If you Could Add a New Type to Pokémon; What would it be?

OfficerRaichu15 · Oct 30, 2017

Ill be completely honest I would add a type to represent light. Light would be opposite of dark and be more attack oriented then defense oriented. Dark and light types cannot attack each other and light types would beat ghost and fairy cause why not.
What about you, what type would you add to Pokémon and give ideas for how the type is!

aett · Oct 30, 2017

I haven't kept up with the Pokémon community in some years, but I remember people saying that there should be a Sound type, on account of there being many moves that revolve around sound. Sounds like an interesting idea.

Deleted member 3335 · Oct 30, 2017

aett said:
I haven't kept up with the Pokémon community in some years, but I remember people saying that there should be a Sound type, on account of there being many moves that revolve around sound. Sounds like an interesting idea.

Sonic

An accoustic Pokemon, totally OC.

CitizenVectron · Oct 30, 2017

A Font-Type Pokemon.

"Helveticard used Comic Sanstorm, it was super effective!"

Zukkoyaki · Oct 30, 2017

I always thought a radiation type would be cool. Maybe strong against grass and water and weak against flying and steel... Something very oddball like that.

But I can understand why people wouldn't be... Comfortable with it.

9-Volt · Oct 30, 2017

Cosmic. There are too many space related Pokémon that could change their type to that. Clefairy, Deoxys, Elgyem, Banette, Solrock, Muk... Attacks too, Moonbeam, solarbeam etc.

TheCed · Oct 30, 2017

Cosmic Type

I know, I know... it's not very original, but I love the idea.

Deleted member 2793 · Oct 30, 2017

"Light type" already exists. It's Fairy.

Sound type is the most logical answer anyway.

Nightbird · Oct 30, 2017

OfficerRaichu15 said:
Ill be completely honest I would add a type to represent light. Light would be opposite of dark and be more attack oriented then defense oriented. Dark and light types cannot attack each other and light types would beat ghost and fairy cause why not.
What about you, what type would you add to Pokémon and give ideas for how the type is!

But wasn't dark type meant to be evil rather than actual darkness?

OfficerRaichu15 · Oct 30, 2017

Nightbird said:
But wasn't dark type meant to be evil rather than actual darkness?

Good point :p

Border · Oct 30, 2017

Demon

Zombie -- would love this one, since it could just be reanimated corpses of various other Pokemon. Undead Pikachu, undead Charizard....

PSqueak · Oct 30, 2017

Heartskips said:
"Light type" already exists. It's Fairy.

Sound type is the most logical answer anyway.

Actually, Psychic is the expy for light type, Fairy is supposed to be the counterpart to Dragon.

Nightbird said:
But wasn't dark type meant to be evil rather than actual darkness?

It's a bit of both, Dark is also the opposite of fighting, Fighting is "martial arts" and Dark is "dirty fighting", but since it also opposes Psychic, it takes a bit of both, some attacks are definitely Darkness.

As for anew type, dang it's hard to think something that doesn't fall in one way or another into any of the existing types, and people already said sound (which already even has a ton of pokemon to be reclassified as that type).

Wind would be cool, but basically would be a re-branding of Flying with more elemental themed moves.

TechnoDisaster · Oct 30, 2017

I feel like they should rebalance a few types first instead of adding more types to accomplish that. Namely do something to help out Rock, Ice, and Grass types defensively.

But more on topic, a proper Light type seems overdue.

StrmSrg · Oct 30, 2017

The Pokemon Uranium fangame had the perfect addition.

Nuclear

Strong against everything. Weak against everything.

jblanco · Oct 30, 2017

Abyss type
Pokémon completely averse to light, usually with no hair nor sight. Living deep within the ground or water, these Pokémon are bound to scare anyone with their otherworldy looks.

Performer type
These Pokémon excel at the arts, and at grabbing people's attention. Their neverending optimism make for great companions, but beware, they don't do well alongside gloomy people or Pokémon.

Yarn type
Like out of Yoshi's Wooly World, these Pokémon are made out of yarn! They can even be worn! The latest discovery from the Island of Yharn has the eyes of all sorts of corporations, and even Team Rocket itself since they want to turn them into a fad, and therefore profit. They don't do well versus Fire by the way...

Valhalla_Nights · Oct 30, 2017

OfficerRaichu15 said:
Ill be completely honest I would add a type to represent light. Light would be opposite of dark and be more attack oriented then defense oriented. Dark and light types cannot attack each other and light types would beat ghost and fairy cause why not.
What about you, what type would you add to Pokémon and give ideas for how the type is!

No.

Light type makes no sense.

Pokemon games need a type that fits completely destructive beings that acquire shit loads of energy like Yveltal.

Maybe a blood type

RROCKMAN · Oct 30, 2017

??? Type. Normal effectiveness for everything.

Salty Rice · Oct 30, 2017

Something like a Virus type that are Pokemon that can inflict a new status effect.

Nightbird · Oct 30, 2017

StrmSrg said:
The Pokemon Uranium fangame had the perfect addition.

Nuclear

Strong against everything. Weak against everything.

I feel like that was a missed opportunity with the Ultra Beasts, but then again...

They would have been too strong with something like that. Imagine something like Pheromosa hitting everything that has a dual type with x4 damage. It would be downright broken.

Deleted member 3815 · Oct 30, 2017

Personally I think 18 type is fine, 17 was also fine, and what we need is Game Freak to buff some types like Ice and Rock. I personally feel that they need to give Steel back its resistance to dark and ghost as I don't understand why they even lost it in the first place as Steel is meant to be a defensive type.

elLOaSTy · Oct 30, 2017

I think light is silly having Fairy and all, but I suppose there might be ways to make it work.

I'd like any of the following.

Cosmic
Sound
Void
Light
Gas/Air

Truth is I'd like this ot not happen. I think we have great balance as it is, and I'd rather just see more pokemon, more regional variants and more megas and less z moves.

SecondNature · Oct 30, 2017

Robot Pokemon.

jblanco · Oct 30, 2017

Mr-Joker said:
Personally I think 18 type is fine, 17 was also fine, and what we need is Game Freak to buff some types like Ice and Rock. I personally feel that they need to give Steel back its resistance to dark and ghost as I don't understand why they even lost it in the first place as Steel is meant to be a defensive type.

But also why would steel be resitant to darkness or ghost in the first place?

Jraphics Horse · Oct 30, 2017

Sexy type

Giudecca · Oct 30, 2017

Cosmic type, for all the many, many alien pokemon out there.

Metal Gear Miyamoto · Oct 30, 2017

Plastic type Pokémon. If only to annoy all the people who keep complaining about Pokémon based on inanimate objects.

Menik · Oct 30, 2017

Redundant Type

It would more-so be a category for sorting out all the pokemon who are more-or-less named what they are... Or just obvious in their design. They would be weak against everything.

elLOaSTy · Oct 30, 2017

Giudecca said:
Cosmic type, for all the many, many alien pokemon out there.

This is my number 1 as well.

Blade Wolf · Oct 30, 2017

I don't know, Loli type?

Nightbird · Oct 30, 2017

Mr-Joker said:
Personally I think 18 type is fine, 17 was also fine, and what we need is Game Freak to buff some types like Ice and Rock. I personally feel that they need to give Steel back its resistance to dark and ghost as I don't understand why they even lost it in the first place as Steel is meant to be a defensive type.

Ice is much better as an offense-type. It's weaknesses are way too common and strong.

Its the complete opposite of the fire type, a type with an huge amount of resistances, but is almost exclusively used as an attacking type.

Kinda funny, isn't it?

Giudecca · Oct 30, 2017

Nightbird said:
Ice is much better as an offense-type. It's weaknesses are way too common and strong.

Its the complete opposite of the fire type, a type with an huge amount of resistances, but is almost exclusively used as an attacking type.

Kinda funny, isn't it?

Prior to Gen 6, Ice was important because it was strong against Dragon-types. Now with Fairy types around, Ice just feels super useless. It resists NOTHING, so having Ice as a second type automatically cripples you.

It's way easier to have a water type with Ice-type TMs.

Lightning · Oct 30, 2017

Pokemon Prism has both "Sound" and "Gas" types.

I feel like Gas is a bit redundant, but Sound type actually is pretty unique and reclassified a bunch of Pokemon and moves. It varied up the format similar to how Fairy did when it was introduced as a lot of existing Pokemon also fit that trope.

We even had a Gym for it.

I could see that maybe existing officially at some point.

Cjdamon042 · Oct 30, 2017

Personally I can't really think of any types that I feel we need, but I guess the two most obvious would be Cosmic and Sound, but I don't know where they'd fit in in terms of weaknesses and super effectiveness.

However, I can totally see a 3 stage evolution line for the Sound type consisting of speakers, eventually becoming a surround sound system with a subwoofer. Like Magnemite, but with speakers. The perfect poster child to sell the type.

I know Loudred and Noivern are similar to this I guess, but I was thinking less biological.

Byakura · Oct 30, 2017

I think about this from time to time, but honestly I don't know. Maybe nuclear type? With that being a element in P5 it made me think about it being in Pokémon as well, but I wonder if it would be too similar to poison.

Saikyo · Oct 30, 2017

Sound type and buff normal to be super effective against something...

yado · Oct 30, 2017

A type that inhabits human bodies and gives them abilities. I don't have a name for them (spirit type?)

Deleted member 26535 · Oct 30, 2017

Wood

Somewhat like Grass but stronger. =P

Some Weakness: Fire, Fighting, Steel (perhaps)
Super Effective against: Bug, Flying, Poison, Fairy

StrmSrg said:
The Pokemon Uranium fangame had the perfect addition.

Nuclear

Strong against everything. Weak against everything.

Almost like Ice type.

Creation_Scapes · Oct 30, 2017

a Pokémon type that looks like humans.
Edit beaten

MCN · Oct 30, 2017

Salty Rice said:
Something like a Virus type that are Pokemon that can inflict a new status effect.

I like that. The status effect could spread to other Pokemon in your party if swapped out (except for swapping out a fainted Pokemon), essentially tying you into keeping the infected Pokemon in the battle until it faints.

Jack Frost · Oct 30, 2017

yado said:
A type that inhabits human bodies and gives them abilities. I don't have a name for them (spirit type?)

Ghost type? :P

louisacommie · Oct 30, 2017

Split, flying into a wing and air type, like how rock and ground isn't together as an earth type.

Illusion · Oct 30, 2017

Sound is the fan favorite right now (and mine). Too many moves that already uses it's namesake with a good handful of Pokemon that can fit it's typing easily. (Exploud line, Noivern Line, Wigglytuff Line, Clefable Line, Chatot, Meloetta, Chimeco Line, Kicketune Line, Pyroar Line, Audino, Ninjask, and Politoed.)

I'm not a fan of cosmic because I feel like Psychic/Fairy/Dark covers that pretty well.

Slamtastic · Oct 30, 2017

I agree with Sound and Nuclear.

Also, rename Steel to Metal because different "steel" Pokémon are made of different metals, rename Dark to something that conveys the real "dishonorable/underhanded" meaning so people stop talking about it as an element and suggesting Light type, and Flying to Bird type like they originally intended because...it would be funny.

Cyprinodon Martius · Oct 30, 2017

I think a Sound type would be a good choice, as there are already plenty of old Pokemon that could retroactively become Sound/part Sound.

They could even make a Rock/Sound Parasaurolophus fossil Pokemon that could use the horn on the back of it's head as an instrument!

Nightbird · Oct 30, 2017

Giudecca said:
Prior to Gen 6, Ice was important because it was strong against Dragon-types. Now with Fairy types around, Ice just feels super useless. It resists NOTHING, so having Ice as a second type automatically cripples you.

It's way easier to have a water type with Ice-type TMs.

Yeah that's the biggest problem with that type.

And yet Game Freak always tries to make Ice types into those bulky walls they're never going to be.

Revolver Oshawott · Oct 30, 2017

Maybe a type to fit man-made pokemon?

Synthetic type, Artificial type...

Strong against electric. Electric has only one weakness since gen 1 ffs.

aett · Oct 30, 2017

Mr-Joker said:
Personally I think 18 type is fine, 17 was also fine, and what we need is Game Freak to buff some types like Ice and Rock. I personally feel that they need to give Steel back its resistance to dark and ghost as I don't understand why they even lost it in the first place as Steel is meant to be a defensive type.

I also think that what the Pokémon games need above all else is a complete retooling of the types and the Pokémon stats/moves themselves. I don't think this will ever happen, though.

Hazard_Kujacker · Oct 30, 2017

Revolver Oshawott said:
Maybe a type to fit man-made pokemon?

Synthetic type, Artificial type...

Strong against electric. Electric has only one weakness since gen 1 ffs.

Maybe a Cyber or Tech type for Pokemon like Porygon

louisacommie · Oct 30, 2017

Ice should gain resistance to dragon"obviously" ground and water.

CopperPuppy · Oct 30, 2017

Cosmic and Sound make sense with what we already have. Nuclear could also be interesting going forward.

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