Pokémon you think is typed wrong

There's a bunch of Pokémon that could've been typed better that I can't think of right now, but on Flygon's note, I think Zygarde should've been Bug/Ground. Honestly, the very first thing I thought when I saw Zygarde was "that thing has to be Bug". Do we even have a Bug type legendary Pokémon? I don't think so, and Zygarde would've been great for it!

 

I actually just came up with the one Pokémon whose typing bothers me far beyond anyone elses.

Goomy, as well as Sliggoo and Goodra.

Nothing, literally nothing, about these three Pokémon makes me think of a dragon. It's a slug, it's goo, it's more reminiscent of Muk than anything related to dragons. Goodra literally has a slimy liquid-ish fluid dripping from its arms in its animation. Who made this thing a pure Dragon type? Why not, at the very least, part Poison type? I could've understood any typing if it was paired with Poison (Poison/Fairy would've been interesting), but Dragon? Seriously?

 

Oh my goodness, I thought you meant like actually typed wrong. As in spelling-wise. Darn you Mesprit!

Anyhow, I've always had an issue with a bunch of the Normal/Flying Pokémon. Don't get me wrong, there have been plenty of Pokémon that make sense. However, I never understood how Staraptor was not a Fighting/Flying type. For that fact, why not Braviary as fighting/flying? I mean with Braviary being Mandibuzz's counterpart being Dark/Flying would be somewhat fair.

Also, HootHoot and Noctowl being Psychic/Flying would have been way better.

GF is trolling us with Normal/Flying. C'mon, who loves Normal/Flying THAT much?

 

I think that all Normal-types, or part Normal, should have a different type. I mean, what is normal about them? A Pokémon like Ursaring should be Fighting-type, Skitty and Delcatty would make great Fairies, and the Whismur line could be the introduction of a Sound-type. And why is Arceus a Normal type? I mean, I understand it can get it's type changed, but why is it Normal as a base? Surely something as important as the PokeGod should have it's own type.

 

change pikachu's typing to electric/scrub please and thank you

With the inclusion of the Fairy-type, I think Celebi should have become a Grass/Fairy type. It really just looks like a pixie fairy to me (and there are already enough Psychic Legendaries).

Why is Palkia a Water type? That just never made sense to me. Water = space? I don't quite get it.

 

Samurott should be Water/Fighting. Seriously, if Poliwrath can be Water/Fighting, why not Samurott?

 

I wasn't happy that Helioptile was part normal type, even after evolving, I don't think that it's necessarily wrong, but I think that he is super cute, but super weak because of that normal typing. Makes it hard for me to want to train one.

 

You're not the only one XD

I'd say Gastrodon. It doesn't really remind me of a Ground type. I think pure Water type would've been better for him.

Also, this:

Spoiler

Too bad Celebi's a Mythical Pokémon. If it wasn't, I think Gamefreak would've definitely transformed it into a Fairy type too.

 

I honestly think that Goomy and Sliggoo could be Dragon/Bug type Pokémon. Goodra could be still single type.
The same goes for Yamega.

Spoiler: Oh, and BTW

 

Personally I think Granbull shouldn't be a fairy type or called the fairy Pokémon. It just makes absolutely zero sense to me. It's not a fairy Pokémon, it's a bulldog Pokémon. The only thing fairy about it is the pink coloring >.>

Luxray irritates me because it should really be electric/dark. It looks part dark type, it gets crunch to utilize the typing with. Why is it not part dark type?

 

@[member="Karzarill"] I can see fighting type on Granbull. Even dark type would make sense to me, because bulldogs are often used as guard dogs and many people consider them scary. Fairy though. Why.

 

It's probably because Snubull is cute looking and might be a fairy dog, but then again they could have just chosen a weak Pokémon to give a buff to its typing.

 

Yeah, I knew Gamefreak would have to make Granbull a Fairy-type once Fairy-types were announced. It was their fault for calling it "The Fairy Pokémon" XD

Im not complaining, though. I mean, look at Clefable. Normal --> Fairy did wonders for it.

But yeah, Fighting or Dark typing still make more sense to me.

 

Why exactly is Dedenne part Fairy? Aside from the fact that all pikachu-clones are supposed to showcase the new thing about the generation they're a part of? At the very least, they could have given it some pixie wings, or a pink coloring. Maybe it'll get an evolution that will fit the typing better.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was disappointed that the Goo's were pure Dragon, I would have liked a secondary water typing.

Altaria as a Dragon does not make a lot of sense to me either, though that's out of my personal bias that a bird can't be a dragon.

Empoleon, you're a penguin. Why is your secondary typing Steel? Why are you not an ice type?

Lucario's steel typing never made sense to me either, it seemed really random, existing only to make sure Lucario doesn't get OHKO'd by psychic types.

I feel like I'm missing some, but I'll think of them later.

 

I thought and hoped so much that this would be the case. It could be an almost perfect counterpart to Houndoom, like Volkner and Flint tried to make them!

I agree with this entirely. All the normal-flying accomplishes is partially negating Flying's advantage over Fighting and giving them an extra source of STAB. This is at the cost of a lot of monotony, the single most common type combination by a factor of like twelve times the next most common (or so I estimate without any research.) Why not just make a well-chosen half of them pure flying? I see nothing wrong with that.

Things that haven't been mentioned yet:

Spoiler: Okay, there's a lot of them, but only because I already had a running list

- Haunter and Gengar: Okay, Ghastly is a cloud of poison gas, I can understand him being part Poison. But Haunter and Gengar simply are not! Nor do they have mention of venom or pollution. Maybe it helps to have types be consistent in an evo family though.
- Volbeat and Illumise: It would have been nice to have some Bug-Electric types, and who better than a pair of fireflies!
- Glalie: He seems to be made of rock and ice, so why not let him cash in on his other half?
- Charizard and Sceptile: Also part Dragon. They're both draconic in form and attack capability, and in Smash Charizard isn't capable of long periods of flight, making him very not-flying. It would also deflect part of his Rock weakness, but I guess both of these were addressed somewhat by their Mega evolutions.
- Raticate: I think he could stand to be Normal-Dark. Dark types seem to have an emphasis on biting attacks, and Raticate gets access to pretty much every biting/crunching/fanging attack out there. Plus, Team Rocket likes Dark types, don't they?
- Porygon: He should certainly be at least part Electric, if not purely Electric. He is a computer program, born in cyberspace, made of electrons!
- Golduck: Water-Psychic. I guess I was just always hoping that Psyduck's mental powers would develop more fully.

 

Hmm, I don't really understand why Jirachi is Steel but that's just me... I'd imagine him as being electric, fairy, or even normal along with psychic, but maybe that wouldn't match up very well.