QotD: Pokemon company chooses you to make a new type, what type is it, and does it change any existing pokemon’s typing?

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QotD: Pokemon company chooses you to make a new type, what type is it, and does it change any existing pokemon’s typing? (this was a suggested question)

Helpful Considerations: Elemental? Theoretical? Futuristic?

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Parasite type. Takes on traits from the pokemon it is against and weakens them as battles get longer.

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Machine Type.

There are two separate design philosophies for Steel types, where they are either made of steel/have Steel components or are based on Machines with moving parts.

I don’t have specific weaknesses or strengths to come up with for it but an off the top of my head list for Steel types that would become Machine.

Revaroom
Klinklang
Celesteela
Magnezone
Tinktaton(the hammer is a machine)
Statataka

I think it would fit if they ever so another future focused Pokedex.

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I would create a food type it would include magikarp.

That or I would bring fairy type back to the cards (WHY IS SYLVEON PSYCHIC??? ESPEON IS PSYCHIC NOT SYLVEON TPCi has to do something about it)

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I feel like the obvious answer is “Light” type. It could be immune to Dark and vice versa, kinda how Normal and Ghost interact. I could also see it being super effective against Ghost, and maybe weak to Psychic. I guess also weak to Ground and super effective against Flying could make sense too. It could work for a lot of Grass types to have a secondary Light typing and seems to gel well. Maybe also have some fire types get it as a secondary typing as well. Specific Pokemon like Ampharos, Electrode, Sunflora, Blissey, etc could qualify as good Light types or have it as secondary typing.

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Definitely light type. Necrozma should be a light pokemon even if it’s the only one.

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This is a good one.

Cosmic: Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable, Staryu, Starmie, Solrock, Lunatone, Deoxys, Jirachi, Elgyem, Beheeyem, Dialga, Palkia, Arceus, Ultra Beasts, Necrozma, Minior, Blipbug, Dottler, Orbeetle

Takes:

2x: Water, Ground, Cosmic
1x: Rock, Steel, Grass, Electric, Dark, Fairy, Poison, Flying, Fighting, Ghost, Bug
0,5x: Ice, Fire, Psychic, Dragon, Normal
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Against:

2x: Normal, Psychic, Dragon, Cosmic
1x: Rock, Steel, Grass, Electric, Dark, Fairy, Poison, Flying, Fighting, Ghost, Fire, Ice
0,5x: Water, Ground, Bug
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Abilities:

  • Cryogenic: Immune to Ice moves, cannot be frozen
  • Perihelion: Immune to Fire moves, cannot be burned
  • Xenobiotic: Lowers Special attack upon entry (Special intimidate)
  • Inscrutable: Bypasses Status-blocking abilities and moves

Moves:

  • Wormhole: Cosmic-type Teleport
  • Alien Gas: --/15/100, a strictly status-version of Tri Attack: 33%/33%/33% to either Paralyze, Confuse or lower opponents accuracy by two stages
  • Gravity Punch: 85/15/100, physical, critical hit rate increases with the opponents size and weight
  • Dark Matter bomb: 100/5/90, special, 20% chance to lower opponents special attack

Sound: Voltorb, Electrode, Whismur, Loudred, Exploud, Kricketot, Kricketune, Bronzong, Noibat, Noivern, Kommo-O, etc

Takes:

2x: Flying, Dragon, Ghost
1x: Rock, Steel, Grass, Electric, Dark, Fairy, Poison, Fighting, Ghost, Bug, Ice, Fire, Psychic, Dragon, Normal
0,5x: Sound
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Against:

2x: Ice, Water, Steel, Psychic, Bug, Rock,
1x: Grass, Dark, Fairy, Poison, Fighting, Normal, Fire, Ground
0,5x: Ghost, Electric, Flying, Dragon, Sound
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Abilities:

  • ELF: Sound moves used by this Pokemon does 2x damage to Fire and Ground types
  • Infrasonic: Sound moves used by this Pokemon ignores resistance

Moves include many old moves like Boomburst, Uproar, Sing, Screech, Roar etc and many new ones:

  • Ultrasound Beam: 100/10/95 physical sound attack, high critical hit rate
  • Long Range Wave: 100/10/100 special sound attack, hits multiple foes
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Two I always thought were weird to be missing were Light and Wind. Sure we had Fairy and Flying as similar types, but Wind and Light always seemed better suited, mostly based on almost any other game. Wind could also be a separated Type in the TCG, to split off all Flying Pokémon from Normal.

Greetz,
Quuador

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As the light one is already mentioned i would first blame them for such a poor choice to pick me as a responsible one for this, but then i would probaly go with the route of flying type mostly feeling like normal type with wings and adding a bit similar sub types for fire, water and grass, be it called molten, diving and mossy types.

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