting - So strong and are super effective against the most common type 6.Water - Always love the starters, surf and waterfall 5.Ice - always catch one for the elite 4, there will be a strong dragon among them 4.Dragon - same reason as Ice but also they are just badass 3.Electric - Thunder...favorite move period. That is all 2.Steel - see # 9....shit.my,pants lol 1. FIRE BAABBBY - I might be a pyro or something lol dunno just love FIRE..designs are always awesome from Arcanine to Houndoom, look at em all....Volcarona?!? nuf said..friggen awesome. Great video bud.
I must say, I was the same with Poison types. I used to think they were weak and an absolute horror to fight with. However, when I tried a Poison type run for a challenge, I discovered how good they were. I loved using them, and I only gave up because I found it too hard to get a Grimer in Celadon City in FireRed. Kudos to you for a great list focusing not on strength, but strategy.
Hooray! Poison is my favorite type as well! Just did a monotype in fire red expecting to hate the time I spent on it. However, after about 3 gym badges I realized I was going to have a HUGE amount of fun playing!!! So awesome! Definitely the best type out there.
you are a rare gem and i am happy to have watched your video, i was actually wondering if anyone was supporting poison, but thanks to gen 6 they are a bit more nessisary that most think. regardless, it was nice finding a pokemon fan who gives the underdogs a bit in the spot light.
I spent 25 minutes watching this video, and although I value your opinions, and was happy to see that Water Type was #2 on your list, you forgot to mention, show, or even hint towards the best Water Type Pokemon ever! Squirtle. That one omission was heartbreaking, thus making me wish I had a time machine, so I could get my 25 minutes back...poor, poor Squirtle.
When you see the 1º Gym Leader be a Rock-type Master, it's interesting that Brock are the only one that is easier to beat than the others. It's so amazing to see that Roxanne does with a Thunder Wave in your face, with almost none special attacks earlier in your party to defeat easier her strategy.
Hey Flipper, there is gonna be a Fire and Water type Pokemon soon in Gen 6, hackers have found a Pokemon named Volcanion in X and Y, and I absolutely CANNOT wait to get my hands on one, it would just be absolute paradise for me to use a type like this Pokemon, it better b released soon GameFreak
My top 5 types would be (and why). 5:Water: Because I like Slowbro and Gyarados. I also appreciate that without water, life on Earth wouldn't be possible and nothing would have been able to evolve and I wouldn't be alive today able to type this comment. Thanks water!
(response too Spirit Keeper) HAY (first of all i respect your opinion and second, ice is pretty useful) but come on ARE U SERIOUSLY SAYING THAT YOU LIKE THOSE TYPES JUST BECAUSE OF THE POKEMON THAT ARE IN THEM! (except water).
Dongeon Master First get that caps lock off. Second: Hey* and you*. Thirdly, for someone who 'respects my opinion' you're sure confrontational about it, not to mention wrong, it's like you didn't actually read it but i'm not going to bother explaining it when everything is already there in my first comment.
Pretty good list. Poison is my favorite type. Even did a soulsilver run of only poison types once that was pretty fun. I probably would have put ice higher up, but the rest of this list we pretty accurate to my tastes. Actually, I probably would have swapped ice and flying. You didn't really point out too many good qualities of flying types despite having them so high on the list. In fact, I almost only heard negative qualities that you seemed to disguise behind HM02. Good video overall though.
Wow. I like your video a lot. It is interesting that you encourage us to have a go with our own top 18. So I will have a go. My opinion can vary with changes in my own skill, as well as changes in the game itself. So I'll take a stab at it. I will have to break it in chunks due to the horrid limitations of comments. I apoligize for inconvenience. 18. Normal- Normal is the worst type for me. I love hitting hard with supereffective STAB moves. Normal is the worst type for it, because it isn't supereffective against anything. 17. Ghost- I agree with you that ghost isn't very good. It has some nice status effects and immunities. However I don't find them useful to me personally. I usually go for the dark type. It is like ghost but better. A huge plus is that it is resistant to itself, which makes a lot of sense. 16. Poison- I am sorry dude, but I am not a fan of poison. I don't like how it is only good against one other type, which has plenty of other weaknesses. Poison did get better in gen 6, but I prefer to use steel instead. I wonder what your strategy is. I will just have to come up with a strategy. If I remember correctly, one of your favorite pokemon is Scolipede. It is the cetipede of swag. I like it a lot, even though I am not a fan of either of its types. It has a cool concept and design. It is also nifty in battle. Scolipede is one of my favorite gen 5 Pokemon. It is a diamond in the rough. Scolipede is poison and bug. It is not weak to earthquake, because bug resistance cancels things out. Scolipede can set things up with toxic. So the opponent is gradually weakened. Then Scolipede can hit hard with venoshock. This move is pretty strong on its own, and it is doubled by the poison status. So scolipede can hit just about any opponent super hard. The poison type being only supereffective against one type is no longer an issue. If the opponent happens to the grass or fairy, they are so dead. The downside is that this strategy is that it doesn't work against poison and steel opponents. They are immune to the status. So instead, Scolipede uses earthquake to hit supereffectivly on them. As a fourth move, I like to go for megahorn. It is a powerful attack that makes use of Scolipede's other type. So even the poison weakness to psychic is not such an issue. So both poison weakness to ground and psychic are taken care of. Scolipede can hold leftovers or black sludge to help it stay in battle longer. Swarm would make for the better ability. So Scolipede gets an even more powerful megahorn in a tough spot. Poison point is pretty pointless. Toxic is a far better way to go, because it does not involve luck. Overall this would be a good Pokemon to have. I thought of having a combonation of steamroller and king's rock, but the flinching effects don't stack. Darn it. That would have been so good for stalling the opponent so they are hurt even more by toxic. 15. Grass- I like to hit really hard in battle. There are no tricks, gimmicks or dancing around. So I don't like ghost, poison or grass, because they are just not designed to fit my preferences. Out of the three, I like like grass the best. Sure they are not good at heavy hitting. They also have way too many weaknesses. However they have the most fun dancing around. Gras has a wide variety of tricks up thier sleeve. There is status, leach seed, healing, sunny weather and so forth. This makes the battle a really cool time for strategy. It is nice that grass can be used really well in the right hands. 14. Dragon- Dragons are a guilty pleasure.That is such a good way to describe them. I have fond memories of having a dragonite or flygon on my team and wrecking stuff up. It can be fun to use a strong dragon type. There are good stats. However when I became more experienced, I use dragon types less. It is more than just thier nerf in gen 6. Dragon types are not good for me because they don't deal supereffective moves except to themselves. Dragons are a lot like normal types. They are the two most flexible and versatile types. they can go against most pokemon and turn out okay. The downside is that they are not supereffective against other types. They are a jack of all trades and master of none. I think the reason why dragonite and flygon worked so well for me is that they had a good secondary type. I find pure dragon types to be rather unplesent to use. Maybe there really is no such thing as a bad type. Normal and dragon types are very versitile. Ghost, poison and grass are very good at status and strategy. I think the main reason why they are so low on the list is that they don't suit me personally. 13. Bug- Bug types are okay. I like their set of strengths. They are good at grass, psychic and bug. However bug isn't really the type I go for a lot. There are just better types out there that can cover the strengths well. It also doesn't help that bugs are weak. 12. Steel- Twelve is a special number. If I use all duel types, I can use twelve types. So this can be the threshold of types that I eagerly go to use. The first is steel. I used to dislike steel a lot, because its offenses were so bad. Then it got a boost in gen 6. I find that mixing steel with one of the types higher on the list can provide a good asset to the team. It is my type of choice for the super specialized role of countering the fairy type. I like steel a lot more than poison. Steel has good passive qualities like high defense, and tons of resistances. So I can focus more on powerful offensive hits instead trying to set up status moves. Steel would have an advantage over poison due to its immunity. 13. Rock- Oh rock on! I don't like to use rock as on of the main types in a party. However it is freaking phenominal as a secondary type. It is supereffective against four types, which is a lot. The downside is that they are slow and they have too many weaknesses. You have an interesting description of rock. It is something that can be really good, if one knows what they are doing. I find that the best thing to do with a rock pokemon is to put it at the back of the party. Unlike and electric type, they are not good as a lead. I wait until the opponent is about to use something weak against rock. Then I whip out the rock type. Rock types can be a gamble. However with my switching strategy, I can use rock to my favor very effectivly. 10. Ice- Ice is very similar to rock. It is supereffective against a lot of types and it is weak against a lot of types. I treat it the same as a rock type, and put it in the back of my party until I can use it effectivly. One of my favorite pokemon is Amaura and it has a unique rock/ice typing. I used one on my team in my first gen 6 playthrough. It turned out to be very successful. I wait for the right opportunities to use it, but those oppotunities came very often. I like ice better than rock, because it has the special niche of being good against dragon. Before gen 6 I used to use ice types against dragon gym leader and elite four members all the time. My favorite Pokemon to use is Lapras. It is strong, and the water type helps neutralize some of the ice weaknesses.
9. Fairy- Fairy is the new guy. I don't have a lot of experience with this type, but I like it so far. It has a great niche of being really strong against dragon. It is also strong against two of my favorite types, fighting and dark. It is impressive. This isn't a major go to type for me now, but that could change in the future. You did note some cool things in this video. You said that dragons are overpowered. I see that they added fairy to nerf it. You do have poison and steel being two of your favorite types. You sure benifitted because they got buffed with thier strength against fairies. Eevee is one of my favorite Pokemon. I like Sylveon. It is like umbreon in that it has a new type in the generation it comes from. I want a dragon type eeveelution. It would make a good partner for Sylveon. It would be like espeon in that it is the formerly overpowered type weak against the new type. 8. Psychic- Psychics are cool. I find them useful in battle. I like how they are strong against fighting and poison. It sounds fun to use a psychic to wreck things really hard. However I started playing after the gen 2 nerf, so I didn't get to have the glory days. 7. Fire- Fire is an awesome! Kill it with fire! Fire is fantastic for my fighting style. It is supereffective against four types which is awesome. It is the same as rock and ice. Fire is the best out of the three, because it doesn't have a lot of weaknesses. Starting with fairy, the types higher on my list have no serious drawbacks. So I am happy to use any of them. Ice is in the middle, because it has a nice niche of strength against dragon. Rock is the least useful. It has a good resistance against normal. However I would rather use fighting against normal any day. Fire is a strong choice as an honerable mention. The only reason why it isn't higher is that it don't complement the high types on the list. However I did recently figure out that I can squeeze fire in my party. I can just use a pokemon that is part fire, part something else. 6. Dark- I am fond of the dark type. It is a niche type but it is such a good niche type. Its strength against ghost is nice but I don't use it often. However I relish the strength against psychic. The top six are special in that one can have one Pokemon each in the party even if all are single types. I like to squeeze in dark to get a bit more coverage for my team. It is less useful outside the specialization, so it isn't higher on the list. I wonder if other niches would fit better in the six place. Yet there is something to keep in mind. I won't see dragon or fairy types everyday. However psychic types are a lot more common. So that makes dark a reliable and useful asset to the team. You did list dark, water and poison in your go to types for teams. I wonder if you could throw in steel, fire and flying while you're at it. Venoshock alone can wreck the opponents. Then two types can cover the limitations of poison. You can use fire against steel opponents and steel against poison opponents. 5. Flying- No more walking! I am very fond of flying types.The HM move is really handy. I also like how well it complements the types higher on the list. The strengths to grass, bug and fighting is nice. When I really think of it, there are ways to work around. I could use a fire type with a psychic or fairy to get the same coverage. Fairy is a good replacement for dark if dragons give me a hard time. Still I like all the types. If I use enough duel types, I can have all in my team. 4. Fighting- I like to hit really hard in battle. I make use of type effectiveness and STAB. I also like to train a lot to gain levels. As a result I like to streak through the playthrough of a game and one shot nearly everything that stands in my way. The design of fighting types is perfect for my playing style. There is straightforward aggression with kicking and punching. For this reason fighting is one of my favorite types, and I love to use it in battle. FIghting is supereffective against 5 other types, which is the most out of any type. It is also the only type supereffective against the common normal type. 3. Ground- It is just dirt, but I still like it. Ground is a real heavy hitter. It is one of my favorite types because it perfectly fits my fighting style. I love to use it in battle. Ground also has supereffectivness to five types. It is the only type supereffective against electric. I like ground a bit better than fighting. It has a nice defense of being immune to the electric type. A combo of supereffectivness and imunity is nice. It is something that ground has. Dark and fairy are like this too. Dig is a nice ground move to have on the field. If you don't like ground types, that is okay. To each thier own. I wonder if part of the reason why you don't like ground is that it is supereffective against poison. 2. Water- Water has been one of my favorite types for a long time. I use water types a lot. I like how it has only two weaknesses but still has a very deent coverege of supereffective moves. Water is nice for the HMs. It is also nice for a versatility of secondary types. This has been improved in later times. Azumaril and Primarina are water and fairy. Volcaneon is water and fire. 1. Electric- Electric has always been my top favorite type. There are some good properties in battle. Electric has the least weaknesses of any type, which is one. Normal has one too. Electric is so much better than normal. It is also supereffective against flying and water. So I find it very useful. I put electric in my team a whole lot. This type is good for being at the front. I can whip it out right away. Since electric only has one weakness, I rarely have to switch it out. The speed of electric is nice too. I can strike right away. Then when an opponent uses a different pokemon, I can change my pokemon to counter it. I aim for stuff that is supereffective. If I have rock and/or ice, I can use it later on. Pikachu is my top favorite Pokemon. I enjoyed it in the anime as well as the game. So that is part of the reason why electric is my favorite. But hey. That is just a theory, a Game Theory. Aaand cut.
The Grass-type is my favourite type because of those rare fast Pokemon like Lilligant and Sceptile. The defensive ones like Ferrothorn and Tangrowth can RUIN YOUR OPPONENT'S DAY if used correctly.
After many years, we have finally a poison type legendary in the form of Eternatus, one of the most powerful if not the most powerful pokemon in existence. It has interesting lore, the Darkest Day caused by Eternatus takes place in the exact same time period as the pokemon war from 3000 years ago, it's move pool is a force to be reckoned with, with moves like sludge wave, toxic, cosmic power and the gimmick destroying dynamax cannon. It's stats were already powerful in it's normal state with high hp and special attack while also have some good defenses and speed. It's Eternamax form however overthrown Mega Rayquaza from the throne of strongest pokémon. Eternatus has a base stat total of 690, which is already powerful for a legendary pokémon, but it's Eternamax base stat total is 1125! That's higher than any other pokémon. It's hp rivals Blissey, it's defenses surpasses even Shuckle and it's speed rivals even Mewtwo. My god, that's ridiculous. Thank goodness it can't be used aside of the cameo with Eternabeam, because otherwise competitive play would be unbalanced af.
My least favorite type is Fighting as some of my most painful memories involve said type and I'm not too big on many designs, if I like a fighting Pokemon they are either very lucky or paired with another type. My favorite type is Dragon for its power, mythologies, designs and even the struggle as if to say you have to earn their power in order to use it. Poison and Normal are both truly underrated and look forward to making use of both. Also I look forward to using Fairy type, even though it is immune to Dragon I welcome it with open arms. Also, superflipper76, what are your stances on Fairies?
Wait, shouldn't poison be super effective against water? I mean, poison can easily go through water and dilute (is dilute the right word?) the water, so my thought somewhat stands
My opinion 18. Fairy 17. Normal 16. Steel 15. Ice 14. Dragon 13. Rock 12. Fighting 11. Dark 10. Ground 9. Physic 8. Electric 7. Poison 6. Ghost 5. Water 4. Bug 3. Fire 2. Grass 1. Flying My opinion
I started using poison more often after seeing how Koga can easily wipe the floor with my strongest pokemon for the E4. My favorite 2 are Crobat for speed, attack, and immunity to earthspam and Venemoth for it having moves that can counter its own type
Finally someone else sees the awesomness that is the poison type. I'm doing a playthrough of Pokemon White currently and my team is made up of 1 fire type, 1 psychic type, 1 grass type, 1 normal type, 1 flying type, and (my favorite) 1 poison type. My best Pokemon are my Musharna, my Stoutland, and most of all my Arbok.
I was extremely surprised to see this on your Greatest Moments countdown. Don't get me wrong, I love this one. But it looked like everyone else hated it.
Why no Dragon Eeveelution? Cause it was demolished by the Fairy Type Eeveelution Sylveon. I really do like the Fairy types, and I'm excited to use them.
I'm also excited for the Fairy type too! but I have a feeling the ones that hate the type are the ones who think about tinkerbell and Dragon type users.
Yeah that is old footage. If there is modern footage, dragonair wouldn't be able to hurt wigglytuff at all. Instead wigglytuff would beat it up real good.
While I can recommend a lot of sites to back myself up, go to Bulbapedia and type in "Special moves". There, they will show which types, until the Physical-Special split in Gen IV, were special. As you can see (if you bothered to look at it), Water, Grass, and Ice are all considered special, and even with the split, they still are mostly comprised of Special moves. I don't know which game you were playing, but Ice and Grass were always considered Special. Sidenote: I actually like Yellow. :3
The only bad thing about poison is abilities that can counter the status problem like magic guard ( I have a clefable that knows it and a roserade that knows natural cure which kind of counts). However I do agree that water is a good type, it's my favourite.
Ghost - Ghosts can "overwhelm" a psychic, I guess Dark - If the psychic cant see from Darkness, it cant use its abilities Bug - Because, if a bug bit a ps... Okay, I give up trying to make sense.
Nice work dude, I think your opinion is probably 100% accurate, but why was dragon so low on the list? ILY FLYGON. p.s. like if u want a pokemon sapphire, ruby and emerald remake!!!
'Cause of my personal opinion =D But they also do have actual uses, immunity to normal and fighting attacks (without the use of odour slouth etc.). Are only weak to other ghosts and dark types. I would say has a pretty balanced move pool (although few ghost type attacks), a lot of ghost type attacks have secondary effects which only effect the target. Ghost type moves are also accurate, with all of them having 100% accuracy.
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It's still great to rewatch good old videos like this.
Ikr. Always makes you come back.
Now Water is going to be paired with fire when volcanion comes out as well as the fact that it has been paired with fairy (Azumarill). By this logic, water will have been with every single type.
What is that track in the #12 spot? I can't for the life of me recall ._. so memorable, the tune that is, but what is it from?! D:
sunnyshore city from diamond,pearl,and platinum.
Ahem.
Prior to the split that occurred in Generation IV, types were categorized exclusively as either Special or Physical. Water, Grass, and Ice, the Ground type's weaknesses, were all categorized as Special types and therefore used Special type moves. Even after the split, a majority of the moves within these types remain categorized as Special rather than Physical.
Your dice.
The reason ghost is weak against itself is because in ancient folklore one of the ways to defeat a ghost is to hit it with an object that is the same SPIRITUAL mass as the ghost
this also shows why ghost type attacks were physical attack in the past
I always saw it as ghosts being all ethereal and stuff, so they interact with each other on a higher level of power
That's very profound, Mr. Armstrong.
***** hey I no u not gonna Answer but wut da music around 8:47
Nice top 17.
I enjoyed watching this vid.
You not only mention your own opinions, but also some cool facts that are useful to know.
You don't like Lapras' design?
so the question is: where does fairy fit into this list?
This video was made in 2012. The Fairy type was introduced in Pokemon X and Y in late 2013.
flyingburritodog i know; i'm asking him "now that fairy type is around, where would it fit on this list?"
TheH@wkin@tor
To be honest, it's probably right smack dab in the middle. It's a good type with some good Pokemon, but I can't get behind the type match-ups with them. While other types had some clever meaning behind their weaknesses and strengths, Fairy type is there for no other reason than to balance with no thought put into the concept of Fairy type itself. They could have called it flargen type and it wouldn't make any difference.
superflipper76 good point. Thanks for answering
superflipper76 Type matchups shouldn't affect what you think of a type. Also, what's with that gripe of yours about a type being weak to itself? Pokemon like Nidoqueen and Lucario are weak to their own type, and what does it mean? Absolutely nothing. Just my opinion though.
Yes! After scrolling through countless top 17/18s, I finally found someone who appreciates the awesome of Poison :) It was my favorite from the start, and to be honest, most other types don't really have a chance in my preference. At first, I was glad it wasn't in the bottom few right along with normal, bug, and ice, but was genuinely surprised to hear "water" as number two, with Poison left over. Nice video, I like how you included statistical evidence to back up your points.
Poison = Op
Carson Rueter Agreed! My mono poison team wins more battles than you'd expect
If you don't like ghost types and you love poison types... Then what do you think of gengar? He's both a poison AND ghost type.
27:16 Your Wish Was Granted With Eternatus!
Not the only one to go back to this video after the new legendary
Nihilego
I felt so alone for so long poison is one of my favorite types thank you for not criticizing it
Crunch is not the Psychic type's Kryptonite. The almighty Megahorn is!
Wonder where Fairy would place on here.
1st its op
Maybe somewhere in the middle.
JPKProductions100 true dat
JPKProductions100 That's why I bring a venomoth or roserade with sludge bomb.
As Venomoth conquerors any terrain?!
top 18 for me
18. rock
17.bug
16.ice
15.ghost
14.normal
13.fighting
12.fire
11.steel
10.ground
9.psychic
8.electric
7.dragon
6.flying
5.fairy
4.poison
3.water
2.dark
1.grass
nope i like the electric type because a manetric and ampharos not pikachu
I have no problem with your opinion (I would disagree with Ice being low if it weren't for the Fairy type being the go-to Dragon-slayer), but your jokes and your camera are quite poor.
Well man,i never really liked poison but
i agree with you.Poison type is SO underrated!Also,i really enjoyed your video.Good work
my top 5:
5:ghost
4:water
3:fighting
2:steel
1:poison :)
Yay poison
Yay steel and poison
just a quick question superflipper; where would the fairy type be if you were to redo this list?
MrTerminator3010 middle
I have to say I agree with every single thing you said on that list, and poison is by far my favorite type. It is so underrated and this is one of the only youtube videos I agree with!
Just a quick question. If you put ghost at 17. and poison @ 1. What is your thoughts about gengar?
WOW I never realised how good poison types could be. AWESOME video buddy
4:16 Now in Gen 6 we have Freeze Dry, a move that is super effective to water and ice types!
I think we can all agree that the best best designed are: dark, fighting, dragon, and ghost (in no particular order)
6:25 Normal should be so much higher. In my opinion.
Lucario and Meinshao are about the closest to specially based fighting types as you get, but even then they are primarily physical attackers.
18.Fairy - gimmicky
17.Rock - Weak to water(2nd most common type)
16.Bug - Weak...weak in general
15.Normal - No super effectiveness
14.Grass - Good, but never choose the grass starter. Ironic tho (Fav pkmn? Sceptile lol)
13.Poison - Used to hate it, but you make a lot of good points in this video
12.Psychic - Gen 1 they were evilly hard
11.Ghost - Love em but again, you made good points in this vid
10.Flying - Always catch one, cause i love flying, so convenient
9.Dark - when gen 2 intro'd this type and the steel...i shit my pants as a 12 year old
8.Ground - Love sand attack lol
7.Fighting - So strong and are super effective against the most common type
6.Water - Always love the starters, surf and waterfall
5.Ice - always catch one for the elite 4, there will be a strong dragon among them
4.Dragon - same reason as Ice but also they are just badass
3.Electric - Thunder...favorite move period. That is all
2.Steel - see # 9....shit.my,pants lol
1. FIRE BAABBBY - I might be a pyro or something lol dunno just love FIRE..designs are always awesome from Arcanine to Houndoom, look at em all....Volcarona?!? nuf said..friggen awesome. Great video bud.
I don't understand why ghost type is weak against dark type, doesn't ghosts live in the darkness?
"it's just a theory"
"A GAME THEORY"
Plan on revisiting this next year & doing a top 18 for the new Fairy type?
omfg
your plushies are the most adorable thing i've seen in a guy's room
i love them
I must say, I was the same with Poison types. I used to think they were weak and an absolute horror to fight with. However, when I tried a Poison type run for a challenge, I discovered how good they were. I loved using them, and I only gave up because I found it too hard to get a Grimer in Celadon City in FireRed. Kudos to you for a great list focusing not on strength, but strategy.
What's your strategy with poison, Toxic and Protect and Detect (don't know if that works)
What's the music in the Dragon-type segment?
what do u think of gengar couse u hate ghost (number 17 but) but u love poision
May I ask what game did you use in this? Looks like Pokémon Stadium...
Hooray! Poison is my favorite type as well! Just did a monotype in fire red expecting to hate the time I spent on it. However, after about 3 gym badges I realized I was going to have a HUGE amount of fun playing!!! So awesome! Definitely the best type out there.
what was the theme you used for the poison type?
A jontron, mathew patrick and another reference I can't remember, nice! Also good video.
Fall asleep to this, one of the most nostalgic videos on TH-cam
May I ask where you got your facts from, because last time I checked, Water, Grass, and Ice were all Special types prior to Generation IV.
Dragon types used to be strong, but then the fairy nation attacked
where does fairy fit on this list ( I know fairy wasn't out when you made this list)
you are a rare gem and i am happy to have watched your video, i was actually wondering if anyone was supporting poison, but thanks to gen 6 they are a bit more nessisary that most think.
regardless, it was nice finding a pokemon fan who gives the underdogs a bit in the spot light.
I spent 25 minutes watching this video, and although I value your opinions, and was happy to see that Water Type was #2 on your list, you forgot to mention, show, or even hint towards the best Water Type Pokemon ever! Squirtle. That one omission was heartbreaking, thus making me wish I had a time machine, so I could get my 25 minutes back...poor, poor Squirtle.
6:35, was that meant to be Roz from Monsters INC?
When you see the 1º Gym Leader be a Rock-type Master, it's interesting that Brock are the only one that is easier to beat than the others. It's so amazing to see that Roxanne does with a Thunder Wave in your face, with almost none special attacks earlier in your party to defeat easier her strategy.
Hey Flipper, there is gonna be a Fire and Water type Pokemon soon in Gen 6, hackers have found a Pokemon named Volcanion in X and Y, and I absolutely CANNOT wait to get my hands on one, it would just be absolute paradise for me to use a type like this Pokemon, it better b released soon GameFreak
I'm with you man, I used to hate the poison type but as of right now it is my favorite!
My top 5 types would be (and why).
5:Water: Because I like Slowbro and Gyarados. I also appreciate that without water, life on Earth wouldn't be possible and nothing would have been able to evolve and I wouldn't be alive today able to type this comment. Thanks water!
(response too Spirit Keeper) HAY (first of all i respect your opinion and second, ice is pretty useful) but come on ARE U SERIOUSLY SAYING THAT YOU LIKE THOSE TYPES JUST BECAUSE OF THE POKEMON THAT ARE IN THEM! (except water).
Dongeon Master
First get that caps lock off. Second: Hey* and you*. Thirdly, for someone who 'respects my opinion' you're sure confrontational about it, not to mention wrong, it's like you didn't actually read it but i'm not going to bother explaining it when everything is already there in my first comment.
Finally! A TH-camr who doesn't tell us what we're about to see incase we missed the title!
Pretty good list. Poison is my favorite type. Even did a soulsilver run of only poison types once that was pretty fun. I probably would have put ice higher up, but the rest of this list we pretty accurate to my tastes. Actually, I probably would have swapped ice and flying. You didn't really point out too many good qualities of flying types despite having them so high on the list. In fact, I almost only heard negative qualities that you seemed to disguise behind HM02. Good video overall though.
1:50 reference to a video by a personal friend of mine and favorite countdown artist/lets player? And your video is awesome? Can I like a video twice?
For what you said about Rock types, Gen 6 FINALLY fixed that. The Rock leader is the 2ND gym you fight for once.
Wow. I like your video a lot. It is interesting that you encourage us to have a go with our own top 18. So I will have a go. My opinion can vary with changes in my own skill, as well as changes in the game itself. So I'll take a stab at it. I will have to break it in chunks due to the horrid limitations of comments. I apoligize for inconvenience.
18. Normal- Normal is the worst type for me. I love hitting hard with supereffective STAB moves. Normal is the worst type for it, because it isn't supereffective against anything.
17. Ghost- I agree with you that ghost isn't very good. It has some nice status effects and immunities. However I don't find them useful to me personally. I usually go for the dark type. It is like ghost but better. A huge plus is that it is resistant to itself, which makes a lot of sense.
16. Poison- I am sorry dude, but I am not a fan of poison. I don't like how it is only good against one other type, which has plenty of other weaknesses. Poison did get better in gen 6, but I prefer to use steel instead. I wonder what your strategy is. I will just have to come up with a strategy. If I remember correctly, one of your favorite pokemon is Scolipede. It is the cetipede of swag. I like it a lot, even though I am not a fan of either of its types. It has a cool concept and design. It is also nifty in battle. Scolipede is one of my favorite gen 5 Pokemon. It is a diamond in the rough. Scolipede is poison and bug. It is not weak to earthquake, because bug resistance cancels things out. Scolipede can set things up with toxic. So the opponent is gradually weakened. Then Scolipede can hit hard with venoshock. This move is pretty strong on its own, and it is doubled by the poison status. So scolipede can hit just about any opponent super hard. The poison type being only supereffective against one type is no longer an issue. If the opponent happens to the grass or fairy, they are so dead. The downside is that this strategy is that it doesn't work against poison and steel opponents. They are immune to the status. So instead, Scolipede uses earthquake to hit supereffectivly on them. As a fourth move, I like to go for megahorn. It is a powerful attack that makes use of Scolipede's other type. So even the poison weakness to psychic is not such an issue. So both poison weakness to ground and psychic are taken care of. Scolipede can hold leftovers or black sludge to help it stay in battle longer. Swarm would make for the better ability. So Scolipede gets an even more powerful megahorn in a tough spot. Poison point is pretty pointless. Toxic is a far better way to go, because it does not involve luck. Overall this would be a good Pokemon to have. I thought of having a combonation of steamroller and king's rock, but the flinching effects don't stack. Darn it. That would have been so good for stalling the opponent so they are hurt even more by toxic.
15. Grass- I like to hit really hard in battle. There are no tricks, gimmicks or dancing around. So I don't like ghost, poison or grass, because they are just not designed to fit my preferences. Out of the three, I like like grass the best. Sure they are not good at heavy hitting. They also have way too many weaknesses. However they have the most fun dancing around. Gras has a wide variety of tricks up thier sleeve. There is status, leach seed, healing, sunny weather and so forth. This makes the battle a really cool time for strategy. It is nice that grass can be used really well in the right hands.
14. Dragon- Dragons are a guilty pleasure.That is such a good way to describe them. I have fond memories of having a dragonite or flygon on my team and wrecking stuff up. It can be fun to use a strong dragon type. There are good stats. However when I became more experienced, I use dragon types less. It is more than just thier nerf in gen 6. Dragon types are not good for me because they don't deal supereffective moves except to themselves. Dragons are a lot like normal types. They are the two most flexible and versatile types. they can go against most pokemon and turn out okay. The downside is that they are not supereffective against other types. They are a jack of all trades and master of none. I think the reason why dragonite and flygon worked so well for me is that they had a good secondary type. I find pure dragon types to be rather unplesent to use. Maybe there really is no such thing as a bad type. Normal and dragon types are very versitile. Ghost, poison and grass are very good at status and strategy. I think the main reason why they are so low on the list is that they don't suit me personally.
13. Bug- Bug types are okay. I like their set of strengths. They are good at grass, psychic and bug. However bug isn't really the type I go for a lot. There are just better types out there that can cover the strengths well. It also doesn't help that bugs are weak.
12. Steel- Twelve is a special number. If I use all duel types, I can use twelve types. So this can be the threshold of types that I eagerly go to use. The first is steel. I used to dislike steel a lot, because its offenses were so bad. Then it got a boost in gen 6. I find that mixing steel with one of the types higher on the list can provide a good asset to the team. It is my type of choice for the super specialized role of countering the fairy type. I like steel a lot more than poison. Steel has good passive qualities like high defense, and tons of resistances. So I can focus more on powerful offensive hits instead trying to set up status moves. Steel would have an advantage over poison due to its immunity.
13. Rock- Oh rock on! I don't like to use rock as on of the main types in a party. However it is freaking phenominal as a secondary type. It is supereffective against four types, which is a lot. The downside is that they are slow and they have too many weaknesses. You have an interesting description of rock. It is something that can be really good, if one knows what they are doing. I find that the best thing to do with a rock pokemon is to put it at the back of the party. Unlike and electric type, they are not good as a lead. I wait until the opponent is about to use something weak against rock. Then I whip out the rock type. Rock types can be a gamble. However with my switching strategy, I can use rock to my favor very effectivly.
10. Ice- Ice is very similar to rock. It is supereffective against a lot of types and it is weak against a lot of types. I treat it the same as a rock type, and put it in the back of my party until I can use it effectivly. One of my favorite pokemon is Amaura and it has a unique rock/ice typing. I used one on my team in my first gen 6 playthrough. It turned out to be very successful. I wait for the right opportunities to use it, but those oppotunities came very often. I like ice better than rock, because it has the special niche of being good against dragon. Before gen 6 I used to use ice types against dragon gym leader and elite four members all the time. My favorite Pokemon to use is Lapras. It is strong, and the water type helps neutralize some of the ice weaknesses.
9. Fairy- Fairy is the new guy. I don't have a lot of experience with this type, but I like it so far. It has a great niche of being really strong against dragon. It is also strong against two of my favorite types, fighting and dark. It is impressive. This isn't a major go to type for me now, but that could change in the future. You did note some cool things in this video. You said that dragons are overpowered. I see that they added fairy to nerf it. You do have poison and steel being two of your favorite types. You sure benifitted because they got buffed with thier strength against fairies. Eevee is one of my favorite Pokemon. I like Sylveon. It is like umbreon in that it has a new type in the generation it comes from. I want a dragon type eeveelution. It would make a good partner for Sylveon. It would be like espeon in that it is the formerly overpowered type weak against the new type.
8. Psychic- Psychics are cool. I find them useful in battle. I like how they are strong against fighting and poison. It sounds fun to use a psychic to wreck things really hard. However I started playing after the gen 2 nerf, so I didn't get to have the glory days.
7. Fire- Fire is an awesome! Kill it with fire! Fire is fantastic for my fighting style. It is supereffective against four types which is awesome. It is the same as rock and ice. Fire is the best out of the three, because it doesn't have a lot of weaknesses. Starting with fairy, the types higher on my list have no serious drawbacks. So I am happy to use any of them. Ice is in the middle, because it has a nice niche of strength against dragon. Rock is the least useful. It has a good resistance against normal. However I would rather use fighting against normal any day. Fire is a strong choice as an honerable mention. The only reason why it isn't higher is that it don't complement the high types on the list. However I did recently figure out that I can squeeze fire in my party. I can just use a pokemon that is part fire, part something else.
6. Dark- I am fond of the dark type. It is a niche type but it is such a good niche type. Its strength against ghost is nice but I don't use it often. However I relish the strength against psychic. The top six are special in that one can have one Pokemon each in the party even if all are single types. I like to squeeze in dark to get a bit more coverage for my team. It is less useful outside the specialization, so it isn't higher on the list. I wonder if other niches would fit better in the six place. Yet there is something to keep in mind. I won't see dragon or fairy types everyday. However psychic types are a lot more common. So that makes dark a reliable and useful asset to the team. You did list dark, water and poison in your go to types for teams. I wonder if you could throw in steel, fire and flying while you're at it. Venoshock alone can wreck the opponents. Then two types can cover the limitations of poison. You can use fire against steel opponents and steel against poison opponents.
5. Flying- No more walking! I am very fond of flying types.The HM move is really handy. I also like how well it complements the types higher on the list. The strengths to grass, bug and fighting is nice. When I really think of it, there are ways to work around. I could use a fire type with a psychic or fairy to get the same coverage. Fairy is a good replacement for dark if dragons give me a hard time. Still I like all the types. If I use enough duel types, I can have all in my team.
4. Fighting- I like to hit really hard in battle. I make use of type effectiveness and STAB. I also like to train a lot to gain levels. As a result I like to streak through the playthrough of a game and one shot nearly everything that stands in my way. The design of fighting types is perfect for my playing style. There is straightforward aggression with kicking and punching. For this reason fighting is one of my favorite types, and I love to use it in battle. FIghting is supereffective against 5 other types, which is the most out of any type. It is also the only type supereffective against the common normal type.
3. Ground- It is just dirt, but I still like it. Ground is a real heavy hitter. It is one of my favorite types because it perfectly fits my fighting style. I love to use it in battle. Ground also has supereffectivness to five types. It is the only type supereffective against electric. I like ground a bit better than fighting. It has a nice defense of being immune to the electric type. A combo of supereffectivness and imunity is nice. It is something that ground has. Dark and fairy are like this too. Dig is a nice ground move to have on the field. If you don't like ground types, that is okay. To each thier own. I wonder if part of the reason why you don't like ground is that it is supereffective against poison.
2. Water- Water has been one of my favorite types for a long time. I use water types a lot. I like how it has only two weaknesses but still has a very deent coverege of supereffective moves. Water is nice for the HMs. It is also nice for a versatility of secondary types. This has been improved in later times. Azumaril and Primarina are water and fairy. Volcaneon is water and fire.
1. Electric- Electric has always been my top favorite type. There are some good properties in battle. Electric has the least weaknesses of any type, which is one. Normal has one too. Electric is so much better than normal. It is also supereffective against flying and water. So I find it very useful. I put electric in my team a whole lot. This type is good for being at the front. I can whip it out right away. Since electric only has one weakness, I rarely have to switch it out. The speed of electric is nice too. I can strike right away. Then when an opponent uses a different pokemon, I can change my pokemon to counter it. I aim for stuff that is supereffective. If I have rock and/or ice, I can use it later on. Pikachu is my top favorite Pokemon. I enjoyed it in the anime as well as the game. So that is part of the reason why electric is my favorite. But hey. That is just a theory, a Game Theory. Aaand cut.
Where would you put the fairy type on the list?
My list with Fairy Type added:
18:Poison
17:Rock
16:Ground
15:Bug
14:Ghost
13:Dark
12:Grass
11:Flying
10:Normal
9:Fairy
8:Ice
7:Electric
6:Water
5:Fighting
4:Psychic
3:Steel
2:Fire
1:Dragon
The Grass-type is my favourite type because of those rare fast Pokemon like Lilligant and Sceptile. The defensive ones like Ferrothorn and Tangrowth can RUIN YOUR OPPONENT'S DAY if used correctly.
can anyone tell me what is the name of the game which kingler was fighting ampharos ?? please
After many years, we have finally a poison type legendary in the form of Eternatus, one of the most powerful if not the most powerful pokemon in existence. It has interesting lore, the Darkest Day caused by Eternatus takes place in the exact same time period as the pokemon war from 3000 years ago, it's move pool is a force to be reckoned with, with moves like sludge wave, toxic, cosmic power and the gimmick destroying dynamax cannon. It's stats were already powerful in it's normal state with high hp and special attack while also have some good defenses and speed. It's Eternamax form however overthrown Mega Rayquaza from the throne of strongest pokémon. Eternatus has a base stat total of 690, which is already powerful for a legendary pokémon, but it's Eternamax base stat total is 1125! That's higher than any other pokémon. It's hp rivals Blissey, it's defenses surpasses even Shuckle and it's speed rivals even Mewtwo. My god, that's ridiculous. Thank goodness it can't be used aside of the cameo with Eternabeam, because otherwise competitive play would be unbalanced af.
My least favorite type is Fighting as some of my most painful memories involve said type and I'm not too big on many designs, if I like a fighting Pokemon they are either very lucky or paired with another type. My favorite type is Dragon for its power, mythologies, designs and even the struggle as if to say you have to earn their power in order to use it. Poison and Normal are both truly underrated and look forward to making use of both. Also I look forward to using Fairy type, even though it is immune to Dragon I welcome it with open arms. Also, superflipper76, what are your stances on Fairies?
What song was playing during the rock type part?
1. water
2.grass
3.psychic
4.poison
5.ghost
6.bug
7.electric
8.ground
9.flying
10.dragon
11.steel
12.normal
13.dark
14.rock
15.fighting
16.fire
17.fairy
18.ice
Wait, shouldn't poison be super effective against water? I mean, poison can easily go through water and dilute (is dilute the right word?) the water, so my thought somewhat stands
please say the combination of moves that you use please
My opinion
18. Fairy
17. Normal
16. Steel
15. Ice
14. Dragon
13. Rock
12. Fighting
11. Dark
10. Ground
9. Physic
8. Electric
7. Poison
6. Ghost
5. Water
4. Bug
3. Fire
2. Grass
1. Flying
My opinion
6:29 Your voice is so hilarious! XD LOL!
I started using poison more often after seeing how Koga can easily wipe the floor with my strongest pokemon for the E4. My favorite 2 are Crobat for speed, attack, and immunity to earthspam and Venemoth for it having moves that can counter its own type
There isn't a move specifically used for freezing an enemy because once a Pokemon is frozen, it usually take them 5-15 turns to thaw out!
Finally someone else sees the awesomness that is the poison type. I'm doing a playthrough of Pokemon White currently and my team is made up of 1 fire type, 1 psychic type, 1 grass type, 1 normal type, 1 flying type, and (my favorite) 1 poison type. My best Pokemon are my Musharna, my Stoutland, and most of all my Arbok.
What potato did you use to record this?
I was extremely surprised to see this on your Greatest Moments countdown. Don't get me wrong, I love this one. But it looked like everyone else hated it.
my top 5:
1: Water
2: Ghost
3: Ice
4: Dragon
5: Bug
(all of these are based on design and personal favorite real life elements)
Now that fairy type is out, what number would you place it at?
Why no Dragon Eeveelution? Cause it was demolished by the Fairy Type Eeveelution Sylveon. I really do like the Fairy types, and I'm excited to use them.
I'm also excited for the Fairy type too! but I have a feeling the ones that hate the type are the ones who think about tinkerbell and Dragon type users.
What music was used in this video.
If you try to use Dragonair against Jigglypuff... You're gonna have a baaaad time
Yeah that is old footage. If there is modern footage, dragonair wouldn't be able to hurt wigglytuff at all. Instead wigglytuff would beat it up real good.
He's using two Sharpedo's on the gym. I died when I saw that XD.
While I can recommend a lot of sites to back myself up, go to Bulbapedia and type in "Special moves". There, they will show which types, until the Physical-Special split in Gen IV, were special. As you can see (if you bothered to look at it), Water, Grass, and Ice are all considered special, and even with the split, they still are mostly comprised of Special moves.
I don't know which game you were playing, but Ice and Grass were always considered Special.
Sidenote: I actually like Yellow. :3
The only bad thing about poison is abilities that can counter the status problem like magic guard ( I have a clefable that knows it and a roserade that knows natural cure which kind of counts). However I do agree that water is a good type, it's my favourite.
Ghost - Ghosts can "overwhelm" a psychic, I guess
Dark - If the psychic cant see from Darkness, it cant use its abilities
Bug - Because, if a bug bit a ps...
Okay, I give up trying to make sense.
I LOVE GRASS TYPES!!!!!!
SERVINE WILL OWN YOUR FACE!!!!
18- Bug
17- Rock
16- Flying
15- Poison
14- Normal
13- Electric
12- Dragon
11- Fairy
10- Water
9- Fighting
8- Fire
7- Grass
6- Ground
5- Psychic
4- Dark
3- Ice
2- Ghost
1- Steel
About grounds moves you said that the only one that's good is earthquake but there it your teammates but you have earth power
super what is the 3D pokemon game you show?
What was the music at 27:09
Very nice list, though my picks are different, this is well made, well done.
Hey whats the show of the intro
Nice work dude, I think your opinion is probably 100% accurate, but why was dragon so low on the list? ILY FLYGON. p.s. like if u want a pokemon sapphire, ruby and emerald remake!!!
Ghost is my favorite type. thank you for putting it in your list:D!!!
what was the song used in rock type
through the sea of time from the game pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of sky.
My Top Five Pokemon Types:
5:Fighting
4:Ghost
3:Physic
2:Dragon
1:Water
What do you think of fairy type
My List:
18: Rock
17: Fairy
16: Ice
15: Ground
14: Normal
13: Water
12: Fighting
11: Fire
10: Ghost
9: Dragon
8: Electric
7: Grass
6: Psychic
5: Flying
4: Dark
3: Bug
2: Steel
1: Poison
it's a common legend that only a ghost can fight another ghost, therefore they are weak against ghost moves
'Cause of my personal opinion =D
But they also do have actual uses, immunity to normal and fighting attacks (without the use of odour slouth etc.). Are only weak to other ghosts and dark types. I would say has a pretty balanced move pool (although few ghost type attacks), a lot of ghost type attacks have secondary effects which only effect the target. Ghost type moves are also accurate, with all of them having 100% accuracy.
What's the game when the battle animations play
what game is it at 2:42?